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CDLI Literary 000467, ex. 001 & 000471, ex. 001 (P278405)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000467, ex. 001 & 000471, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278405 |
| Museum no. | N 3367 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 1' 9 | ... he has given birth |
| obverse col 1 3' | to your pure base, to the end of the nijdug offering |
| reverse col 1' 2 | is a sajar |
| reverse col 1' 4 | is a sabar net |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... princely rites |
| obverse col 1 11' | May the... verdicts of the foreign lands |
| obverse col 1 9' | ... the holy sheepfold, the child of An |
| reverse col 1' 7 | Ime-Dagan... the Land |
| obverse col 1 1' | in the Ekur temple |
| obverse col 1 2' | To your raised hand, the greatijir gods |
| reverse col 1' 1 | ... the brickwork of the Ekur temple |
| obverse col 1 5' | by Ime-Dagan, son of Enlil |
| obverse col 1 10' | ......... |
| reverse col 1' 6 | Dagan, the exalted one, the divine powers of heaven and earth, the divine powers of the earth |
| obverse col 1 4' | as if it were good for a libation bowl |
| reverse col 1' 8 | It is the city that is seized by Dagan. |
| obverse col 1 8' | for his life, the righteous cow, the beautiful mother |
| obverse col 1 6' | In your Egalmah temple, your temple of queenship |
| reverse col 1' 3 | ... shepherd Ime-Dagan, son of Enlil |
| reverse col 1' 5 | exalted ibir priest(?) of the divine powers of heaven and earth, the divine powers of the earth |
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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