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Faunal Conception 287 (P278534)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Faunal Conception 287 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278534 |
| Museum no. | N 3505 |
| 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)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 col 1' | ||
| 1' | [... nig2?]-bun2#?-na he2#?-[...] | May he/she say(?) “May he(?) be a thief(?) |
| 2' | [...] i7-da x [...] | ... in the river |
| 3' | [...] a nu-nag he2-[me-en] | May you be ... who does not drink water |
| 4' | [...]-da-ke4 sub-sub-ba he2-me-en# | May you be a subterranean ocean |
| 5' | [...]-na-ke4 ka gal2 tak4 he2-me-en# | May you be the one who opens the mouth of his lord |
| 6' | [...] u4 gid2-da im-ma-kar he2#-[me-en] | May you be the one who ... long days |
| 7' | [...] amar# sze21-gin7 a2-za si-ga [...] | ... like a suckling calf, at your side |
| 8' | [...] lu2 udul10-a sipa tur udu lu-lu-[...] | ... the one covered with a cloth, the young shepherd, the sheep ... |
| 9' | [...] zi-zu szu he2-em-ta#-kar# [...] | ... may your life be turned away(?) |
| 10' | [...] UR5-ra-ka-sze3-gin7 he2-em#-[...] | May ... like a lion(?) |
| bottom | ||
| 1 | 4(u) 5(disz) | 45, |
| 2 | 1(disz)? 5(u) x | (total:) 1(?) 50 . |
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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