CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 023 (P346674)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346674 |
| 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 | Where do you come from? |
| obverse 2 | Do not fight, your arm/power should not be too small for me(?) |
| obverse 3 | Why (should) I not fight? What did I(?) do? |
| obverse 4 | You(?) ..., and therefore(?), “one with the consecrated/instructing/separating hand(?)” I(?) cannot sleep |
| obverse 5 | What, idiot, have you slandered? |
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 | me-ta-am3 am3-di-di-in | |
| 2 | ga-ba-al nam-mu-du3-en a2-zu na-ma-tur | |
| 3 | ta#-asz# ga-ba-al nu-du3-e-en ta-am3 i-ri-ak | |
| 4 | [...] mu#-a#-ak-e szu#-bi na de5-ge4 u3 ba-ra#-x-ku#-ku#-un | |
| 5 | [...]-sig#?-zu#-um# i3-gu7# | |
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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