Composite
Composite No.: Q000604
Primary Publication:
Collection: —
Museum no.: —
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: —
Material: —
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000604
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
beginning broken
1'. [...]-x
en: ...
2'. [...]-en#
en: ...
3'. [...]-x [...]-x-x-x-USZ
en: ...
4'. muszen# gud3#-de3# [...] x pa {gesz}[...]-en#?
en: Like a bird ... in(?) a nest, I ... the branches of the ... tree(?)
5'. ku6 a bar!(KIN?)#-ra# x-[...]-gu10#? mi-ni-ib2-il2-il2
en: Like a fish a the edge of the water, my life has been carried (away)
6'. {gesz}kiri6 a szu-ta# nu#?-[...] gurun# la#-ba#?-il2-en
en: Like an orchard that is not watered by hand, I do not bear fruit
7'. a-sza3 a-la-bi-ta kin2# [...]-ak#?-e u2#?-[...]-gar#?-x
en: The field is not worked by means of its plenty(?), the seed is not planted(!?)
8'. igi# la2 tur gu7-a ba-tusz#-[...] x x [...]
en: I sit watching, eating little(?), no one looks towards me
9'. di4#-di4-la2-gu10 u2#? [...] dili-[...]
en: My tiny ones, having learned about (where?) food and water (was?) fled alone
10'. [...] x x [...]
en: ...
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. zarah#!? a-nir-[...] x [...]
en: Wailing and lamentation ...
2'. eh hur#?-[...] x eh# LA im#-x-[...]
en: uplum lice, scabies(?) nābum lice(?) and parasites ..., I dry out/shrink from hunger and thirst(?)
3'. du-lum-e {uzu}szusz2-gin7 ba-de5-de5-[...] ak-bi nu-mu-e-da-il2-i
en: Misery gathers me up like grease, I cannot bear its commission(?)
4'. szu sug4-ta lu2# nu-mu-da-kin2-ge26 gesztu2 de5-ge#? nu-tuku
en: (I) cannot seek anyone empty-handedly, (I) do not have a listener
5'. lugal#-gu10 a-ga-gu10 giri3#? zukumx(|ZI&ZI.MIN|)-e lu2-lul#-la nu-me-en
en: My king, my back is being trampled, even though I am not a liar/criminal
6'. tukumbi# lugal-ga2 an-na-du10
en: If it is pleasing to my king
7'. [...]-gu10 nam-ba-usz2-de3-en
en: I should not die (because of) my unknown (i.e., non-existent?) crime
8'. [...] nam#-ba-ra-bala-e
en: (I) should not be drawn like water in the place of slaughter(?)
9'. [...]-x-ke4 [...]-x-e3#
en: ...
rest broken
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000604
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): Q000604
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): Q000604
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 14041 + N 2740 + N 2828 + N 7212 + N 7220 + N 7222 + N 7267 + N 7379 + N 7380 + N 7890
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000604
Primary Publication:
Collection: Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Museum no.: MS 2287
Provenience: uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
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