CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 049 (P346552)

Literary tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 2.02.03 Lament for Sumer and Ur (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] lu2# i3 nu#?-[...]
 en: People who did not know butter were churning its butter
2'. [...] lu2# gar9#? nu#?-[...]
 en: People who did not know cream were ... its cream
3'. [...]-ra# {dug#}szakir3#-[...]
 en: In the cattle pen the churning churn was not bellowing nobly
4'. [...] dugud#-bi i3-ra#?-[...]
 en: The heavy coals that had been lit(?), their smoke ceased
5'. [...] x unu2 gal {d}nanna#-[...]
 en: ... the great dining hall of Nanna ...
6'. [{d}]suen#?-e a-a-ni {d}en-lil2-ra# [...]
 en: Suen wept to his father Enlil
7'. [...] ugu#!?-gu10 iri#-gu10 a-na-x x [...]
 en: My birth father, my city was ... for him(?), why did you turn away from me?
8'. [...] uri2{ki}-gu10 a#-na#-x [...]
 en: Enlil, my Ur was ... for him(!?), why did you turn away from me?
9'. [e2]-kisz#-nu#-gal2#?-gu10 a#-na-x x [...]
 en: My Ekišnugal temple was ... for him(?), why did you turn away from me?
10'. [...] nesag#?-ga2 a-a ugu-gu10#?-[...]
 en: The nesag offering ships of my(?) birth father no longer brought the nesag offering for him
11'. nindaba#-bi {d#}en-lil2 nibru#[{ki}-sze3 ...]
 en: ... could not bring its nindaba offerings to Enlil (of/at) Nibru for him
12'. en iri bar-ra# en iri sza3!-ga [...]
 en: The wind(s) carried off the en priest(ess) of the outer city and the en priest(ess) of the inner city
13'. uri2#{ki} iri# {gesz#}al#-e ri#-[...]
 en: Ur, like a city struck by a pickax, has been broken up into ruin heaps
14'. x-ur2 ki? ni2 dub2#?-bu#? [...]
 en: The Ki'ur? shrine, the place of relaxation of Enlil, has been made into a windblown shrine
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
  blank space

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 2.02.03 Lament for Sumer and Ur (witness))
  • Language(s): Sumerian


  • history: UET 6, 0514

    [Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.

  • history: Michalowski Lamentation over Sumer and Ur p.33 NN,

    [sec88047] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2019-06-11 at 10:47:26 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N. CDLI approved View

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000380 (Lament for Sumer and Ur) composite (P469682) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000380, Ex. 049 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346552.
CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 049 artifact entry (No. P346552). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346552 (Original work published 2006)
CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 049 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346552 (Accessed: March 28, 2024).
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	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000380, ex. 049 artifact entry},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346552},
}

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