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CDLI Literary 000349, ex. 003 (P343395)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000349, ex. 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343395 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 04370 + Ist Ni 09624 |
| 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 col 1' | ||
| 1' | [...] la#-an-gi4-ta# | ... by means of langi |
| 2' | [...]-an-ri-am3 | It is the ... of heaven |
| 3' | [...]-babbar mu-un-da-hul2 | ... rejoiced with him |
| 4' | [...]-NE-gi mu-un-da-hul2 | ... rejoices over him. |
| 5' | [...] ba#-ni-ib-be7?-e# | ... spoke(?) |
| 6' | [...] ba-ni-in-du11 | ... spoke |
| 7' | [...]-bi bi2-in-du8 | ... he built. |
| 8' | [...]-un#-da-hul2 | ... rejoices over him |
| 9' | [...]-un#-da-hul2 | ... rejoices over him |
| 16' | [...]-x | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | x x x [...] | |
| 2' | a-za3-gun3{muszen}-tur x-[...]-ta ba-ra-an-tum2-x | The small azungu bird did not bring |
| 3' | {d}nanna {d}suen-e# [...] x e2#-{d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 | Nanna and Suen ... to the house of Enlil |
| 4' | suhur#{ku6#}-e sza3 [...] mu#-da-ab-sur-re# | The suhur fish ... the heart |
| 5' | {d}asz-im2-babbar-re e2#-[...] x {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 | Ašimbabbar to the house of Enlil |
| 6' | esztub{ku6}-e 2(disz)-bi [...] za3 im#-la2 | Its two eštub fish were carried away |
| 7' | {d}nanna {d}suen-e e2#-[...]-e# {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 | Nanna and Suen to the house of Enlil |
| 8' | i3 a-nir-a x-[...]-un-de2-de2-e | The oil of the ānira ritual ... |
| 9' | {d}asz-im2-babbar-re e2#-[...] x {d}en-lil2-[...] | Ašimbabbar ... the temple of Enlil |
| 10' | nunuz giri3-lam-ma mu#-[...] un-x-[...] | The young woman ... the scepter |
| 11' | {d}nanna# {d}suen-e e2-[...] x | Nanna and Suen ... the temple |
| 12' | gi-sun gi-henbur-e# gu2-[...] | The reed-bed of the giḫenbur temple is ... |
| 13' | {d#}asz#-im2#-babbar-re e2-[...] | Ašimbabbar ... the temple |
| 14' | [x-x]-am3# sila4# im-[...] | ... lambs |
| 15' | [...]-x-bi sza3 ba-x-[...] | Its ... heart |
| 16' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| reverse col 1' | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-ke4# e2-ta nu#-[...] | ... does not go out from the house |
| 3' | [...] he2-me-en silim-ma he2-me#-[...] | May you be ..., may you be well |
| 4' | ma2 a-a-mu silim-ma# he2-me-en {gesz}[...] | May you be the boat of my father who is well. |
| 5' | {gesz}ma2-gur8-ra zi3# im#-ma-ab#-gub-be2 | He set flour on the barge |
| 6' | giri3-ne2 gakkul-zabar im-[...] | The feet of the bronze knuckle |
| 7' | a2-musz3-zu i3-hi-nun-na#-ka# szu# ga#-[...] | I want to ... your arms in the Iḫinuna temple |
| 8' | sza3#-zu-a i3-nun lal3 gesztin nig2 ga-x-[...] | In your heart, I want to ... ghee, honey and wine |
| 9' | si#-{gesz}ma2-sag-ga2-zu suhur{ku6} esztub{ku6} [...] | Your bow is a fish, a eštub fish |
| 10' | {gesz}ma2-[x] gu2#-ni nu-mu-na#-ab#-x-[x] x-ki x [...] | The ... boat did not ... its neck for him |
| 11' | nidba sag-bi szuruppak{ki}-x egir-bi unug{ki}-bi | The first offerings of Šuruppak, the second offerings of Uruk |
| 12' | e2-ta nu-e3 e2-ta nu-e3# e2-ta nam-ta-e3 | She did not leave the house, she did not go out from the house. She left the house |
| 13' | {d}nin-unug-ke4 e2-ta nu-x e2#-ta nam-ta-e3 | Ninunug has not ... from the house, he has left the house |
| 14' | silim-ma he2-me-en silim-ma he2-me-en {gesz}ma2 silim-ma he2-me-en | May you be in good health, may you be (in) good health. May you (be) the boat of good health! |
| 15' | {gesz}ma2-{d}suen#-na silim-ma x-[...] | The boat of Suen is well |
| 16' | {gesz}ma2-gur8-ra zi3 im-ma-an-gub-be2 duh im-ma-ab-sal-e | He set flour on the barge, poured out sweet beer. |
| 17' | giri3-ne2 gakkul-zabar im-mi-in-szu2-szu2 | He twisted his feet in a bronze kiln. |
| 18' | a2#-musz3-zu i3-hi-[x-x]-ka szu ga-am3#-ma#-[x-x]-x | I want to ... your limbs in the Ihi temple |
| 19' | [x-x]-a# i3-nun x-[...] ga#-ba#-x-[...] | I want to ... butter and butter |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...]-x-la2-sze3 [...]-x-u3 | ... to ... |
| 2' | [...]-en e2-{d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 [...]-x e2 gal2-u3 | ... to the house of Enlil ... open the house! |
| 3' | [...]-x-{d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 [...] gal2-u3 | To the ... of Enlil ... opened |
| 4' | [...]-en e2-{d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 [...] gal2-u3 | ... to the house of Enlil ... open |
| 5' | [...]-x-sze3 | to ... |
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