UET 6, 0501 (P346539)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0501 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346539 |
| 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 2' 2' | The contemplating righteous one ... |
| obverse col 2' 3' | The messenger also(?) ... |
| obverse col 2' 4' | May(?) ... act thusly ... |
| obverse col 2' 5' | Enki ... smiting the thigh(?) ... |
| obverse col 2' 6' | Like a plant eater ... |
| obverse col 2' 7' | I, what did my father ...? |
| obverse col 2' 8' | I, my mother, Enlil(!?) ... |
| obverse col 2' 9' | I, may my father like ... |
| obverse col 2' 10' | May both heaven and earth ... |
| obverse col 2' 11' | May both earth? and heaven ... |
| obverse col 2' 12' | May the ... of heaven ... |
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 | |
| 2' | [...] x | |
| 3' | [...] x | |
| 4' | [...] x | |
| 5' | [...] x | |
| 6' | [...] x | |
| obverse col 2' | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | zi#?-du# sza3 kusz2-u3 x [...] | |
| 3' | kin2-gi4-a KA-bi an#?-ga#?-[...] | |
| 4' | ur5-gin7 hu-mu-ra-ab-ak#-[...] | |
| 5' | {d}en-ki-ke4 hasz2? ra NE x [...] | |
| 6' | u2 gu7-gin7 bi2-in-gi4#? [...] | |
| 7' | ga2-e a-a-gu10 a-na bi2-in-[...] | |
| 8' | ga2-e ama-gu10 {d}<mu>-ul-lil2-le# [...] | |
| 9' | ga2-e a-a-gu10 AN-gin7 he2-na-DIB [...] | |
| 10' | an-ki!-bi-ta he2-en#-[...] | |
| 11' | [...] an-bi-ta he2-en#-[...] | |
| 12' | x an-na-ke4 he2-en#-[...] | |
| 13' | [...] x x x [...] | |
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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