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CDLI Literary 000764, ex. 008 (P343231)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000764, ex. 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343231 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 04234 |
| 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 Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | enim-zu enim ku₃-ga-am₃ ⸢niŋ₂⸣ ša₃ du₁₀-ge-dam | Your word is a holy word, its ešumi is good. |
| 2 | ⸢en⸣-na-me-še₃ du₁₄-da mu₂-mu₂-de₃ ; ⸢ba⸣-an-da-dab₅-be₂-de₃-en-de₃-en | When we go up to the e’eš temple, we are to be seized by a battle. |
| 3 | [x] ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 1’ | [x x x x] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2’ | [...] si ⸢sa₂-a-ni⸣ ki-ur₃ [...] | ... his horn in the Kiʾur |
| 3’ | [...] lugal abzu | ... king of the abzu |
| 4’ | [...]-⸢de₃⸣ enim-ma gal zu-[me-en] | I am the one who knows great words |
| 5’ | [...]-⸢da⸣ im-ma-ni-⸢ib₂⸣-[...] | ... he made it rise up for me |
| 6’ | [x x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1’ | [...]-⸢si-sa₂-a⸣ [...] ; i-ni-[...] | ...-esisâ |
| 2’ | [su] ⸢kalam⸣-ma mu-un-[...] | ... the Ekalama temple |
| 3’ | [...] he₂-ŋal₂ eš₃ ⸢sikil⸣-[...] | May ... carry off the shrine of the sikil priest |
| 4’ | [...]-na {d}en-⸢ki⸣-[...] ; ⸢saŋ⸣-e-eš mu-⸢un⸣-[rig₇] | ... Enki he presented it (this statue). |
| 5’ | [x x] ⸢x⸣-bi en ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... its ... the lord of the ... |
| 6’ | ⸢abzu eridu⸣{ki}ga [...] ; mušen (IGI.[DU) ...] | The apsû of Eridug |
| 7’ | ku₆ mušen-bi-da a-da-min₃ du₁₁-[(x)] | The fish with their snakes ... a contest |
| 8’ | mušen-e ku₆-e ⸢diri⸣-ga-ba | The fisherman, when he brings the fish into the river |
| 9’ | aia {d}en-ki ⸢za₃⸣-mim | Father Enki of the Eza’emum temple |
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
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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