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CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? (P274223)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P274223 |
| Museum no. | BM 078666 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1a | _igi-nigin2 sza3 nig2-nam-ma mu sa4-a | the totality of all that is named. |
| 1b | ba-ri lib-bi mi-im-ma szum-szu sza szu-ma-am na-bu-u2 | (Sum) My heart, all of it, that which is named (Akk) The heart of everything that is named |
| 2a | _igi nigin2 a-ab-ba-ke4 sig igi-nim-ma_ | the north wind blew. |
| 2b | ha-i11{i}-it, a-ia-a-ma e-li-tim u3 sza#-ap#-li#-tim | “Habit, alas, upper and lower |
| 3a | _im an-na-ke4 a-bi szum2-mu sze-gu#-[nu?_ ...] | The tablet of heaven, given by the father, ... barley rations |
| 3b | sza zu-un-na i-na AN# [...] | Whose teeth in ... |
| 4a | _i7 mah-e_ [...] | the great river ... |
| 4b | na-ru#-[um ...] | The stele ... |
| 5a | _kur gal bad{+szi}-da_ [...] | Great Mountain, with a wall |
| 5b | er#?-s,e2-tum#? [...] | The earth |
| reverse | ||
| 1a' | _alim mah te-en-bi#_ [...] | Exalted, exalted one, ... |
| 1b' | a-na kab-ti s,i-ri si# [...] | To the great mountain ... |
| 2a' | _di-ku5 e2-kur-ra_ [...] kesz2? [...] | Judge of the Ekur temple ... |
| 2b' | a-na da-ia-an e2-kur sza di-[nim u3 pu-ru-us-se-e-em ...] | For the judge of the Ekur, who renders a verdict and a lawsuit, ... |
| 3a' | _e2 an-gin7 szu nu-te-ge26 e2 esz-bar#-ra#_ [...] | The house, like heaven, is not touched, the house of decision ... |
| 3b' | bi-tum sza ki-ma _an_ qa2-tum la i-t,e4-hu bi#-it pu-ru-[us-se-e ...] | A house which like a hand of heaven cannot be approached, a house with a courtyard ... |
| 4a' | an za-gin3-na bal-bal-e_ [...] | The one who scatters the lapis lazuli heavens ... |
| 4b' | sza-mu-u2 el-lu-tum up-ta#-tu#-szum | The pure šamû-priestess has redeemed him |
| 5a' | _nig2-gi nig2-si-sa2 ki x? ag2-[ge26_] | the reeds and the thornbushes ... |
| 5b' | na-ra-am ki-it-tim u3 mi-sza-ri-[im] | beloved of the gods and goddesses |
| 6a' | _ki-a dagal-la u4 dul-e-de3_ | in order to broaden the earth— |
| 6b' | er-s,e-tum ra-pa-asz-tum ut-ta-wa-ar-szu | (Sum) The broad earth shook him (Akk) The vast earth seized him |
| 7a' | _lugal kur-kur dingir {d}a-nun-ma-ke4-e-ne ud5-sag an-ki-a_ | king of all the lands, god of the Anuna gods, first-born of heaven and earth |
| 7b' | szar ki-isz-sza-tim i-na i-li e-nu-na-ki! a-sza-re-ed _an u3 ki_ | king of the world, among the gods of Enuna, foremost of heaven and earth, |
| 8a' | _dingir ir9 a-zu babbar2-ra_ | the angry god, the white physician |
| 8b' | i-lum nam-rum ba!-ru-u2 eb-ba | The important one, the mighty one, who is pure and pure |
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
- 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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