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CDLI Literary 000382, ex. 022
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000382, ex. 022
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0516, 2006; 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/zz001wjprp
Composite no.Q000382
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346554

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1'. dim2#-ma-bi szu# [...]
en: Who changed its discernment, who altered its intelligence?
2'. udug sa6-ga-bi [...]
en: Who struck its good udug protective spirit? Who beat its lamma protective spirit?
3'. ni2 me-lam2 sag-ga2 gal2-la#-[...]
en: Who ruined the aura and radiance that had been on (its) head?
4'. unu{ki}-ga tesz2-bi a-ba#-[...]
en: Who ... the dignity(?) of Uruk, who ... the nugig midwife(?)
5'. iri-da kur-kur-[...]
en: Along with the city the foreign lands ..., in Uruk who ... in its temple?
6'. e-ne# [...]
en: ...
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1'. x [...]
en: ...
2'. sza3 {tu15}[...] a#? [...]
en: With the midst/heart of a storm(?) ...
3'. erin2 sag-gin7 mu-un#-[...] AN# [...]
en: Like elite troops they plundered (all of(?) ...), ...
4'. kaskal munu4-gin7 mu-un#-[...] AN# [...]
en: They crushed the road like malt, the one apart from them(?) like a god/An? ...
5'. me3 zu-ba szu-ba E bi2#-[...]
en: They made the battle veterans “fall into their hand"(!?), they ... their tactics/intellect/mood(?)
6'. sag erin2-na lu2-ta e3#-[...] x [...]
en: The elite of the troops, who emerged (separate) from the (average) man(?) ...
7'. gu-ti-um{ki} UR# x x e-NE [...]
en: Gutium ..., the weapon ...
8'. igi-[...]
en: Not even looking with both of their eyes(?), ...
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