CDLI Literary 000382, ex. 023 (P346555)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000382, ex. 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346555 |
| 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' | ... put water in the field, the city(?) was “consumed by the marsh” (i.e. destroyed) |
| obverse 2' | ... was being done(?), like the reeds of a wasteland, giving birth was not being established |
| obverse 3' | They(?) scattered ... away, in the city evil ... |
| reverse 1 | A stupor covered? the terrified heart of the people like a garment |
| reverse 2 | Its good udug protective deity left, its lamma protective deity fled |
| reverse 3 | The lamma protective deity roamed(!?) in the plain, it took a different path |
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' | [...] ba#?-ab#?-gar x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] gi# ki#-usz2#?-a-gin7 tu#-[...] | |
| 3' | [...] x ba#-du11# iri#?-a nig2#-hul#?-[...] x mu-un-da-an#-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] te# ug3-ba nig2-me-gar tug2-gin7# [...] | |
| 2 | [{d}]udug sa6-ga-bi ib2-ta-[...] {d}lamma-bi ba-da-[...] | |
| 3 | [...] edin-e bar bi2-ib-[...] giri3# kur2 ba#-ra-[...] | |
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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