UET 6, 0665 (P346702)
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)
LiteraryLanguage(s)
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tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. x [...] x [...]-ra [...]
en: ...
2'. [...] GI x x x [...]
en: ...
3'. [...] engar? dingir-re-e-ne#
en: ... farmer? of the gods
4'. [...] abzux(|SZA3.ZU|)-ta# mi2#? zi du11-ga
en: ... cared for in the Abzu
5'. [...] E2-NUN#? [...]-KA kam#?
en: ...
6'. [...] IM#? [...] x im#-ma-an-x
en: ...
7'. [...]-ta# nam-bi sikil-[...]
en: ... its destiny(?) is pure(?)
8'. [...] x-ta gi im-ma-kesz2#?
en: ... bound/bundled(?) the reed
9'. {d#?}ku3#?-su3 sanga2 mah {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4#
en: Kusu, the chief sanga priest of Enlil
10'. urin# gal#-e szu ba-an-ti
en: Took the great standard
11'. x [...] x ba-an-x
en: ...
reverse
1. mu-un-sikil mu-un-dadag-ge
en: He purifies it, he sanctifies it
double ruling
2. ka-inim-ma urin gal-la-[kam]
en: It is the incantation of the great standard
3. a kur-ra ku3-ga gen-a a hur-sag-ga2 sikil-la gen-a
en: Water that flowed from the pure mountain, water that flowed from the pure mountain range
4. {i7}hal-hal#-la# ama hur-sag-ga2-ke4
en: Halhal, the mother of the mountain range
5. sza3 kur-ra mu-un-tu-u4
en: Gave birth to it in the midst of the mountain
6. ki sikil ki ku3-ga hur-sag-ta e3
en: The pure place, the holy place, coming out from the mountain range
7. eridu{ki} x x nam nam-mi-in-x
en: Eridu ...
8. x x [...] x ki x [...]
en: ...
9. a a#? x [...]
en: Water ...
rest broken
obverse
beginning broken
1'. x [...] x [...]-ra [...]
en: ...
2'. [...] GI x x x [...]
en: ...
3'. [...] engar? dingir-re-e-ne#
en: ... farmer? of the gods
4'. [...] abzux(|SZA3.ZU|)-ta# mi2#? zi du11-ga
en: ... cared for in the Abzu
5'. [...] E2-NUN#? [...]-KA kam#?
en: ...
6'. [...] IM#? [...] x im#-ma-an-x
en: ...
7'. [...]-ta# nam-bi sikil-[...]
en: ... its destiny(?) is pure(?)
8'. [...] x-ta gi im-ma-kesz2#?
en: ... bound/bundled(?) the reed
9'. {d#?}ku3#?-su3 sanga2 mah {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4#
en: Kusu, the chief sanga priest of Enlil
10'. urin# gal#-e szu ba-an-ti
en: Took the great standard
11'. x [...] x ba-an-x
en: ...
reverse
1. mu-un-sikil mu-un-dadag-ge
en: He purifies it, he sanctifies it
double ruling
2. ka-inim-ma urin gal-la-[kam]
en: It is the incantation of the great standard
3. a kur-ra ku3-ga gen-a a hur-sag-ga2 sikil-la gen-a
en: Water that flowed from the pure mountain, water that flowed from the pure mountain range
4. {i7}hal-hal#-la# ama hur-sag-ga2-ke4
en: Halhal, the mother of the mountain range
5. sza3 kur-ra mu-un-tu-u4
en: Gave birth to it in the midst of the mountain
6. ki sikil ki ku3-ga hur-sag-ta e3
en: The pure place, the holy place, coming out from the mountain range
7. eridu{ki} x x nam nam-mi-in-x
en: Eridu ...
8. x x [...] x ki x [...]
en: ...
9. a a#? x [...]
en: Water ...
rest broken
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, 0665
[Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.
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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Excavation No: U —
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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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| 2019-06-08 at 12:59:58 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 | Englund, Robert K. | Transliteration | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | Approved |
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| 2006-11-02 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact metadata | Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N. | CDLI | Approved |
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Cite this Artifacts
“UET 6, 0665 Artifact Entry.” 2006. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2006. https://cdli.earth/P346702.
UET 6, 0665 artifact entry (No. P346702). (2006, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346702
UET 6, 0665 artifact entry (2006) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346702 (Accessed: March 15, 2026).
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year = {2006},
month = {nov 2},
title = {UET 6, 0665 artifact entry},
url = {https://cdli.earth/P346702},
howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346702},
}
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