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CDLI Literary 000499, ex. 020 & 000733, ex. 016 (P274242)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000499, ex. 020 & 000733, ex. 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274242 |
| Museum no. | BM 054682 + BM 083035 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| 3 | Utu, the Ikug deity of heaven and earth, the saggig deity |
| 6 | was king |
| 8 | scribe who performs the ritual. |
| 1 | the mother of the nation Ninisina |
| reverse 11 | Lady, speckled like a star, adorned with a lapis tablet |
| reverse 13 | sweetened alkali-plant, pure milk |
| 5 | Enlil-bani, the king |
| 2 | in Isin the place of your hand he destroyed. |
| 7 | to |
| reverse 15 | who perfects the... of Ninnu |
| 10 | Do not abandon your praise! |
| reverse 19 | in order to soothe the heart |
| reverse 16 | my fearsomeness, the greatness of the Ekur |
| 9 | the scribal school, the house of the scribal art of the Land |
| reverse 17 | sweet emmer of the assembly |
| reverse 14 | 6 reed baskets |
| reverse 12 | by Nisaba, the great wild cow of Ura, born |
| 4 | month “Good month,” year: “... abundance.” |
| reverse 18 | by the command of Aruru of the land in the sealed document |
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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