NFT p. 180, AO 04153 (P315470)
Literary, ED IIIb, Girsu · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE
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| Designation | NFT p. 180, AO 04153 |
|---|---|
| ID | P315470 |
| Museum no. | AO 04153 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Sumerian; sum |
| Period | ED IIIb · c. 2500 BCE–2340 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
English translation
Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1 1 | Heaven... |
| obverse col 1 2 | The toothworm(?) would come down. |
| obverse col 1 3 | Earth would dazzle... |
| obverse col 1 4 | She, growing, was fit for Heaven. |
| obverse col 1 5 | Earth's holes were filled with water. |
| obverse col 2 1 | Lord Heaven was serving in a manly way. |
| obverse col 2 2 | Heaven and Earth were screaming together. |
| obverse col 2 3 | Then, Enki and Nunki were not living. |
| obverse col 2 4 | Enlil was not living. |
| obverse col 2 5 | Ninlil was not living. |
| obverse col 3 1 | At that time, in earlier times-- |
| obverse col 3 2 | At that distant time, in earlier times-- |
| obverse col 3 3 | The day did not pass. |
| obverse col 3 4 | The moons did not come forth. |
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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | [an-e ...] | |
| 2 | zu2#-musz ha-mu-ni-sig-sig | |
| 3 | ki-e SAL.KAB-na dalla ha-mu-ak-e | |
| 4 | mu2-a an me:te-nam | |
| 5 | ki buru3 a sze3-ma-si | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | an en nam-szul-le-esz2 al-gub | |
| 2 | an ki tesz2-ba sig4 an-gi4-gi4 | |
| 3 | u4-ba en-ki nun-ki nu-sig7 | |
| 4 | {d}en-lil2 nu-ti | |
| 5 | {d}nin-lil2 nu-ti | |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | u4-da# im-ma | |
| 2 | ul-[la] im-ma# | |
| 3 | u4 nu-zal | |
| 4 | i3-ti nu-e3-e3 | |
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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