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CDLI Literary 000769, ex. 008 (P305841)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000769, ex. 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305841 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04614 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
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 | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 2 | [...]-⸢en⸣ | ... en(?) |
| 3 | [...]-zu-⸢ma mu-de⸣-sis-e | (Sum) ..., you are the one who is to be praised(?) (Akk) You are praised by (your) power(?) |
| 4 | [...]-⸢x-ge₄⸣-ge₄-en-de₃-en | We will go to ... |
| 5 | [...] ⸢mu⸣-e-da-aŋ₂-e | If he slips through the cracks of the door, |
| 6 | [...]-⸢x⸣-e ses-gal-zu nu-me-en | ... you are not your great divinity |
| 7 | [...]⸢x i⸣-in-ku₄-re-en | ... I will enter |
| 8 | [...]-⸢ge⸣-en-ma-a nam-ses-gal mu-ub-du₇-du₇-du₇-un | (Sum) ... you are the one who makes the great divinity shine forth(?) (Akk) You are ..., you make great divination shine forth |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x⸣ e₂-dub-ba-a | ... the scribal school |
| 10 | [...]-⸢sar⸣ u₂-UG eme-gi₇-ra | ... of Sumerian |
| 11 | [...] šu ge-dub-ba-a nu-ub-du | ... the hand of the scribal apprentice is not to be grasped |
| 12 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ma šu ka-ta nu-sa₂ | ... the hand from the mouth is not good |
| 13 | [...]-nam ⸢dub⸣-sar-⸢me⸣-en | ... you are the scribal school |
| 14 | [...]-⸢gen₇⸣ dub-sar nu-me-en | I am not a scribe |
| 15 | [...]-⸢še₃⸣ ur₅-gen₇ nu-ub-be₂-en | You are not like the one who has left the house |
| 16 | [...]-ab enim bala-e-de₃ ba-ab-du₇-un | ... you have made perfect the words of the bala |
| 17 | [...] nu-e-gaz i₃-gub-gub-ba-aš ba-an-ku₄-re-en | ... you will not kill, you will enter when you stand. |
| 18 | [...]-du₈ ka-enim-ma 5-am₃ e-⸢šid⸣-da-ka dub-sar-me-en bi₂-du₁₁ | I am the scribe of the five chambers of the E-vid-e-da |
| 19 | [...]-⸢sar⸣ dim₂-⸢ma-aš nu⸣-un-ni-ku₄ | ... did not enter into the scribal school |
| 20 | [...]-⸢ma⸣ i₃-sar {⸢ki}kišer⸣ a-ra-ab-tuku | ... wrote, E-kisver-e-23 he swore |
| 21 | [...]-⸢e⸣-de₃ ŋen-na e₂ nu-e-da-ba-e | ... the lord will not let the house pass by |
| 22 | [...]-ge-de₃ ŋen-na eše₂ gana 1 ⸢nindan⸣ nu-⸢e⸣-da-ha-za | In order to ... the lord, in order that one nindan tree does not grow in the field |
| 23 | [...]-⸢a⸣ ki nu-e-da-du₃-en dim₂-ma-aš ⸢nu⸣-un-ni-ku₄ | ... I do not know where to build a temple, I am the one who enters into the temple |
| 24 | [...] ⸢du₁₄⸣ mu₂-a-ba zi li-bi₂-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄-in | ... the ešû-priests who live there will not answer faithfully |
| 25 | [...] ⸢ses⸣-da teš₂-bi bi₂-ib₂-dab₅-be₂-en | ... with the ešeda plant you will seize it together |
| 26 | [...]-⸢tumu⸣ nu-ub-du₇ dub-sar-e-ne | The scribes did not perfect ...-etumu-e23 |
