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CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 046 (P276010)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P276010 |
| Museum no. | N 0849 + N 3239 + N 4174 + N 4189 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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 | ||
| 1 | en3 nu-tar-ra-bi KA-sze3# KA-ga2 nu-zu-e | The one who does not inquire, does not know my utterance |
| 2 | lu2 x x GA2 a-na-sze-am3# [...]-da x x x [...]-e#-sze in-tud2#-de3#-en | What is it that a man asks for? |
| 3 | [...]-ke4# a#-na#-sze#-am3 gu2-zi nu-mu-un-zi-[...] | What is it that the king, my lord, does not raise his neck? |
| 4 | [...]-ke4 a-na-sze-am3 ga2-da-nu-me-a [...]-he#-en-e-sze in-tud2-de3#-en | ... what are we to ourselves? ... we will give birth to ... |
| 5 | [...]-ke4# a#-na-sze-am3 ga2-da nu-me-a# [...]-e#-sze in-tud2-de3-en | ... what is it that I do not know? ... gave birth to me |
| 6 | [...]-am3# ga2-da x x [...]-tud2#-de3#-en# | ... I want to ... with you(?) |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | um-mi-a szu#-[...] | My mother ... |
| 9 | nam-dub-sar-[...] | The scribal art |
| 10 | um-mi-a [...] x x [...] | My mother ... |
| 11 | nam-dub-[sar]-ra# usu-[...] | The scribal art ... strength |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | [...] | |
| 14 | [nig2]-ba#-ni szum2-ma-ab a-ra2 ha-[...] | Give him his property, and ... for me |
| 15 | szid# nig2-szid-de3 szu he2-mi-[...] | May the šid ritual be performed(?) |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [inim]-inim-ma e2-dub-ba-a x x x x | Wording of the scribal school ... |
| 2 | dumu e2-dub-ba-a-ka ab-szid-de3 hu-x | The student of the scribal school ... |
| 3 | um-mi-a e2-dub-ba-a-ta lu2 im-ma-da-[...] | The teacher from the scribal school ... |
| 4 | e2-a mu-ni-in-ku4 za3-x-la ba-x-[...] | He entered the house, ... |
| 5 | dumu e2-dub-ba-a szu x x an-dab5 igi-[...] | The pupil of the scribal school ... |
| 6 | nam-dub-sar#-ra a-na bi-in#-[...] | What did the scribal art do? |
| 7 | ad-da-ni# szu-ni ba-ni-[...] | His father, his hand ... |
| 8 | ad-da-ni sza3 hul-[...] | His father, the heart of ... |
| 9 | [...] e2#-dub-ba-a-ne gu2# [...] | ... of the scribal school |
| 10 | [...] NI x [...] | ... ... |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | [...] | |
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)
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