UET 6, 0720 (P346757)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0720 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346757 |
| 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' | When I enter my temple like a swallow, a lurker of the mountainside hurries forth |
| obverse 3' | As long as ... |
| obverse 4' | I am the nugig midwife of heaven, thus this is what was done to me |
| obverse 5' | At the place of the potter(?), the pot? ... |
| obverse 6' | The nursemaid(?) is covering the street with lamentation |
| obverse 7' | (My) garment is torn away as long as (I am) wearing one |
| obverse 8' | ... touched ... my feet as long as (I was) bent over |
| obverse 9' | On my canal (bank), (my?) canal inspector smashes/returns? a pot for me |
| obverse 10' | In my field, my farmer returns the gigur container (empty?) for me |
| obverse 11' | On my road, a libir demon of the mountain/netherworld ... |
| obverse 12' | On my street, a galla demon of the nighttime robs (from) a breach (in the buildings)/executes his wish(?) |
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' | [...] KA [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-lul#-la-ga gaba#? [...] | |
| 3' | [en3]-tukum#-sze3 a-x-[...] | |
| 4' | [mu]-gi17#-ib an-na-men3 a-gin7 x [...] | |
| 5' | [...]-x dug? si-[...] | |
| 6' | [...]-da#? sila-a#!? i-lu [...] | |
| 7' | [...]-da#-si-ig en-na# [...] | |
| 8' | [...] x ba#-ab-tag en-na [...] | |
| 9' | [... ku3]-gal2#-e dug ma#!?-[...] | |
| 10' | [... mu-un]-gar3-gu10 gi-gur# [...] | |
| 11' | [... li]-bi#-ir kur-ra-ke4 a2 [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ge6#-u3#?-[na-ke4 ...] | |
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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