CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 081 (P346530)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 081 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346530 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
English translation
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1' | It was made pleasing there for lord Gilgamesh |
| obverse 2' | In his city as a single man he sounded the horn |
| obverse 3' | As two companions (he and Enkidu?), (they) shouted together |
| obverse 4' | The one who has a household to his household, the one who has (lives with) a mother to his mother |
| obverse 5' | May single males acting(?) like me, (fifty of them), act on behalf of my power |
| obverse 6' | ... to his house(?) ... |
| obverse 7' | May single males acting(?) like me, (fifty of them), act on behalf of my power |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-la-gin7# [...]-ni-in-[...] | |
| 2' | [...] gu3# ba-ni-in-ra#? | |
| 3' | [...]-ni-in-de2#? | |
| 4' | [...] tuku ama-ni-sze3# | |
| 5' | [...] hu-mu-un-ak-esz# | |
| 6' | [...] e2#-a-ni-sze3 ba-[...] | |
| 7' | [...]-sze3 hu-mu-un#-[...] | |
| 8' | [...] x-ni# [...] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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