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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 069 (P276908)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P276908 |
| Museum no. | N 1787 |
| 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)
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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 | gu4#-gin7# ki gal-la ba-[x x] | Like a bull ... in the great place |
| 2 | gu2 ki-sze3 bi2-in#-gar KA ba#-[...] | He set his neck towards the ground, ... |
| 3 | zi ama ugu-gu10 {d}nin#-sun2-ka a-a-gu10# [...] | The life of my birth mother Ninsun, my father |
| 4 | du10-ub ama ugu-gu10 {d}nin#-sun2#-ka u3-[...] | Ub, my birth mother Ninsun |
| 5 | min3-kam-ma-sze3 | For the second time |
| 6 | zi ama ugu-gu10 {d}nin-sun2#-ka a-a-gu10 [...] | The life of my birth mother Ninsun, my father |
| 7 | en-na lu2-bi lu2-u18-lu he2-a im-ma-zu-am3 digir# [...] | As long as this man, whether man or woman, knows it, the god |
| 8 | giri3 kur-sze3 gub-ba-gu10 iri{ki}-sze3# ba-ra-ba-[...] | My standing foot to the netherworld has not been carried away to the city |
| 9 | ARAD2 zi ba-an-du10 nam-ti ba-an-ku7#-[x] | The loyal servant was satisfied, the life sweetened |
| 10 | lugal-a-ni inim mu#-[x]-ib-gi4-[x] | his king replied |
| 11 | lugal-gu10 za-e lu2-ba [...]-du8-am3 sza3 nu-mu-ni-dab5-be2# | My king, you are the one who is ..., he does not seize your heart |
| 12 | ge26#-e! lu2-ba igi mu-ni#-du8#-am3# sza3 mu-ni-dab5-be2-en | I saw that man, I seized him |
| 13 | ur-sag ka-ga14-ni ka uszumgal-la-kam | Hero, his mouth is the mouth of a dragon. |
| 14 | igi-ni igi# pirig-ga2-kam | His eye is the eye of a lion |
| 15 | |GISZ.GABA|-a-ni a#-gi6 du7-du7-da | His scepter is a storm blowing(?) |
| 16 | sag#-ki-ni gisz#-gi bi2-gu7-a lu2 na-ba-te-ge26-[x] | If he eats reeds on his forehead, no one should approach him |
| 17 | [x x] za#-e kur-sze3 u5-a ge26-e iri-sze3 ga-u5 | ... you, I want to go to the netherworld, to the city |
| 18 | [x x]-ur2# i3-ti-zu ga-na-ab-du11 zu2-zu2 he2#-[x x] | I want to speak to you about your ..., so that your teeth ... |
| 19 | [x]-ra# ba-usz2-zu [x]-na-ab-du11# er2-zu he2-sze8#-[x] | If he says to you “Your ... has died, may he shed tears for you! |
| 20 | [...] tab-ba lu2 [x x]-da | ... tabba ... |
| 21 | [x]-da a lu2 nu#-[x x] | ... no one ... |
| 22 | [x] gi#-sig-ga izi [...] | ... the reed screen, fire ... |
| 23 | [x]-e# ge26-e dah-ma-ab [...]-na#-me lu2 ba-an#-[x] | I, the ..., I want to utter an arazu prayer to him |
| 24 | [x]-su-a-ba [...] | ... its ... |
| 25 | [...]-na# ba-su#-[x x] | ... ... his ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] {gisz}ma2#-[...] | ... the boat |
| 2 | [...]-ma2#-zi-sza3-gal2-[...] | ... mazišagal |
| 3 | [x]-nam#-ma ga-an-szi-re7-en#-[...]-du8-ru-NE#-[x x] | Let us go to ... |
| 4 | tukum#-bi im-szi-re7-en#-de3#-[x] | If we go there |
| 5 | ni2# i3-gal2 ni2 i3-gal2 gi4-a | There is fear, there is fear. |
| 6 | umun# i3-gal2 umun i3-gal2 gi4-a | Lord, who is there, lord, turn back! |
| 7 | [...]-ga2#-nam-ma ga-am-szi-re7-en-de3-en | Let us go to the ... of my land |
| 8 | [...] la-ba-te-ge26-e-da-asz | ... did not approach me |
| 9 | [...] e2 {gisz}erin-na-ka-ni in-ga-an-[x] | He ... his house of cedar |
| 10 | [...]-bar igi usz2-a-kam | It is the ... of the dead. |
| 11 | [...]-bul# sag nam-tag-ga su3-ga#-[x] | ... the head of sin is bound(?) |
| 12 | [...] tu#-da!-zu nu-ub-szi-in#-gur#-ru-de3#-[x] | ... your birth mother does not return to you |
| 13 | [...]-ri# ni2-te [x]-an-ri# | ... self ... |
| 14 | giri3-ni ki#-a li#-bi2#-in-x#-[x] | His feet ... on earth |
| 15 | umbin gal-a-ni giri3# [...] | His large nails, feet |
| 16 | za3#-na nu11-na ba-[x x] | At her side, lying down ... |
| 17 | i3-a# lum-lum u3-luh-ha# [x x] | In oil, splendor, uluhha-disease ... |
| 18 | dumu-gi7 giri17-zal digir-re#-[x] | The young man, the joy of the gods |
| 19 | gu4 lipisz-tuku me3-a [x x] | Wild ox or bull in battle ... |
| 20 | ama-zu dumu-tu-da mah-bi [...] | Your mother, your great child-bearing one |
| 21 | ummeda-ga-la2-zu dumu ur2-ra ga gu7# [...] | Ummedagalazu, child of the lap, eating milk |
| 22 | ni2 na-te-ge26-e-en szu ki-a# [...] | You should not approach me, you should not touch the ground |
| 23 | szu ki-a bi2-in-se3 inim [...] | he shook the hand on the ground, ... words |
| 24 | zi ama ugu-gu10 {d}nin-sun2-ka a-a-[...] | The life of my birth mother Ninsun |
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