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CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 001 (P414096)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000795, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414096 |
| Museum no. | NMS A.1909.405.03 |
| Collection | National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Language | 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 | ||
| 1 | e₂-gi₄-a ⸢x⸣ [(x) (x)] | The bride ... the bride |
| 2 | kid-ma₂-šu₂-a ak [x (x)] | ... his child ... |
| 3 | u₄-da ŋir₂-su{ki}ka | when Birsu |
| 4 | ⸢a⸣-na-am₃ ib₂-ak | he made it for me. |
| 5 | ⸢dumu⸣-munus ŋir₂-su{ki}ka | the daughter of Birsu |
| 6 | ur₂-ra-na ⸢lu₂⸣ ba-an-nu₂ | In her lap the ewe lay down. |
| 7 | gu-du-na ŋeš₃ ba-ni-in-sud | He defeated the gudu-priest |
| 8 | {d}ba-u₂ ga-ša-an-ŋu₁₀ | Bau, Gašanbu |
| 9 | ⸢he₂⸣-em-⸢du-ka⸣ | may it be established for you. |
| 10 | ⸢a-ba-a⸣ ma-ab-us₂-e | “If he slips through the window, |
| 11 | ⸢lu₂ kal⸣ e₂ ad-da-na-ka | The mighty man in his father’s house |
| 12 | ⸢he₂⸣-en-til₃ | may he live! |
| 13 | ⸢tug₂⸣ i₃-mu₄ ama₅-ni-še₃-am₃ | The turban that he fashioned is her chamber. |
| 14 | ⸢x⸣-an-ze₂-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ he₂-til₃ | May Eanzeba live! |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x]-an-⸢ze₂⸣-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ he₂-⸢til₃⸣ | ... may he live! |
| 2 | ⸢za⸣-e i₃-ze₂-eŋ₃ | he will give (them) to drink. |
| 3 | ⸢ŋa₂⸣-e e-ze₂-eŋ₃ | The e’e-house, the sheepfold |
| 4 | ⸢kug⸣ [za]-e nu-e-ze₂-eŋ₃ | “You will not give the silver to me!’ |
| 5 | ŋa₂-⸢e⸣ šu-za nu-ub-⸢tag⸣-ge | Your hand will not be touched |
| 6 | {d}nisaba za₃-mi₂ | Nisaba, praise! |
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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