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CDLI Literary 000371, ex. 022 (P283804)

Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000371, ex. 022
ID	P283804
Museum no.	unknown
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Literary

Transliteration (ATF)

From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)

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)
obverse col 1
1	nam#-lugal an#-ta# e11-da-ba	When kingship came forth from heaven
2	kisz{ki} lugal-am	of Kiš was king
3	kisz{ki}-a gesz-ur3-e	in Kiš, the harrow
4	mu 3(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) i3-na	420 years he ruled;
5	x-x-la#?-na-bi-ir-e	... to him(?)
6	mu 1(gesz'u) 6(gesz2) i3-na	960 years, in
7	sza3#?-tag#-tag-tar-ku-um-e	Šatagtagtarkum
8	mu 3(gesz'u) la2 3(u) i3-na	90 less 30 ina,
9	en-dara3-an-na-ke4	Endarana
10	mu 7(gesz2) a-ra2 7(disz)-am3 iti 3(disz) u4 3(disz) 1/2(disz) i3-na	767 times, month 3, day 3 1/2,
11	ba-bu-um-e	he will pay back.
12	mu n i3-na	n years he ruled;
13	[bu?-an?]-nu#-um-e	Būnum
obverse col 2
1	me-en-nun-na-ke4	of Ennun
2	mu 2(gesz'u) i3-na	120 years he ruled;
3	bar-mu10-nun-na-ke4	of Barmununa
4	mu 1(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) i3-na	900 years he ruled;
5	il-ki-sa-tu	ilkisatu-disease
6	mu 5(gesz2) i3-na	350 years he ruled;
7	en-me-bara2-ge-si	Enmebaragesi,
8	mu 1(gesz'u) i3-na	60 years, in
9	aka dumu en-me-bara2-ge-si	son of Enmebaragesi,
10	mu 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) i3-na	180 years he ruled;
11	kisz-lam-ki-zu	your Kishlam
12	mu 7(gesz2) i3-na	70 years he ruled;
13	da-da-se11-lum-e	Dadaselum
14	mu 2(gesz'u) 5(gesz2) i3-na	180 years he ruled;
15	ma2-ma2-gal-e	of Magal,
obverse col 3
1	mu 1(gesz2) 4(u) i3-na	100 years, in
2	puzur4-{d}suen-e	Puzur-Suen
3	mu 4(disz) i3-na	4 years, in
4	ur-{d}za-ba4-ba4-ke4	Ur-Zababa
5	mu 6(disz) i3-na	6 years, in
6	zi-mu-dar-e	Zimudar
7	mu 2(u) i3-na	20 years, in
8	asz-dar-mu-ti	of Ašdar-muti,
9	mu 1(u) 1(disz) i3-na	11 years, in
10	i-mi-{d}utu-e	Imi-Utu
11	mu 6(disz) i3-na	6 years, in
12	na-an-ne2	he should not speak.
13	mu 4(u) i3-na	40 years, in
14	mes-nun-ne2	Mesnune
15	dumu na#-an#-ne2#	son of Nane
16	[mu n i3-na]	for n years
17	[kisz{ki}-a {gesz}tukul ba-sag3]	in Kiš with weapons was struck down
18	[nam-lugal-bi]	its kingship
19	[unu?{ki}-sze3 ba-de6]	to Uruk was carried off
20	[unu?{ki}-ga? ...]	in Uruk
reverse col 1
1'	[lugal-za3-ge-si]	Lugal-zagesi
2'	[mu x i3-na]	year ... in
3'	[unu{ki}-ga {gesz}tukul ba-sag3]	in Uruk with weapons was struck down
4'	[nam-lugal-bi]	its kingship
5'	[a-ga-de3{ki}-sze3 ba-de6]	to Agade was carried off
6'	szar#-ru#-gin7#-ne2# [a]-ga-de3{ki}-a	like a king in Agade
