CDLI Literary 000733, ex. 008 (P346618)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000733, ex. 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346618 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; 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 col 1 2' | (Sum) Dedicating/dedicate(?) the wisdom (of?) the crafty prince (Akk) Give(?) for a gift the wisdom (of) the crafty princess(?) |
| reverse col 1 4' | Abzu, great crown of Eridu, shrine that makes divisions |
| reverse col 1 6' | (Sum) Its ruler is a ruler that makes divisions, the great pirig creature of princeship (Akk) Its ruler is a ruler that makes divisions, the great wild one(!?), of(?) ... |
| reverse col 1 8' | Temple that bears an aura, the luhšu functionary of Eridu |
| reverse col 1 10' | The great ruler(?), with hair (adorned) with an abundance of tiny ...(?) (Akk) Your(?) great ... stranded with abundant strands(?) |
| reverse col 1 12' | King whose hands are clean, Enlil, the great lord! |
| reverse col 1 13' | When Enki dwells in the E'engur temple |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)# nun galam-[... sag]-e-esz rig7-[...] | |
| 2' | uz#-nu-um ru-ba-tum na-ak#?-[... a]-na# sze-ri-ik-tim sza-ar-ka#-[...] | |
| 3' | abzux(DE2)? men gal eridu[{ki}-ga ...] hal-hal-[...] | |
| 4' | [...] x x x [...] mu#?-[zi-zu-um] | |
| 5' | nun#-bi nun hal#-hal#-[...] pirig# gal nam-nun#-[...] | |
| 6' | ru#-ba-szu ru-bu-u mu-zi-zu-um#? na#-adx(AB)-ru-um ra-bu-u2 sza ru?-bi-x | |
| 7' | e2# ni2 gur3-ru# luhsza eridu{ki}-ga#? | |
| 8' | bi#-tum sza pu-lu-uh2-ta-am na-da#?-[... lu]-uh2-szu sza eridu{ki} | |
| 9' | [...] gal# munsub? he-nun di4-di4-la2 | |
| 10' | [...]-x-a-ka ra-bu-u2 s,i-pi-ir-ti nu-uh2#?-[...] s,a-pi-ir | |
| 11' | [...] szu# luh-luh-ha-ke4 [{d}en]-lil2 en gal-e | |
| 12' | [...]-um# sza qa2-ta-a-szu mi-sa3#? [... be]-lum ra-bu-um | |
| 13' | [...] e2#-engur-ra# [...]-a-[...] | |
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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