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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 070 (P276985)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 070 |
|---|---|
| ID | P276985 |
| Museum no. | N 1870 + N 2923 + N 3138 (+) N 2422 |
| 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 | {d}utu-ra [...] inim ga-mu-ra-ab-du11 | I want to speak a word to Utu |
| 2 | {d}utu ama tu-da#-[...] a-a bulug3#-ga2-gu10 mu!-um-zu# | Utu, the mother who bore me, my father who raised me, know(?) |
| 3 | [...] za-e mu#-un#-[x x] | ... you ... |
| 4 | [...] zi-ki-a ma#-[x x] [...] ma-an-pa3# | ... on my right ... he chose ... |
| 5 | [...] ki# za nam-ba-an-tum3 | Do not bring ... to the place of your choosing |
| 6 | [...]-ga#-mes# [x x]-ra sza3-ga-ni arhusz ba-ni-in-tuku | ... his heart rejoiced |
| 7 | [...]-ra# gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e | He spoke to ... |
| 8 | [...] ha-ba-gi4 | ... may he return. |
| 9 | [...] he2#-gi4-gi4 | ... may he return |
| 10 | [...]-mes-e inim mu#-ni-ib2-gi4-gi4 | ... will reply to ... |
| 11 | [x x] dim2-ma nu-tuku | ... who does not have ... |
| 12 | [...] nam-tar nu-ub-zu-zu | ... did not know fate |
| 13 | [...] | |
| 14 | [x x]-ba# ur2 ama-na-sze3# [...] | ... to the lap of his mother |
| 15 | [...] ama# tu-ud-da-zu# [...] | ... your birth mother |
| 16 | [hu]-wa#-wa en-ki-du10-ra [...] | Huwawa for Enkidu ... |
| 17 | [x]-ra {d}en-ki-du10 [...] | ... Enkidu |
| 18 | lu2 hug-ga2# sza3-gal im-ma#!(BA)-hug eger# [...] inim mu-na-ab#-[x x] | He calmed the heart of a man, he ... words for him |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ur5-gin7 hu-mu-na-ab-[...] | May he ... for him like a dog |
| 2 | gu2-ni im-ma-ku5# [...] | He cut off his neck |
| 3 | sza3# {kusz}a-ga2-la2-ke4 [...] | In the midst of the agala drum |
| 4 | [...]-lil2#-la2-sze3 [...] | ... to ...-lila |
| 5 | [...]-en#-lil2-la2-sze3 [...] | ... to ... of Enlil |
| 6 | [...]-wa#-wa-ke4 igi# [...] | ... of Wawa |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...] x# [...] | |
| 9' | [...] 1(disz)-ta-am3 [...] | ... 1 ... |
| 10' | [...] a-sza3-sze3 ba-an#-[x] | ... to the field ... |
| 11' | [...] i7-da-sze3 ba-an-sum# | ... he gave to the river |
| 12' | [...] gisz-gi-sze3 ba-an-sum | ... he gave to the reed bed. |
| 13' | [...] ur-mah-sze3 ba-an-sum | ... he gave it to the lion |
| 14' | [...] e2-gal-sze3# ba-an-sum | ... he gave to the palace |
| 15' | [...]-ma# tir-tir-sze3 ba-an-sum | ... and he gave it to the forest |
| 16' | [...]-ma# ni2 te-a-ni# ba-an-ti | ... his fear has been released |
| 17' | kal#-[x] {d}bil4-ga-mes mi2-du11-ga | the mighty one of Gilgamesh, who obeys |
| 18' | {d}nisaba za3-mi2 | Nisaba, praise! |
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