Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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Collection: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Museum no.: NMS A.1909.405.03
Provenience: —
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
Primary Publication:
Collection: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Museum no.: ROM 910x209.514
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): Q000795
Primary Publication:
Collection: Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum no.: NBC 08040
Provenience: —
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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. nig2-gi-na-ta a-ba in-da#-[...]
en: Who compares with justice?
2. nam-ti ia-u3-tu#
en: It gives birth to life
3. nig2-erim2-me-e
4. a2-bi he2-ib-kuszx(SAG)-sze#
en: If wickedness exerts itself
5. {d}utu nu-sze-ba
en: Utu is not negligent (in responding)
single ruling
6. SZESZ#? gal tu15 zi-ga he2-en-hun?
en: If the great .../older brother(?) pacifies/appoints(?) a risen wind
7. an-szeg3
en: ... makes it rain(?)
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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. [...] ama#?-gu10 nin banda3{+da}-gu10 ma-ke3#-e#
en: (When) my mother and my little sister act thusly to me(?)
2. x-e-a ga2-e
en: ...
3. lu2 dim2-ma mu-da-lal
en: ... am I one whose intellect is (so) deficient
4. te-gu10 mu-da-ab-ha-za e-sze
en: (That) I would “hold my cheek” (pay attention?) to her?
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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. nin9-e ub-lil2-la2 nam-me-a
en: Sister, if(?) there was no outdoor shrine
2. ama-gu10 i7-da nam-me-a
en: My mother, if(?) there was no river
3. immen2# ba-da#-an-gurum e-sze
en: I(?) could have(?) died from(?) thirst
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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. ninda# he2-gal2
en: If there was food,
2. {d}nin-kax(|U.PESZ2|) ib2#-gu7
en: a mongoose ate it.
3. ninda-gu10 he2-gal2
en: If my food was present
4. lu2-kur2 ib2-gu7
en: A stranger ate it.
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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. zi-ga-gu10 du11-ga
en: The one who says “my expenditure"(?)
2. ma#?-la-ga-a-ni
en: is her girlfriend.
3. usar# na de5-ga
en: The neighbor who is freed from obligation(?)
4. lu2# du14-da-ka-a-ni
en: is the one of (i.e., object of) his quarreling.
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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 x [...]
en: ...
2'. [...]-gin7#? ba-an#-[...]
en: ... like ...
single ruling
3'. [...] x na-an-na-x
en: ...
4'. [...] sa6#-ga-bi-[...]
en: ... good ...
5'. [...] bi2#-ib-RU-x
en: ...
6'. [...] im#-ma-an-[...]
en: ...
7'. [...] im#-ma-x-[...]
en: ...
8'. [...] x im-ma#-x
en: ...
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1'. [...] x x [...]
en: ...
2'. [...] x
en: ...
3'. [...] x gal2 nu-tuku#?
en: Does not have ...
4'. {kusz#?}usan3#? x hul#? x
en: With(?) a destructive ... whip(?)
5'. bi2#-in-sag3
en: He struck
6'. dingir-gu10 me-am3-sze3 DU
en: My god, where(?) are you going(?)/how will you(?) succeed?
7'. [...] x [...] x lu#?
en: ...
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1'. [...]-x-SAL-[...]
en: ...
single ruling
2'. ninda#? {d#}nin-ka5 [...]
en: Food(?) eaten by a mongoose
3'. ninda kur2 gu7#?-gu7#?
en: Food(?) eaten by a stranger
single ruling
4'. nig2-tuku nig2-al-di
5'. nig2-gig dingir-ra-kam
en: (To have both) wealth and desire (for more) is a taboo of (one's) god
single ruling
6'. u2 hub2 ti-la-sze3#
7'. ugu-zu-sze3#?
en: In order to sustain deafness/obstinancy, (it is) upon/against you
single ruling
8'. dumu-gu10 dub-sar-x
9'. nu-gar-ra
en: My son, the unfit scribe(?)
10'. [...] x-zu#?
en: ...
11'. [...] x x
en: ...
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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. {gesz}ma2 nig2-gi-na ni2-ni ba-ab-diri-ga
en: The truth(ful?) boat that has floated (downstream) by itself
2. {d}utu kar-ra gin6-na
3. mu-un-na-szi-kikken2
en: Utu will seek (in order to rescue it)
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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. tur5-ra du10-ga-am3
en: Illness is “good” (i.e., better)
2. pesz13? gig-ga-am3
en: Pregnancy is painful
3. peszx(SZA3) tur5-ra
4. im-ma-diri-ga-ta#
en: Pregnancy and sickness (i.e., morning sickness) ... is much (worse)
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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. dumu-munus gir2-su-[...]
en: Upon the daughter of Girsu
2. ur2-ra-ni lu2# [...]
en: A man laid in her crotch
3. gu-du-ni x [...]
en: He emptied/thrust repeatedly(?) his penis into her anus
4. {d}ba-ba6-[...]
en: (The woman named) “Baba is my lady”
5. ka2 [...]
en: At the gate of ...
6. sag# [...]
en: Was a regular
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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. iri#{ki} ur-gir15# nu-me-a#
en: In the city where no dog is present(!)
2. ka5#-a nu-banda3{+da}
en: The fox is overseer
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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. ninda he2-gal2-la {d}nin-ka6 i3-ib-gu7
en: If there was food, a mongoose ate it
2. ninda ha-ma-gal2-la
en: If there was food for me
3. lu2-kur2-ra ib2-gu7
en: A stranger ate it
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 07927 + CBS 14010
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 13852 (+) CBS 13861
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
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. [...] uga{muszen} am3
en: Heaven is a raven
2. [...] {d}nin-ka6-am3
en: Earth is a mongoose
3. [...]-na ur-mah-e
en: In the plain (is) the lion
4. [...]-gu10 me-sze3 ga-du
en: My spouse, where shall I go?
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Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: UM 29-13-811
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: N 5160
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
Primary Publication:
Collection: Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Museum no.: HS 1876
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
Primary Publication:
Collection: Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum no.: Ist Ni 10024
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: CBS 03937
Provenience: —
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: N 5863
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
Primary Publication:
Collection: Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Museum no.: Ist Ni 03668
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Witness
Witness to composite(s): Q000795
Primary Publication:
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: N 5230 + N 5839
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay