UET 6, 0618 (P346655)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0618 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346655 |
| 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 | ..., as if it too was an ancient city (i.e., ruins?), destruction ... |
| obverse 2 | He set ... on fire, made fire burn up man(kind)(?) |
| obverse 3 | Utu, who had laid down in the horizon ... |
| obverse 4 | The storm that did not know good or evil, in the city ... |
| obverse 5 | The burning namtar demon ... the midst of the land of(?) |
| obverse 6 | In the city, at nighttime, like a wind(?) ... |
| obverse 7 | The grievous asag demon ... with(?) death ... |
| obverse 8 | The people, scratching their faces (in despair), their faces were changed? |
| obverse 9 | Head raised, boastful ... |
| obverse 10 | Larsa, the city of/where(?) the king .../The storm ... Unug?, the city of/where(?) the king ... |
| obverse 11 | The storm, casting potsherds and fire(?) ... |
| obverse 12 | Bundling reeds and wood ... |
| obverse 13 | ... is bound, not rising, ... |
| obverse 14 | This(?) afflicted thing/this(?) painfully(?) ... |
| obverse 15 | The bird ... its thighs ... |
| obverse 16 | The bird(?) ... (its) knees(?) ... |
| reverse 1' | The lamma protective spirit/youth(?) ... |
| reverse 2' | The udug demon/protective spirit ... |
| reverse 3' | (postscript: When) you stop(?) |
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 | uru2#?{ki#?} iri ul in-ga-me-a-gin7 nig2#-ha#?-[lam-ma ...] | |
| 2 | szu bi2-in-hu-uz izi lu2 bi2-in#-[...] | |
| 3 | {d}utu an-ur2-ra i-ni-in-nu2-a#? [...] | |
| 4 | u4 sa6 hul nu-zu iri-a szu an-bar u4#? [...] | |
| 5 | nam-tar u2-gug du11-ga sza3 kur# [...] | |
| 6 | iri-a ge6-u3-na tu15-gin7 ZA [...] | |
| 7 | a2-sag3 dugud nam-usz2-da x [...] | |
| 8 | ug3-e!? igi hur?-re igi-bi#? [...] | |
| 9 | sag zi ni2 bulug5 x [...] | |
| 10 | u4 unu{ki} iri lugal# [...] | |
| 11 | u4 szika izi ri SU x [...] | |
| 12 | gi gesz kad4-de3 mu-x-[...] u2-la#-[...] | |
| 13 | i3-kesz2 nu-zi-zi x [...] | |
| 14 | ne-en gig-ga#?-bi [...] | |
| 15 | na-x-x-ma?{muszen} hasz4 gal-bi x x [...] | |
| 16 | tu-x-x{muszen#} du10 x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | kal x [...] | |
| 2' | {d}udug x [...] | |
| 3' | na-pa-ar-ku8?-ka!? | |
| left | ||
| 1 | x-BI?-ba-am? | |
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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