AOAT 025, 128-129 pl. 08 (P301718)
Literary, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | AOAT 025, 128-129 pl. 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | P301718 |
| Museum no. | NBC 11108 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian; sum |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | Lord Heaven illuminated heaven. Earth bent over and looked at the Netherworld. |
| obverse 2 | No water was drawn from the deep, nothing was produced, broad Earth did not do... |
| obverse 3 | Enlil's great purification-priest did not yet exist, the sacred purificaion rites were not performed. |
| obverse 4 | The host? of heaven was not adorned. ... |
| obverse 5 | ... were mixed together. |
| obverse 6 | ... had not taken... |
| obverse 7 | Daylight did not yet shine, night spread, |
| obverse 8 | But Heaven had lit up his heavenly abode. |
| reverse 1 | The ground could not make vegetation grow long by itself. |
| reverse 2 | Enlil's ordinances were not yet performed in all the lands. |
| reverse 3 | ... of Heaven... |
| reverse 5 | The gods of Heaven and the gods of Earth were not yet performing their duties. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | an# en#-ne2 an mu-zalag#-ge?# ki# mu# gurum?#-me2 kur-sze3 igi mu-[gal2?] | |
| 2 | buru3 a nu-bal nig2 nu-gar ki dagal x x RI nu-ak | |
| 3 | iszib# mah {d}en-lil2#-la2 nu-u3-gal2 szu#-luh# ku3-ge nu-u3#-ma#-ni#-du7 | |
| 4 | erin2# an-na-ke4 szu nu-u3#-tag# x x x x DI | |
| 5 | [...] tesz2-bi-a mu-lu | |
| 6 | [... nu]-u3#-du12#-du12 | |
| 7 | u4# nu#-zalag# ge6# am3-mu-la2 | |
| 8 | an-ne2 da#-ga-an-na-ka-ni mu-ni-ib2-kar2 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ki-du u2-szim-ma ni2 nu-mu#-gid2-gid2-e | |
| 2 | me {d}en-lil2#-la2#-ke4# kur-kur-ra szu# nu#-u3#-du7# | |
| 3 | x x x x an#-na-ke4 x (x) x x x | |
| 4 | [x (x)] a#-x-[x] x x x-um-sa2-sa2 | |
| 5 | dingir# an-na# dingir# ki#-a# nu-u3-ma#-su8#-su8#-ge-esz2 | |
Sources & licences
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- 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)
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