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CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 020 (P276849)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P276849 |
| Museum no. | N 1729 |
| 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 | [...] x [...] | |
| 2 | ama#-gu10# ninda 5(disz)#-[am3] [...] | My mother, five loaves of bread |
| 3 | ama#-gu10 ninda 1(u) x [...] | My mother, 10 ... bread |
| 4 | u4#-da ug5#-ge-gu10# [...] | At that time, my dead ones |
| 5 | edin-e ugu-gu10 inim mu#?-[...] | The steppe spoke a word to me |
| 6 | [nin9-ban3]-da#-gu10-gin7 er2-gu10# [he2-sze8-sze8] | Like my sister, may my tears be poured out for me |
| 7 | [...] [i]-lu# ba-nu2# | ... a lament lay down |
| 8 | [...] [ma-mu2]-de3 ba-[nu2] | ... lying down for me |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x [...] | |
| 2 | igi-[ni] szu bi2-[in-gur10] [...] x | He ... his eyes ... |
| 3 | tum2#-mu#-un#-ze2#-en# tum2#-[mu-un]-ze2#-en# nin9#-gu10 [tum2-mu]-un#-ze2-en# | Bring it, bring it! Bring it! “My sister, bring (it)! |
| 4 | {d}gesztin#-an#-na#-gu10 [tum2]-mu#-un-ze2-en# nin9#?-[gu10 tum2]-mu-un-ze2-en# | Bring my Geštinana, bring my sister |
| 5 | [...] [tum2]-mu#-un#-ze#-[en] [...] | ... you should bring ... |
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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