CDLI Literary 000481, ex. 058 (P346568)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000481, ex. 058 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346568 |
| 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 one who makes the woman sparkle as a flower/star(?) |
| obverse 2 | I am the one who Nanna looks at with a favorable eye |
| obverse 3 | He spoke faithfully to me in Urim |
| obverse 4 | Uta'ulu (Ninurta), I am the man of his heart |
| obverse 5 | He was able to(?) impose a great aura upon me in the Ešumeša temple |
| obverse 6 | I am one whose understanding was opened by Enki |
| obverse 7 | In Eridu he gave the kingship to me |
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 | [...]-la# zi-de3#-[...] | |
| 2 | [...] zi# bar-ra {d#}[...] | |
| 3 | uri2#{ki}-ma gu3# [...] | |
| 4 | [u4]-ta-ulu3{+lu} lu2 sza3#-[...] | |
| 5 | [e2]-szu#-me-sza4-ta ni2# [...] | |
| 6 | gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)# bad-ra2 {d#}en#-[...] | |
| 7 | [...]{ki#?}-[...] | |
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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