7'	mu 4(u) i3-na	40 years, in
8'	ma-an-isz-ti-su	Maništisu
9'	mu 1(u) 5(disz) i3-na	15 years, in
10'	ri2-mu-usz-e	Rimuš
11'	mu 8(disz) i3-na	8 years, in
12'	na-ra-am-{d}suen-ne2	Naram-Sin
13'	mu 5(u) 4(disz) iti 6(disz) i3-na	54 years, 6 months,
14'	szar-ka3-li2-szar-ri dumu na-ra-am-{d}suen-ke4	Šar-kali-šarri, son of Naram-Sin
15'	mu 2(u)# 1(disz) [n] i3-na	21 years he ruled
16'	_ma-an-nu szar-ru-um_	the name of the king
17'	_ma-an-nu la szar-ru-um_	no king
18'	er3-gi4-gi4	Ergigi
19'	ARAD2-szar-ru-um	ARAD-šarrum
20'	na-num2	the mighty
21'	e-lu-lu	elulu
reverse col 2
1'	[du-du]	he built.
2'	[mu x i3-na]	year ... in
3'	[szu-dur-ul3]	Šu-durul
4'	[mu x i3-na]	year ... in
5'	[a-ga-de3{ki} {gesz}tukul ba-sag3]	Agade with weapons was struck down
6'	[nam-lugal-bi]	its kingship
7'	[unu{ki}-sze3 ba-de6]	to Uruk was carried off
8'	[unu{ki}-ga ur-nigar]	in Uruk Ur-nigar
9'	[mu n i3-na]	for n years
10'	[ur-{gesz}gigir]	Ur-gigir
11'	[mu n i3-na]	for n years
12'	ku5-da#	to cut off
13'	mu 5(disz) i3-na	5 years, in
14'	unu{ki}-ga {gesz}tukul ba-sag3	in Uruk with weapons was struck down
15'	nam-lugal-bi	its kingship
16'	um-ma-num2{ki}-sze3 ba-de6	to Ummanum was carried off.
17'	um-ma-num2{ki}-e lugal nu-tuku	Ummanum had no king
18'	ni2-bi-sze3 mu 3(disz) ib2-ba	because of this, 3 years he ruled
19'	szul-me-DAG-e	Šulme-DAG’e,
20'	mu 3(disz) i3-na	3 years, ina
21'	e-dam-kisz-ki-zu	Edamkiškizu
22'	mu 4(disz) i3-na	4 years, in
23'	{d}utu-ka-bar-e	for Utu-kabar;
24'	mu 5(disz) i3-na	5 years, in
25'	i-gi4-gi4	he will return.
26'	ar-an-da-gaba	Aranda-gaba
27'	mu 2(u) la2 2(disz) i3-na	20 less 2 years, ina
28'	si4-lu-lu
reverse col 3
1'	[um-ma-num2{ki} {gesz}tukul ba-sag3]	Ummanum with weapons was struck down
2'	[nam-lugal-bi]	its kingship
3'	[adab{ki}-sze3 ba-de6]	to Adab was carried off.
4'	[adab{ki}-ba? ...]	in Adab
5'	mu# 3(disz)# i3-na	3 years ina
6'	puzur4#-zu-zu	Puzurzuzu
7'	mu 1(disz) i3-na	1 year, ina
8'	sag-du-ki 6(disz)	(total:) 6 (pieces of) hair.
9'	mu 6(disz) i3-na	6 years, in
10'	ti-ri2-ga-a-an	Tirigan
11'	u4 4(u) i3-na	40 days
12'	adab{ki} {gesz}tukul ba-sag3	Adab with weapons was struck down;
13'	nam-lugal-bi	its kingship
14'	unu{ki}-sze3 ba-de6	to Uruk was carried off;
15'	unu{ki}-ga {d}utu-he2-gal2-e	In Uruk, Utu-hegal
16'	mu 7(disz) i3-na	7 years, in
17'	unu{ki}-ga {gesz}tukul ba-sag3	in Uruk with weapons was struck down
18'	nam-lugal-bi	its kingship
19'	uri5{ki}-sze3 ba-de6	to Ur was carried off.
20'	uri5{ki}-ma	of Ur,
21'	ur-{d}namma-ke4	Ur-Namma,
22'	mu 2(u) la2 2(disz) i3-na	20 less 2 years, ina
23'	{d#}szul-gi lugal-mu u4 su3-sze3 ha#-ti-il	Šulgi, my king, may he live forever!

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