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CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 015 (P278590)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278590 |
| Museum no. | N 3565 |
| 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)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| o ii | ||
| 1’ | [...] ; [(x)] ⸢x x x x x⸣ [...] ; in-duda-⸢de₃⸣-[x] | ... ... will be able to ... |
| 2’ | ad-da e₂-dub-ba-a-ŋu₁₀ dub-ŋu₁₀ ⸢ma⸣-[...] | The father of the scribal school, the scribe |
| 3’ | lu₂ kisal-la₂-ke₄ sar-ra-ab-ze₂-⸢en⸣ [...] ; ki-⸢tuš-ŋa₂ ba⸣-tuš-⸢x⸣-[x-x] | The one of the courtyard, “Šarrabze-e-en ..., he made you dwell in the dwelling place.’ |
| 4’ | dub-ŋu₁₀ ⸢šu⸣ [x]-⸢ti⸣ ŋeš-⸢hur ŋiri₃-ŋa₂ al⸣-[x] | A tablet of ..., a copy of an old tablet of the city ... |
| 5’ | ⸢dub-ŋu₁₀ ab-sar-re⸣-en niŋ₂-tum₂-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | (Sum) I am a scribal school, I do not sleep (Akk) You are an adolescent, you do not restrain yourself |
| 6’ | ⸢en₃ nu-tar-ra⸣-bi enim-⸢še₃⸣ ka-ŋu₁₀ [x x x] | “Its utterance is unfathomable, it is uttered in the mouth |
| 7’ | ⸢lu₂ si tur-ke₄ a-na-aš-am₃ ŋa₂-da nu-me-a ka⸣ [...] ; [(...)] ⸢in-duda⸣-e-en | What is it that the small horned liar does not bring? ... you are the one who ... the e’induda plant |
| 8’ | [x x]-⸢hur-ke₄ a-na⸣-aš-⸢am₃⸣ ŋa₂-da nu-me-a ; [(x)] ⸢x-e-zi⸣ [e]-⸢še⸣ in-duda-⸢en⸣ | (Sum) The ... of the mountain, why is it not ...? (Akk) ..., why are you not .... |
| 9’ | [...]-⸢ke₄ a-na-aš-am₃⸣ ŋa₂-da nu-me-a ; [x x]-⸢e₃ e-še⸣ in-duda-⸢en⸣ | Why do you not go out to the ...? |
| 10’ | [...]-⸢ke₄⸣ a-⸢na-aš-am₃⸣ ŋa₂-⸢da⸣ nu-⸢me⸣-[x] ; [...]-⸢en⸣ e-še ⸢in-duda⸣-[x (x)] | “If he slips through the window, if he does not slip through it, he will not enter it, (i.e., enter) the house of Induda |
| 11’ | [...] ⸢eme-uri bi₂⸣-[...] | ... Sumerian ... |
| r i | ||
| 1’ | [...] ⸢mu-na⸣-[...] | ... the emanu-priest |
| 2’ | [...] ⸢x⸣-du₃-a NI₂-⸢šub⸣ [...] | ... built ... |
| 3’ | [...] saŋ bi₂-us₂-⸢sa⸣-[x] ; ⸢x⸣ [x x] e-til-[x] | (Sum) ... he ... (Akk) I ... the ...(?) ... |
| 4’ | [x] ⸢na⸣-me ⸢la-ba⸣-gib{⸢ib}be₂-en⸣-[x x (x)] ; šu-ŋu₁₀-še₃ mu-⸢e⸣-[x x] | “When you enter, you are able to ... your hand. |
| 5’ | ⸢niŋ₂-ba a₂⸣-kuš₂-a diri mu-⸢ni⸣-[x x (x)] ; nam-dugud mu-e-⸢tah⸣-[x] | Its lord, surpassing in strength, he ... supremacy for you |
| 6’ | {⸢d}nisaba nin {d}lamma⸣-ra-ke₄ {⸢d⸣}lamma-⸢zu⸣ [x x] | Nisaba, the lady of Lamma-e23, the lamma’e23 priestess |
| 7’ | ⸢ge du₃-a-za sa₆⸣-ge hu-mu-⸢ra⸣-[x x x] | May he/she say to you "your built temple is beautiful" |
| 8’ | [...] ⸢hulu he₂-ri-x⸣-[x x (x)] | ... may the evil ešû-plant |
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