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CDLI Literary 000575, ex. 005 (P276690)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000575, ex. 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P276690 |
| Museum no. | N 1562 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary letter and letter-prayer |
| 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 | [lugal {d}]utu-gin7 sza3 kalam#-ma# | king who like Utu in the heart of the nation |
| 2 | [mu]-un-zalag-ga | he brightened. |
| 3 | [u3]-na#-du11 | said to him |
| 4 | [i-{d}utu] ab-sin2 [ib2-ta-an]-zi#-ga | Ištar raised the furrow |
| 5 | [ti-id-nu]-um-e# szu# bi2#-in#-gar# | Tidnum placed. |
| 6 | [szibir-bi] mu#-un#-dab5-ba | and seized its wagons |
| 7 | [lugal idim-bi-sze3] x#-szid-de3-a | the king to its foundation pit ... |
| 8 | [u3-na-de3]-tah | he shall take away. |
| 9 | [{disz}lugal-nesag-ge26 dumu] nibru#{ki} | Lugal-nesage, citizen of Nippur |
| 10 | [ARAD2-zu na-ab-be2]-a# | do not speak to your servant |
| 11 | [x x] | |
| 12 | [...] x# x [x?] | |
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
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