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CDLI Literary 000350, ex. 042 (P278157)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000350, ex. 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278157 |
| Museum no. | N 3100 |
| 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 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| 3' | If a man approaches, he will be able to split apart a libation bowl |
| 8' | whose fearsomeness and divine radiance covers the land |
| 6' | He made the light shine like the sun, he made it shine like the sun. |
| 1' | The gu-guru(-priest) of Udu, the great jug of An-aju-priest |
| 4' | The house of the rebellious land, a reed basket and a leather bag he brought to you |
| 9' | whose power is perfected |
| 7' | When heaven and earth had not been surrounded by a reed fence, it was as if it had been a ruin mound for its enemy. |
| 2' | The divine powers and rituals of the udug and ninnu-flour are exalted. |
| 12' | The... of the fodder, the... of my sealed tablet, the... of my Ninnu-ju ritual, is all right. |
| 11' | the supreme weapon, surpassing in battle, surpassing in battle, who has no rival |
| 13' | ... |
| 5' | When you are to smite the adah priest and the egidaju priest(ess) |
| 10' | In order to be adorned with gold and lapis lazuli, and to be adorned with splendor, |
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
- 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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