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BT 07 + N 3323 + N 3326 (P278368)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BT 07 + N 3323 + N 3326 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278368 |
| Museum no. | BT 07 + N 3323 + N 3326 |
| Collection | Brockmon Collection, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel; 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)
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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i' | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] x | |
| 2'-3' | {[d]}⸢iš⸣-me-{d}da-gan ; [dumu {d}en]-lil₂-la₂-ka | Eešme-Dagan, son of Enlil |
| 4' | [...]-⸢un⸣-ku | ... your |
| 5' | [...]-ra-ab-be₂ | ... will say to you |
| 6' | [...] x sag₉ | ... beautiful |
| 7' | [...] ⸢kug⸣-zu | ... your gold |
| 8' | [...] x | |
| 1'' | [...] x | |
| 2'' | [dili-zu]-ni mah-me-en | I am supreme in your alone |
| 3''-4'' | [ŋeš]-gi₄-ŋal₂ ; [sa-gid₂]-da-bi-im | It is its sagida |
| 5'' | [...]-ra-ni | ... his |
| 6'' | [...]-ŋar | ...-bar |
| 7'' | [...]-di | ...-di |
| 8'' | [...]-x | |
| 9'' | [...]-ga | ... ... |
| ii' | ||
| 1' | gu₂ x ; ha-ra-ab-x-x | May he ... for you |
| 2'-4' | e₂-kur eš₃ mah ; ki-tuš kug-zu-a ; si ha-ra-ni;-ib₂-sa₂-e | May he arrange for you the Ekur, the supreme shrine, your holy residence. |
| 5' | u₂ a il₂ | raised water |
| 6'-7' | saŋ-us₂ e₂-za-ra ; {d}iš-me-{d}[da-gan] | who provides for the Ezara, Išme-Dagan |
| 8' | x [...] | |
| 1''-3'' | bala dug₃ x-[...] ; ud ha-⸢ba⸣-[x];-su₃-e | May a favorable reign be established for you |
| 4''-5'' | ŋeš-gi₄-ŋal₂ sa-ŋar-ra-bi-⸢im⸣ | “It is the sabarrabî-demon, |
| 6''-7'' | za-am-za-am {d}en-lil₂-la₂-kam | It is the zāmzam of Enlil |
| 8''-9'' | nin an za-⸢gin₃⸣-[na] ; dalla ⸢e₃⸣-[a] | Lady of heaven and lapis lazuli, splendor of the temple |
| 10''-11'' | {d}uraš [...] ; ⸢hi⸣-li ⸢gur₃⸣-ru | Uraš ... eḫili egurru |
| 12''-14'' | {[d]}⸢nin⸣-lil₂ ; [x] mul-la ; [x] igi kal-kal | Eninnin-elil, the ... who sees everything, |
| 15'' | [x]-ta de₆-a | taken from ... |
| 16'' | [x] x NIN x | ... sister ... |
| 17'' | [...] DU₇ | ... is favourable. |
| 18'' | [x] ⸢mah⸣ an-ki | ... the great temple of heaven and earth |
| iii' | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | {d}⸢en⸣-[lil₂ ...] | Enlil |
| 3' | ⸢nam⸣-[...] | Ename-[...] |
| 4' | GIŠ [...] | |
| 1'' | [...] x x | |
| 2'' | dugud-da-ke₄ <(...)> | The heavy one ... |
| 3'' | bulugₓ(|ŠIM×KUŠU₂|) ta-hab₂-ba-e <(...)> | You smear (them) with taḫlû-plant |
| 4'' | nin he₂-ŋal₂-la | may the lady be carried off. |
| 5''-8'' | guru₇-du₆ ; guru₇-maš-e ; gu₂ gur-⸢gur-e⸣ ; mu-un-tu;-de₃-en | The silos, the silos of the granary, I will give birth to ... |
| iv' | ||
| 1' | [nam] ⸢mu⸣-ni-in-tar | decreed a fate for me |
| 2' | [...] en he₂-e-<(...)> | ... may the lord |
| 3'-4' | a-a {d}nanna ; mu-še₃ mu-ni;-in-sa₄ | Father Nanna chose him and named him. |
| 5'-8' | {ŋeš}gu-za me ur₄ ; aga zid mah ; saŋ-e-eš ; mu-ni-rig₇ | He presented the throne with a majestic crown and a mighty crown. |
| 9'-11' | an-na-ba ; {d}en-lil₂-ba ; ⸢mi-ni-in⸣-kur₉ | In heaven, Enlil made an ekur tree. |
| v' | ||
