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CDLI Literary 000546, ex. 003 (P278772)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000546, ex. 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278772 |
| Museum no. | N 3773 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary letter and letter-prayer |
| 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 | lugal#-gu10#-ra u3-na#-[a-du11] | I spoke to my king |
| 2 | szagina# bad3 igi-[hur-sag-ga2] | general of the wall Igihursag |
| 3 | {disz}puzur4-{d}nu-musz#-[da] | Puzur-Numušda |
| 4 | ARAD2-zu na-ab#-[be2-a] | Say to your servant: |
| 4 | lugal-gu10 ku3-sig17#? [...] | My king, gold(?) |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | ugu#?-gu10# [...] | My head(?) |
| 2' | dim2-ma-bi# [in-dab5] | has seized its design |
| 3' | ki-tusz-bi ga#-[ba-ni-kur2] | I want to change its dwelling |
| 4' | he2-zu ge6-ta# [...] | May you know! From the night ... |
| 5' | nam-tag-ni [...] | His sin |
| 6' | ARAD2 {d}szul-gi lugal-ga2# [...] | servant of Šulgi, my king |
| 7' | nu-mu-da-[...] | I did not ... with him |
| 8' | lugal-gu10 he2-en#-[zu] a-ma-ru-kam [...] | May my king know that I am a flood |
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
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