UET 6, 0688 (P346725)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0688 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346725 |
| 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' | A man ... |
| obverse 3' | A woman does not ... |
| obverse 4' | A year(?) of toil ... |
| obverse 5' | A son(?) of toil |
| obverse 6' | Look around! |
| obverse 7' | A mighty man |
| obverse 8' | In one day (it being one day) |
| obverse 9' | You will become |
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 [...] | |
| 2' | lu2 x [...] | |
| 3' | munus nu-x-[...] | |
| 4' | mu du-lum-ma x | |
| 5' | du5-mu du-lum-ma | |
| 6' | igi bar-bar-re | |
| 7' | gurusz kal-ga | |
| 8' | u4 dili-am3 | |
| 9' | ba-an-ku4-re-en | |
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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