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N 4123 (P278998)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 4123 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278998 |
| Museum no. | N 4123 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse 18' | ..., I want to capture..., I want to capture |
| reverse 12' | I want to capture... in the district of Dilmun |
| obverse? 26' | ... may he |
| obverse? 19' | Tummal, Ninlil |
| reverse 11' | ZA.MUSZ ZA.MUSZ ZA.MUSZ KA.GAL... |
| reverse 9' | ... of erena I shall take, and of uurmin |
| obverse? 1' | ...... |
| obverse? 22' | ... Ningal, the journey of joy |
| reverse 15' | .................. |
| obverse? 5' | Ningal sat down from the date palm(?) |
| obverse? 9' | I want to go to your city |
| reverse 6' | O Nanna, youth Suen, I want to... the divine powers |
| obverse? 16' | ... a journey of happiness |
| reverse 16' | ..., I want to capture..., I want to capture... |
| obverse? 2' | ... enters to heaven |
| reverse 10' | I want to take a seat(?) in the alub tree |
| reverse 7' | The en priestess(?) shall be filled with extra... |
| reverse 3' | The holy jipar shrine |
| obverse? 15' | to the... which he had built |
| obverse? 12' | ... the journey that gladdens the heart |
| obverse? 21' | to his... which Enlil had brought |
| obverse? 7' | to your city |
| reverse 19' | ... I want to capture the carcass of the weavers |
| reverse 14' | I want to capture..., I want to capture..., |
| reverse 5' | Lord Dilimbabbar rejoices |
| reverse 21' | ...... |
| obverse? 3' | After he had sat down with him |
| obverse? 4' | ... are adorned with allure. |
| obverse? 17' | for Enlil's life |
| obverse? 13' | to the temple of Gaansuna he built. |
| reverse 13' | I want to capture... in the district of Elam |
| obverse? 20' | I want to sail with you, I want to sail with you on a joyous journey |
| reverse 20' | I want to seize..., I want to seize... |
| reverse 8' | esoteric rites and ghee |
| obverse? 14' | The shrines of Ningal, the journey of joy |
| reverse 17' | ...,...,...,..., |
| obverse? 24' | I want to go..., I want to go on a joyful road |
| obverse? 8' | ... the journey that gladdens the heart |
| obverse? 11' | to the... which he loves |
| reverse 4' | The divine powers of Zamu rejoiced |
| obverse? 23' | Ningikug... the Ekur |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 2' | holy agrun shrine |
| obverse? 25' | ... ZA.MUNU(?) |
| obverse? 6' | ... allure |
| obverse? 10' | The shrines of Ningal, the journey of joy |
| obverse? 18' | The shrines of Ningal, the journey of joy |
| obverse? 27' | of Nanna |
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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