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CDLI Literary 002397, ex. 001 (P274259)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 002397, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274259 |
| Museum no. | BM 054636 + BM 055347 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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 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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢x-šu₂ x⸣ i-siq ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... he took ... |
| 2 | [...] um-ma-ni ki-sal E₂ ṭup-⸢pi⸣ [...] KISAL E₂ ⸢ṭup⸣-[pi ...] | ... his teacher, courtyard of the house of the scribal school, ... of the courtyard of [the house of] the tablet-maker |
| 3 | [...] ⸢ga⸣-mu-ra-ab-dug₄ [...]-tuku-tuku-[...] | ... I will make it perfect for you |
| [...]-⸢ia⸣ ga-na lu-uq-bi-[kum₂-ma] ⸢pe⸣-ti₃-ma ⸢x⸣-[...] | ... let me speak to you, so that I may speak with you | |
| 4 | [...] e₂-dub-ba-a-⸢ta⸣ i₃-til₃-⸢le⸣-[en] | ... I will live in the scribal school |
| [...] me₂-eṭ-lu-ti-ka ⸢i⸣-[na] ⸢E₂⸣ ṭup-pi aš₂-ba-a-[ta] | ... your limbs, when you bring my tablet to me, | |
| 5 | [... ta]-⸢hu⸣-zu i-da-as-su ⸢ul⸣ ti-i-de ŋeškim-bi nu-i₃-⸢x⸣ | (Sum) ..., you are the one who sees him (Akk) You see him, you see him (var.) You do not see him |
| 6 | [... mi-nu]-⸢u₂⸣ niŋ₂ nu-mu-un-zu-⸢a⸣ | ... what did he do? He did not know himself. |
| 7 | [... ti]-⸢de⸣ i₃-zu | ... Ti’ede knows. |
| 8 | [...]-⸢ab-dug₄ inim mu⸣-un-gi₄-gi₄-e-de₃ | If he does not listen to him, he will be unable to answer him |
| [... ap]-la-an-ni | ... looked at me. | |
| 9 | [...] ⸢la⸣ ip-pu-ul-ka ⸢nu⸣-mu-un-da-ab-gi₄-gi₄ | (Sum) ... does not return to you(?) (Akk) The ... that was made for you(?), do not return (to you) |
| 10 | [...] <nu-mu-un-da>-ab-gi₄-gi₄ | ... he will not answer |
| 11 | [...] ⸢x⸣ nu-⸢mu⸣-ra-ab-gi₄-gi₄ | ... does not return to you |
| 12 | [...] gu₃ de₂-bi i₃-⸢zu-u₃⸣ | ... shouted |
| [...] ⸢x-x⸣ a-na šu-uš-ši i-kun ni-bit-su ti-⸢de-e⸣ | ... to his hand he set his finger ... | |
| 13 | [...] bur-ra i₃-zu-⸢u₃⸣ | ... in the bowl he will emerge. |
| [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] ti-⸢de-e⸣ | ... ... you will harness | |
| 14 | [...] i₃-zu-[u₃] | ... knew |
| [...] ti-⸢de-e⸣ | ... Tiede’e | |
| 15 | [...]-⸢x⸣-a i₃-[zu-u₃] | ... knew |
| [...]-⸢x⸣-u₂ ⸢ti⸣-[de-e] | “The ... of the E-ti-e-dê | |
| 16 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ saŋ il₂-[la ...] | ... raising a net |
| 3' | [...] nam-te nu-e-[tuku] | ... did not have fate |
| 4' | [...] ⸢ŋeš⸣ nam-ba-ab-[tuku] | ... should not acquire a slave |
| 5' | [...] ⸢nam⸣-ba-tu-[lu] | ... ennambatulu-plant |
| 6' | [...] ⸢i⸣-si-iš ba-ra-ne-⸢x-x⸣ | ... he did not ... for you |
| 7' | [...]-nam gu₂ HAR-ra na-an-ak-⸢e⸣ | (Sum) ... does not ... the ... (Akk) The ... is not able to do the HAR. |
| 8' | [...] ka-zu nam-[...] | ... your mouth should not |
| 9' | [...] ⸢nu⸣-mu-un-gur-⸢ra⸣ | ... he did not turn back |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣-RU-⸢x⸣ | ... eRU-e23 |
| 11' | [...]-⸢ka⸣ uš-⸢ta⸣-[... šag₄]-⸢zu he₂-bal-bal-e⸣ | (Sum) ..., may your heart be pacified to you(?) (Akk) May your heart not be sated with pacification(?) |
| 12' | [... niŋ₂]-⸢šag₄⸣-hab e₂-gal-ke₄ | ... of the ni’ehab ritual of the palace |
| [...] na-mir-tu₄ hi-ših-tu₄ E₂.GAL{⸢li⸣} | ... splendor, awe-inspiring splendor of the palace | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ dub nu-zu PA UD {d}EN ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the ešû-priest, the one who does not know a tablet ... Bēl ... |
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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