UET 6, 0500 (P346538)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0500 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346538 |
| 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 | When humanity was placing ..., ... |
| obverse 2 | ... plotted/decided(?) to ascend into(?) heaven |
| obverse 3 | The onlooking ... of heaven/An ... were pouring sand/earth in the manner of grain heaps |
| obverse 4 | ... humanity ... a contest ... |
| reverse 1 | ... humanity ... |
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 | u4 nam-lu2-lu7 x UD x NIG2 mu-ub!-si-ge5-ne [...]-na?-za | |
| 2 | utah-he ex(|ITI.DU|)-de3-de3 sza3 mu-un-tum2-am3#!? | |
| 3 | ki#? [...] an-na AN igi bar-ra sahar guru7-sze3 x [...] x-dub-bu-ne | |
| 4 | x x LU#? nam-lu2-lu7! a-da-min3#!? [...] x UD x [...] | |
| 5 | [...] x KA [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] nam#-lu2-lu7# [...] | |
| 2 | [...] AN lu2 TUR#? [...] | |
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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