UET 6, 0668 (P346705)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0668 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346705 |
| 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 2' | Its raven(s) are eating the corpse(s) |
| reverse 1 | The men of the front died at the bow of the boat |
| reverse 2 | The men of the rear died at the stern |
| reverse 3 | In the middle of the city, ... destroyed the middle of the city |
| reverse 4 | In the outside of the city, ... destroyed the outside of the city |
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' | x [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | uga#{muszen#}-bi# adda# im-da#!?-gu7#? | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | mu-lu sag-ga2 ma2 sag-ga2 ba-ab-ug5 | |
| 2 | mu-lu egir-ra ma2 egir-ra# ba-ab-ug5# | |
| 3 | uru17# sza3-ba uru17 sza3 szu? mu-[da-gul] | |
| 4 | uru17 bar-ra uru17 bar szu? mu-[da-gul] | |
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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