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CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 049
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000380, ex. 049
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0514; Michalowski Lamentation over Sumer and Ur p.33 NN
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 2.02.03 Lament for Sumer and Ur (witness)
CDLI comments
Catalogue source20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
ATF sourcePeterson, Jeremiah
TranslationPeterson, Jeremiah
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz001wjppn
Composite no.Q000380
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346552

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1'. [...] lu2# i3 nu#?-[...]
en: People who did not know butter were churning its butter
2'. [...] lu2# gar9#? nu#?-[...]
en: People who did not know cream were ... its cream
3'. [...]-ra# {dug#}szakir3#-[...]
en: In the cattle pen the churning churn was not bellowing nobly
4'. [...] dugud#-bi i3-ra#?-[...]
en: The heavy coals that had been lit(?), their smoke ceased
5'. [...] x unu2 gal {d}nanna#-[...]
en: ... the great dining hall of Nanna ...
6'. [{d}]suen#?-e a-a-ni {d}en-lil2-ra# [...]
en: Suen wept to his father Enlil
7'. [...] ugu#!?-gu10 iri#-gu10 a-na-x x [...]
en: My birth father, my city was ... for him(?), why did you turn away from me?
8'. [...] uri2{ki}-gu10 a#-na#-x [...]
en: Enlil, my Ur was ... for him(!?), why did you turn away from me?
9'. [e2]-kisz#-nu#-gal2#?-gu10 a#-na-x x [...]
en: My Ekišnugal temple was ... for him(?), why did you turn away from me?
10'. [...] nesag#?-ga2 a-a ugu-gu10#?-[...]
en: The nesag offering ships of my(?) birth father no longer brought the nesag offering for him
11'. nindaba#-bi {d#}en-lil2 nibru#[{ki}-sze3 ...]
en: ... could not bring its nindaba offerings to Enlil (of/at) Nibru for him
12'. en iri bar-ra# en iri sza3!-ga [...]
en: The wind(s) carried off the en priest(ess) of the outer city and the en priest(ess) of the inner city
13'. uri2#{ki} iri# {gesz#}al#-e ri#-[...]
en: Ur, like a city struck by a pickax, has been broken up into ruin heaps
14'. x-ur2 ki? ni2 dub2#?-bu#? [...]
en: The Ki'ur? shrine, the place of relaxation of Enlil, has been made into a windblown shrine
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