CDLI Literary 000375, ex. 095 (P346544)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000375, ex. 095 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346544 |
| 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 2' | Like(?) a great meadow (in which?) the carp flood expands |
| obverse 3' | The flooded field did not produce fish (after the water drained) |
| obverse 4' | The irrigated orchard did not produce syrup and wine |
| obverse 5' | The seven balag drums were set on the ground like the standing horizon |
| obverse 6' | The ub(?) and šem(?) drums (resounding) like Iškur ... played in its midst |
| obverse 7' | He actively diminished(?) your giguna and therefore should be “made"/bound(?) like Nibru |
| obverse 8' | (In) your city, may heads/corpses ... in its wells/ponds |
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' | x x [...] | |
| 2' | a-gar3 mah# a-esztub# x [...] | |
| 3' | a-gar3 su13#-su13-ga# [...] | |
| 4' | pu2 {gesz}kiri6 lal3# gesztin nu#-[...] | |
| 5' | balag# imin an-ur2# [...] | |
| 6' | |SZA3xKAR2| szem5{zabar} {d}iszkur-gin7 x [...] | |
| 7' | gi#-gun4#-na-zu# szu x [...] | |
| 8' | [...]-zu#? sag TUL2-ba he2-ni-ib-sa2-sa2 | |
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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