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CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 011 (P415954)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 006205, ex. 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P415954 |
| Museum no. | BT 09 |
| Collection | Brockmon Collection, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Wisdom or proverb |
| Find spot | uncertain |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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' | [...]-⸢am₃⸣ [...]-x-a ⸢qi₂-na-ti ha-ri-ma-ti⸣ | ... ... the sanctuaries of the harimātu-house |
| 2' | [u₂] ⸢šu⸣ ur₄-ur₄ ⸢uš⸣-šu-ur₃-⸢ur₃⸣ mu-ha-mi-ma-at ha-mi | “It is raining on the fields, It is a rainstorm, I am a stormwind. |
| 3' | [gud] zal gud za-al ⸢al-pu⸣-um mu-ša-am-šu-u₂ | The ox is passing, the bull is circling around, its name is alpûm. |
| 4' | gud ŋeš [kešda] ⸢gud⸣ u₃ ⸢gud⸣ [x]-x-eš-⸢di⸣ ⸢al⸣-[pu-um ...] | oxen tied to a chain, bull and bull ..., el-al-epum |
| 5' | ur ban₃-da be₂-⸢e⸣-a ur ban₃-da be₂-e-a ⸢ka-al-bu⸣-[um ...]-⸢da⸣-šu | “If a dog goes up to a height, if he goes down to the heights, his ... will be destroyed. |
| 6' | gu₃ gig gur-gur gu₄ gi₄ gur-gur ri-ig-mu-⸢um ma⸣-ru-um | The one who shouts bitterly, the one who roars like a ox, he is a hero. |
| 7' | lul munus-e-ne lu-ul mu-nu-us₂-e-ne sa₃-ar-ti si₂-ni-ša-a-tim | The lies of women, the lies of men, the sacrificial sheep |
| r | ||
| 1 | an gu₂ gid₂ aŋ₂ gu₂ gi₄-id mu-qa₂-li-il-tum | An, long neck, long arms, muqalliltum |
| 2 | ni₂ zur-da ne-zu-ur-da mu-uš-qa₂-li-la-at ra-ma-ni-ša | (Sum) The fearsome one, the one of the nīzû-demon (Akk) The terrified one, her love-making |
| 3 | šu gab₂-bu su ga-bu šu-me-lu-tum | Hand of fullness, fullness of limbs |
| 4 | ur lu₃-lu₃ ur lu-lu ka-al-bu-um da-al-hu-um | Woe, the dog, woe! The kalbum-demon, the daalḫuŋum. |
| 5 | gum₂ kaš₄ gu-um ka-aš₂ mu-ta-ap-ri-ir-tum | gum, beer, gûm, beer of Mutaprirtum |
| 6 | be₅-be₅ im-ša₄ bi-bi im-ša i-te-zi i-la-ak | (Sum) She screamed, she cried out (Akk) She shouted a lament, it was the lament of the house |
| 7 | še₁₀ dur₂ ši du-ur ṣa-ra-ti-tum | ... of the ṣaratītum (temple) |
| 8 | dur₂ saŋ ⸢kud⸣ du-ur₂ sa-aŋ₂ gu-da šu-bu-ru-um na-ak-su-um | The šābû-stone, the kuddu-stone (and) the dur-stone(s), the guda(-stone), the Šuburum, the Naksu, |
| 9 | ⸢im⸣-dib lul dib im-⸢dab₅⸣ [lu]-ul da-ab ⸢i⸣-[ba] ⸢sa₃⸣-ar-tum i-ba | He passed by falsely, he was seized, I was not able to escape. In that house, in that sa’eartum-house |
| 10 | [a]-na a-ra-ab-gi₄ mi-na-am ⸢u₂-tar⸣-[ra-ki] | Why do you turn to me?” |
| 11 | dusu₂ inim du₁₀-sa₇ inim-ma a-ga-al a-wa-a-tim | (Sum) The scribal art is a good word, a word of justice. (Akk) It is the one who makes good words, the word of truth. |
| 12 | ⸢iri⸣ gul ⸢e⸣-ri gu-ul ha-bi-ta-at re-i-im | The city is destroyed, the city is plundered. |
| 13 | [...]-x ⸢bir₂⸣ ⸢mu-ha⸣-ab-bi-ir-tum | ... ebītu-tree, emuḫa-eabbirtum |
Sources & licences
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