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CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 016 (P278640)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 016 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278640 |
| Museum no. | N 3622 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | [...] nam# [...] | ... fate |
| 2' | [...]-ni u-mu#-[...] | ... his ... |
| 3' | [...]-ra# usu-ni x [...] | ... his strength ... |
| 4' | [...] x nam-dub-sar-ra KA [...] | ... of the scribal art |
| 5' | x nam-szesz-e e2-dub-ba-a na-me la x x in-[...] | ... brotherhood, no scribal school |
| 6' | nig2#-ba-ni szum2-ma-ab a-ra2 x x x [...] | Give his property ... |
| 7' | szid nig2-szid-de3 szu-na x [...] | The šid ritual in his hand ... |
| 8' | [...] inim-ma e2-dub-ba-a x [...] | ... the word of the scribal school |
| 9' | [...] e2-dub-ba-ke4-ne ab#-[...] ga2-e hu-mu-un-[...] | ... of the scribal school |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] nig2 bi2-in-du11#-[...] ad#-da#-ni inim-ma ba-x | His father spoke a word |
| 2 | [...]-a e2-dub-ba-a-ta lu2 im-[...] | ... from the scribal school |
| 3 | [...]-a# u3-mu-ni-in-ku4 x mu la [...] | ... entered ..., the name of ... not |
| 4 | [...] e2#-dub-ba-a-ke4 szu-kin an-dab5 igi-ni-sze3 al#-[...] | ... of the scribal school, placing an adab before him |
| 5 | [...]-ra# a-na bi2-in-zu-na# | What did I know about the king, my lord? |
| 6 | [...]-na# szu#-na ba-ni-in-szum2# | He gave the ... of his hand to him |
| 7 | [...] sza3# hul2-la-ni-ta | ... by means of his joyful heart |
| 8 | [...] x gu2 hul2 x x [...] | ... joyfully ... |
| 9 | [...] in# [...] | ... in ... |
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
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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