NABU 2012/008 (P255232)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | NABU 2012/008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P255232 |
| Museum no. | N 6399 + UM 29-13-246 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Mein Kind, fern von meinem Angesicht, mein Herz war nicht bei dir! |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Junge Frau Inana, fern von meinem Angesicht, mein Herz war nicht bei dir! |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Mein ... erzitterte wie der Himmel, bebte wie die Erde, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Mein ... tobte wie die See, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Mein ... zerrieb die Erde wie Kohlen, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | Mein ... wie ein mächtiger Fluss am Kai, mein Herz war nicht bei dir! |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Eine Frau stieß einen einsamen Schrei in der Steppe aus ... |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | Die reine Gašanana stieß einen einsamen Schrei in der Steppe aus ... |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Ich bin/du bist nicht ... was ... |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | ... ich stand ... |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | ... was ... |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | ... mein nicht genannter Name ... |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | ... genannt ... |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | Gebet ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [du₅]-⸢mu⸣-ŋu₁₀ sil₇ igi-ŋu₁₀-ta [ša₃-ŋu₁₀ nu]-mu-ra-⸢ŋal₂⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | ⸢ki-sikil⸣ {d}inana sil₇ igi-ŋu₁₀-ta ša₃-[ŋu₁₀] ⸢nu⸣-mu-ra-⸢ŋal₂⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | ⸢ša₃⸣ an-gin₇ dub₂-ba-ŋu₁₀ ⸢ki⸣-gin₇ sag₃-ga-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ | |
| 4 | [ša₃] a-ab-ba-gin₇ ⸢hu⸣-luh-ha-[ŋu₁₀] | |
| 5 | ⸢u₃⸣-dub₂-gin₇ ki-a zal-la-[ŋu₁₀] | |
| 6 | id₂ mah-gin₇ kar-ra ŋal₂-la-ŋu₁₀ ša₃-ŋu₁₀ nu-mu-ra-⸢ŋal₂⸣ [...] | |
| 7 | mu-⸢lu nu⸣-nus-e gu₃ dili nam-mi-in-ra eden-e nam-mi-in-[...] | |
| 8 | ⸢ku₃⸣ [ga]-⸢ša-an⸣-an-na gu₃ dili nam-mi-in-ra eden-e nam-mi-⸢in⸣-[...] | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ nu-mu-ma-al-en a-na-a im-da-[ma-ma-...] | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢x⸣ ba-e-gub-ba-⸢zu⸣ [...] | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢x⸣ a-na-a im-da-ma-ma-[...] | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢mu⸣-ŋu₁₀ nu-pad₃-de₃ [...] | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢pad₃⸣-de₃ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | šud₃ GIN₂ ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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