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CDLI Literary 000423, ex. 001 (P343111)

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

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000423, ex. 001
ID	P343111
Museum no.	Ist Ni 02461
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 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	mu-ti-in sza3-ga2 mu#-lu [...]	The woman in my heart, the one who ...
2	hi-li-zu ag2 ze2-ba-am3 lal3-[...]	Your allure is sweet, honey
3	gi-ru sza3-ga2 mu-lu ki-ig-ga ag2#-[...]	The scepter of my heart, the one who loves me
4	hi-li-zu ag2 ze2-ba-am3 lal3-am3 ku7-ku7-da	Your allure is sweet, it is sweet honey.
5	en-dab5-en ni2-ga2 du5-mu-u8-szi-gen	I am seized by myself, I want to go with you.
6	mu-ti-in ga-ba-e-da-kar ki mu-nu2-da-sze3	I want to flee with the man, to the place where he lies down.
7	en-dab5-en ni2-ga2 du5-mu-u8-szi-gen	I am seized by myself, I want to go with you.
8	gi-ru ga-ba-e-da-kar ki mu-nu2-da-sze3	I want to flee the reed screen, to the place of the bed.
9	mu-ti-in ag2 ze2-ze2-ba du5-mu-u8-ak	I want to do the sweet things for the man.
10	ze2-ba kal-la-mu lal3-e da-ag2-e-ga	May my precious sweety be poured out with honey!
11	e2! ki-nu2-a lal3 hab2 du11-ga-ba	In the bedroom where honey was poured,
12	hi-li ag2 ze2-ba-zu ga-ba-hul2-hul2-le-en-de3-en	Let us rejoice over your sweet allure!
13	gi-ru ag2 ze2-ze2-ba du5-mu-u8-ak	I want to do the sweet reeds!
14	ze2-ba kal-la-mu lal3-e da-ag2-e-ga	May my precious sweety be poured out with honey!
15	mu-ti-in ma-ra hi-li mu-e-\|TE.A\|	The man ... allure for me.
16	ama-mu-ra du11-ga-na-ab ni2 mu-ra-ab-ze2-eg3-e	Speak to my mother, she will give you fear.
17	ad-da-mu-ur2 ag2 ba-ba mu-un-ba	Adamur, what has been taken away, he brought it.
18	ur5-sa6 ki ur5 sa6-ge-bi mu-zu	He knows how to beautify the place and make it beautiful.
19	mu-ti-in u4 te-en-sze3 e2-me-a nu2-a	One who dwells in our house forever,
20	sza3-za ki sza3 hul2-bi mu-zu	Your heart knows how to rejoice.
reverse
1	gi-ru u4 te-en-sze3 e2-me-a nu2-a	The reedbeds of distant days lie in our house.
2	za-e ma-a-ra ki mu-e-a-ag2-a-ta	Because you have loved me,
3	gi-ru ma-a-ra ag2 ze2-ba-zu nu-usz-mu-e-a-ak-e	For me, you should not do your sweet thing to me.
4	u3-mu-un digir-mu u3-mu-un {d}lamma-mu	Lord of the gods, lord Lammamu
5	{d}szu-{d}suen sza3 {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2-ke4 ba-ze2-be2-en-na-mu	Šū-Sîn, you are the one who pleases Enlil.
6	ki ze2-ba-zu nu-usz-mu-e-a-ak-a	If only your sweet place could be made perfect for you!
7	ki lal3-gin7 ze2-ba-zu szu nu-usz-mu-e-tag-ge	You should not touch your sweet place like honey.
8	tug2 {gisz}ba-an-na-gin7 szu de6-ma-ni	like a linen garment he was smearing,
9	tug2 {gisz}ba-an szum2-ki-na-gin7 szu \|DAR.DAR\|-ma-ni	like a cloth for a šumkīnu-bowl he was bound.
10	bala-bala-e {d}inanna-kam	It is a balabala of Inanna.

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