Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
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Collection: —
Museum no.: unknown
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
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Collection: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Museum no.: ROM 925.062.501
Provenience: —
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: Penn —
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: N 4805
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: N 5402 + N 5667 + N 5694
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: N 5891
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: N 6173
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: N 6325
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 12662
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: Ist Ni 04252 + N 5190 + UM 29-16-033
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
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1. ka5-a nu-un-dab#?
en: He has not caught the fox
2. gesz# azx(PIRIG)-bala al-ke3-e
en: (But) he is making the azbala trap (to catch it)
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1. ka5-a nu-un-dab
en: He has not caught the fox
2. {gesz#}azx(PIRIG)-bala al-ak-e
en: (But) he is making the azbala trap (to catch it)
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
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1. ka5-a {i7}idigna-sze3
en: A fox into the Tigris
2. kasz3 i3-sur-sur-ra
en: urinating:
3. a-esztub{ku6} ba-zi-ge-en e-sze
en: “I raise the carp flood” he said.
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
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1. ir7-sag{muszen} ugu-bi
2. {gesz}kiri6 me-te-bi
en: The top of the head/voice? of the irsag pigeon (is) the ornament of the orchard
3. dar{muszen} ugu-bi
4. a-sza3-ga me-te-bi
en: The top of the head of the francolin (is) the ornament of the field
5. bi2-za-za ugu-bi
6. pu2-bi me-te-bi
en: The top of the head of the frog (is) the ornament of its (the field or orchard's) pond(?)
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
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1. [...] a#-ri-a nu-da13#-[da13]
en: The palace will never abandon the arid land
2. [ma2]-gur8# in-nu-da nu-da13-[da13]
en: The barge will never abandon straw
3. dumu#-gir15 du-lum nu-da13-da13#
en: The “citizen” laborer will never abandon work
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
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1. szum2-mu-na-ab na-<mu>-na-ab-szum2-mu#
en: Give! Don't give!
2. szu-ni na-an-tag
en: (Either way) he should not touch it
single ruling
3. garzaga-bi# lu giri3 ba-da-kur2# x-szu
en: The rites were pushed away/changed (lit. made to take another path)
4. me-bi pa-ar-s,u-szu ba-da-ha-lam
en: The me were forsaken
single ruling
5. di-ir-ga-a ri-ik-su-szu ki ba-e-gul
en: The ritual arrangements were destroyed there(?)
6. garza-bi giri3 na-ab-ta#-kur2-ru-de3-en-ze2#-[en]
en: Do not (pl.) push away/change the rites
single ruling
7. me-bi# la na-ab-ta#?-[...]-ha-lam-e
en: Do not forsake the rites
8. di-ir-ga-a ri-ik-si2-szu ki# [...]-gul-en#-[...]
en: Do not (pl.) destroy the site of(?) the ritual arrangements
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
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Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: N 7230
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum no.: YBC 07297
Provenience: —
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum no.: YBC 07298
Provenience: —
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum no.: YBC 07300
Provenience: —
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum no.: YBC 09871
Provenience: —
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: UM 55-21-008
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 08058
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
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1. [...]-x mu#? disz#!-am3 he2-en-zu#
en: If a scribe knew/learned (only) one line of text
2. [...]-ni#? he2-sa6-sa6
en: And his hand was (nevertheless) very good
3. [e]-ne#-am3 dub-sar-re
en: He is a scribe
single ruling
4. [...]-e#? en3-du 1(disz)-am3 he2-zu#!?
en: If a singer knew/learned (only) one song/hymn
5. [...]-ni# du10-ga-am3
en: And his lament/vocalization(?) was (nevertheless) good
6. [e]-ne-am3 nar-am3#
en: He is a singer/musician
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
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1. dub-sar eme-gir15 nu-un-zu-[...]
en: The scribe that has not known Sumerian
2. inim bala-[...]
en: In conversing in it/translating (it)
3. me-da he2-im-tum3#
en: At what time should he succeed?
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000796
Primary Publication:
Collection: British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.: BM —
Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
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1. nar en3-du dili-am3 he2-zu
en: If a singer knew/learned (only) one song/hymn
2. ad sza4 he2#-sa6#
en: And his lament/vocalization(?) was (nevertheless) good
3. e-ne#-am3 nar#-ra-am3
en: He is a singer/musician
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(numerical notations)