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CDLI Literary 000764, ex. 013 (P277297)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000764, ex. 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P277297 |
| Museum no. | N 2192 + N 4116 + N 7878 + Ist Ni 04472 (+) N 3747 (+) N 7049 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey; 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1’ | a ⸢zi⸣-[...] | water of the ezi-e-plant |
| 2’ | {i₇}⸢idigna⸣ [...] | the Tigris |
| 3’ | ⸢i₇⸣ tur-[...] | The small canal |
| 1”a | ⸢ku₆⸣ mušen-bi mu-⸢dim₂-dim₂⸣ | The fisherman fashioned its snake |
| 1”b | ⸢ŋeš-ge⸣ abbar-a im-mi-⸢in-si₃⸣ | he made it rise up like a lion in the sea. |
| 2” | ki-gub-bi in-⸢ne⸣-en-pa₃ | they found its standing place. |
| 3” | ŋeš-hur-bi igi-bi im-mi-in-zu | Its “finger-nail' was seen. |
| 4” | u₄-bi-a ku₆-e ⸢abbar⸣-ra nunus ki ba-ni-ib-ta₃ | At that time, the fish sank a female kid in the sand dunes. |
| 5” | mušen-e ka ŋeš-ge (⸢U₂⸣.KI.SI₃.GA) im-ma-ni-⸢us₂⸣ | The snake opened its mouth to speak. |
| 6” | mušen-e ku₆-e abbar-⸢ra za-pa-aŋ₂-bi⸣-[...] | The bird, the fish of the sea, its horns(?) |
| 7” | ⸢ku₆ im⸣-[...] | The e’e-fish, the fisherman |
| r | ||
| 1’ | ⸢mah du₁₁-du₁₁⸣ [...] | The great E-maḫ |
| 2’ | ⸢edin-na⸣ gub-ba-za ⸢zu₂ (x) [...] | When you stand in the steppe, your steppe ... |
| 3’ | [x] ab-sin₂-na dumu engar-⸢ra-ke₄ x⸣ [...] | ... furrow, child of the ploughman |
| 4’ | nu-{ŋeš}kiri₆-ke₄ pu₂-{ŋeš}kiri₆-pu₂-{ŋeš}kiri₆-ba sa ⸢na⸣-[...] | The orchardist ... in the garden. |
| 5’ | {kuš}da-uš₂-ta ⸢a₂⸣-ni nu-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ du₁₀ nu-⸢mu⸣-[...] | Without his sandals, he would not be able to enjoy good food |
| 6’ | sar-sar-ra niŋ₂ mu-ni-ib-hulu-hulu-un [...] | (Sum) The šarsar defiled itself in the garden (Akk) In the garden, they destroyed itself |
| 7’ | a-ša₃ ki duru₅ ⸢ŋal₂⸣-ŋal₂-⸢la-ba⸣ ŋiri₃-zu ⸢nu⸣-[...] | A field in the place of the stag, the e’ebalbal-elaba-e, (and) the biri-zu-house |
| 8’ | mušen abbar-ta e₃-⸢ba⸣-ra za-pa-aŋ₂-zu {u}⸢ugu₆-ŋu₁₀-ta⸣ | (Sum) The snake that goes out from the horizon (Akk) Your horns that go out from(?) the abar temple |
| 9’ | dul₂-saŋ sahar-dub-ba-⸢ka⸣ e₃-ni-ib ur₅-ra me-te-zu-um | Come out to the sahardubak-vessel, your appropriate one! |
| 10’ | ⸢u₄-bi-a ku₆⸣-e mušen-ra in-še₃ mu-ni-in-tub₂ | At that time, the fish sank into the marshes |
| 11’ | mušen bar gunu₃-⸢gunu₃⸣ [...]-⸢e⸣ sa₆-ga-ni mu-un-zu | The snake with a speckled thigh knows his good ... |
| 12’ | in ku₆-⸢e⸣ [x x] mu-ni-in-tub₂-ba | in the fisherman's ... he poured out. |
| 13’ | i-gi₄-in-[x] ⸢eme₂⸣-da-a-aš u₅-a-ša ⸢mu⸣-[...] | “Igi-in-..., his ewes, his cows, |
| 14’ | enim-še₃ gu₂-ni [(x) x]-⸢un⸣-na-ab-šum₂-mu enim hulu ⸢mu⸣-[...] | When he raises his neck to speak evil words |
| 15’ | [u₄]-⸢bi-a mušen-e⸣ [x x] mu-un-na-ni-⸢ib⸣-[...] | At that time, the snake ... it for him |
| 16’ | [...]-ra im-du ni₂-⸢zu⸣ [...] | ... he screamed, his fearsomeness ... |
| 17’ | ⸢ka-zu⸣ [...] ⸢zu₂⸣ im-(NIGIN₂.NIGIN₂) ⸢egir-zu⸣-[...] | Your kazu temple, your ešû temple, a total(?) |
| 18’ | tugul(|ZA@t.NAGAR|) ⸢x⸣ [...] | a scepter of e’e23 |
| 19’ | ir nu-du₁₀-⸢ga⸣ [a]-⸢ha-an šu⸣-[...] | (Sum) The one who does not pray to the gods(?) (Akk) May the one who is not prayed to the deity(?) |
| 20’ | gu₇-a-zu [si sa₂]-bi {ge}(A.⸢ESIR₂⸣) [...] | When you eat, its right horn ... |
| 21’ | lu₂ de₆-de₆-a-[zu] šu-ni su-ni ⸢nu⸣-[...] | Whoever you are, when you go, his hand and his body ... |
| 22’ | engur mah sug daŋal-⸢la⸣-ba ŋe₂₆-e [...] | The great marsh, the marsh that is to be plundered(?) |
| 23’ | u₂ du₁₀-ga-bi nu-⸢mu-ši⸣-ib-⸢gu₇⸣-[...] | Its good food does not come out for you |
| 24’ | i₇-da nir ŋal₂-⸢bi⸣ [nu]-⸢mu-un-(DU⸣.[DU) ...] | In the river, the fearsome one did not go out to the river |
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