Unread Atlas
CDLI Literary 000685, ex. 003 (P274238)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CDLI Literary 000685, ex. 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274238 |
| Museum no. | BM 079985 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar-Amnanum (mod. Tell ed-Der) |
| Coordinates | 33.0991, 44.2991 |
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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 29 | Father Nanna |
| obverse 30 | labor(?) and labor(?) |
| obverse 15 | As long as he lives, he will be a lord of the mountain range |
| obverse 1 | ... to Nanna, the snake(?) and the nanny-goat(?)... water |
| obverse 13 | The great Anuna sat down for him |
| obverse 9 | In the netherworld, the great mountain is filled with splendor and splendor |
| obverse 6 | he brought it to Gaanaursajja. |
| obverse 20 | the mountain of the forest, the aromatics of the erenna tree |
| obverse 28 | princely son, not a rival |
| obverse 18 | In the mountain, the Tigris, as much as there is, the arid waterway |
| obverse 16 | he made it rise for him, he made it rise for him, he... the horizon for him. |
| obverse 10 | The great door that... the mountain/netherworld(?) |
| obverse 17 | to the lands to An |
| obverse 8 | ............... |
| obverse 21 | the Tigris and Euphrates |
| obverse 11 | The supreme scepter of the nether world has poured out a libation bowl |
| obverse 4 | he built the lord of heaven |
| obverse 7 | to Uraa the true woman he created |
| obverse 27 | Your great en priestess |
| obverse 22 | The bird of heaven, fish of the engur... |
| obverse 23 | at the threshing floor of Gaanursajja |
| obverse 2 | the lord of Dilimbabbar, the sailor of Enlil |
| obverse 5 | whose mother Ninlil has born |
| obverse 19 | He made the water of heaven pleasant for him, he... from below(?) |
| obverse 24 | Your master Ninimma |
| obverse 14 | The Anuna gods know your name(?) |
| obverse 26 | Mother Ninlil |
| obverse 25 | Your master uziana |
| obverse 3 | the princely son of the Ekur temple, when he... Nanna |
| obverse 12 | May he make the place of decreeing fate for me |
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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.