CDLI Literary 000379, ex. 093 (P346489)

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

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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 (ETCSL 2.02.02 Lament for Ur (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] he2#-em#-mi#-[...]
en: And therefore (I) said “Its people should not be brought to an end/killed(?)”
2'. [...] ba-ra-ba-ra-ab#-[...]
en: Despite this An did not rescind his word
3'. [...] sza3-gu10 ba-ra-ab-[...]
en: Despite this Enlil was not soothing my heart with (the statement) “It is good, so be it"/(the statement) “It is good, so be it” of Enlil was not soothing my heart
4'. [...] he2-em-ma-ag2-esz-a#?-[ba]
en: After they ordered the obliteration of my city
5'. [...] he2#-em-ma-ag2-esz-a#?-[ba]
en: After they ordered the obliteration of Urim
6'. [... he2]-em-ma-ag2-esz-a#?-[ba]
en: After they decreed the killing of its people
7'. [...]-x-esz#-[...]
en: ...
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
blank space

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 2.02.02 Lament for Ur (witness))
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: UET 6, 0450

[Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.
citation: OrNS 84 (pp. 41-74), 046

[Attinger2015OrNS84] Attinger, Pascal. 2015. “Review: Une Nouvelle Édition de La Lamentation Sur Ur.” Orientalia NS 84: 41–74.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM —
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Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-01 at 13:33:19	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2019-06-11 at 10:19:57	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2019-06-01 at 14:34:09	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	approved
2019-05-29 at 21:01:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	approved
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N.		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (2.2.2) (2.2.2)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (2.2.2) (2.2.2)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P346489) (P346489)

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000379 (Lament for Ur) composite (P469681)	View the score

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000379, Ex. 093 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346489.

CDLI Literary 000379, ex. 093 artifact entry (No. P346489). (2024, August 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346489 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000379, ex. 093 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346489 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346489},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346489},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000379, Ex. 093 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 1, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346489.

CDLI Literary 000379, ex. 093 artifact entry (No. P346489). (2024, August 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346489 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000379, ex. 093 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346489 (Accessed: January 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 1},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000379, ex. 093 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346489},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346489},
}

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