CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 050 (P346666)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 050 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346666 |
| 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 | The one who investigated you thus (said): “you are not the legitimate son of that man” |
| obverse 2 | (You state that?) in the estate of your(!?) father, the sustenance of the month consisting of beer, zidmunu ration, and barley is not left over |
| obverse 3 | Concerning your mother, she claims otherwise(?) |
| obverse 4 | Collecting from the ground(?), storing up sweepings(?), “releasing the loincloth"(?) |
| obverse 5 | Quarreler, when you stand in the street |
| obverse 6 | You (even) argue with(?) the sorcerer(?) |
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 | bar!-za en3 bi2-in-tar ur5-gin7 dumu lu2# [...] | |
| 2 | e2 ad-da-UD?-ka sza3-gal iti-da kasz? zi3#?-[...] | |
| 3 | [ama]-zu#-sze3# szu# x ak-am3# | |
| 4 | [...] x {tug2!}nig2-dara2 bur2-x-[...] | |
| 5 | [...] e#-sir2-ra# u3-ba#-[...] | |
| 6 | [... ga-ba]-al# [...]-x | |
| 7 | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
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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