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UET 6, 0897 (P346934)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | UET 6, 0897 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346934 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From 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)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [ina qar-ni]-ša₂ qaq-qar ṭe-[rat ...] | In her horns, the ground is shattered ... |
| 2' | [ša el]-lam-me-e DU-⸢MEŠ⸣{ak} di-⸢ma⸣-[šu x x] | The one of Elam, the one who goes out, his outburst |
| 3' | [ša₂]-⸢niš⸣ si e₂-gar₈-bi til-la el-lam-mu-u₂ [(x) {d}30 | The horns of the wall, finished, ellamû |
| 4' | ⸢ša₂ nu⸣-ru la-ni-šu₂ u₂-qe₂-et-ta-a [(x) si nu]-⸢ru⸣ E₂.GAR₈ la-⸢ni⸣ | (Sum) The eša demon is the one who takes away his ... (Akk) The nuŋiru demons are the ones who take away his own ... |
| 5' | bi šu-u₂ til qa-tu-u₂ ⸢ša₂ AN⸣.[TA.LU₃] ⸢TIL⸣{ti₃} GAR{nu} | This is the end of the hand of the eša-plant. |
| 6' | aš₂-šu₂ AB₂-MU la a-lit-ti aš₂-⸢šu₂ {d⸣}30 EN la]-⸢a-tu₄⸣ KU₃-MEŠ | Because my cow is not a female kid, because the god Sîn, the lord of the holy abodes, |
| 7' | ne₂-šal-pa-a e-ti-qa la-⸢ra⸣-[ah x x x x x x] x | (Sum) I am a young man, I want to go up to the mountain(?) (Akk) The young man is the one who passes by, he should not go up ... |
| 8' | lib₃-bu-u₂ la-ra-ah gig-⸢ga⸣ su-ni-⸢ta keš₂⸣-da | (Sum) My heart is a lamenting lamentation, a bitter lament. (Akk) The heart is an afflicting lament, it is bitter to be inflicted on me. |
| 9' | na-hu-un-di {d}30 na-ru-un-du {d}⸢UTU⸣ | naḫundi of Sîn, narundi of Šamaš, |
| 10' | ul-la {d}UTU ul-la an-⸢na⸣ | In ancient times, Šamaš in ancient times |
| 11' | I₃.GIŠ BUR ša₂ ina {gi}GAG.U₄.TAG.GA in-⸢di⸣ | The oil of the kiln that is in the reed-bed rises. |
| 12' | {⸢gi⸣}GAG.U₄.TAG.GA šil-ta-hu {⸢gi⸣}[GAG].U₄.⸢TAG⸣.GA [mul-mul] | “Ereštaĝa, the sviltaḫu-disease, Erietis, the rainbow, |
| 13' | [mul]-⸢mul⸣ šil-ta-⸢hu mul⸣-[mul ze-ri] | The Bristle, the sviltāḫu-star, the fiery star |
| r | ||
| 1' | na-ma-ri KASKAL⸣ [...] | (Sum) The one who sees ... (Akk) The light of the road ... |
| 2' | {giš}MA₂ tam-ti₃ ⸢ša₂-niš x⸣ [x x x x x x x] ⸢x hu x⸣ | The ship of the sea |
| 3' | ša₂ ŠA₃ {na₄}iš-qil-lat ⸢li⸣-kal-lim nu-⸢ru⸣ a-na MUNUS.PEŠ₄ iq-ta-bi | From the hand of Išqilat eli-ekallim nu-eru-e23 to a pregnant woman spoke. |
| 4' | {na₄}iškila ṣil-lat ša₂-niš um-mi šal-šiš MUNUS.PEŠ₄ | Iškila-stone is the weight of one's mother. |
| 5' | ⸢ul⸣ sa-an-qa-at GABA-sa ša₂ ku-lu-lu-ša la kut-tu-mu | “Its breast is thick, its breast is thin, it is not thin, |
| 6' | ⸢lib₃⸣-bu-u₂ ir-tu₄ ⸢ar-da-at⸣ pa-su-um-tu₄ ⸢iš-hu⸣-ṭu | The inner libû-plant, the ardāt-plant (and) the psumtum-plant |
| 7' | hur-da-at-su su-un MUNUS lib₃-bu-u₂ ŠU-MIN-⸢ka⸣ šu-ta-am-ṣa-am-ma | (Sum) His limbs are swollen, the heart of a woman is trembling (Akk) The heart of the woman is shaking, the hand of the man is shaking |
| 8' | lu-pu-ut hur-da-at-ni ina kit-tab-ri-šu₂ ina i-di-šu₂ | (Sum) I want to build a mountain (Akk) May I build the mountain (var.) on its top |
| 9' | kit-tam-ri i-di ṭur{ṭu-⸢ur}da⸣ {giš}⸢MA₂⸣ ⸢ṭu₂⸣-ur-da {giš}MA₂ | “Truly, I know the tburdâ-demon, the eurda-boat, the boat, |
| 10' | {giš}MA₂ MUNUS.PEŠ₄ um-ma MUNUS.PEŠ₄ ⸢tu⸣-ri-di | The boat of the young woman, thus (says) the young female ēridi-priest |
| 11' | e-di-ti mi-di-ti e-du-u₂ mi-du-u₂ | (Sum) The young woman, the young woman is a young woman (Akk) The old woman, she is an old woman |
| 12' | ⸢NA₄⸣ ti-ki AN{e} x (x) NUMUN DUG₄.DUG₄{ub} | “(If) a ḫašû-plant (and) ēšāru-plant, the seed of litigation, |
| 13' | [x] x x [x] x-ti kaz-bat ba-na-at | ... ... is present. |
| 14' | [nam-ru ša₂ {d}30 nu-ur₂ ša₂ {d}30 nu-ru-ub U₂-[ME] | The bright light of Sin, the radiance of Sîn, the light of plants |
| 15' | [...] x ni x [x] | ... ... |
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