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CDLI Literary 000748, ex. 001 (P278996)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000748, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278996 |
| Museum no. | N 4119 |
| 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 |
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.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 13 | ... month of... |
| obverse 10 | The great gods of heaven and earth took a seat for you. |
| obverse 6 | ... stand(?) with a furious aura |
| reverse 3' | ...... |
| obverse 12 | ... the south wind |
| obverse 5 | The faithful woman brought her supreme dais in the courtyard of Enlil |
| obverse 11 | his father, the kingal of Nuska |
| reverse 4' | the heart of... |
| obverse 1 | true woman who makes the great me stand in the midst of battle |
| obverse 2 | the lady of ladyship that is ruled |
| obverse 15 | ...... |
| obverse 14 | ... awe-inspiring |
| obverse 8 | ... a good calf |
| reverse 2' | faithfully |
| obverse 3 | by Sadar-nuna, the woman adorned with sweet emmer, in the place of heaven |
| reverse 5' | In the temple of Sadarnuna, your praise is sweet |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 9 | House, furious meadow with great fearsomeness and great fearsomeness, |
| obverse 4 | the supreme... of Enul and Ninul, the great shrine(?) fitting |
| obverse 7 | given birth to by the king |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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