CDLI Literary 000367, ex. 037 (P346534)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000367, ex. 037 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346534 |
| 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 col 1' 1' | A 2nd time the white bull coming out from the horizon |
| obverse col 1' 2' | The bull reposing among the cypress trees |
| obverse col 1' 3' | A shield touching the ground, watched by the assembly |
| obverse col 1' 4' | A shield emerging from the treasury, watched by the young man |
| obverse col 1' 5' | The youth Utu was suspended above among his holy rays |
| obverse col 1' 7' | He ... sunlight in the mountain cave |
| obverse col 1' 8' | He was illuminating(?) the mountain cave for lugalbanda |
| obverse col 1' 9' | His good udug protective deity was suspended above him |
| obverse col 1' 10' | His good lamma protective deity went “at his thigh"(?) |
| obverse col 1' 11' | His afflicting god stood aside |
| obverse col 1' 12' | During that of his “may he raise his eyes toward the sky for Utu” |
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 col 1' | ||
| 1' | [...]-x-ta#? [...] | |
| 2' | [...] nam#-me-a [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ki us2-sa igi# [...] | |
| 4' | [...]-ta# e3 igi [...] | |
| 5' | [...] an-ta mu#-[...] | |
| 6' | [...] ku3 x x [...] | |
| 7' | [...] kur#-ra-ka u4 mu#-[...] | |
| 8' | [... hur]-ru#-um kur-ra-ka mu-na-zalag?-ge#? [...] | |
| 9' | [...]-ni# mu-na-ta#-[...] | |
| 10' | [...]-ni# hasz4-a-na ba#-[...] | |
| 11' | [...]-ni# bar-sze3 ba-[...] | |
| 12' | [...] igi#? he2#?-[...] | |
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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