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CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 047 (P276594)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | P276594 |
| Museum no. | N 1451 |
| 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 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’ | [...]-⸢de₃ ku₆ mi-ni-ib-dab₅-dab₅⸣-[x] | ... caught fish |
| 2’ | [...] {⸢ŋeš⸣}har mušen-na šu im-ma-an-[x] | ... the ešû-vessel, the snake ... his hand |
| 3’ | [ne]-⸢še₃⸣ he₂-ŋal₂-ŋu₁₀ kur-kur šu-bi he₂-ni-ib-⸢sud⸣-[...] | May he carry off the ne’eše-demon, may he scatter all the lands with his hand |
| 4’ | [a]-⸢ša₃⸣ a-gar₃ a um-ta-haš-⸢ta⸣ | In the marshes I have poured water |
| 5’ | [a-ša₃] ki-duru₅ kiŋ₂-ŋa₂ ba-ŋal₂-la-⸢ta⸣ | field, cult site of the place where it was carried off |
| 6’ | {[ŋeš]}⸢apin⸣ igi-zu a-ša₃-ga ŋe₂₆-e ma-an-e₁₁-⸢de₃⸣ | When you look at the plow, I will bring it up to you. |
| 7’ | [a]-⸢ša₃⸣ (TAKA₄.TAKA₄) ma-ra-ra-an-du₈-e | “I will let you open the door for you |
| 8’ | [x]-⸢ur₃⸣ eg₂ ma-ra-ra-an-zi₂-e | ... will raise a claim against you |
| 9’ | {[u₂]}⸢kul a⸣-ša₃-ga ŋe₂₆-e ma-ra-ra-an-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-e | The ekul plant, the ešag plant, is to be brought for you |
| 10’ | {[ŋeš]}⸢mud⸣ {ŋeš}{i}irina₃{na} a-ša₃-ga ŋe₂₆-e ma-ra-de₅-de₅-ge | The ešumû-priests and the irina-priestess(?) were brought to you in the field. |
| 11’ | [...] ⸢AK⸣ us₂ a-ra-ŋar-[...] | ... the path of Arabar |
| 12’ | [...]-⸢zu 4-am₃ u₃ ze₄-⸢e⸣ [...] | ... it is 4 and the ze’e-e-song |
| 13’ | [...] mi-ni-ib-sar-[...] | ... wrote |
| 14’ | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1’ | [...] ⸢ma-ra⸣-ra-⸢an-x⸣-[...] | ... emaraean ... |
| 2’ | ([...].DU-)de₃ šu-mu-ra-ab-⸢kuš₂⸣-[...] | May he ... for you |
| 3’ | [...]-du-zu bi₂-ib-[...] | ... your ... |
| 4’ | [...] tur-ra a-ra₂-zu mah-⸢am₃⸣ | ... the young one, your great arazu prayer |
| 5’ | [...] 12-am₃ | ... 12 |
| 6’ | [...] ⸢iti⸣ 4-am₃ | ... the fourth month |
| 7’ | [...] ⸢iti⸣ 8-am₃ | It is the 8th month |
| 8’ | [...]-⸢gen₇⸣ 2-am₃ ba-du | It is the second ... |
| 9’ | [...] ⸢e₂⸣ i₃-du₃-du₃-⸢e⸣ | ... built the temple |
| 10’ | [...]-⸢ri⸣ šu-x dal-a u₃-⸢mu⸣-[...] | (Sum) The one who ... the ..., the one who disappears(?) (Akk) ... that which disappears |
| 11’ | [...] a im-[...] | ... water ... |
| 12’ | [...] ⸢kur-ra⸣ [...] | ... the Ekur temple |
Sources & licences
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- 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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