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CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? (P343440)
Wisdom or proverb, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P343440 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 09816 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian; 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 10' | ...... plant |
| obverse 7' | ... did not |
| reverse 7' | At that time |
| reverse 13' | Il-il |
| reverse 2' | ...... |
| reverse 11' | pure... |
| obverse 3' | ... land |
| obverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 14' | ...... |
| obverse 5' | to... |
| reverse 9' | he smote |
| reverse 8' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 10' | ... the horns of heaven and earth |
| obverse 2' | (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 8' | (a kind of profession) |
| reverse 3' | ... |
| obverse 6' | who does not change |
| obverse 9' | of the Anuna gods |
| obverse 12' | ...... |
| reverse 15' | ... |
| reverse 12' | reed |
| reverse 6' | ... a day... |
| reverse 1' | ...... |
| reverse 5' | ... on the day |
| obverse 4' | ......... |
| reverse 4' | ... the divine powers |
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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