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CDLI Literary 000382, ex. 023
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000382, ex. 023
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0517, 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/zz001wjps6
Composite no.Q000382
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346555

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obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] ba#?-ab#?-gar x [...]
en: ... put water in the field, the city(?) was “consumed by the marsh” (i.e. destroyed)
2'. [...] gi# ki#-usz2#?-a-gin7 tu#-[...]
en: ... was being done(?), like the reeds of a wasteland, giving birth was not being established
3'. [...] x ba#-du11# iri#?-a nig2#-hul#?-[...] x mu-un-da-an#-[...]
en: They(?) scattered ... away, in the city evil ...

reverse
1. [...] te# ug3-ba nig2-me-gar tug2-gin7# [...]
en: A stupor covered? the terrified heart of the people like a garment
2. [{d}]udug sa6-ga-bi ib2-ta-[...] {d}lamma-bi ba-da-[...]
en: Its good udug protective deity left, its lamma protective deity fled
3. [...] edin-e bar bi2-ib-[...] giri3# kur2 ba#-ra-[...]
en: The lamma protective deity roamed(!?) in the plain, it took a different path
rest broken


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