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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 056 (P278747)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278747 |
| Museum no. | N 3740 |
| 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 | [x x] igi# x# [x x] | ... before ... |
| 2 | [...]-ni# a-gi6 du7#-[x x] | ... his ..., a good flood |
| 3 | [...] gisz#-gi bi2-gu7-a lu2 nu#-[...] | ... eating reeds, no one |
| 4 | [...]-e kur-sze3 u5-a ge26-e [...] | ... to the netherworld I am ... |
| 5 | [...] i3-ti-zu ga-na#-ab-du11 [...] | ... I want to speak to him about your life |
| 6 | [x x] ba#-usz2-zu ga-na-ab-du11 [...] | ... I want to speak to him about your dying ... |
| 7 | [...]-ki#-du10 lu2 2(disz) nu-usz2-e {gisz}ma2#-[...] | ... did not let two men sail on the boat(?) |
| 8 | [x x] tab#-ba lu2 nu-[x x] | ... ... no one ... |
| 9 | [x x] a lu2 nu-[x x] | ... no one ... |
| 10 | [x] gi#-sig-ga izi nu-te-en#-[x x] | ... the reed screen does not ... fire |
| 11 | [x]-e# ge26-e dah-ma-ab ge26-e za-e [...]-dah# a#-na-me lu2 ba-[x] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the king, but you are not able to say a prayer to him |
| 12 | [x]-su#-a-ba ba-su#-[x x] | ... ... |
| 13 | [...] x# x# [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {gisz}ma2 {gisz}ma2-zi-sza3-gal2-la-kam# da-sze3 [...] | It is a boat with a mooring pole on the side |
| 2 | ga2#-nam-ma ga-an-szi-re7-en-de3-en# igi# hu-mu-ni-ib-du8-ru-en-de3-en | Let us go, let us look at him |
| 3 | tukum#-bi# im-szi-re7-en-de3-en | If we go there |
| 4 | [x x]-gal2# ni2 i3-gal2 gi4-a | ... there is fear, turn back! |
| 5 | [...] umun i3-gal2 gi4-a | ... lord, turn back! |
| 6 | [...]-ma# ga-an-szi-re7-en-de3-en | ... let us go! |
| 7 | [...] nu-te-a-ba | ... which did not approach |
| 8 | [...] erin#-na-ka-ni in-ga-an-dab5# | ... seized his troops |
| 9 | [...] igi usz2-a-ka | ... in front of the dead |
| 10 | [...] sag nam-tag su3-ga-am3 | ... is full of sin |
Sources & licences
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