CDLI Literary 000778, ex. 045 (P346681)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CDLI Literary 000778, ex. 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346681 |
| 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' | The hoe is the kingal official on/in the u land(?) of the river |
| reverse col 1' 2' | At the chamber/door(?) of the site(?) of the agrun chamber, the hoe is the vizier |
| reverse col 1' 3' | Evildoers are children of the hoe during the waning moon(?) |
| reverse col 1' 4' | By means of/in(?) the regular day(?) they are born towards(!?) heaven(?) |
| reverse col 1' 5' | Towards heaven the altirigu bird is the bird of a god |
| reverse col 1' 6' | Towards the earth it is the hoe, in the reedbed it is a dog, in the thicket it is an ušumgal creature |
| reverse col 1' 7' | At the site of battle it is a durallu ax |
| reverse col 1' 8' | At the site of the fortification, it is an alluhab net(?) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| reverse col 1' | ||
| 1' | {gesz}al#-e u3#? ix(|A.SUG|)-da#? [...] | |
| 2' | dagx(KA2) ki agrun-na-ka {gesz}[...] | |
| 3' | hul-gal2 u4-nu2-a dumu {gesz#}[...] | |
| 4' | u4 sa2# du11-ga-ta-a an-sze3#? [...] | |
| 5' | an-sze3# al-ti#-ri2#-ki#?{muszen#} muszen# dingir#-[...] | |
| 6' | [...] gesz#-gi-a ur#-[...] uszumgal-am3# | |
| 7' | [...]-lu#?-am3 | |
| 8' | [...]-lu-hab2-am3 | |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.