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CDLI Literary 000736, ex. 056 (P274222)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000736, ex. 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274222 |
| Museum no. | BM 108866 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 2 | May its people be sated with joy. |
| reverse 16 | foremost one of the divine powers, who does not have the praise of Nungal |
| reverse 7 | he shall give to me its first-fruit offerings. |
| reverse 19 | year: “The wall of Akuum.” |
| reverse 9 | property of Hamantum |
| obverse 5 | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 12 | the lady whose greatness shines forth |
| reverse 10 | At that time, Lamma-agani, you are the unceasing one |
| reverse 17 | its count: 29 |
| reverse 15 | no one can know. |
| reverse 4 | Its ziggurrat, whose ziggurrat is full of radiance |
| reverse 5 | May the god of that man be praised for me as a pleasure. |
| reverse 6 | May his cows and her oxen be brought out of the holy cattlepen |
| reverse 13 | the Ekur, his beloved temple, with an aura of radiance |
| reverse 8 | may she be her sheep of the holy sheepfold. |
| reverse 3 | may my greatness be known. |
| obverse 1 | n... |
| obverse 2 | to smite |
| obverse 4 | to make good |
| reverse 18 | the fourteenth day of Taritu |
| reverse 14 | by Nergal, king of the Anuna gods |
| reverse 1 | he has sent to his god as a gift. |
| reverse 11 | When he opens the palace, he... the watch. |
| obverse 6 | ... |
Sources & licences
- 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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