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CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? (P343154)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P343154 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 04095 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Wisdom or proverb |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 1' 7' | he smote the reed bed of the herdsman |
| obverse col 1' 5' | lord of the lady |
| obverse col 1' 3' | a man of Manzile leather boots |
| obverse col 1' 6' | he swore by my lordship. |
| reverse col 1' 3' | scribe of the city, field of Nanda(?) |
| reverse col 1' 1' | ... |
| reverse col 1' 4' | The oxen were slaughtered at the hand |
| reverse col 1' 6' | In the heart of a man, may there be no oil. |
| obverse col 1' 1' | he smote the reed basket and the ground. |
| reverse col 1' 2' | scribe like a lion |
| reverse col 1' 8' | I am a... who does not satisfy a man |
| obverse col 1' 2' | he poured water like a poured garment. |
| reverse col 1' 9' | ...... |
| obverse col 1' 4' | a edara garment, a elam garment, received |
| reverse col 1' 7' | reed of a foreign city |
| obverse col 1' 8' | ...... |
| reverse col 1' 5' | May a person not seize the place of relaxation. |
| obverse col 1' 9' | ...... |
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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