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N 5779 (P279838)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 5779 |
|---|---|
| ID | P279838 |
| Museum no. | N 5779 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine |
| 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 4' | ulgi, son of An |
| obverse 7' | the prince given strength by the hero in the Abzu |
| obverse 8' | of their shrines, with seven auras |
| reverse 2' | your... |
| obverse 5' | long-lasting..., |
| reverse 3' | ... Nergal |
| reverse 6' | ...... |
| obverse 6' | its sagdab |
| obverse 16' | O Nergal, your divine powers |
| obverse 11' | Your cosmic powers, the storm that overwhelms a man |
| obverse 1' | like a uumgal creature,... in its base |
| obverse 10' | of their shrines, with seven auras |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 7' | ...... |
| obverse 2' | your father Enlil has given strength |
| reverse 4' | to the border |
| obverse 3' | king of Gusia, lord of radiance |
| reverse 5' | ...... |
| obverse 14' | the god of the lands |
| obverse 9' | by Nergal, mighty from the Abzu, prince given strength |
| obverse 17' | ... |
| obverse 15' | ...... outside |
| obverse 13' | O Nergal, your divine powers |
| obverse 12' | great fearsomeness, great mountain range |
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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