CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 070 (P346642)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346642 |
| 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' | Who has seen anything as surpassing as its lady Nintur? |
| obverse 2' | It is the first house(?) |
| obverse 3' | The good temple built in a good place |
| obverse 4' | The temple of Keš, the good temple built in a good place |
| obverse 5' | Floating like a noble barge in heaven |
| obverse 6' | Casting ... like a holy barge |
| obverse 7' | Like the boat of An, (it is) the sacred space/face(?) of the lands |
| obverse 8' | Waddling away from the shore like the junior/wild u bird |
| obverse 9' | Temple roaring like a bull, bellowing like a bull calf |
| obverse 10' | Temple, from its midst is the heart of the land |
| obverse 11' | From behind it is the life of Sumer |
| obverse 12' | Temple, great oval touching heaven |
| obverse 13' | Great Ezida shrine touching heaven |
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' | [nin]-bi# {d}nin-tur5# [...] a-ba-a# [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | e2# du10 ki# [...] | |
| 4' | e2# keszx(|SZU2.AN|){ki} e2 du10 ki# [...] | |
| 5' | [...]-gurx(TE) nun-gin7 an#-[...] | |
| 6' | [...]-gurx(TE) ku3-gin7 KA2-x [...] | |
| 7' | [...] an-na-ke4 musz2 kur#-[...] | |
| 8' | [...]{muszen#} banda3-gin7 pesz10-ta sur#-[...] | |
| 9' | [...]-gin7# murum sza4 ninda2-gin7 gu3 nun# [...] | |
| 10' | [...]-bi#-da# lipisz kalam#-[...] | |
| 11' | [...]-bi#-da zi ki-en#-[...] | |
| 12' | [...] eb# gal an-[...] | |
| 13' | [...] gal# an-[...] | |
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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