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CDLI Literary 000741, ex. 003 (P283776)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000741, ex. 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283776 |
| Museum no. | BM 087594 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar |
| Coordinates | 33.0592, 44.2538 |
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 | ⸢ur⸣-saŋ uru₂-bad₃-da iti₇-gin₇ e₃-a | The ur-esa temple, coming forth from the inner city like the moonlight |
| 2 | ur-saŋ {d}šul-pa-e₃ iri-bad₃-da <(iti₇-gin₇ e₃-a)> | Hero Šulpa’e, coming forth from Iri-bad |
| 3 | ⸢alim⸣-ma mu-tin {d}šul-pa-e₃ uru₂-bad₃-da <(iti₇-gin₇ e₃-a)> | Bison, young man Šulpa’e, coming forth from the city wall like the moon |
| 4 | lugal me gal-gal diŋir pa-e₃-a | king who makes the great mes resplendent, |
| 5 | {d}šul-pa-e₃ me gal-gal diŋir pa-e₃-a | Šulpa’e, who makes the great cosmic powers manifest, |
| 6 | nir-ŋal₂ ak-a u₂-šim kalam-ma su₃-su₃ | Who makes the nirbal rituals perfect, who restores the life of the Land |
| 7 | en a₂ mah il₂-il₂-i {ŋeš}⸢naga₃⸣ gu₂-erim₂ ra | Lord, raising a supreme arm, the scepter of the enemy |
| 8 | mu-us₂-a gu₂-tuku a-a {d}en-lil₂-la₂ | who trusts in father Enlil, |
| 9 | šul zi {d}en-lil₂-la₂ mu mah-zu mu-un-pa₃ | The loyal one of Enlil, your supreme name was chosen |
| 10 | nir-ŋal₂ {ŋeš}tukul-a lipiš ak-a | The nirbal priestess who performs the extispicy with weapons |
| 11 | lu₂ ki-bal-a-ke₃ nir-ŋal₂ ki-bal-a | The one of the rebel land, the herald of the enemy land, |
| 12 | ⸢lugal⸣-ŋu₁₀ za-e ⸢dim₃-me⸣-er ⸢mah⸣ me-en | You are the king, you are the great dam. |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | MI-E₂-A{mušen}a zi mu-lu-ra ab-⸢šub⸣-[bu] | The woman of the Ea temple, the life of the man, he made rise. |
| 2 | nam-tar šu nu-tuku gir₃ nu-tuku lu₂ ⸢ŋa₂-a⸣ [tum₂-mu] | Namtar has no hand, no foot, a man fitting for the sceptre |
| 3 | nam-tar-e-gin₇ gi₆-a du-du [(...)] // zi-lal₃ dim₂-dim₂-x [(...)] | Like a fate that is to be shattered at night ... |
| 4 | pu₂-{ŋeš}kiri₆ sar-sar ŋeškim sig₇-[ga] | the orchards, gardens, and greenery |
| 5 | niŋ₂-ur₂-limmu₂ an-<eden> niŋ₂-daŋal-[la] | The lion in the high steppe, the dragon in the steppe |
| 6 | maš₂-anše niŋ₂-zi-ŋal₂ ⸢eden⸣-[na] | wild goats that roam the steppe |
| 7 | ur-saŋ {d}šul-pa-e₃ za-e ⸢lugal⸣-[bi me-en] | Hero Šulpa’e, you are its king |
| 8 | an lugal digir-re-e-ne-ke₄ su-zi ⸢im⸣-[ma-an-šum₂] | An, the king of the gods, has brought forth the splendor of E-im-e-manšum |
| 9 | ur-saŋ {d}šul-pa-e₃ a₂-zu ⸢la⸣-[ba-ra-e₃] | Hero Šulpa’e, your strength is Elabae |
| 10 | u₂ tuku u₂-na ba-ni-in-gu₇(NA₈) [(...)] | The one who has food, he eats the food |
| 11 | a tuku₂ a-na ba-ni-in-na₈ [(...)] | What did the one who has water drink? |
| 12 | mu digir-ra-na li-bi-in-⸢pa₃⸣-[de₃] | may the name of his god be found |
| 13 | mu digir-ra-ni ⸢li-bi-ib⸣-[...] | year: “The god his god |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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