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Publication
Primary publication:	CDLI Literary 000793, ex. 006
Author:	CDLI
Publication date:	2014ff.
Secondary publication(s):	Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0046; Civil Iraq 23, 154
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CDLI no.:	P346131
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001x7hzr
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue:	20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
Transliteration:	Peterson, Jeremiah
Translation:	Peterson, Jeremiah
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Collection Information
Owner:	British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.:	BM —
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Text Content:
Genre:	Literary
Sub-genre:	ETCSL 5.09.01 Home of Fish (witness)
Sub-genre remarks:	Home of the Fish
Composite no.:	Q000793
Language:	Sumerian

Physical Information
Object type:	tablet
Material:	clay
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Provenience:
Provenience:	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation no.:	U 16879E
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Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Tablet

obverse
1. ku6 x ba ba za3 nam-dag#?-ge-a#?
#tr.en: Fish, do not reject(?) a companion(!?)
2. ku6-gu10 ku6 hi-a he2-ga-me-da-an-ku4-ku4#
#tr.en: My fish, may various kinds of fish also enter with you
3. sum4? sa6-sa6 u2-lal3 gux(KA)-gux(KA)#
#tr.en: (Possessing) beautiful beards, eating(?) the ulal plant
4. ku6-gu10 suhur-gal{ku6}-gu10 he2-ga#-me#-da#-an-ku4-ku4#
#tr.en: My fish, my suhurgal carp, may it too enter with you
5. {gi}ub-zal! gu7-gu7! KU NI x [...]
#tr.en: Eating the ubzal reeds and ...
6. ku6#-gu10 suhur-tur-<gu10> he2-ga-me-da#-ku4#-ku4#
#tr.en: My fish, my suhurtur carp, may it too enter with you
7. nundun!(KA) gal-gal gi-zi nag-x-ke4
#tr.en: The one with big lips(?), sucking(?) the young reed growth
8. ku6-gu10 esztub{ku6}-gu10 he2-ga-me-da-an-ku4-ku4
#tr.en: My fish, my eštub carp, may it too enter with you
9. {gesz}gi-musz giggi a-sza3-ga ri-a
#tr.en: A black boat pole cast into the field
10. ku6-gu10 kun-bi2{ku6}-gu10 he2-ga-me-da-<an-ku4-ku4>
#tr.en: My fish, my gubi eel, may it too enter with you
11. szah2 ma2-gan-la2 gu2 i7-da-sze3 nig2-silag-ga2 kar-kar-TE?-re
#tr.en: A farrowing(?) pig ... towards the river bank in order to constantly steal dough(?)
12. ku6-gu10 kun-bi2{ku6}-gu10 he2-ga-me-da-an-ku4#-ku4
#tr.en: My fish, my gubi eel, may it too enter with you
13. kun si gam3 kun sa-ha gesz?-ta#-ah4#
#tr.en: (Possessing) a horned tail and a crook of a tail(!?), who plunders fruit(?) from the tree(s)(?)
14. ku6-gu10 ubi gal-gu10 he2-ga#-me-da-an-ku4-ku4#
#tr.en: My fish, my great ubi fish, may it too enter with you

reverse
1. ku6 nig2-nag#?-ga#? dumu-gin7 er2 pa3#?-[...] x x [...]
#tr.en: The fish ... weeping like a child ...
2. ku6-gu10 ubi-si-ge he2-ga-me-da-an-ku4-ku4
#tr.en: My fish, the ubi.sig fish, may it too enter with you
3. [...]-am3 zu2# ga-rig2-am3
#tr.en: (Its) head is a hoe, (its) teeth are a comb
4. [...]-bi# {gesz}I-x [...]-na#?
#tr.en: Its skeleton is the top of a conifer(?) tree
5. [... {kusz}]ummu3#? [...]-da#?-ke4?
#tr.en: Its air bladder(!?) is the waterskin of Dumuzi
6. [...] nu#?-ga2-x-NE
#tr.en: ...
7. [...] x x
#tr.en: ...
8. [...] x
#tr.en: ...
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9'. [...] x x [...]
#tr.en: ...
10'. [... he2]-ga#-me-da-[an]-ku4#-ku4
#tr.en: My fish, my ... fish, may it too enter with you

Archival view of P346131