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CDLI Literary 000779, ex. 004 (P278545)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000779, ex. 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278545 |
| Museum no. | N 3517 + N 3606 |
| 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' 3' | may he... with his hand and a gininda |
| obverse col 1 1 | pure..., oxen fed to the yoke (?) with a wooden yoke |
| reverse col 1' 5' | May your... be praised for you |
| reverse col 1' 7' | The oxen of the king went out and set up a udul tree |
| obverse col 1 5 | ...... |
| reverse col 1' 12' | and Ninurta |
| obverse col 1 4 | I am the one of the land |
| reverse col 1' 10' | Inana's supplication/prayer |
| reverse col 1' 2' | ... eats |
| obverse col 1 2 | I am the faithful farmer of the land |
| reverse col 1' 1' | ...... |
| reverse col 1' 8' | the bnu-flour of the right field, his... donkey |
| reverse col 1' 4' | of Enkimmu the man of the scepter |
| reverse col 1' 6' | pure... oxen... |
| reverse col 1' 11' | ... its place |
| obverse col 1 3 | I am the son of Enlil |
| reverse col 1' 9' | In the house of beer, he did not eat beer |
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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