CDLI Literary 000733, ex. 010 (P346621)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000733, ex. 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346621 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| obverse 1' | Taking counsel in the place filled with awe(?) by the day/sunlight |
| obverse 2' | Taken care of by the mountain by means of the oil of abundance(?) |
| obverse 3' | One (possessing) great wisdom, sired by the Great Mountain (Enlil) |
| obverse 4' | True lady, the supreme scribe of An, the land recorder of Enlil |
| obverse 5' | Wise and attentive one of the gods |
| obverse 6' | In order to make ... barley and flax grow in the furrows(?) |
| obverse 7' | In order to admire/see the grain goddess Ezina of lordship |
| reverse 1' | When he builds the Abzu of Eridu |
| reverse 2' | When he takes counsel at the Halankug shrine |
| reverse 3' | When he hews the temple of taškarin wood |
| reverse 4' | When the abgal functionary lets loose his outer hair |
| reverse 5' | When he lives (within) the marked foundation(?) of fresh cedar |
| reverse 6' | When he stands the door of wisdom (open) in the street |
| reverse 7' | When he (uses) the šita mace made of date palm(?) perfectly(?) |
| reverse 8' | When he beats the ba garment against(?) the šita mace |
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' | x [...] | |
| 2' | kur i3 he#!?-[...] | |
| 3' | gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)# [...] | |
| 4' | munus zi [...] | |
| 5' | gal-zu igi# [...] | |
| 6' | absin3 sze# x [...] | |
| 7' | {d#}[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | abzu#? eridu{ki} du3-[...] | |
| 2' | hal-an-ku3 sza3 [...] | |
| 3' | e2 {gesz}taszkarin [...] | |
| 4' | abgal siki bar-ra# [...] | |
| 5' | temen gal {gesz}erin duru5# [...] | |
| 6' | e2-gesztu2-ka-[...] | |
| 7' | szita {gesz}geszimmar [...] | |
| 8' | szita#-ba# [...] | |
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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