NABU 2012/044 (P278132)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | NABU 2012/044 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278132 |
| Museum no. | N 3073 + N 3312 |
| 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 |
English translation
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | Take the holy crown from your head - go bareheaded! |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | Take the holy scepter from your hand - go empty handed! |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | Untie the holy ba garment from your body - go naked! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | Unstrap the holy shoes from your feet - go barefeet! |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [... men kug] ⸢um⸣-[...] ; ⸢saŋ⸣ su₃-za ⸢ŋen-ne₂⸣ | |
| 2' | [... ŋidru kug] šu-za um-te-ŋar ; šu su₃-za ŋen-ne₂ | |
| 3' | [... {tug₂}ba₁₃] ⸢kug⸣ bar-⸢za⸣ um-te-si-ig ; bar su₃-za ŋen-ne₂ | |
| 4' | [... {kuš}e]-sir₂ kug ŋiri₃-za um-te-x ; ŋiri₃ su₃-za ⸢ŋen⸣-[ne₂] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣-za u₃-ba-[...] | |
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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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