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Studia Mesopotamica 01, 302-311 (P269689)

CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine, Nippur

Designation	Studia Mesopotamica 01, 302-311
ID	P269689
Museum no.	CBS 15133 + N 6885 + N 6887 + N 6897
Collection	Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Language	Sumerian
Genre	CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine
Find spot	Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates	32.1271, 45.2300

English translation

By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)

Line	English
obverse 2	... the mountain/netherworld ...,
obverse 3	Gibil, born in the Irigal temple ...,
obverse 4	born in the Irigal temple, a pure place ...,
obverse 5	born in the Irigal temple, a holy place ...,
obverse 6	born in ...,
obverse 9	Gibil, in the evening ...,
obverse 10	at night ...,
obverse 11	Utu does not look at(?) the shrine(?),
obverse 12	it is the ... of Enlil! It is pure!
obverse 13	Gibil, who is gathered along with Suen in the high heavens(?) ...,
obverse 14	it is the ... of Enlil! It is pure!
obverse 15	He ... in the great(?) ... of his father?,
obverse 16	The Anunna serve him,
obverse 17	Gibil ... in the oven of Enlil,
obverse 18	the Anunna rejoice with him,
obverse 21	Gibil ...,
reverse 5'	... lapis lazuli ...,
reverse 7'	... Gibil ...,
reverse 11'	Gibil in(?) the shrine? of Zabalam ...,
reverse 12'	silver(?) Inanna rejoices with you,
reverse 13'	silver(?) Inanna looks faithfully towards (you),
reverse 15'	It is the sagara.
reverse 17'	... the Ekur temple ... .

From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
obverse
1	[...] AN#? [...]
2	[x]-x-e kur-ra [...] x x x [...]
3	[{d}]gibil6# iri12-gal#-la# tud-da# x [...]
4	iri12#?-gal ki ku3#?-ga tud-da x [...]
5	[iri12?]-gal? ki sikil#?-ta tud-da x [...]
6	[...] x x tud-da [...]
7	[...] x-ga nam mu#-un-[...]
8	[...] x-KA#? x-gin7 [...] mu#?-un#?-x-[...]
9	[{d}]gibil6# u4 te-na [...]
10	[ge6]-u3#-na [...]
11	[{d?}]utu esz3 igi#? nu-mu-un-x-[...]
12	x {d}en-lil2-la2-am3 dadag-ga#?-[am3?]
13	[{d}]gibil6# {d}suen-da an un3-na ur4-ur4#? [...]
14	[...] {d}en-lil2-la2-am3 sikil-la#-[am3?]
15	[x] gal#? a-a-na-ka? na-mu-un-x-[...]
16	[{d}a]-nun-na mu-na-su8-su8-ge-[esz]
17	[{d}]gibil6# gir4 {d}en-lil2-la2-ka? na-mu-[...]
18	[{d}]a-nun-na mu-un-da-hul2-hul2#-[le-esz]
19	[...] x x x x [...]
20	[...] x-ra-sze3 [...]
21	[{d}]gibil6# x [...]
reverse
1'	[...] x [...]
2'	[...] x [...]
3'	[...] x [...]
4'	[...] x sag#? [...]
5'	[...] za-gin3 ba DU? x [...]
6'	[...] UN [...]
7'	[... {d}]gibil6# x x [...]
8'	[...] unu?[{ki?} ...]
9'	[...] x [...]
10'	[...] x UN [...]
11'	[{d}]gibil6 esz3#? ki zabalax(\|ZA.MUSZ3\|){ki} [...]
12'	ku3#? {d#}inanna mu-u8-da-hul2-le# [...]
13'	[ku3?] {d#}inanna-ke4 igi zi mu-szi-in-bar#-[...]
14'	[...] mu-un-DI x [...] x [...]
15'	sa#-gar-[ra-am3?]
16'	[...] x BUR2 x x [...]
17'	[...] e2-kur [...]

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
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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