CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 047 (P346550)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346550 |
| 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 5' | Its stolen(?) rushes ... carried (away)(?) the rushes ... |
| obverse 6' | ... piled up and spread .... out ... in the manner of sheaves |
| obverse 7' | ... a corpse was in the Euphrates ... |
| obverse 8' | ... turned away from ... and was not saying “my spouse” |
| obverse 9' | ... turned away from ... and was not saying “my son” |
| obverse 10' | The one of the true temple/productive estate(?) abandoned his temple and was not saying “my temple” |
| obverse 11' | The rich person took a different path away from his possessions |
| reverse 2' | ... the hero ... |
| reverse 3' | ... took a different path away from his beloved ... |
| reverse 4' | The one that is saying(?) ... my city(?) |
| reverse 5' | Kazallu, the city that teemed by itself, was confused |
| reverse 6' | Numušda took a different path away from his city, his beloved dwelling |
| reverse 7' | His wife Namrat, the beautiful woman, was weeping bitterly |
| reverse 8' | Emptiness was in the river, ... could not irrigate |
| reverse 9' | Like a river cursed by Enki, its intake was blocked |
| reverse 10' | ... did not have(?) grain in the field, the people did not eat |
| reverse 11' | The watered orchards were baked like an oven, the plain was dispersed. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x ti [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x IM# [...] | |
| 4' | [...] | |
| 5' | [...]-bi# {u2}[...] | |
| 6' | [...]-un#-du8#-du8 [...] | |
| 7' | [...] x# la2#? x a#? [...] | |
| 8' | [...]-ta# ba#-da-gur [...] | |
| 9' | [...]-ta# ba-da-gur dumu#?-[...] | |
| 10' | [...]-a#-ni mu-un-szub e2#-[...] | |
| 11' | [...]-ta# giri3# kur2# ba#-ra#-an#-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ki# ur-sag#? [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ag2#?-ga2-ni giri3# [...] | |
| 4' | [...]{ki}-gu10 im-me#-a [...] | |
| 5' | [...] iri#{ki} ni2-ba# lu-a# szu# [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ki#-tusz ki ag2-ga2-ni# [...] | |
| 7' | [...] {d#}nam#-at munus# sa6 a#-[...] | |
| 8' | [...]-sug4#-ga i-im-gal2 a# [...] | |
| 9' | [...]-ki#-ke4 nam ba-an-ku5# [...] | |
| 10' | [...] nu-un-gal2 [...] | |
| 11' | [...]-gin7#? ba-ur5?-ur5? [...] | |
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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