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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 071 (P277852)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 071 |
|---|---|
| ID | P277852 |
| Museum no. | N 2785 + N 3071 + N 4234 |
| 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 | [...] sag# [...] | ... head ... |
| 2 | [...]-ku4 mu-gu10 ga-am3#-[x] | ... I want to ... my name |
| 3 | [...] mu-gu10 ga-bi2-[x x] | I want to ... my name |
| 4 | [...]-ba#-am3 mu digir-MU ga-bi2-[x x] | I want to ... the name of my god |
| 5 | [...] en-ki-du10-e inim mu-ni-[...] | ... Enkidu spoke to him |
| 6 | [x x] tukum#-bi [x]-da# kur-sze3 i-ni#-[...] | If ... to the netherworld |
| 7 | [...] utu# he2-mu-e-da#-[x x] | ... may ... with you |
| 8 | [...]-bi# {d}utu-[x] | ... Utu |
| 9 | [...]-ma-bi szul {d}utu-kam {d#}[...] x x x | Its ... is the youth Utu |
| 10 | [...]-mes masz2 babbar2-ra szu [x]-mi#-in-tag | ... touched the white kid |
| 11 | [...]-ri#-a gaba-na i-im-[x x]-tab | ... on his chest ... |
| 12 | [...] kiri3#-ni mu-da-an-gal2 | ... he put his nose in his mouth |
| 13 | [...] gu3 mu-un-na-de2#-e | ... spoke to him |
| 14 | [x]-utu# kur-ra# [x]-in-ku4-ku4-de3-en# [x x]-gu10 he2-me-en | ... enters the netherworld, may you be my ... |
| 15 | kur#-{gisz}eren#-[...]-NI#-in-ku4-ku4-de3 a2#-[x]-gu10 he2-me-en | In order to bring in cedar ..., you are my ... |
| 16 | {d}utu an#-[x]-ta# inim mu-ni-ib#-gi4#-gi4 | Utu replied to An: |
| 17 | gurusz dumu-gi7 [x x]-a# he2-me-en kur-re a-na-[x x]-en | May you be a young man, a citizen of ..., what ... in the foreign lands? |
| 18 | {d}utu inim# [x x]-ab-du11 inim-gu10-sze3 gesztu2#-zu-um | Šamaš, speak a word ..., listen to my word |
| 19 | silim ga-ra-ab#-du11# gizzal |HA.QA| he2-[...] | I want to speak good things to you, may a reed basket |
| 20 | iri{ki}-ga2# [x] ba-usz2 sza3 ba-[x] | In my city ... died, the heart ... |
| 21 | lu2 u2-gu [...] sza3#-gu10 ba#-[x] | The one who ... my heart |
| 22 | bad3-da gu2#-[...] | With the wall ... |
| 23 | ad6 a [...] | Ada ... |
| 24 | u3 [...] | and ... |
| 25 | lu2 [...] | ... man |
| 26 | lu2# [...] | ... man |
| 27 | ur#-[...] | Ur- |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {gisz}eren# [...] | ... cedar |
| 2 | en {d}bil3#-[...] | Lord Billi |
| 3 | iri{ki}-na lu2# [...] | In his city a man |
| 4 | lu2 2(disz) tab-ba-[...] | 2 men, Tabba- |
| 5 | e2 tuku e2-[...] | The one who has a house, the house ... |
| 6 | nitah sag-dili ga2#-[...] aka# [...] | I want to say “you are the mighty man, you are the one who ... alone(?) |
| 7 | e2 tuku e2-[x]-ni#-sze3 [...] | The one who has a house, to her ... house |
| 8 | nitah sag-dili e-[x]-gin7# aka 5(u)-am3# [...] | Like a single male donkey ... fifty |
| 9 | e2 simug-sze3 [x]-ni bi2-[...] | ... to the house of the smith |
| 10 | {urudu}a2-asz-gar [x]-silig#-ga a2 [...] | The ašgar-sheep |
| 11 | {gisz}kiri6 gi6#-[x x] giri3#-ni bi2-[x x] | He ... his foot in the dark orchard |
| 12 | {gisz}AGA {gisz#}[...]-taszkarin-na-ka [...] x | The agate and the ...-taškarin-wood |
| 13 | dumu# iri-[...]-de3#-re7-[x]-am3# | The citizens of Iri-... |
| 14 | 1(disz)#-am3# [...]-ga2 umbin# [x x]-in#{muszen}-na | It is one (bird) of my ..., a ... bird |
| 15 | [...]-sag-ga2-ke4 hu#-[...]-tum2-tum2-mu | May the ... of the beginning bring |
| 16 | [...]-am3# in-di3-bal {gisz#}[...]-ni nu-mu-ni-[...] | The king, my lord, has taken away his ..., he does not ... his tree |
| 17 | [...] bal-e-da-bi {gisz}eren# [...] mu#-ni-in-pa3 | ... cedar he chose as its bale |
| 18 | [...] ki nu-un-[x] | ... did not |
| 19 | [x x]-ga#-mes {gisz}eren-na al-sag3#-[x] | ... cedar ... trembled |
| 20 | [...] pa#-bi i-im-[...] x [...] x {d}bil4-ga-mes-[...] | ... its branches ... ... Gilgamesh |
| 21 | [...]-ra en-ki-du10 [...] | Enkidu |
| 22 | [...] x im-ma#?-[x] | ... ... |
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