CDLI Literary 000382, ex. 022 (P346554)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000382, ex. 022 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346554 |
| 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' | Who changed its discernment, who altered its intelligence? |
| obverse col 1 2' | Who struck its good udug protective spirit? Who beat its lamma protective spirit? |
| obverse col 1 3' | Who ruined the aura and radiance that had been on (its) head? |
| obverse col 1 4' | Who ... the dignity(?) of Uruk, who ... the nugig midwife(?) |
| obverse col 1 5' | Along with the city the foreign lands ..., in Uruk who ... in its temple? |
| reverse col 1' 2' | With the midst/heart of a storm(?) ... |
| reverse col 1' 3' | Like elite troops they plundered (all of(?) ...), ... |
| reverse col 1' 4' | They crushed the road like malt, the one apart from them(?) like a god/An? ... |
| reverse col 1' 5' | They made the battle veterans “fall into their hand"(!?), they ... their tactics/intellect/mood(?) |
| reverse col 1' 6' | The elite of the troops, who emerged (separate) from the (average) man(?) ... |
| reverse col 1' 7' | Gutium ..., the weapon ... |
| reverse col 1' 8' | Not even looking with both of their eyes(?), ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | dim2#-ma-bi szu# [...] | |
| 2' | udug sa6-ga-bi [...] | |
| 3' | ni2 me-lam2 sag-ga2 gal2-la#-[...] | |
| 4' | unu{ki}-ga tesz2-bi a-ba#-[...] | |
| 5' | iri-da kur-kur-[...] | |
| 6' | e-ne# [...] | |
| reverse col 1' | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | sza3 {tu15}[...] a#? [...] | |
| 3' | erin2 sag-gin7 mu-un#-[...] AN# [...] | |
| 4' | kaskal munu4-gin7 mu-un#-[...] AN# [...] | |
| 5' | me3 zu-ba szu-ba E bi2#-[...] | |
| 6' | sag erin2-na lu2-ta e3#-[...] x [...] | |
| 7' | gu-ti-um{ki} UR# x x e-NE [...] | |
| 8' | igi-[...] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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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