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AoF 47, 57-66 (P333397)
Official or display, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AoF 47, 57-66 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333397 |
| Museum no. | Kress 041 |
| Collection | anonymous, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Official or display |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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 | ||
| 1 | esz3 nibru{ki} ki-tusz ku3! libir ul-ta gar-ra-ba | In the shrine of Nippur, the old holy residence which had been established long ago |
| 2 | [iri?] numun# i-i dim-gal ki-en-gi-ra | City whose seed is the dimgal of Sumer |
| 3 | kur# za3 til-bi-sze3 mu mah-bi ar2-re-esz i-im-ak-ne | they will make a great name for themselves in the land at its end. |
| 4 | hur-sag an-ta-gal2 ni2 su zi gur3#?-ru# | The mountain range which is supreme, full of fearsomeness, |
| 5 | gesz#?-bur nu2#-a-ba sun7-na la-ba-ra-e3# | The one lying down(?) in the “sealed"(?) reedbed(?) did not come out |
| 6 | x-ta#? e2#? gal#? gu sa-bi gid2-i#?-[x?] | From the ..., the great temple(?) whose neck is long(?) |
| 7 | x-x igi-te-en-ba hul-gal2 x x? [x?] | ... the evil eye(?) |
| 8 | u4# {d}en-lil2-le iri-ni u3!-bi2-in-x [...] igi zalag im-szi-in-bar#-[...] | When Enlil ... his city, he looked at him with a bright eye |
| 9 | ARAD2-{d}suen nun sza3 sze-ga-na#-me#-en# nig2-si-sa2 ga2-ga2 nig2-lul gil-le#-e-de3 | I am Warad-Sîn, the prince whose heart is agreeable to him, who sets justice in order, so that falsehoods are to be perpetuated |
| 10 | gu3 hul2! ma-ni-in-de2 | he shouted joyfully |
| 11 | a2-bi mu-da-an#-ag2#! | he gave it as a gift |
| 12 | nun#?-e sipa zi sza3-hul2#?-le# nig2 mu-DI#? [...] | Prince, true shepherd, who makes the heart rejoice, ... something |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | nibru#{ki}-a nig2 x [...] ki edin-sze3# x [...] | In Nippur ... to the plain |
| 2 | i? x x x?-bi#? | ...-bi |
| 3 | lu2 x-bi |MASZ.EN.KAK|-a#-ni#? | The ... of the mašenkak priest |
| 4 | x {d}nin-lil2#-ka szu# he2-bi2-bar | May the ... of Ninlil release him |
| 5 | gu2#-un-bi hu-mu-du8 | I trimmed its tail. |
| 6 | sza3-bi# he2-em#-[x?]-du10#? | Its inside is sweet |
| 7 | sahar ku3#?-bi hu#?-mu#?-[...] | May the pure earth |
| 8 | nig2 ak-ak-da#-ga2 e2# dingir-re-e#-ne#-[...] i-ni-gar-gar-ra-x [...] | The thing that I did in the temples of the gods ... |
| 9 | um-mi-a ku3-zu um-mi-a [...] u3-mu#-[x] x-ib2#?-[...] | Your holy mother, mother ... |
| 10 | in?-SZESZ#? x x he2#-eb2#-x [...] | May he/she say(?) “My brother, may ... be |
| 11 | a-ra2 na-me-ka# nig2 ga2-[la? nu?-dag? ...] na-me ba#?-ra?#-ha#?-lam#? | There is no way (away) from(?) heaven, there is nothing to be (too) small(?), there is no place for you |
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