UET 6, 0193 (P346278)

Literary tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-x
2'. [...] x [...]-x
3'. [...] x [...]-x-x
4'. [...] SU#? [...]-x
 en: ...
5. x-[...] x [...]-i-im
 en: ...
6'. x [...] x iyi#? x [...] uzu# al-pi-im
 en: ... the flesh of an ox
7'. i#?-na#? [...]-im [... bi]-ib#-bu-li-im
 en: In ..., the day of the moon's disappearance
8'. i#-na# wa#-ar#-hi-im i-na se-bu-tim
9'. u3# u4 1(u) 5(disz)-dam ZI ir ki-isz-pi-i
 en: In the month, on the seventh and 15th day, the reed shelter (for fumigating) sorcery
10'. di-pa-ra-am sa3-ha-ra-am
 en: Go around with a torch
11'. ki-ib-re-e-et am-ma-asz-ta-ka-al
 en: Sulfur, maštakal plant
12'. i-s,i pi-isz-ri-im
 en: Wood of releas(ing ...)
13'. qa2-an sza-la-la-am {gesz}szinig [...]
 en: The šalālum reed, tamarisk, ...
14'. {gesz}geszimmar-tur [...]
 en: Date palm offshoot ...
15'. x el#-lu-tum i-ba-a x [...]
 en: The pure ...
16'. [...] e2# a-wi-lim pu-[...]
 en: [In order to release? the house of a man
reverse
1. [...]-sze#?-s,i di-x-[...]
 en: And to drive out the di'u disease?
2. tu#?-u2 en#-[...]
 en: enuru incantation(?)
  double ruling
3. iti#? mah2-e nam#? [...]
 en: The great river(?) ...
4. iti mah2-e [...]
 en: The great river(?) ...
5. engur? mah-e? AN#? [...]
 en: The great watery deep? ...
6. ki-ta [...] x [...]
 en: Below/from the earth ...
7. a-ab-ba ke4 nig2-dagal#!?-x-la#-ba i-zi nu#?-ga2#?-ga2
 en: In the vastness of(?) the sea, the wave is not subsiding
8. a-ab-ba ki nig2-dagal-la-ba ku4-kur nu-um-tag-ge
 en: In the vastness of(?) the sea, the flood wave is not touching (the shore?)
9. musz3#? gir2#?-e kur-ra zu UD-ra nu-ga2-ga2
 en: The snake and scorpion(?) are not set(!?) in the distant(?) mountain(?)
10. x x? e2 mu-un-de6 kur-ta e2 mu-un-de6
 en: ... conveyed water, he conveyed water from the mountain
11. nun#? gal#? {d#}en#-ki#?-ke4 e2 mu-un-de6 kur-ta e2 mu-un-<DU>
 en: The great(?) prince ... Enki conveyed water, he conveyed water from the mountain
12. x x x-ma bur gal e2-a mu-un-na-si#?-ga-asz
 en: ... the large stone vessels were filled with water(?) for him
13. [...] x-ga ga-ar3-ra# ab#-szi#?-la#-ma sza3-ta u3-me-hi?
 en: After you mix together ... with the cream of the cow
14. [...] x nam-szub-ba iri#?-du10#-ga#{ki} u3-me-ze2
 en: After you posit ... and(?) the incantation of Eridu
15. [{gi}]pisan u2-me-UR {gi#?}pisan#? u2-me-UR
 en: After you ... the basket, after you ... the basket?
16. [...] x da?-ri di hu-mu-ni-mah
 en: ... shall be great/made great
17. [...] x x x [...]

Text content

Genre(s) Literary
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P346278

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U —
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM —
Accession Number

References

  • primary: UET 6, 0193

    [Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril John, and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2019-06-01 at 14:34:09 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Englund, Robert K. CDLI, CDLI Approved View
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“UET 6, 0193 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P346278.
UET 6, 0193 artifact entry (No. P346278). (2006, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346278
UET 6, 0193 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346278 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
@misc{2006UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {nov 2},
	title = {UET 6, 0193 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346278},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346278},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/11/2/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P346278
LB  - CDLI:P346278
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - UET 6, 0193 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346278
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“UET 6, 0193 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P346278.
UET 6, 0193 artifact entry (No. P346278). (2006, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346278
UET 6, 0193 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346278 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).
@misc{2006UET,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2006},
	month = {nov 2},
	title = {UET 6, 0193 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346278},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346278},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2006/11/2/
PY  - 2006
ID  - P346278
LB  - CDLI:P346278
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - UET 6, 0193 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346278
ER  -
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