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CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 046 (P276857)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P276857 |
| Museum no. | N 1736 |
| 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 i | ||
| 1’ | [...] ⸢en⸣ | ... the en priestess |
| 2’ | [...]-na | ... his |
| 3’ | [...] ⸢gu₇⸣-gu₇ | ... eats |
| 4’ | [...] ⸢al-ma-al⸣ ; [...]-en | ... is there, I am |
| 5’ | [...] ⸢mu₄⸣ ; [...] | ... ešû-plant |
| o ii | ||
| 1’ | [... ; ...]-⸢aŋ₂-mu⸣ [...] | ... ...-ea-mu-e23 |
| 2’ | [...] ⸢ab-us₂⸣ KA na-⸢aŋ₂⸣-[...] | ... the “seizing-of-the-mouth'-demon’ |
| 3’ | ⸢mu⸣-lu e-ne-eŋ₃-ge₄-me ⸢AK⸣-[...] ; mu-lu e-ne-[...] | (Sum) The elu priestess, when you speak to him, he speaks to you (Akk) I am the one who spoke to you(?) |
| 4’ | ⸢di⸣-da-ni ⸢nu⸣-me-a tu₉ [...] | When he rises, when he lies down, the garment |
| 5’ | lu₂ di tuku pu-uh₂-ru-[...] ; [...] | The one who has a case ... |
| 6’ | al-sah₄ al-⸢ur₄⸣ [...] | “It is raining, it is pouring out, it keeps raining(?) |
| 7’ | lu₂ di tuku sa₁₀-[...] ; [...] | The one who has a case ... |
| 8’ | [a]-⸢ru⸣-ub ⸢x⸣ [...] | Enter, enter! |
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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