UET 6, 0618 (P346655)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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British Museum, London, UKMuseum Number
BM —Provenience
Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
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obverse
1. uru2#?{ki#?} iri ul in-ga-me-a-gin7 nig2#-ha#?-[lam-ma ...]
en: ..., as if it too was an ancient city (i.e., ruins?), destruction ...
2. szu bi2-in-hu-uz izi lu2 bi2-in#-[...]
en: He set ... on fire, made fire burn up man(kind)(?)
3. {d}utu an-ur2-ra i-ni-in-nu2-a#? [...]
en: Utu, who had laid down in the horizon ...
4. u4 sa6 hul nu-zu iri-a szu an-bar u4#? [...]
en: The storm that did not know good or evil, in the city ...
5. nam-tar u2-gug du11-ga sza3 kur# [...]
en: The burning namtar demon ... the midst of the land of(?)
6. iri-a ge6-u3-na tu15-gin7 ZA [...]
en: In the city, at nighttime, like a wind(?) ...
7. a2-sag3 dugud nam-usz2-da x [...]
en: The grievous asag demon ... with(?) death ...
8. ug3-e!? igi hur?-re igi-bi#? [...]
en: The people, scratching their faces (in despair), their faces were changed?
9. sag zi ni2 bulug5 x [...]
en: Head raised, boastful ...
10. u4 unu{ki} iri lugal# [...]
en: Larsa, the city of/where(?) the king .../The storm ... Unug?, the city of/where(?) the king ...
11. u4 szika izi ri SU x [...]
en: The storm, casting potsherds and fire(?) ...
12. gi gesz kad4-de3 mu-x-[...] u2-la#-[...]
en: Bundling reeds and wood ...
13. i3-kesz2 nu-zi-zi x [...]
en: ... is bound, not rising, ...
14. ne-en gig-ga#?-bi [...]
en: This(?) afflicted thing/this(?) painfully(?) ...
15. na-x-x-ma?{muszen} hasz4 gal-bi x x [...]
en: The bird ... its thighs ...
16. tu-x-x{muszen#} du10 x [...]
en: The bird(?) ... (its) knees(?) ...
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1'. kal x [...]
en: The lamma protective spirit/youth(?) ...
2'. {d}udug x [...]
en: The udug demon/protective spirit ...
3'. na-pa-ar-ku8?-ka!?
en: (postscript: When) you stop(?)
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1. x-BI?-ba-am?
en: ...
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)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Literary
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primary: UET 6, 0618
[Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.
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history: StMes 3 (pp. 1-89), 076-078
[Peterson2016StMes3] Peterson, Jeremiah. 2016. “The Literary Corpus of the Old Babylonian Larsa Dynasties.” Studia Mesopotamica 3: 1–89.
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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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| Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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| 2024-06-17 at 15:09:07 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2024-06-17 at 15:06:59 | Firth, Richard | Artifact, Other Entity | Firth, Richard | Firth, Richard | approved |
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| 2019-06-07 at 16:40:48 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2019-06-01 at 14:34:08 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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| 2019-05-29 at 21:01:59 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Peterson, Jeremiah | CDLI | approved |
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| 2006-11-02 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N. | CDLI | approved |
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@misc{2024UET,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-29]},
year = {2024},
month = {jun 17},
title = {UET 6, 0618 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P346655},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346655},
}
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