CDLI Literary 000395, ex. 058 (P346558)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000395, ex. 058 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346558 |
| 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 | I am the king, from the womb I was a hero |
| obverse 2 | I am Shulgi, after I was born, I was a mighty male |
| obverse 3 | I am a pirig creature with a furious face that was given birth to by an ušumgal creature |
| obverse 4 | I am the king of the four quarters |
| obverse 5' | I am the herder and shepherd of the black-headed |
| obverse 6' | I am the authoritative one, the god of the lands |
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 | lugal#?-me-en sza3-ta# [...] | |
| 2 | {d#}sul-gi-me-en# [...] | |
| 3 | [...] igi# husz uszumgal-[...] | |
| 4 | [...] an#-ub-ta# limmu2#?-[...] | |
| 5' | [...] sipa# sag-gig2#-[...] | |
| 6' | [...]-gal2# dingir# kur#-[...] | |
| 7' | [...] 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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