CDLI Literary 000759, ex. 002 (P260885)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000759, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P260885 |
| Museum no. | CBS 04573 |
| 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 Lutz, Henry F. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [1:2] r 1a1a–r 1a1a | available to him on the obverse of his tablet. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 22–r 22 | His father of the scribal school ... |
| Reverse [3:4] r 33–r 33 | After "big brother" has taken it, he inspects the tablet. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 44–r 44 | The places where the writing is not correct he corrects for him. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 55–r 55 | If the young pupil of the scribal school |
| Reverse [6:7] r 66–r 66 | does not recite his saršuba and his muguba, |
| Reverse [7:8] r 77–r 77 | then the big brother and the father of his scribal school slap him. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 88–r 88 | After the tablet inspection is finished, |
| Reverse [9:10] r 99–r 99 | and after the water man says: "Get your jar. Idiot!, Your jar!" |
| Reverse [10:11] r 9a9a–r 9a9a | they will take their jars |
| Reverse [11:12] r 1010–r 1010 | and they fill them with water from the canal in the heart of the city. |
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 | tukum-bi kaš₃-ni | |
| 2 | lu₂ ki du₁₀ gurum-ma tu₉ ki-na ⸢un-na⸣-ta₃ kaš₃-ni al-sur-re | |
| 3 | kaš₃-ni un-⸢sur-re⸣ nu-ub-ta₃-ta₃-ge-en ⸢am₃-mi⸣-in-e₁₁-de₃ | |
| 4 | sar-šub-ba-ni u₃ mu-⸢gub⸣-ba-ni ab-⸢du₁₀-ge⸣ | |
| 5 | dub-ba-ne-ne un-til-le-eš | |
| 6 | sar-šub-ba-ne-ne u₃ mu-gub-ba-ne-ne ka-ka-ne-ne u₃-bi₂-in-si₃-ke-eš | |
| 7 | ki im-na₄ na-de₅-de₅-ge-ne ki im-na₄ na-ab-ta₃-ta₃-ge-ne | |
| 8 | [...]-de₃ a am₃-mi-ib-si-si-ne | |
| r | ||
| 1 | dumu e₂-dub-ba-a sar-šub-ba-ni u₃ mu-[gub-ba-ni] | |
| 1a | igi dub-ba-na-ka am₃-⸢ŋal₂⸣ | |
| 2 | ad-da e₂-dub-ba-a-ka-ni da-bi i₃-ur₄-⸢ur₄⸣ | |
| 3 | ses-gal-e u₃-ba-dab₅ dub-be₂ igi bi₂-ib₂-(KARA₂.KARA₂) | |
| 4 | ki gu-SUM si nu-ub-sa₂-a si an-na-ab-sa₂-e | |
| 5 | tukum-bi dumu e₂-dub-ba-a tur-re | |
| 6 | sar-šub-ba-ni u₃ mu-gub-ba-ni ka-ka-na li-bi₂-in-si₃ | |
| 7 | ses-gal-e ad-da e₂-dub-ba-a-ka-ni an-duda-de₃ | |
| 8 | [dub] gurum₂ AK-de₃ u₃-ba-ab-til | |
| 9 | [lu₂] a-a-ke₄ dug dab₅-ba-ab lu₂-tumu dug-zu u₃-bi₂-in-du₁₁ | |
| 9a | dug ab-dab₅-be₂-ne | |
| 10 | {⸢i₇⸣}ša₃-iri-ka-ta a am₃-mi-ib-si-si-ne | |
Sources & licences
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