UET 6, 0561 (P346598)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0561 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346598 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| reverse 2 | ... going up from the great horizon(?) to (its) zenith |
| reverse 3 | ... the servant of the house of my king/master ... |
| reverse 4 | Regarding the matter of Urdun the merchant that my king answered/dispatched to me |
| reverse 5 | Urdun as your servant is given orders(?) (as) my king knows |
| reverse 6 | ... Urdun by means of not being good ... his ... propagated lies(?) |
| reverse 7 | If my king asks after my well being, if he ... that of his heart/mind for me |
| reverse 8 | My ... thus spoke to you deceitfully (not) once (but) twice, my king knows (this) |
| reverse 9 | ... Urdun the merchant thus chatted on (about?): |
| reverse 10 | ..., nirbabbardili stone, chlorite(?), lapis lazuli, carnelian, their outsides equalled (i.e., made proportional, by cutting?) |
| reverse 11 | ... are heaped up(?) |
| reverse 12 | From/by means of ..., a strand of glowing(?) alabaster (beads), ... very good(?) ..., |
| reverse 13 | ... of my ...(?) is bound/diminished for them(?) |
| reverse 14 | ... Urdun “raised his hand for them” |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x-MU | |
| 2' | [...] x | |
| 3' | [...]-bar? | |
| 4' | [...]-kin2#? | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x e3#? [...] a# x [...] | |
| 2 | [...] x GILIM? u4?-da-gin7 {d}ubur#? an gal-ta#? an-pa-sze3 e11#!?-a#? | |
| 3 | [...] ARAD e2 lugal-gu10 ba UD-da kal!-lu | |
| 4 | [... ur]-dun# dam-gar3-ra-ke4-esz nig2#? lugal#?-gu10 ma-an-gi4# | |
| 5 | [ur]-dun# ARAD-zu-gin7 a2 ag2-ga2 al#?-ag2#-ga2 lugal-gu10 i3-zu | |
| 6 | [...]-ra#? ur-dun nu-du10-ga-ni-ta mu-ta-ni?-x [...] x-ga2-ni# lul si-si-ge5 bi2-in-szum2 | |
| 7 | [lugal]-gu10# bar-ga2 en3 he2-bi2-in-tar nig2 sza3-ga-na ha-ma-an-ak? | |
| 8 | [...] x-gu10 a-gin7 me-er-ga gi4-bi nu-du10-ga x mu-ra-an-du11 lugal-gu10 i3-zu | |
| 9 | [...] x ZI-ta ur-dun dam-gar3-ra ur5-gin7 inim bala-bala-e | |
| 10 | [...] x szu za3-bi-ta#? {na4}nir2-babbar2#-dili {na4}du8-szi-a {na4#}za-gin3-na {na4}gug bar-bi sa2-a | |
| 11 | [...] x {na4}AGA-x? {na4#}x KA x asz du10#?-du10#? nun kar2? ku3-zu x x-bi?-a dub-dub-me-esz# | |
| 12 | [...] x IG-ta {na4}gesz#-nu11#-gal kar2-kar2 gesz-dili-am3#? [...] x du10-du10-ge#? x x-am3 | |
| 13 | [...] x-la-gu10 x-bi in-ne-la2 | |
| 14 | [...] x-am3 ur-dun szu in-ne#-zi-zi-x | |
| 15 | [...] x x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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