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N 4222 (P279084)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 4222 |
|---|---|
| ID | P279084 |
| Museum no. | N 4222 |
| 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 col 1 6 | high terrace |
| reverse col 1 2 | ... ghost(?) |
| obverse? col 1 4' | ... of the heart |
| obverse? col 1 8' | he smote |
| obverse? col 1 1' | ... for you |
| reverse col 2' 3 | supplication |
| obverse? col 2 6' | lord with fearsomeness |
| obverse? col 2 4' | to smite |
| reverse col 2' 2 | is a sagda |
| obverse? col 1 2' | of Ime-Dagan |
| obverse? col 1 10' | ... |
| reverse col 2' 1 | ... |
| obverse? col 1 5' | ... he set up. |
| obverse? col 1 9' | ... of Ahzu |
| obverse? col 2 8' | ...... |
| obverse? col 2 2' | by Nudimmud |
| reverse col 1 7 | Father Enki |
| reverse col 1 1 | by Enki, the lord, the youth |
| reverse col 1 3 | ... me |
| reverse col 2' 6 | he built there. |
| obverse? col 2 1' | for a second time |
| reverse col 2' 4 | ... |
| obverse? col 2 9' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse col 2' 7 | ... sat down in its midst |
| obverse? col 2 7' | ...... |
| reverse col 1 4 | in Eridu |
| obverse? col 2 3' | decision |
| reverse col 1 5 | the shrine Abzu |
| reverse col 1 9 | ...... |
| obverse? col 1 3' | he entrusted to you. |
| obverse? col 1 6' | may he resound for you |
| reverse col 1 10 | ... |
| reverse col 1 11 | ... |
| reverse col 2' 10 | great |
| obverse? col 1 7' | ... may he carry. |
| reverse col 2' 9 | of Ime-Dagan |
| reverse col 2' 8 | ..., the one who reveres you |
| reverse col 1 8 | ...... |
| obverse? col 2 5' | ...... |
| reverse col 2' 5 | it is itsjeshgi-jal-abum |
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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