HAV 447, 03 (P266078)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | HAV 447, 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P266078 |
| Museum no. | CBS 10885 |
| 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 Radau, Hugo · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Mullil build me a house opposite the <water> - I am the destroyer of mountains! |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Ah, to those travelling up from the south I am their slave girl - I am the destroyer of mountains! |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Ah, to those travelling down from the north I am their canal inspector - I am the destroyer of mountains! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | I am at the table of the fugitive, I am the ransom of the land. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | I am Gašanmarki, I am the ransom of the land, I am the road into the foreign lands! |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | He who travels from the south kills me in the south - I am the destroyer of mountains! |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | He who travels from the north kills me in the north - I am the road to the foreign lands! |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | The window that I looked at has been entirely destroyed - its pigeons have flown away. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | The pigeons of the window abandoned their nest - where have they been taken? |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | These birds, abandoning their well-founded nests - where did they fly to? |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | Its people abandon their settled dwellings - where did they go? |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | ... lament ... |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | ... silences and destroys. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | Its lord does not live on his dais. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | May my joyful city Nippur be restored for you! |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | May my joyful Ekur and Kiʾur be restored for you! |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | May my joyful Ŋirsu, the place in Lagaš be restored for you! |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | For your father days are lengthened - for your city they are diminished. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | For ... days are lengthened - for your city they are diminished |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Say to him: "my city is destroyed, the weeping reed grows!" |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | "Nippur, the Ekur and the Kiʾur are destroyed, the weeping reed grows!" |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | "Ŋirsu, the place in Lagaš is destroyed, the weeping reed grows!" |
| Reverse [11:12] r 12'12'–r 12'12' | "May your joyful city return to its place for you!" |
| Reverse [12:13] r 13'13'–r 13'13' | "May your joyful Nippur, Ekur and Kiʾur return to their place for you!" |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | "May Ŋirsu, the place in Lagaš, Isin, Ur, and Larsa, your joyful places, return to their places for you! |
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 | {d}mu-ul-lil₂-le gaba e ma-an-⸢du₃⸣ gab-gaz kur-ra ŋen | |
| 2 | a sig-ta di-da gi₄-in-bi ŋen gab-gaz [kur-ra ŋen] | |
| 3 | ⸢a⸣ nim-ta di-da ku₃-ŋal₂-bi ŋen gab-gaz [kur]-⸢ra⸣ ŋen | |
| 4 | {ŋeš}banšur gir₅-gi-de₃ ŋen KA-DU ka-na-⸢aŋ₂-ŋa₂⸣ ŋen | |
| 5 | ga-ša-an-mar-ki ŋen KA-DU ka-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ ŋen har-⸢ra-an⸣ kur-kur-ra ŋen | |
| 6 | sig-ta di sig-ta mu-gi-gi gab-gaz kur-ra ŋen | |
| 7 | nim-ta di nim-ta mu-gi-gi har-ra-an kur-kur-ra ŋen | |
| 8 | i-bi₂ ma-al-la ab-bi ba-gul-gul tu{mušen}bi ba-dal-dal | |
| 9 | tu{mušen} ab-ba-⸢ke₄⸣ ab-⸢lal₃⸣ i₃-šub ma-a-a ba-ir-ra-bi | |
| 10 | ⸢mušen⸣-bi gud₃ us₂-sa ⸢i₃-šub⸣ ma-a-a ba-dal-la-bi | |
| 11 | [mu-lu]-bi ama₅ ma-ra mu-un-šub ⸢ma⸣-a-a ba-gen-na-bi | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢x⸣ a-še-er-ra i-im-⸢ir-ra⸣ E NI ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢i₃⸣-sig₉-ga i₃-gul-gul-e | |
| 14 | [u₃]-⸢mu⸣-un-bi barag-ga-na ⸢nu-mu⸣-un-⸢til₃⸣ | |
| 15 | [u₃-mu]-un x ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | il₂-la eš₃ hul₂-⸢a⸣-[ŋu₁₀ ...] | |
| 3' | uru₂ hul₂-a-ŋu₁₀ ⸢nibru⸣{[ki} de₃-ra-ab]-⸢gi₄-gi₄⸣ | |
| 4' | e₂-kur ki-ur₃ ⸢hul₂⸣-[a-ŋu₁₀ de₃-ra-ab]-⸢gi₄⸣-gi₄ | |
| 5' | ŋir₂-su{ki} ki lagaš{ki} ⸢hul₂-a⸣-[ŋu₁₀ de₃-ra]-⸢ab⸣-gi₄-gi₄ | |
| 6' | aya-zu-ra ud-bi i₃-sud-sud uru₂-⸢zu⸣ e-ni-la₂-la₂ | |
| 7' | šu-ri₂-du-um-ra ud-bi i₃-sud-sud uru₂-zu e-ni-la₂-la₂ | |
| 8' | aya-⸢zu-ra⸣ i-bi₂-za {d}mu-ul-lil₂-ra hul-la e-ni-bar-bar | |
| 9' | uru₂-ŋu₁₀ i₃-gul-gul gi er₂-ra im-mu₂ dug₄-mu-na-ab | |
| 10' | nibru{ki} e₂-kur ki-ur₃ i₃-gul-gul gi er₂-ra im-mu₂ | |
| 11' | ŋir₂-su{ki} ki lagaš{ki} i₃-gul-gul gi er₂-ra im-mu₂ | |
| 12' | uru₂ hul₂-a-za ki-bi de₃-ra-ab-gi₄-gi₄ | |
| 13' | nibru{ki} e₂-kur ⸢ki⸣-ur₃ hul₂-a-za ki-bi de₃-ra-ab-⸢gi₄-gi₄⸣ | |
| 14' | ŋir₂-su{ki} ki ⸢lagaš⸣{ki} i₃-si-in{ki} uri₅{ki} larsa{ki} hul₂-a-za ki-bi de₃-ra-ab-⸢gi₄-gi₄⸣ | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | me-e ŋa₂-ra [...] | |
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- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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