UET 6, 0589 (P346626)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0589 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346626 |
| 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 | Hero, supreme strength ... lamma protective spirit of(?) the land/people ... |
| obverse 2 | My king, lord ... greatness ... |
| obverse 3 | ušumgal creature ..., ... snake ... |
| reverse 2 | gešbanda, great tree(?) ... decreeing fate greatly(?) ... |
| reverse 3 | Supreme deity, suited for the great me |
| reverse 4 | King Ningešzida, authoritative one in the universe |
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 | ur#-sag a2 mah# [...] {d}lamma UN [...] | |
| 2 | lugal-gu10 en {d#?}[...] nam-mah# [...] | |
| 3 | {musz}uszumgal# [...] musz KA [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | x [...] x x a#? [...] | |
| 2 | gesz-banda3{+da} gesz#? gal x [...] nam tar-re gal x | |
| 3 | dingir mah me gal-gal szu du7# | |
| 4 | lugal {d}nin-gesz-zi an-ki-a nir-gal2#!? | |
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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