CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 036 (P346676)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 036 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346676 |
| 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 | Standing in the street, prowling the street, sitting at the thresholds of men (you have learned the counsel in the houses of men) |
| obverse 2 | The wife of the man, the daughter of the man living in the district do not sleep |
| obverse 3 | In order to start arguments between neighbors |
| obverse 4 | Her ears are open(?), her eyes are planted |
| obverse 5 | By means of/after? the “she came"(?), she causes ... to approach ... |
| obverse 6 | She places an argument in their midst |
| obverse 7 | She hangs what they(!) have not said from ... |
| obverse 8 | She causes ... to say something and they drag it about in order to prove it |
| reverse 1' | My spouse, like her spouse, ... |
| reverse 2' | My son, like her son, I, (un)like her, ... |
| reverse 3' | Have not abused, she behaved as a prostitute towards me, she has divorced (her) spouse |
| reverse 4' | Undertake proper legal action (against her) |
| reverse 5' | Who is she? Ninkuzu, daughter of my(?) lord |
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 | [... e]-sir2#-ra ni10-ni10 [...] | |
| 2 | [...] dag-[...] | |
| 3 | usar usar-da du14#? [...] | |
| 4 | gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)-ni KA [...] | |
| 5 | i-im-gen-bi-ta# [...] | |
| 6 | murub4-bi-a [...] | |
| 7 | eg3 nu-du11-ga-ni# [...] | |
| 8 | eg3 bi2#-in#-du11# [...] | |
| 9 | x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-gin7# u3#-mu#-[...] | |
| 2' | [...]-gu10 du5-mu-gu10-ni-gin7 ga2#?-[e ...] | |
| 3' | [...]-mu#?-un#-dub2#? kar!?-kid ma-an-du11# [...] | |
| 4' | di#? gin6-na-am3 dab5#-mu-[...] | |
| 5' | a-ba-am3 e-ne ga-sza-an-ku3#-[zu] | |
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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