UET 6, 0622 (P346659)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0622 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346659 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| reverse col 1' 1' | My god, after you made my eyes know(?) my ... and sin |
| reverse col 1' 2' | The young man ... the forgetting/destruction(?) of ... |
| reverse col 1' 3' | In the assembly/the assembly(?), unceasing(ly)(?), heavily(?) like(?) a rain cloud rains(? my sins?) upon me(?) |
| reverse col 1' 4' | May my tears ... my compassion and mercy (i.e. for me)(?) |
| reverse col 1' 5' | (For) me, who is a youth, may your pure heart ... my compassion and mercy (i.e. for me) |
| reverse col 1' 6' | (For) me, who is a youth, your heart which is a floodwave exuding an aura returns to its (former) place |
| reverse col 1' 7' | His god heard the bitter weeping the man |
| reverse col 1' 8' | His true word, his holy word, his ... |
| reverse col 1' 9' | His god accepted |
| reverse col 1' 10' | The youth brought out(?) the words of an arazu prayer(?) |
| reverse col 1' 11' | On the body of the gods(!) the holy ... was spread like fine oil |
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 col 1' | ||
| 1' | [...] x USZ TUG2 [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x gal2-la x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse col 1' | ||
| 1' | dingir-gu10# [...] | |
| 2' | gurusz zu#? x si zu ha-lam-ma!-bi# a x x x [...] | |
| 3' | ukken-e nu#?-silig? dugud-bi muru9#-gin7#? ugu#?-gu10#? [...] | |
| 4' | er2-gu10 arhusz sza3-ne-sza4-gu10 x x he2#-x-[...] | |
| 5' | gurusz-me-en arhusz sza3-ne-sza4-gu10 sza3#? ku3#?-zu x [...] | |
| 6' | gurusz-me-en sza3 i-zi ni2 ri#?-a-zu#!? ki-bi ha#?-[...] | |
| 7' | lu2-lu7 er2 gig#-ga szesz2#?-a#-ni dingir#-ra#-[...] | |
| 8' | inim# zi inim ku3#?-ga-ni x-x-ni# x [...] | |
| 9' | dingir#-ra-ni szu# ba-an-[...] | |
| 10' | gurusz#-e inim a-ar2-zu#? am3-mi-ni#?-x-[...] | |
| 11' | x ku3-ug2 su2 dingir-re#-e-ne#-ke4#? i3 li#?-[...] | |
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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