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CDLI Literary 000675, ex. 003 (P343079)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000675, ex. 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343079 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 04121 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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 i | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] x | |
| 3' | [...] x | |
| 4' | [...] x | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] x x A x x gu um/ab gu₂-zu-a | ... ... on your neck |
| 3' | [...]-da ba-e-la₂-e-en | You are the one who ... with ... |
| 4' | [...] x en he₂-a {d}en-lil₂-le // igi im-ma-ni-in-si₃ | ... may he be a lord, Enlil has looked at him |
| 5' | {d}en-lil₂-le šu du₃-a {d}en-lil₂-le ⸢gu₂⸣-du₃-a // gu₂-da ba-ni-in-la₂ | Enlil, whose hand was made, enlil erected the Egu’edua temple on his neck |
| 6' | ma-ni-a ki-sikil ma-ni-a // ul am₃-ma-ni-ib-ra | In his house, in his house the maiden ... rejoices. |
| 7' | ma ku₃-ge ma e₂-kur-ra-ka // ⸢ul⸣ am₃-ma-ni-in-huŋ | The pure house, the house of the Ekur, he filled it with splendor. |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | [...] er₂ ⸢bi₂⸣-[...] | ... weeping |
| 2' | x-x-ŋu₁₀-da mi-in-[...] | I ... with ... |
| 3' | ⸢me-e⸣ am-e a-na tu₅-⸢tu₅⸣-na // e₃-u₈ e₃-u₈-aš-a | “Woe, the wild bull, in order to emerge, come out! Come out! |
| 4' | u₃-mu-un kur-kur-ra a-a-na tu₅-tu₅-na | Lord of all the lands, what has he done? |
| 5' | ⸢u₃-mu⸣-un dug₄-⸢ga zi⸣-da a-a-na tu₅-tu₅ | “Lord, rise up from the throne of the righteous one, who can soothe you? |
| 6' | ⸢KA⸣ ... | |
| 7' | x x x-ra gu₃ ga-na-de₂-de₂ | I want to utter a cry for ... |
| 8' | me-⸢na am⸣ u₂-a lu u₂-a lu | Where is the water coming out? Woe, oh, woe! |
| 9' | ⸢u₃-mu⸣-un a-a-ŋu₁₀ i₃-me-a // niŋir-si-ŋu₁₀ i₃-me-a | “If only I had known about you, if only I would have known of you! |
| 10' | za₃-ba za₃-ba lu₂ ⸢na-gub lu₂⸣ na-⸢tuš⸣ | On its right, on its left: “Let the man stand, let the man sit! |
| r i | ||
| 1' | ⸢u₃-mu-un⸣ kur-kur-ra lu₂ na-gub lu₂ na-⸢tuš⸣ | The lord of all the lands should not stand, should not sit. |
| 2' | u₃-mu-un dug₄-ga zi-da lu₂ na-gub lu₂ na-tuš | The lord of the righteous throne, the one who does not stand, who sits. |
| 3' | a-x a ga-am₃-dug₄ | I want to say "Woe!" |
| 4' | x x x x x x x x-ni-še₃ da-nu₂ | ... lie down. |
| 5' | a x ⸢a⸣ x-na a ga-am₃-dug₄ | I want to say: “Alas, ea, ..., alas! |
| 6' | x ⸢la⸣ x ki-a x a ga-am₃-dug₄ | ... I want to say ... on earth ... |
| 7' | x x x x [x] x a ⸢ga⸣-am₃-dug₄ | ... the Ega-emdug |
| 8' | {d}mu-⸢ul-lil₂⸣-[la₂ me]-⸢ri-ni-še₃⸣ da-nu₂ | “Mūlil-ela, lay down at his feet! |
| 9' | x x x [...] ⸢nu₂⸣-u₃ ze₂-x x | ... the en-priestess |
| 10' | [...] x x | |
| 11' | [...] x-e₃ | ... came forth. |
| 21' | [...]-na | ... his |
| 22' | [...] ⸢ze₂⸣-eŋ₃-ma-ab | ... ezê-e-ma-b |
| 23' | [... ga]-⸢am₃-dug₄⸣ | I want to utter an arazu prayer |
| r ii | ||
| 2 | [...] x x-ta | ... from |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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