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OB catalogue from Urim (U2) (Q000324)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OB catalogue from Urim (U2) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000324 |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | nin mul-an-gin₇ EN | Lady like the Star of Heaven, lord |
| 2 | bur-šum₂-ma gal | large bowl |
| 3 | zi-ŋal₂ | |
| 4 | lugal-me šag₄-ta ur-saŋ-me-en | We are kings, we are hero(?) |
| 5 | lugal me dug₄-ga | the king who the good divine powers |
| 6 | me-ta-am₃ me-di A₂ | From where will I go? |
| 7 | me-ta-am₃ im-du | From where will he go? |
| 8 | nin me šar₂-ra | Lady of the divine powers |
| 9 | en-e kur lu₂ til₃-la-še₃ | The lord, to the mountain of the living |
| 10 | i₃-a lu₂-ulu₃ | oil, man |
| 11 | šul me₃-kam | It is the ‘head’ of battle |
| 12 | lu₂-kiŋ₂-gi₄-a | Lu-kibgia |
| 13 | in-nin me huš-a | Lady of the furious divine powers |
| 14 | e₂ ud huš an ki | House, furious storm of heaven and earth |
| 15 | hur-saŋ an ki-bi-da-ke₄ | The mountain range of heaven and earth |
| 16 | {d}en-lil₂ su₃-ra₂-še₃ | to Enlil, the exalted one |
| 17 | saŋ-ki gid₂-da | long sa-ki |
| 18 | {ŋiš}al-e {ŋiš}al-e | The hoe, the hoe! |
| 19 | ud ul-e re-da | In distant days |
| 20 | ki-ur₃ gal-e | the great Kiʾur |
| 21 | e₂-u₄-nir | E-unir |
| 22 | an-ne₂ nam-nir-ra | An, in his radiance |
| 23 | nam nun-e | the princely fate |
| 24 | nam nun-e saŋ na-il₂ X | The princely majesty raises ... |
| 25 | nam-lugal | kingship |
| 26 | šag₄-ga-a-ni | his field |
| 27 | an gal-ta ki gal-še₃ | from great heaven to great earth |
| 28 | ud re-a nam ba-tar-ra | At that time fate was determined |
| 29 | ud re-a ud sud₄-ta re-a | In those days, in those distant days, |
| 30 | ud re-a niŋ₂-ul-e | In those days, in those distant days |
| 31 | UD MA DAM-DAM NA-NA | (If) the day reaches its normal length: a man's wife. |
| 32 | di₄-di₄-la₂ ud-da | The little ones of the storm |
| 33 | 3 dumu e₂-dub-ba | 3 pupils of the scribal school, |
| 34 | X X X NI IL₂ | ... lifted. |
| 35 | ud-ul-la-ur₁₁ | he made complete. |
| 36 | in-nin me gal-gal | Lady of the great mes |
| 37 | ud ul an ki-ta | In distant days, from heaven to earth, |
| 38 | LUM mah ki-ta | exalted bull from the ground |
| 39 | {d}lugal-ban₃-da | Lugalbanda |
| 40 | iri{ki} gud huš | The furious oxen of the city |
| 41 | lugal ud me-lem₄-bi nir-ŋal₂ | The king, the storm whose radiance is terrifying |
| 42 | an-gin₇ dim₂-ma | fashioned like heaven |
| 43 | 11 lugal | 11 kings |
| 44 | tur₃-ra-na | in his cattlepen |
| 45 | ud šu bal ki-ta | On the day of the disappearance of the earth |
| 46 | ud huš ki-en-gi-ra | Furious storm of Sumer |
| 47 | ur-saŋ-e | to Ursa |
| 48 | ud-bi-ta | at that time |
| 49 | ud an-ne₂ | when An |
| 50 | i-nu an u₃ {d}en-lil₂ | when Anu and Enlil |
| 51 | {d}en-lil₂ dirig-še₃ | who surpasses Enlil |
| 52 | ku₆-ŋu₁₀ e₂ du₃ | a built-up house fish |
| 53 | ur-saŋ kur-ra | hero of the netherworld |
| 54 | iri-am₃ er₂ a-nir-ra | In the city weeping and lamenting |
| 55 | lu₂ i-lu di | a person who a lament |
| 56 | šu-niŋin 67 | It is 67 |
Sources & licences
- 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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