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CDLI Literary 000413, ex. 001 & 000716, ex. 001 (P333842)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Umma · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000413, ex. 001 & 000716, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P333842 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1911-0236 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
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 | ⸢nin numun zid⸣ kalam-ma sukkal an-na | Lady, fertile seed of the Land, vizier of heaven |
| 2 | sukkal an-na ama {d}nin-šubur ŋidru za-gin₃ šu u₃-me-ti | The vizier of heaven, mother Ninšubur, the lapis lazuli cloister, the hand of the lord |
| 3 | igi an-na ši-im-me-dib-dib-be₂ | Look at me in heaven! |
| 4 | an-ne₂ an-šag₄-ta saŋ-e-eš mu-ni-in-rig₇ | An presented it from the horizon. |
| 5 | {d}en-lil₂-le nam-e-eš mu-ni-in-tar | Enlil decreed a fate |
| 6 | u₈ zid sila₄ sag₉-sag₉ ud₅ zid maš₂ sag₉-sag₉-ga | True ewe, beautiful lamb, true goat, beautiful kid |
| 7 | ama gan zid-gin₇ dumu sag₉-sag₉-ga | like a good mother, a beautiful child, |
| 8 | tur₃ hu-mu-u₈-da-du₃ amaš hu-mu-u₈-da-niŋin₂ | May he build a cattlepen and a sheepfold for you, may he bless you! |
| 9 | ⸢tur₃⸣ du₃-a-za amaš niŋin₂-na-za | When you build the cattlepen, when you fill the sheepfold |
| 10 | [...] x x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [šag₄] de₃-em-⸢huŋ⸣-[e bar de₃-em-huŋ-e] | May he pacify the heart, may he calm the liver |
| 2' | ⸢dim₃⸣-pe-⸢er⸣ {d}a-nun-⸢na⸣ [ni₃-ma₃-e de₃-en-huŋ-e] | May the Anuna gods calm down for me. |
| 3' | me-e da-gub-be₂ ŋen AN GUB me-e da-gub-⸢be₂⸣ [...] x [...] | (Sum) I want to stand at the horizon, (I want to) stand(?) at the sky |
| 4' | ki-sikil ga-ša-an-an-na <kur> šuba₄ tud-da de₃-em-hul₂-⸢e⸣ | Maiden Gašanana, may the mountain that gave birth to a šuba stone rejoice over you |
| 5' | ga-ša-an ŋen ⸢aŋ₂-ba⸣ mu-de₆ de₃-em-hul₂-e | May the lady, the lord, bring me into the house! |
| 6' | šag₄ de₃-em-huŋ-e bar de₃-em-huŋ-e | May he pacify the heart, may he calm the liver |
| 7' | dim₃-pe-er {d}a-nun-na ni₃-ma₃-e de₃-en-huŋ-e | May the Anuna gods calm down for me |
| 8' | nin-e {a}akkilₓ(|GADA.KID₂.SI.A|){ki} asila(|EZEN×LAL₂|) ba-ni-in-ŋar | The lady poured out joy in Akkil. |
| 9' | ⸢šir₃-gid₂-da {d}nin⸣-[šubur]-⸢ra-kam⸣ | the virgida shrine of Nin-ešubur |
Sources & licences
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