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CDLI Literary 000768, ex. 023 (P278992)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000768, ex. 023 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278992 |
| Museum no. | N 4104 + N 4115 |
| 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 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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i' | ||
| 1’ | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2’ | [...] ⸢tu₉⸣-ga | ... ešûtu-plant |
| 3’ | [...] ⸢nam⸣-erim₂ ku₅-ku₅ | ... the ename’e-demon is cut off |
| 4’ | [...] ⸢urdu₂⸣ lu₂-u₃-ne | ... the men of the orchard |
| 5’ | [...] ⸢e₂⸣-a-na | ... his temple |
| 6’ | [...]-me-en | I am |
| 7’ | [...]-⸢ne⸣ | ...-emene |
| 8’ | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 9’ | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 10’ | [...] ⸢dim₂⸣-ma ; [...]-⸢in⸣ | ... the building of a wall |
| o ii' | ||
| 1’ | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2’ | e₂ buru₃-buru₃ [...] | The house that is to be plundered ... |
| 3’ | e₂-e šu ša-an-ša lu₂ niŋ₂ šu [...] | The house, its hand is a man of fear |
| 4’ | ib₂-dib ba-an-DU lu₂ sa₂ nu-un-⸢e⸣ | He passed by, he did not find anyone. |
| 5’ | niŋ₂-gurud₂-da ab-zi-zi-i ; igi he₂-en-ne-bar-re-ze₂-en | May you look at me with awe! |
| 6’ | a-da-min₃-na-am₃ mu-da-an-[...]-en | I am a rival |
| 7’ | nam-nar-e nu-ub-du kiŋ₂-[...] ; la-ba-ab-[x-(x)] | The musician does not ..., he does not |
| 8’ | e₂ lu₂-še₃ u₃-DU lu₂ nu-[...] | The house of a man ... no one |
| 9’ | a₂-ni ŋal₂ u₃-bi₂-in-[...] ; ser₃-<gid₂>-da nu-da-⸢x⸣ | His arm he carried away, he did not reach the scepter |
| 10’ | igi dumu um-mi-a-še₃ u₃-ba-[...] ; tigi a-da-ab nu-ub-[...] | Before the son of Ummi-aša, ... tigi adab ... |
| 11’ | [...]⸢x⸣ šu-ni-še₃ [...] | ... his hand |
| 13’ | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1’ | ⸢u₃ ze₄-e⸣ [...] | “I want to go down to the sand dunes |
| 2’ | ⸢x du₁₁⸣-du₁₁ [...] | “The one who speaks ..., |
| 3’ | [...] ⸢bala lu₂⸣ nu-[...] | ... the e’ebala-demon did not |
| 4’ | [...] ⸢kur₂ lu₂⸣ LU₂-⸢še₃ di⸣-[...] | ... the ekur-priestess, the messenger, the judge |
| 5’ | [...]-al mu-ni-⸢du₃⸣-[...] | ... he built for him |
| 6’ | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 7’ | [...]-⸢ta⸣-am₃ [...] | ... is the ... of |
Sources & licences
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