UET 6, 0095 (P346180)

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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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. [...] x [...] x x [...] im#?-ma#?-ab#?-IL2#?
 en: ... lifted/filled ...
2. {d#}da-mu u2 x sag-kal! musz-husz-a gun3-a
 en: Damu, steadfast ..., multicolored mushhuš creature
3. ama ugu-zu {d}nin-i3-si-in-na{ki#} dumu an ku3-ga-sze3?
 en: On behalf of(?) your birth mother Ninisina, the child of holy An
4. nam-sag-zu an-ne2 {d}en-lil2-la2 sag-ge6-esz rigx(|SAL.HUB2.PA.DU|)-zu
 en: Your ascendancy(?) which An and Enlil bestowed upon you
5. {d}da-mu disz-me-{d}da-gan#!? hul2# DU KA gal2-la-a-ni#? [...]-bi hu-mu-na-ab-x?
 en: Damu, may joyful ...(?) Išme-Dagan speak(?) what is in his mouth(?) for him
6'. gi IG du5? bulug2-in-ku4 esz2-GAN2 za-gin3-na
 en: The ..., the kit(?), the lancet(?), the lapis measuring line
7'. gi-ninda-disz-na bur2 siskur2 za-ra mu-ra-an-szum2
 en: The measuring rod, the stone bowl(?) of the siskur ritual/offering/prayer(?) she gave to you
8'. {d}lamma-zu lu2 sa-sag3 du7-du7 igi in-ni-un-la2-am3
 en: The craft of the physician which betters(?) a man and makes a man suitable(?), (the possessor of) which scrutinizes(?) ...
reverse
1. giri3 giri17-zal-e bulug2-in-ku4 nig2-na-am nu-sa-ab-bu
 en: The knife(?), the scalpel, the lancet, which do not scrape/nick anything(?)
2. szu# x-zu nig2-na-am nu-BU-e SU# sag u3 SZIM MI-le-esz
 en: your(?) ... which does not ... anything, ...
3. nam kin2-ga2-ta gal2 sag-gig-ga SU SZEN UN sza3-ra SI-A
 en: ... the black-headed/saggig illness(?) ...
4. nin agrig zi {d}en-lil2-la2-ka za-ra mu-ra-an-szum2
 en: The lady, the true steward of Enlil, gave to you
5. x zi igi gal2 tuku a ub-ta kusz2-u3 szu# du11-ga sa6-ga
 en: The true ..., whose has onlookers(?), exhausted by/with ..., (whose) choice/creation(?) is good
6. sza3#!-la2#? sug4? nam-nun-e hi-li-am3 a-ar2-zu e2#? gesz gesz TUK
 en: Merciful, alluring in princeliness(?), ... your praise, attentive(?)
7. [...] nam#-en-na hi-li szu? x-ga [...] du11#-ga
 en: ... lordship(?) ... allure ...
8. [...] x [...] x [...]