UET 6, 0612 (P346649)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0612 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346649 |
| 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 2' | ... put/established ... |
| obverse 3' | ... bore allure |
| obverse 4' | Relaxing/cooling ... |
| obverse 5' | ... covering the lands |
| obverse 6' | ... to be raised |
| obverse 7' | ... its stature/physique/features filled with plenty |
| obverse 8' | ... his beloved spouse(!?) |
| obverse 10' | ... decreed a fate for you and lent weight to your command |
| obverse 11' | ... seeking/continually sought(?) your divine decree |
| obverse 12' | They have established your/his(!?) clean(?) ... on behalf of your reign |
| obverse 13' | ... suitable for the many people |
| obverse 14' | May ... dwell in the Ebabbar as treasure |
| obverse 15' | ... standing/serving |
| obverse 16' | ... the one who knows ... he/she shall be an unwavering lord/en functionary(?) |
| obverse 17' | ... the perfected plans |
| obverse 18' | Bestow ... |
| obverse 19' | ... so that the people, the black headed gaze sweetly(?) ... |
| reverse 2' | May ... be surpassing in the land |
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' | [...] a mu-un-x | |
| 2' | [...] im#-mi-in-gar | |
| 3' | [... hi]-li mu-un-gur3 | |
| 4' | [...]-te-en-te-en | |
| 5' | [...]-kur#-re szu2-a | |
| 6' | [...]-il2#-i-da-bi | |
| 7' | [...] |SIG7.ALAN|#?-bi# la-la si-a | |
| 8' | [...] NI tum2-ma gidlamx(|SAL.USZ.DI|) ki ag2#-ga2#?-ni# | |
| 9' | [...] ZI#? mu-un-NE-NE | |
| 10' | [...] mu#-ri-in-tar du11-ga-zu mi-ri-in-dugud | |
| 11' | [...] x a-ra2-zu kikken2-ge26 | |
| 12' | [...] tam-ma?-ni-zu bala-zu-sze3 mu-ni-in-gar-re?-esz-am3 | |
| 13' | [...] ug3# szar2-ra tum2-tum2-mu | |
| 14' | [...] e2-babbar-ra gil-sa-a-sze3 he2-tusz | |
| 15' | [...] x gub-ba | |
| 16' | [...] mu#-un-zu-a e-ne en nu-kur2-ru he2-me-en | |
| 17' | [...] x gesz-hur szu du7-du7 | |
| 18' | [...]-a sag-e-esz x rig7-ni-ib | |
| 19' | [...] ug3 sag-gig2 u6 du10-ge-esz x-[...] | |
| 20' | [...] x UN#? [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] x [...] x kalam-ma ha-ba-diri | |
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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