| 27 | [...]-še₃ la-ba-ab-du₇-un me-še₃ lu₂ he₂-en-tum₂-mu | (Sum) ... is not good, may he bring him to the right (Akk) May ... not be good for you, may it bring you the right man |
| 28 | [...]-aš niŋ₂ na-me-še₃ la-ba-ab-du₇-un | ... is not suitable for me |
| 29 | [...] ⸢ba⸣-e-de₃ ga-ŋen e₂ mu-da-ba-e | ... I want to go to the eba-house, but I cannot enter the house |
| 30 | [...] si-ge-de₃ ga-ŋen ki si-ge-bi mu-zu | I want to ... to stand, I know where to stand. |
| 31 | [...] ⸢du₁₄ mu₂-a-ba ša₃⸣-bi ab-⸢huŋ-en zi EN bi₂-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄-in⸣ | (Sum) ... the temple, when it was founded, I was enraged by its insides. (Akk) I was angry by its outsides, I am the true lord. |
| 32 | [...]-⸢ib₂⸣-[x]-⸢ge-en⸣ ša₃ ⸢mu-da-sed₄⸣-de₃-en | I want to pacify the heart of the people of the land |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] dugud | ... heavy |
| 3 | [...]-⸢x-gi₄⸣-in | ... return(?) |
| 4 | [...] ⸢us₂ saŋ teš₂(RI-)bi gu₇⸣ | ... eat each other's ... |
| 5 | [...] zu₂ keše₂ gana₂ u₄-šakar | ... the ... of the netherworld, the field of the storm |
| 6 | [...] ⸢gana₂⸣-pan₂ gana₂ ma₂-gur₈ | ... field, ešepani field, barge field |
| 7 | [...]-an-e₃-en KA nu-e-da-ge₄-ge₄ | ... I will come out, I will not approach. |
| 8 | [... gi₇]-ra ki-bur₂-bi nu-e-zu | ... in the river, you do not know its depth |
| 9 | [...]⸢u₄⸣ zalag a-ra-he₂-ši-e | ... shines brightly for you |
| 10 | [...]-mu-ra-ab-KU ; KA-za am₃-ge₁₆-ge₁₆-be₂ | ... is going to attack your mouth |
| 11 | [...]-bu du₁₄ mu₂-mu₂ | ... speaks a lament |
| 12 | [...]-ba-a-ke₄-me-en | I am ... of that |
| 13 | [...]-⸢ne⸣ nu-me-⸢en⸣ | ... you are not ... |
| 14 | [...]-ab-[...] | ...-ab- |
| 15 | [...]-ab-⸢ŋar⸣ | ...-abbar |
| 16 | [...]-ab-du₁₁ | ... said |
| 17 | [...]-⸢dub⸣-ba-a nu-me-en | You are not the ... of the scribal school |
| 18 | [...] ⸢ge⸣-na nu-me-en | I am not the ... of the temple |
| 19 | [...]-ri-a-me-en | ... I am |
| 20 | [...] sa₂-a-me-en | I am equal to ... |
| 21 | [...]-ni-ib₂-ku₄-ku₄-un | ... will make it enter |
| 22 | [...] {ŋeš}kara₂-ba | ... in its quay |
| 23 | [...] ⸢ba⸣ pa₃-de₃ | ... to be chosen(?) by the temple |
| 24 | [...] ⸢du₁₀⸣-us₂ AŠ | ... edu-uš-plant |
| 25 | [...]-ne-še₃ tum₃-da | brought to them |
| 26 | [...]-⸢zi⸣-i ŋa₂-ŋa₂-de₃ | ... to be brought in |
| 27 | [...]-⸢bi⸣ in-ga-zu | ... you have learned |
| 28 | [...] ⸢sar⸣-me-en | I am the ... of the garden |
| 29 | [...] ⸢x x⸣-me-en | I am |
| 30 | [...]-⸢in⸣ šu nu-e-da-ra-ra-an | ... you will not release your hand |
| 31 | [...] ⸢im⸣ šu-⸢za⸣ nu-ub-du₇ | ... did not make perfect the šu’em temple |
| 32 | [...]⸢x⸣ al-⸢šub⸣ he₂-da-ŋal₂ | ... may he carry off the ... that is to be carried off. |
| 33 | [...] ⸢x x-nam⸣ eme-gi₇-ra-me-en | I am the ... of Sumerian |
| 34 | [...] ⸢de₃⸣-en | I want to go up to the mountain(?) |
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