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CDLI Literary 000769, ex. 003
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Primary publication	CDLI Literary 000769, ex. 003
Author(s)	CDLI
Publication date	2014ff
Secondary publication(s)	Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0150
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.	BM —
Accession no.
Provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Excavation no.	U 17900j
Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates referenced
Object type	tablet
Remarks
Material	clay
Language	Sumerian
Genre	Literary
Sub-genre	ETCSL 5.04.03 Enkimanšum and Girniisag (witness) (CHECK)
CDLI comments
Catalogue source	20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
ATF source	Peterson, Jeremiah
Translation	Peterson, Jeremiah
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001wqbvn
Composite no.	Q000769
Seal no.
CDLI no.	P346235

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1. dumu e2-dub-ba-a u4-da egir dub-me-ka a-na-am3 ga-ab-sar#-[...]
en: Son of the scribal school, if (we reach) the end of our tablet (assignment), what should we write?
2. u4-da u-ta KA-inim-ma didli-me nu-sar-en-de3-en
en: If we do not write our various texts/text sections ten times
3. na-an-ga-ma um-mi-a ba-zu-zu-ma mu-e-da-urin-en-de3-en
en: It will indeed also be (that when) the master finds out, we will be on guard with you(?)
4. a-na an-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4-en-de3-en
en: What should we reply to him with there?
5. gen ga2-e nig2 sza3-ga2 ga-ab-sar a2 mu-da-ag2-en
en: Come! I shall write what I please, I will give you orders
6. tukumbi a2 ba-e-da-an-ag2 szesz-gal-zu nu-me-en
en: If he(!) has ordered me, (he has to admit?) I am not your “big brother”
7. a-na-ta-am3 nam-szesz-gal-ga2 i-ni-in-ku4-re
en: What if(?) I enter into my status as “big brother”
8. nam-dub-sar-ra-ta mu-diri-ge-ma nam-szesz-gal# mu-ub-du7-du7
en: After (I) surpass over the scribal art and an appropriate for status as “big brother”
9. dab gesztu2 dugud a-ga-asz gi4 e2-dub-ba-a-asz
en: (I will say to you) ..., (possessor of) cumbersome intelligence, backwards facing towards (i.e., inferior one of) the scribal school
10. u2 hub2 nam-dub-sar-ra u2-pilx(PIRIG)? eme-gir15-ra
en: Deaf one of the scribal art, deaf one(?) of the Sumerian language
11. szu zu-hu-ul szu gi-dub-ba-a szu nu-du7
en: (Possessor of a) ... hand, a hand that is not suitable for the stylus
en: Attinger NABU 2018 no. 43, who translates “main déficient.”
12. im-ma nu-tum2-ma szu ka-ta nu#-[...]
en: One who is not suitable for clay/tablet, with a hand that does not align with the mouth (i.e., dictated content or rate of speech?)
13. ga2-e-gin7 nam dub-sar-me-en
en: You are (really) a scribe like me?
double ruling
14. [...] za-e-gin7# dub-sar nu-me-en
en: Why are you not a scribe like me?
15. [...] x x [...]-gin7#? nu-ub-be2-en
en: And why(?) do you not say thus:
16. [...] bala#-a-ab# [...] bala#-e-de3 ba-ab-du7-un
en: Converse, I am suitable for conversation
17. [...] zu2 nu-e-gaz i3#-gub#-gub#-ba ba-an-ku4-re
en: I did not gnaw at sourdough, I(?) enter as the one standing(?)
18. [...] 5(disz) i3-duh KA-inim-ma 5(disz)-am3 bi2#?-szid#?-da#?-ka dub-sar-me-en bi2-du11-du11
en: Looking two, 5 times (at a text) and being one of reciting(?) 5 texts/text sections, you say “I am a scribe”
19. dub i3-sar dim2-ma!(LA) nu-mu-da-an-ku4
en: You write a tablet and then you(!) cannot bring (its contents) into the intellect
20. u3-na-a-du11 i3-sar ki-szer11 a-ra-ab-tuku
en: You write a letter, and that is the extent of it for you (i.e., no comprehension)
21. e2 ba!-e-de3 gen-na e2 nu-mu-da-ba-e-en
en: Go to divide up an estate! You cannot divide it
22. a-sza3 si-ge-de3 gen-na esz2-GAN2 gi-disz-ninda nu-mu-da-ha-za
en: Go to “fill"(? i.e., map out?) a field! You cannot hold the measuring line and rod
23. {gesz}gag-a ki nu-mu-e-da-du3-e dim2-ma mu-e-da-an#?-ku4#
en: You cannot drive a stake into the ground, you cannot bring it into (your) intellect (i.e., comprehend it?)
24. lu2 du14 mu2-a-bi zi# li-bi2-gi4-gi4-[...]
en: You do not calm down arguing people
25. szesz szesz-da tesz2-bi bi2-ib2-dab5-be2-[...]
en: You will make brother seize brother
26. lu2-tu15 nu-ub-tum2 dub-sar-e-ne-[...]
en: Unsuitable idiot among scribes
27. a-na-sze3 ba-ab-du7-un me-sze3 lu2 he2-en-x-[...]
en: What are you suitable for? Where should someone bring (employ?) you(?)?
double ruling
28. a-na-asz nig2-na-me-sze3 la-ba#?-ab-du7-un#?
en: Why am I not suitable for anything?
29. e2 ba-e-de3 ga-gen e2 mu-da-ba-e-en#?
en: If I go to divide up an estate, I can divide it
30. a-sza3 si-ge-de3 ga-gen ki si-ge-x [...]
en: If I go to “fill"(?! i.e., map out?) a field, “filling out” the space ...
31. lu2 du14 mu2-a-bi sza3-bi ab-hun-ge26 zi x-[...]
en: I(!) pacify the hearts of the arguing people, I can calm them down
32. szesz# szesz-da tesz2-bi bi2-ib2-du10-ge sza3 mu#-[...]
en: I(!) sweeten brother together with brother, I can cool their hearts

