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CDLI Literary 000620, ex. 001 (P343142)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000620, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343142 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 04408 |
| 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 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 3' | to go out |
| obverse 3' | of the gods |
| reverse 28' | ... An |
| obverse 4' | Enki and Ninki, the mother of the seas |
| reverse 7' | he raised his name |
| reverse 6' | ... is |
| reverse 26' | ... wept |
| obverse 23' | ...... |
| obverse 15' | he made your foundation firm |
| obverse 2' | ...... |
| reverse 21' | ...... |
| obverse 18' | ... the lord |
| obverse 22' | at the place of your decreed fate |
| reverse 5' | ... he heaped up |
| reverse 23' | he smote |
| obverse 6' | may he establish as its place. |
| obverse 14' | May the bird set its bird towards its place |
| reverse 22' | He... heaven |
| reverse 15' | lord |
| reverse 17' | ... true |
| obverse 20' | your......, |
| reverse 1' | ... |
| reverse 2' | ... |
| reverse 11' | it is a libation bowl |
| obverse 5' | that they may give him a residence |
| reverse 12' | I built. |
| reverse 18' | ...... |
| reverse 13' | they established. |
| obverse 21' | ... is indeed the foundation |
| reverse 16' | ... |
| obverse 7' | you have established your foundation |
| obverse 12' | Enki and Ninki, the mother of the father |
| obverse 16' | My king, the dwelling(?) of the amu-gargar |
| obverse 9' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 24' | ... is |
| obverse 11' | ... to the land of the king |
| reverse 8' | which was |
| reverse 20' | ... fear |
| reverse 19' | ...... |
| reverse 4' | he smote |
| obverse 10' | ... |
| reverse 10' | he smote |
| obverse 19' | ... he raised up for the land of the king. |
| obverse 17' | Towards its original place |
| reverse 25' | ... of the god Sîn they made stand(?) |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| obverse 13' | that they may give to him the... dwelling |
| obverse 8' | he established. |
| reverse 9' | ... is established |
| reverse 29' | ...... |
| reverse 27' | ... in heaven and earth, its midst |
| reverse 14' | ... he smote |
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
- 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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