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CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 043 (P278625)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278625 |
| Museum no. | N 3553 + N 3607 |
| 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 | ||
| 1′ | {⸢uzu⸣}[...] | ēšu-fish |
| 2′ | {ge}gur ⸢nisi⸣-[...] | The gur (of) the ēnisi plant |
| 3′ | {ge}gur (ŠU.ḪA-)da-⸢ke₄ ku₆ mi⸣-[...] | The “barge of the šuḫda-demon"(?) catches fish |
| 4′ | u₄ (AŠ.AŠ) ŋešba₂ da-gum-⸢ta⸣ igi-KA-zu ⸢al-gu₄-gu₄⸣-ud | When you look at me with your eyes, I am a bull |
| 5′ | ga-ab-sa₁₀ (KI.LAM) ⸢lu₂⸣ še sa-sa-a | I want to buy (for) the elû-priest, the one who carries barley |
| 6′ | lu₂ ni₂ su-ub-ba-gen₇ igi-⸢zu⸣-ta ab-ta-kar-kar-re-en-de₃-en | Like a man in fear, we flee from before you. |
| 7′ | udun bahar₂-ra-ka kir₃-⸢kir₃⸣-re-da-zu-ne | When you open the potter's oven, |
| 8′ | gu₂-ŋur₂₃-zu-ta za₃ ⸢gu⸣-du-zu-še₃ | From your neck to the edge of your neck |
| 9′ | ⸢zu₂-keše₂⸣ simₓ(GIG)ma ab-ta-si-si | “I have smeared the ezukeše plant with sulphur, |
| 10′ | [x] ⸢bešeŋ inda₃⸣ kurum₆-ma lukur-e-ne-⸢ke₄⸣ u₃-mu-un-šub-be₂ | The eše-priestess, the milk-offering of the nadītu-priests, will speak to him |
| 11′ | [...] ⸢al-tur-tur-re⸣-eš-am₃ | ... are the small ones |
| 12′ | [...]-⸢gen₇⸣ am₃-⸢ur₄-ur₄⸣-re-⸢de₃-eš⸣ | ... they are tearing out like ... |
| 13′ | [...]-⸢ka⸣ | ...-ekae |
| 14′ | [...] ⸢bi-ta a-ra-dag⸣ ; [...]-⸢x⸣ | (Sum) ... I want to go out(?) from(?) its temple(?) (Akk) .... from its temple/temple(?) |
| r | ||
| 1′ | [...]-⸢ne-en⸣ | ... you |
| 2′ | [...]-⸢ku₄-re-en⸣ | ... enters |
| 3′ | [...] ⸢ab⸣-sag₃-sag₃-ge-⸢ne⸣ | ... they shall strike |
| 4′ | [...] u₃-ba-e-ni-in-⸢ŋar⸣ | ... he made it rise up for you |
| 5′ | ni₂-zu šu nu-zu-a a-ra-ab-kara₂ | May your fear not come near to you |
| 6′ | niŋ₂ gu₇-da šu pa₄-hal-la ab-⸢zi⸣-zi-i | The one who eats by himself, the hand of the pahal-demon, rises up. |
| 7′ | e₂-me-eš-ka ŋessu (⸢NIGIN₂⸣.NIGIN₂) | “Your house is a flood, |
| 8′ | u₄ se₂₉-da-ka gaba u₄-da (⸢NIGIN₂⸣.NIGIN₂) | In those distant days, at that time (i.e., in those distant years), |
| 9′ | lu₂-tumu saŋ gu₂ NE-ka ⸢nu₂⸣-nu₂ | “You are the one who lies down on the throne of a man, |
| 10′ | bala-⸢bala⸣-e-da-zu-ne ⸢a₂⸣-[x]-ŋiri₃ ku₅ (x) ku₅ (x) ; kuš-a ab-⸢zil⸣-zil | When you enter the bala-bala-eda temple, the ...-bīri temple is cut off, the sandals are cut off. |
| 11′ | e₂ buru₃-buru₃ ⸢šaha₂⸣ zuh-zuh | The burubur temple, the šaḫa temple, (and) the ziggurat |
Sources & licences
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