| 1'-2' | {ŋeš}isimu₂{⸢sar⸣} [x] ; šag₄-bal-bal-a-zu | Your šagbalbal plant |
| 3'-6' | {d}utu ; {d}inana ; an ud zal-e ; ed₃-de₃ x | Šamaš, Inana, as the day passes, in order to ... the steppe |
| 7' | ud x [...] | The day |
| 8' | x [...] | |
| 9' | [...] | |
| 10' | AN [...] | ..., |
| 11' | zag x [...] | The right ... |
| 12' | an-na [...] ; en₃-bi [...] | ... in heaven, how long ...? |
| vi' | ||
| 1' | gud [...] | ox |
| 2' | KA [...] ; [...] | ... ... |
| r i' | ||
| 1' | x [...] ; in-[...] | ... ... |
| 2' | e₂(GIŠ-)kur [...] | The Ekur temple |
| 3' | TUG₂-na [...] | TUG₂-na |
| 4' | AN-x [...] | ... ... |
| r ii' | ||
| 1 | sa-x-[x]-bi-[im] | ...-bim |
| 2-7 | ama {d}nin-⸢lil₂⸣ [...] ; {d}iš-me;-{d}da-gan-⸢e⸣ ; x-x-na ; ⸢saŋ⸣ hu-mu-ra;-ni-in-il₂ | Mother Nin-elil ... Išme-Dagan-e3 ... the Esa-e3. |
| 8-9 | [ŋeš]-⸢gi₄-ŋal₂⸣ ; [sa-...-bi-im] | It is the “seizing-of-the-mouth’ prayer of the sa. |
| 1'-3' | kur-[gal-la-ra] mi₂ [zid-de₃-eš] ; ga-[an-dug₄] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to Great Mountain |
| 4' | ⸢šir₃⸣-[ra-ni] | his sanctuaries |
| r iii' | ||
| 1 | gunu₃-a-na | in his radiance |
| 2-3 | ad-de₃-eš₂ ; ga-am₃-ša₄ | I want to speak with you |
| 4-5 | u₃-gul zi-zi ; u₃-gul ŋa₂;-⸢ŋa₂⸣-da-⸢ni⸣ | The one who destroys the zizi temple, the one who razes the outskirts of the city |
| 8 | an [...] | An ... |
| 9 | x [...] ; [...] | ... ... |
| 10 | x [...] | |
| 1' | x x x x ; he₂-bi₂-tum₂ | ... may he bring |
| 2' | u₂ he₂-eb;-su₃-su₃ | may he sprinkle grass. |
| 3' | ⸢u₅⸣-li ; he₂-em-du | May the eli plant grow there. |
| 4' | hul₂ ud ⸢sud⸣ ; ha-mu-un;-x-x | May he rejoice, may he |
| r iv' | ||
| 1-3 | u₂ a-bi ; un-gu₇ ; un-naŋ-a | When he eats the food of his father, when he lies down |
| 4-5 | ki-nu₂ ; x ⸢dug₃⸣-dug₃-ge <(...)> | The bed ... the edug ritual |
| 6 | {tug₂}niŋ₂-⸢barag₂-ge⸣ <(...)> | a ni-barag-gê-garment |
| 7-9 | i₃ {ŋeš}eren he;-nun-na ; e-ne-er ; [...]-⸢na⸣-su₃-e | He poured out cedar oil in the midst of abundance |
| 10 | [x] x niŋ₂-dug₃ | ... pleasant |
| 11 | [lal₃ ku₇]-ku₇-da | sweet honey |
| 12 | [...]-x | |
| 1' | x EREN-x/EREN-x | [x], ...; |
| 2' | su-⸢ub⸣ ; he₂-ke₃-⸢e⸣ | May he bring out the šūbû-plant, |
| 3'-4' | ur₂ kug ; {d}en-lil₂-<<KE₄>> | The pure lap of Enlil |
| 5'-6' | ŋidlam₂-na;-ka ; u₃ dug₃ ha-mu;-ku₄-ku₄ | May he enter into his house and enter the jug. |
| 7' | NIN-e | the lady |
| 8' | lugal KA-ga | the king of ... |
| 9' | [...] x | |
| r v' | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2'-5' | [nam]-sipad ; kalam-ma-<<gin₇>> ; ud-gin₇ ; he₂-bi₂-in;-e₃ | May the shepherdship of the land come forth like daylight |
| 6-7' | u₅-a₂-di ; {[d]}nin-lil₂;-la₂-kam | It is the uadi of Ninlil. |
| 8'-9' | {d}nin-urta ⸢en⸣ mah [...] | Ninurta, supreme en priestess |
| r i'' frg.a | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | KA [...] | ... ... |
| 3'-4' | hi-⸢li⸣ ; šag₄-ga-[...] | Ḫili’e, the šaggar priest |
| 5' | an [...] | An ... |
| r ii'' frg.a | ||
| 1' | [...]-a | ...-a |
| 2'-5' | [...]-dam ; ⸢kur⸣-gal-la-ra ; ⸢mi₂⸣ zid-de₃-eš ; ga-an-dug₄ | I want to praise the ... of the Ekurgal temple, the righteous woman |
| 6' | šir₃-ra-⸢ni⸣ | Širra-eši |
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