CDLI Literary 000382, ex. 022 (P346554)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM —Provenience
Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary (ETCSL 2.02.05 Lament for Uruk (witness) Lamentation over Uruk)Language(s)
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1'. dim2#-ma-bi szu# [...]
en: Who changed its discernment, who altered its intelligence?
2'. udug sa6-ga-bi [...]
en: Who struck its good udug protective spirit? Who beat its lamma protective spirit?
3'. ni2 me-lam2 sag-ga2 gal2-la#-[...]
en: Who ruined the aura and radiance that had been on (its) head?
4'. unu{ki}-ga tesz2-bi a-ba#-[...]
en: Who ... the dignity(?) of Uruk, who ... the nugig midwife(?)
5'. iri-da kur-kur-[...]
en: Along with the city the foreign lands ..., in Uruk who ... in its temple?
6'. e-ne# [...]
en: ...
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1'. x [...]
en: ...
2'. sza3 {tu15}[...] a#? [...]
en: With the midst/heart of a storm(?) ...
3'. erin2 sag-gin7 mu-un#-[...] AN# [...]
en: Like elite troops they plundered (all of(?) ...), ...
4'. kaskal munu4-gin7 mu-un#-[...] AN# [...]
en: They crushed the road like malt, the one apart from them(?) like a god/An? ...
5'. me3 zu-ba szu-ba E bi2#-[...]
en: They made the battle veterans “fall into their hand"(!?), they ... their tactics/intellect/mood(?)
6'. sag erin2-na lu2-ta e3#-[...] x [...]
en: The elite of the troops, who emerged (separate) from the (average) man(?) ...
7'. gu-ti-um{ki} UR# x x e-NE [...]
en: Gutium ..., the weapon ...
8'. igi-[...]
en: Not even looking with both of their eyes(?), ...
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Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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history: UET 6, 0516, 2006
[Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.
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history: JAOS 104 (pp. 253-279), 255
[Green1984JAOS104] Green, Margaret W. 1984. “The Uruk Lament.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 104.
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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved | |
2019-06-11 at 11:02:16 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N. | CDLI | approved |
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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
Composite | Score |
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CDLI Literary 000382 (Lament for Uruk) composite (P469684) | View the score |