UET 6, 0703 (P346740)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0703 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346740 |
| 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' | Like a male thief who plunders a city |
| obverse 2' | He gathered up/imposed(?) great ladders (for use) against the temple |
| obverse 3' | In order to destroy the Ekur temple like a great boat |
| obverse 4' | In order to loosen (its) soil like a mountain mined (for) precious metal |
| obverse 5' | As if to(?) cut/separate(?) it like the mountain range of lapis lazuli |
| obverse 6 | In order bring (its) neck to the ground like a city that Iškur had poured (upon) |
| obverse 7 | Although the temple was not (in/of) the mountain of the cut juniper |
| obverse 8 | He poured/brought(?) great hazin axes towards it |
| obverse 9' | He sharpened along both edges of the agasilig ax |
| reverse 2' | The blood of the criminal flowed atop(?) the blood of the just man |
| reverse 3' | At that time Enlil, apart from his great shrines |
| reverse 4' | Built small reed shrines |
| reverse 5' | From “sunrise to sunset” (east to west?) their storehouses were diminished |
| reverse 6' | The old woman who was spared from the day(s)/storm(?) |
| reverse 7' | The old man who was spared from the day(s)/storm(?) |
| reverse 8' | The chief lamentation priest who was spared from the year |
| reverse 14' | Their lament was the “lament of the parents of Enlil“ |
| reverse 15' | It was (at?) the Dukug shrine filled with awe (at?) the holy knees of Enlil that they were performing |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-DU#?-[...] | |
| 2' | [...]-de5#?-de5#? | |
| 3' | [...]-gul#-de3 | |
| 4' | [...]-al#?-gin7 [...] | |
| 5' | [...]-gin3#-na#-ke4 tar-re-de3# | |
| 6 | [...] x ba-de2-ge-en gu2# [...] | |
| 7 | [... {gesz}]erin ku5 nu-me-a# | |
| 8 | [...]-in#? gal-gal-la ba-[...] | |
| 9' | [...] min-bi#?-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] x x x x | |
| 2' | [...]-mu#-un#-DU# | |
| 3' | [...]-gal#-la-ni#?-ta#? | |
| 4' | [...]-x-an#!?-du3#? | |
| 5' | [...] x-bi ba#?-an#?-[...] | |
| 6' | [...]-x-ab#-tak4#-a# | |
| 7' | [...]-ab#-tak4#-a# | |
| 8' | [...]-x-tak4#?-a# | |
| 9' | [...] x x x | |
| 10' | [...] x x [...] x | |
| 11' | [...]-ga2#-[...] | |
| 12' | [...]-ga2#-[...] | |
| 13' | [...] x-ga2-ga2# | |
| 14' | [...] {d#}en-lil-la2-kam#? | |
| 15' | [...] {d#}en#-lil2#-la2-kam#? [...] x [...] | |
| 16' | [...] x | |
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