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NABU 2013/069 (P278717)

Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationNABU 2013/069
IDP278717
Museum no.N 3706
CollectionPenn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLiterary
Find spotNippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates32.1271, 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.

LineMachine English (draft)
obverse col 1' 6'I am the one who stands
obverse col 1' 4'When you speak to the king, my lord
obverse col 2' 2'(a kind of profession)
obverse col 2' 1'... does not
obverse col 2' 5'...
obverse col 1' 1'...
obverse col 1' 8'...
obverse col 1' 2'like
obverse col 1' 7'your...
obverse col 1' 3'I am a scribe
obverse col 2' 4'great...
obverse col 2' 3'who the exalted me
obverse col 1' 5'... of the hero

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