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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 086 (P278675)

Literary, Middle Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE

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DesignationCDLI Literary 000365, ex. 086
IDP278675
Museum no.N 3659 + N 5696
CollectionPenn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
LanguageSumerian
PeriodMiddle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
GenreLiterary
Find spotNippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates32.1271, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
reverse col 1
1'ni2-te#-[...]Fearing(?)
2'dumu iri-na mu#-[...]The son of his city ...
3'pa-bi i3-ku5-ru-ne# [...]They cut off their branches
4'ur2 hur-sag-ga2-[...]At the base of the mountain range
5'ni2#-[...]... fear
reverse col 2
1'ninda# gu7#-zu#-ne he2-gu7-[x]May they eat your food
2'[x] nag#-zu-ne he2-na8#-[x]... when you drink, may he drink
3'[x]-zu#-e-ne-ka me-te-asz he2-em-mi-gal2#May your ... be suitable for you.
4'[...] 1(disz)#-am3 a-sza3-sze3 ba-an-szum2... he gave to the field for the first time
5'[...]-kam#-ma i7-da#-sze3# ba-an-szum2It was the second (time) that he gave to the river
6'[...]-kam#-ma gesz-gi-sze3 ba-an-szum2It was the second (time) that he gave the reed bed
7'[...]-ma# ur-mah-sze3 ba-an-szum2... gave to the lion
8'[...] x-sze3 ba-an-szum2... he gave.
9'[...]-sze3 ba-an-szum2... he gave.
10'[...] ba#-[x x]... ...

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