CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 005 (P343145)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343145 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 04465 |
| 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)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | [...]-ra# sag#-[...] | |
| 2' | [...] kesz2 A [...] | ... tied ... |
| 3' | [...] LU2 KA [...] | ... man ... |
| 4' | [...] im#-da-an-[...] | ... he gave to him |
| 5' | [...] x x GA2 GA2# szu#-sze3# al-x-[...] | ... to the hand |
| 6' | [...] gu4#-husz-aratta | ... ox or bull |
| 7' | [...]-kalam#-ma gu4-husz-aratta | ... of the land, fierce bull |
| 8' | [...] an#-da# gu2-la2-[...] | ... surpassing with heaven |
| 9' | [...] kur-ra sag-il2-bi# | ... raising its head in the mountain |
| 10' | [...] hur#-sag-ginx# sig7-sig7#-[...] | ... like a mountain range |
| 11' | [...] szi-in-ga-tum2-mu# | ... I will bring it to you |
| 12' | [...]-aszgi#{gi18} rib-ba ama szi-in-ga-[...] | ... rejoicing, mother Šinga |
| 13' | [...]-ginx# rib-ba-ra a-ba-a igi mu#-ni-[...] | Who has seen anyone as surpassing as you? |
| 14' | [...] 1(disz)#-[...] | ... 1 |
| 15' | [...]-du10#-ga du3-[...] | ... made good(?) |
| 16' | e2-kesz3#-[...]-du10#-ga du3-[...] | I want to build the Ekešduga temple |
| 17' | {gesz}ma2-gur8-nun-ginx# [...] diri-[...] | Like a barge floating in the water(?) |
| 18' | {gesz}ma2-gur8-ku3-ginx ka2#-[...] ri#-[...] | Like a gold barge ... at the gate |
| 19' | {gesz}ma2-an-na-ginx musz3#-[...] | Like a boat floating in the water(?) |
| 20' | x u5-ban3-ginx peszx-ta [...] | ... like a ubbanŋ drum from ... |
| 21' | e2 gu4-ginx ur5 IM sza4 ninda2#-[...] | The temple, like a bull ... a roaring storm(?) |
| 22' | e2-sza3-bi-ta x sza3-[...] | From the inside of the house ... |
| 23' | a-ga-bi-ta zi#-ki#-[...] | By means of this ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | e2 eb-gal an-ne2 x-[...] | The house, the great gate of heaven |
| 2 | e2-zi-da-gal an-ne2 x-[...] | The Ezidagal temple of An |
| 3 | e2 men-gal an-ne2 [...] | The great temple of An |
| 4 | e2-hur-sag-gal an-ne2 [...] | The Ehursaŋgal temple of An |
| 5 | e2-{d}tir-an-na an-ne2 [...] | The E-tir-ana temple of An |
| 6 | e2 musz2-bi an-sza3-ga# [...] | The temple, whose radiance is in the midst of heaven |
| 7 | x-bi abzu-a [...] si#-[...] | Its ... in the abzu |
| 8 | nun-e x [...] x [...] | The prince ... |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] x [...] | |
| 11 | [...] KA [...] | ... ... |
| 12 | [...] x [...] | |
| 13 | [...]-in-ga-x-[...] | ... ... |
| 14 | [...] x rib-ba ama [...] | ... ... mother ... |
| 15 | [...]-ba#-ra a-[...] | ... to its ... ... |
| 16 | [...] | |
| 17 | [...]-sze3# 2(szar2)# [...] | ... to ... 2 car ... |
| 18 | [...] 3(bur3) [...] | ... 3 bur3 |
| 19 | [...] x [...] | |
| 20 | [...] | |
| 21 | [...] | |
| 22 | [...] | |
| 23 | [...] | |
| 24 | [...] | |
| 25 | [...] | |
| 26 | [...] | |
| 27 | [...] x szi-in-[...] | ... ... |
| 28 | [...]-aszgi#{gi18} rib#-[...] | ... the Ašgi temple |
| 29 | [...] rib#-[...] | ... may he ... |
Sources & licences
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