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BWL pl. 66 BM 038283 (+) BM 038554b (P357175)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BWL pl. 66 BM 038283 (+) BM 038554b |
|---|---|
| ID | P357175 |
| Museum no. | BM 038283 (+) BM 038554b |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Wisdom or proverb |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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 i | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢al⸣ [...] | ...-eal |
| 2' | [...]-ma-al ⸢gi₄⸣-[...] | ... is there, the bride |
| 3' | [...]-⸢še₃⸣ ga-nam-ma-da a-na ⸢x⸣-[...] | I want to go to the eše temple |
| 4' | ⸢iri⸣-a niŋ₂ hul-a mim-ma lem-[...] | In the city, evil, anything evil |
| 5' | šeg₁₀ an-da-ab-gi₄-gi₄ iš-ta-[...] | (Sum) You are the one who answers with a resounding voice(?) (Akk) The one who listens to you(?) |
| 6' | niŋ₂ gu₂ kud-kud-du a-na mu-ka-⸢AB⸣-[...] | To Muka-ešarra |
| 7' | gu₂ nam-ba-an-gurum-e-en ki-ša-da a-a ik-⸢ka⸣-[...] | Do not bend over, may the earth not tremble for you |
| 8' | {d}nin-ŋeš-zid-da-ra a-na {d}⸢NIN.GIŠ.ZID⸣.[DA] | For Ninbešzidda to E-NIN.GIŠi-e.DA |
| 9' | ga-til₃ na-an-ab-be₂-en bu-lu-uṭ a-a iq-⸢qa⸣-[bi] | Do not say “I want to live!", may he not say to you 'no'. |
| 10' | kan₄-na nam-mu-ni-ib₂-dib-be₂-en-ze₂-en ba-ab-šu e tu-uš-bi-a-ni-[in-ni-mi] | Do not pass by the gate! It is him who sits down at the house |
| 11' | e-še | |
| 12' | šu gi₄-gi₄-ra a-na mu-ter gi-mil-⸢li⸣ | Hand of the remissioner, to the one who restores Gimillî |
| 13' | šu he₂-en-na-gi₄ gi-mil-lu₄ li-tur₂-⸢šu₂⸣ | May he return his hand to him, may he become a widow |
| 14' | {d}lum-ma ŠU-ma | to Luma he is. |
| 15' | ⸢lu₂⸣ i₅-ŋar sag₉-ga-ra ša₂ i-ger-re-e dam-⸢qi₂⸣ | (Sum) For the lord of the good Igibar temple, the heart of the Igerre gods, (Akk) The man of the “good Igubar temple′, the heart(?) of the great Igugur temple |
| 16' | [sag₉]-ga he₂-en-na-ŋar da-ma-qu liš-kun-[šu₂] | May he be beautiful, may he set him free. |
| 17' | [...] ⸢x⸣ uga{mušen}gin₇ ši-bu ki-⸢ma⸣ [...] | ... like a snake ... the earth |
| 18' | [...] ⸢šu⸣ ba-an-teŋ₄ ser₂-qi₂ la ⸢x⸣-[...] | ... he removed the šu’e23-plant, he did not ... the serqi-plant |
| 19' | [...] ⸢x⸣ x ak-ni DA ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... I planted ... next to the ... |
| 20' | [...] ⸢x⸣-da la [...] | ... not |
| 21' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| r i' | ||
| 1' | {[d}en-lil₂]-⸢le⸣ [...] | Enlil-ele'e |
| 2' | [...] ⸢aš₂⸣ dug₄-ga-še₃ a-⸢na⸣ [...] | ... to the place where the water flows, the water ... |
| 3' | [...]-⸢ši⸣-ib₂-il₂-e lip-[pa-lis] | May ... be shattered |
| 4' | [...] bahar₂-e nap-lu-⸢us⸣ [...] | ... in the potter's oven ... |
| 5' | ⸢im⸣ šeŋ₃-ŋa₂ mu-un-ši-ib₂-il₂-e a-na zu-un-⸢ni x⸣-[...] | (Sum) He raises the horn of the eagle (Akk) He lifts up his horns to his ... |
| 6' | {d}en-lil₂-le {d}EN.LIL₂ | Enlil, Enlile, |
| 7' | iri ⸢nam-tar⸣ aš₂ dug₄-ga-še₃ a-na IRI ša₂ ši-ma-⸢tu⸣-šu₂ ⸢ar⸣-[...] | To the city of Namtar-ešu, the one who is satisfied, to the city where he is satisfied ... |
| 8' | ha-ba-an-ši-ib₂-il₂-e lip-pa-[lis] | May he lift it up for me, may he tear it out for me. |
| 9' | engar igi uru₃-a ik-ka-ru ša₂ i-nam-⸢x⸣-[...] | The farmer in front of the city trembles, he will not ... |
| 10' | a-na-am₃ ak-na mi-⸢nam⸣ ip-pe₂-[...] | What have I done? |
| 11' | ud šu₂-uš-ru im nu-šeŋ₃-⸢šeŋ₃⸣ u₄-mu i-ru-up-ma ša₂-mu-u₂ ⸢ul⸣ [...] | (Sum) On the day that the moon does not shine, the day lights up (Akk) The day of the moon's disappearance is a day of no return |
| 12' | im al-šeŋ₃ {kuš}e-⸢sir₂⸣-ra [...] ⸢ša-mu⸣-u₂ iz-nun-ma še-na ul ⸢ip⸣-[...] | The clay was heaped up, the esir₂.e23-shoot ... the šamû-tree grew thick, and it could not be opened |
| 13' | {id₂}idigna ka-ba nam-⸢bir⸣-[... {id₂]}⸢IDIGNA⸣ i-na qi₂-bi-ša₂ ⸢x⸣-[...] | The Tigris, at its mouth do not ... the Ebir river, by its command |
| 14' | ⸢a⸣-gar₃ nu-si-⸢sa₂⸣ [u₂]-⸢ga⸣-ri ul im-[...] | The eagar plant did not prosper, the ega’eplant did not ... |
| 15' | ⸢piš₁₀-a⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ IB-TI [...] | (If) a sow ... he will die |
| 16' | [...]-⸢šeŋ₃⸣ [...] zu-un-⸢ni⸣ [...] | ... to him |
| 17' | [...] nu-bi-iz a-⸢na⸣ [...] ⸢ul ID⸣-[...] | ... did not stand ... the river |
| 18' | {[d}en-lil₂]-⸢le⸣ {d}EN.⸢LIL₂⸣ | Enlil-ele’e, Enlile |
| 19' | [...] ⸢x-ŋu₁₀⸣ a-na ⸢x⸣-[...] | ... to ... |
| 20' | [...] ⸢x⸣-x u₂-⸢x⸣-[...] | ... ..., ... |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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