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Publication
Primary publication:	CDLI Literary 000768, ex. 013
Author:	CDLI
Publication date:	2014ff.
Secondary publication(s):	Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0152
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CDLI no.:	P346237
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001wqbxp
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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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Genre:	Literary
Sub-genre:	ETCSL 5.04.02 Enkihegal and Enkitalu (witness) (CHECK)
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Composite no.:	Q000768
Language:	Sumerian

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Object type:	tablet
Material:	clay
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Provenience:	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Tablet

obverse
1. iri-me-a ukur3 u3 lu2-nig2#-tuku# geszkim# [...]
#tr.en: In our city, the poor and the rich take the omens(?) together
2. za-e nig2 tuku-zu tug2!-ga-am3 a-ab#-[...]
#tr.en: As for you, when you possess things, they cover (you) as a garment
3. tukumbi nig2 nu-tuku-zu tug2 nu-x-[...]
#tr.en: But when you do not possess things, you(?) wear no garment at all
4. za-kam a-ra-ab-la2-e-[...]
#tr.en: (Whatever) is yours, you attach it (to yourself)
5. lu2 al-kin2-ga2 lu2 al#-me-a x-x [...]
#tr.en: The “pointed"(?) man and the “existing"(?) man are praised ...
6. za-e-me-en ni2-zu ar2-sze3 al-ak-x
#tr.en: You yourself are praised
7. tukumbi ni2-zu ar2-sze3 ba-ak
#tr.en: (But) if you yourself are praised
8. ar2# ke3-de3-e# la-ba-ab-du11#-[...]
#tr.en: You(?) are not suitable(?) for praising
9. ar2 ke3-de3 la-ba-ab-du11#-[...]
#tr.en: You(?) are not suitable(?) for praising
10. ni2-zu ab-bulug5-e na-an-na ki-sze-er nu#-[...]
#tr.en: Do not boast, indeed, you have no limit (i.e., control)
11. u2-gu de2 lu2 nu-pa3
#tr.en: Lost (one), who is not found!
12. tukumbi ni2-gu10 ba-ab-bulug5#
#tr.en: If I have boasted
13. ni2 bulug5-e-de3-e# la-ba-ab-du-e#-[...]
#tr.en: I am not suitable(?) for boasting
14. ni2 bulug5-e-de3 la-ba-ab-du-e#-[...]
#tr.en: I am not suitable(?) for boasting
$ double ruling
15. en-na-bi-sze3-am3 ga2-e KA-inim-ma x x [...]
#tr.en: How long must I be quarreling with you(!?) in these subjects(?)
16. a-da-lam esz2-gin7 in-tar-re-en a2-ga2# [...]
#tr.en: Now, I cut you like a rope(?), I hang you from my arm
17. zilulu sipa sza3-gal-na# [...]
#tr.en: Peddlar, shepherd of his own sustenance
18. gir14-ab-ba sag ni2-[...]
#tr.en: Gir fish of the sea who thins its head out by itself/denigrates itself?
19. lul du11-[...]
#tr.en: Liar, rider of a distant country
20. an-[ta ...]
#tr.en: I will cut you from above like a rope(?)

reverse
$ beginning broken
1'. ukur3# [...]
#tr.en: Poor person, thief, transgressor of the oath
2'. giri17-zal-[...]
#tr.en: Who joyfully serves (among) the slaves
3'. lu2-hun-[ga2 ...]
#tr.en: Hireling, taboo of the temple
4'. u3 za-e [...]
#tr.en: And you are my opponent?
$ double ruling
5'. in#? x [...]
#tr.en: ...
6'. gu3 de2-[de2 ...]
#tr.en: Shouter, croaker among the singers
7'. mah-bi#!? [...]
#tr.en: Eating a great deal, with the sustenance having a destructive effect(?)
8'. dim2-ma [...]
#tr.en: (Possessor of) a confused intellect, with malevolent counsel
9'. ma-ni-[...]
#tr.en: You advise
$ double ruling
10'. ug3-e x-[...] x [...]
#tr.en: The people are diminished(?) (because of you?), the people are diminished(?) (because of you?)
11'. szu dag-dag#-[ge ...]
#tr.en: Roamer who prowls in the street
12'. e2 lu2-u3-ne# [...]
#tr.en: Casing out the houses of men (until) you know the ways of that house (in order to rob it)
13'. lu2-si-ga [...]
#tr.en: Weakling, child reared in toil
14'. inim gaba-ri-[...]
#tr.en: (As if) you can posit the word of an opponent

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