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CDLI Literary 000382, ex. 004
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000382, ex. 004
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0063, 1963; Green, Margaret W., JAOS 104 (1984) 255
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
Museum no.BM —
Accession no.
ProvenienceUr (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Excavation no.U —
PeriodOld Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates referenced
Object typetablet
Remarks
Materialclay
LanguageSumerian
GenreLiterary
Sub-genreETCSL 2.02.05 Lament for Uruk (witness)
CDLI comments
Catalogue source20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
ATF sourcePeterson, Jeremiah
TranslationPeterson, Jeremiah
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz001x7jj1
Composite no.Q000382
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346148

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1'. [...] x [...]
en: ...
2'. [...] lu2-erim2 nu-[...] kur2 im-ma-an#?-[...]
en: Its baliff/lurker, though not an enemy, ... another place
3'. [...]-bi#-ne HAR im-ze#-[...] bar#-ta ba-sug2-ge#?-[...]
en: The great gods cut ..., they stood outside
4'. [...] bar# im-ma-an-dab5-be2-esz edin# lil2#?-[...]
en: They roamed in the mountain range, the plain with howling? phantoms ...
5'. [...] silim# du3-a gu7-a nag-bi-sze3 x [...] im-mi-in-szub-[...]
en: They abandoned the praised(?) city/city built in peace(?) on account of (a lack of) eating and drinking/hunger and thirst(?)
6'. [...] x-ma dum-dam mu-ni-in-[...] giri16-lu im-mi-in-e3#-[...]
en: In the meadow(?) ... howled and brought out/intoned a lament
7'. [...] lu2#? banda3{+da} sza3 kusz2-u3-bi [...] igi-sze3 ka ba x [...]
en: The deliberations of the elders and juniors ... before ... the utterance(?) ...
8'. [...] x mu-un-bar-re#-[...] bi2#-ib2-HI-HI-[...]
en: ...
9'. [...] x-bi ba-BU x [...]
en: ...
10'. [...]-mi#?-ib2-du11-ge# [...]
en: ...
11'. [...] du3#?-a me-a [...]
en: ... where(?) ...?
12'. [...] x [...]
en: ...
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