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CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 051 (P299369)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Larsa(?) · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 051 |
|---|---|
| ID | P299369 |
| Museum no. | NBC 07913 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Larsa(?) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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 | ||
| 1 | ⸢a₂-ŋu₁₀ he₂-DI x x⸣ [...] | “May the ea-priestess ... |
| 2 | ⸢e₂-ŋu₁₀⸣ e₂-a-ni-⸢gen₇ dam-ŋu₁₀⸣ [dam-a-ni]-⸢gen₇⸣ | “Ea-ni-e-23, his spouse, his wife, |
| 3 | du₅-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣-<ŋu₁₀> du₅-ŋu₁₀-ni-⸢gen₇⸣ | “If he slips in, if he falls in, |
| 4 | ⸢ŋe₂₆-e e-ne-gen₇ in mu-un-tub₂⸣ | “How did he come out like this? |
| 5 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [(...)] | |
| 6 | [...] | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [(...)] | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [x x] | |
| 9 | [...] x x x [x x] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [x x] | |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | [...] | |
| 14 | [...] | |
| 15 | [...]-⸢ne⸣ | ...-emene |
| 16 | [...] x [x x] | |
| 17 | [...] ⸢u₃-x⸣-[...] | ... the ešumu temple |
| 18 | [...]-⸢e-a u₄⸣-[...] ; [...] tum₂-⸢mu⸣-[...] | ... the storm ... bring |
| 19 | [...] | |
| 20 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 21 | [...] x x x [x] | |
| 22 | [...] ⸢mu-zu al⸣-[...] | ... your name is high |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢aš du₅-ŋu₁₀ lu₂-tab⸣-[...] | ... Dubu, the messenger |
| 2 | [...]-⸢ke₄ ma-an-du₁₁⸣ [...] | ... spoke to me |
| 3 | [...]-⸢mu-un⸣-ŋu₁₀ ŋe₂₆-e ⸢e⸣-[...] | “If he slips through the cracks of the door, |
| 4 | [...] ⸢in⸣-gen₇ in-⸢tub₂⸣ [...] | ... like a e’in ... he sat down |
| 5 | [...] ma-an-du₁₁ ⸢ša₃⸣-[...] | ... spoke to me |
| 6 | [...]-⸢e⸣ in-na-du₁₁ ⸢zu₂⸣ [...] ša₃-še₃ ⸢ba⸣-[...] | ... said to him: “Your temple ... in the heart, your temple |
| 7 | lu₂ ki-e-ne-eŋ₃-⸢ŋa₂⸣ [...] gu₂-za₃-bi-[...] | The man of the ki’ene temple, the throne |
| 8 | di si-sa₂ dab₅-[...] | Judge the righteous case |
| 9 | tukum-bi ⸢di⸣ si-sa₂ ⸢a-ri⸣-[...] | § 6: If a well-maintained orchard |
| 10 | ku₃ dam taka₄ 1/3 ma-na ⸢al⸣-[...] | The silver that a wife opened, 1/3 mina of el-e- |
| 11 | al-zil₂-zil₂-e ku₃ dam ⸢taka₄⸣-[...] ŋe₂₆-e ba-[...] | The holy spouse of the tāba temple ... |
| 12 | ŋurgu₂-zu aš₃-am₃ gu-du-⸢zu⸣ [...] u₃-ba-ab-[...] | Your city is your city, your gudu-priest ... |
| 13 | kiše₄-zu gu ⸢ba⸣-[...] | Your net, the neck of the eba temple |
| 14 | ka numdum-zu ⸢mun ba⸣-[...] | Your mouth and tongue are filled with sulphur |
| 15 | tilla₂ iri-⸢za-ka si gu₃⸣ [...] | At the square of Iri-eza, the horns ... |
| 16 | lu₂ min₃-kam-ma šu-⸢za⸣ igi ⸢bi₂⸣-[...] | The second man ... before ... |
| 17 | du₅-ŋu₁₀ lu₂-tab-ba-za kar-⸢ke₄ nu-mu⸣-<na>-ab-be₂ | “Did you not say to your companion, the quay? |
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