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CDLI Literary 000370, ex. 014 (P343058)

Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000370, ex. 014
ID	P343058
Museum no.	VAT 07832b
Collection	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Literary
Find spot	uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Transliteration (ATF)

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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)
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1	šeg₁₂ ⸢x x⸣ [x x x (x)] ⸢x x⸣-a	brickwork of ...-ea
2	⸢kul-aba₄{ki} iri{ki⸣} an ki-⸢da mu₂-a⸣	Ekulaba, the city that makes heaven and earth tremble
3	unu{ki}⸢ga mu-bi {d}ter-an-na-gen₇⸣	Uruk, this name is “Terana,’
4	an-ne₂ ⸢us₂-sa-bi si-muš₃ gunu₃-a⸣	An, its eaves are full of radiance,
5	an-na ⸢gub-ba-bi u₄-šakar gibil na-nam⸣	Its standing-place in heaven is indeed a new moon
6	me ⸢x x⸣ nam-nun-na ⸢du-a⸣	“The cosmic powers, the ... of princeliness,
7	kur ⸢sikil⸣ u₄ ⸢du₁₀⸣-ga ⸢ki⸣ ŋar-ra	The land of the sikil temple, the day of the good temple, and the Ebara temple
8	(U₄.{⸢d⸣}[NANNA].⸢U₄-)gen₇⸣ kalam-ma ([UD].DU-)a	“On the day of the moon's disappearance, it was eclipsed in the land.
9	u₄ [(x)] ⸢zalag-gen₇⸣ kalam-ma ⸢si⸣ sa₂	When like a sparkling esî-house, in the land the e’esis-house is set up
10	⸢ab₂ ur₃ ab₂ šar₉⸣-gen₇ hi-nun-⸢ta⸣ e₃-a	The esaggil-house, like a herd of wild cows, came forth from the hinun-eša temple
11	⸢unu{ki}ga ka-tar⸣-[(x)]-⸢bi kur⸣-ra ba-te	In Uruk, Katar-ebi approached the netherworld.
12	me-lim₄-⸢bi⸣ [...] ⸢me-a⸣ zi-da	Its me’elīb priestess ... the true temple
13	arata{⸢ki⸣} [x]-⸢gen₇ ba-e⸣-dul gada-gen₇ ba-e-bur₂	Arata, like a ..., covered it with a cloth, it was spread out.
14	[x x] ⸢u₄⸣ en-am₃ ⸢ŋe₆⸣ [x]-⸢ga⸣ {d}utu lugal-am₃	It is the ... of the lord's ..., it is the E-be-e-23 of Šamaš, the king
15	[...] ⸢x x x sugal₇ an⸣-[... ...]-⸢en-na-nam⸣	..., the captives of An
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1’	⸢en⸣-e ki ⸢ku₃-ku₃-ga-ni⸣-še₃ im-ma-ši-in-ku₄-ku₄	The e’en-priestess entered the place of her holy abode
2’	en-me-er-kara₂ ki ku₃-ku₃-ga-ni-še₃ im-ma-ši-in-ku₄-ku₄	Enmerkara entered her holy place
3’	ze₄-e-še₃ lugal-ŋu₁₀ mu-e-ši-in-ge₄-nam	You are the one who has made the king agree
4’	en arata{ki} en-suku₆-keše₂-an-na-ke₄ mu-e-ši-in-ge₄-nam	The lord of Arata, Ensukukešana, has decreed (this).
5’	lugal-zu du₁₁-ga-ni nam-MU tah-a-ni nam-MU	Your king, his command is mine, his brother is mine.
6’	en-suku₆-keše₂-an-na-ke₄ du₁₁-ni nam-MU tah-a-ni nam-MU	Ensukukešwana, his command is my name, his helper is [my name]
7’	lugal-ŋu₁₀ a-na bi₂-in-du₁₁ a-na bi₂-in-tah-am₃	What did Lugal-bu say, what did he add?
8’	en-suku₆-keše₂-an-na-ke₄ a-na bi₂-in-du₁₁ a-na bi₂-in-tah-am₃	What did Ensukukeana say, what did he add?
9’	lugal-ŋu₁₀ na-ab-be₂-a	did Lugal-bu’a say:
10’	e-ne GA₂-ra gu₂ ha-ma-an-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ ; {ŋeš}dubsig ha-ma-ab-il₂-e	May he raise his neck towards me, may he lift his toes.

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