BE 01/1, 033 (P257577)
Official or display, Middle Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | BE 01/1, 033 |
|---|---|
| ID | P257577 |
| Museum no. | CBS 00012 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Veldhuis, Niek (ckst/oracc) · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| surface a 1 | For [...], lady of the universe, |
| surface a 2 | the authoritative one among the gods |
| surface a 3 | whose rites are magnificent |
| surface a 4 | and cannot be disrupted in the universe |
| surface a 5 | his lady— |
| surface a 6 | for the life of |
| surface a 7 | Burnaburiaš, |
| surface a 8 | king of Babylon, |
| surface a 9 | king of Sumer and Akkad, |
| surface a 10 | did Ninurta-nādin-aḫḫē, |
| surface a 11 | the nuʾeš(-priest) of Enlil, |
| surface a 12 | chief accountant of Nippur, |
| surface a 13 | his servant, |
| surface a 14 | in his allocated field |
| surface a 15 | reaching from the bank of KAL-Latarak canal |
| surface a 16 | to the Nanna-gugal canal, |
| surface a 17 | and from the Nanna-gugal canal |
| surface a 18 | as far as Dūr-Enlil, |
| surface a 19 | on the bank of the Edisztum canal |
| surface a 20 | next to the borderland |
| surface a 21 | of the fields of Nippur, |
| surface a 22 | a diorite vessel |
| surface a 23 | of the E-ḫursag-kalama |
| surface a 24 | his beloved house, |
| surface a 25 | on the bank of KAL-Latarak canal, |
| surface a 26 | for a pure water ritual |
| surface a 27 | place. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | [...] nin an-ki-a | |
| 2 | nir#-gal2 dingir-re-e-ne | |
| 3 | garza-bi mah-a | |
| 4 | an-ki-sze3 sag2 nu-di | |
| 5 | nin-a-ni-ir | |
| 6 | nam-ti | |
| 7 | bur-na-bu-ri-ia-asz | |
| 8 | lugal# babila2{ki} | |
| 9 | [lugal ki]-en-gi# ki uri | |
| 10 | [{disz}{d}nin]-urta#?-na-di-in-szesz-szesz | |
| 11 | [nu-esz3] den-lil2 | |
| 12 | [sza13]-dub#-ba-a nibru{ki} | |
| 13 | ARAD-da-na | |
| 14 | sza3 GAN2 szuku-da-ni | |
| 15 | gu2 {i7}KAL-{d}la-ta-ra-ak-ta | |
| 16 | en-na {i7}{d}nanna-gu2-gal-sze3 | |
| 17 | {i7}nanna-gu2-gal-ta | |
| 18 | en-na bad3-{d}en-lil2{ki} | |
| 19 | gu2 {i7}e-di-isz-tum-ke4 | |
| 20 | us2-sa-du ki-sur-ra | |
| 21 | GAN2 nibru{ki}-a | |
| 22 | dug {na4}esi | |
| 23 | e2-hur-sag-kalam-ma-a | |
| 24 | e2 ki-ag2-ga2-na-ke4 | |
| 25 | gu2 {i7}KAL-{d}la-ta-ra-ak-sze3 | |
| 26 | a sikil szu tag-ga-sze3 | |
| 27 | im#-mi-in-gar | |
Sources & licences
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