reverse
1. za-e gu2-zal dub#-[...]
en: You are a scoundrel among scribes, a ground dweller among people
2. a-ra2 he2-bi2-szid#? [...]
en: If you count up//recite a multiplication table, the calculation(?) is labored
3. igi diri he2-bi2-[...]
en: If you solve the inverted numbers, you cannot return them to one side (invert them again?)
4. sahar-gar-ra x [...]
en: Volume calculations, “length to front eating each other” (calculation of the volume of a triangle?)
5. ib2-si8 sag-du3 ka#-[sir3 ...]
en: Squares, triangles, circles, semi-circles
6. us2 us2 i3-gu7 GAN2 pana [...]
en: Trapezoids, “field of a bow,” “field of a boat”
7. lu2 a-ra-gar szu ba-e-da-e3#? [...]
en: (If) someone posits them to you, you cannot(!?) produce them, you are blocked in your mouth
8. KA-inim-ma sza3 dub-ba eme-gir15#-[...]
en: You do not know the solutions of texts/text sections and the contents of Sumerian tablets
9. na-ru2-a-sze3 u3-ba-te u4 zalag [...]
en: After approach a stela, shining light darkens for you
10. puzur5-puzur5 bar-ra szu ur3-ru-sze3 x [...]
en: In order to erase extraneous secrets(?), spit(?) is not ... for you, you are blocked in your mouth
11. eme x eme hul-gal2 in dub2#-[...]
en: (Possessor of) a ... tongue, (possessor) of an evil tongue, abuser, arguer
12. u3# za#-e sza3 dumu e2-dub-ba-a-[...]
en: And you are among the students of the scribal school?
double ruling
13. [...] sza3# dumu e2#-dub-ba-a-ke4-ne nu-me-en
en: Why am I not among the students of the scribal school?
14. [...]-sar#-ra#-zu dub nam-dub-sar-gu10 za3 ba-ab-tag#
en: My tablet of the scribal art supplants your tablet of the scribal art
15. [...]-lu7#-zu! nam-lu2-lu7-gu10-da ba-ab-gar
en: ..., your humanity has been set with my humanity
16. [...]-an-gur ga-ra-ab-du11
en: I want to roll up/wipe clean ..., I want to speak to you
17. [... nam]-dub#-sar-ra-ka# diri-gu10-usz# x-zu#-a nu#?-me-en#
en: Among the work of the scribal art, you are not above me in your ...
18. [...] lu2#-ka# [...] lu2# [nu]-me#-en
en: Among the work of the “son of a man” as a “son of a man” you are not above me
19. [...]-me-en
en: I want to say, I want to repeat “you are not the son of an established man”
20. [... im]-ri#-a#-me-en
en: I want to say “peace,” I am the son of a (famous?) family/clan
21. [...] ka#-ta sa2-a-me#-en
en: The clay/tablet is(?) good ..., my hand compares with the mouth (in dictation speed, content?)
22. [...] x-tum3-de3-en-na-gu10-gin7 ma-an-ni-ib-ku4-ku4-un
en: When(?) I bring my hand somewhere(?), I bring ... there for myself(?)
23. x-x {gesz#}as4-lum-ma {gesz}dib-dab {gesz}ki-la2-bi
en: The design(?), the measuring rod, the waterclock and its(?) weight
24. im-la2 gesz szu du7 nu-kar2-kar2-da szu-si ga-pa3-da
en: Hanging from it(?), fully equipped tools(?) that are not to be checked(?), I shall find with my finger(?)
25. gi-ku5 gi-pa3-da du10-us2-asz
en: ... on behalf of a friend/companion(?)
26. ku3 dam-gar3-ra siki sa10 na4 4(disz) gin2? a2-ne-ne-sze3 tum3-da#?
en: In order to bring on behalf of their labor/wage(?) the merchant's silver (for) buying wool, a total of four gin stone weights' worth(?)
27. a2-du3-a geme2 usz-bar zi-zi ga2-ga2-de3
en: To initiate and conclude/to raise and set (the warp and weft?) the daily labor of the servile female weaver
28. kin2 til-la simug dumu um-mi-a-ke4-ne sza3-bi in-ga-an-zu
en: The completed task of the metalworker, the member of the experts, I(?) also have known its particulars
29. a ru-a-gu10 eme-gir15-ra-am3 dumu dub-sar-ra-me-en
en: My engenderer is Sumerian, I am the son of a scribe
30. za-e tur pe-el-la2 na-ga2-ah-me-en
en: You are a “defiled child,” stupid
31. dub nu-mu-da-dim2-en {im}li-gi4-in szu nu-e-da-ra-ra-an
en: You cannot form a tablet, you cannot pat out a ligin extract tablet
32. mu ni2-za nu-e-da-sar-re im szu-za nu-du7
en: You cannot write your own name, the tablet is not suited to your hand
33. al ke3-de3 gub-ba al-szub he2-da-gal2
en: Get up to do hoeing work, so that the šub hoe is with you
34. lil hu-ru gesztu2 szu2-a-ab szu2-a-ab ga2-e-gin7-nam eme-gir15-ra-me-en
en: Childish fool, cover your ears(?), cover your ears! Are you Sumeran like me?
double ruling
36. a-na-asz gesztu2 szu2-a-ab szu2-a-ab-gu10 ma-ra-szid-de3-en
en: Why do you recite(?) “cover your ears(?), cover your ears"? for me(?)

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