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CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 005 (P343145)

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

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DesignationCDLI Literary 000751, ex. 005
IDP343145
Museum no.Ist Ni 04465
CollectionArkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLiterary
Find spotNippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates32.1271, 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.

LineATFMachine 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
1e2 eb-gal an-ne2 x-[...]The house, the great gate of heaven
2e2-zi-da-gal an-ne2 x-[...]The Ezidagal temple of An
3e2 men-gal an-ne2 [...]The great temple of An
4e2-hur-sag-gal an-ne2 [...]The Ehursaŋgal temple of An
5e2-{d}tir-an-na an-ne2 [...]The E-tir-ana temple of An
6e2 musz2-bi an-sza3-ga# [...]The temple, whose radiance is in the midst of heaven
7x-bi abzu-a [...] si#-[...]Its ... in the abzu
8nun-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 ...

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