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CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 018 (P343442)

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

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 018
ID	P343442
Museum no.	Ist Ni 09820
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
1	du14# nam#-[...] ni2#-zu#-[...]	Do not speak a word(?) with yourself
2	lul nam#-gur5#-[...] sag# gu7 [...]	Falsely, ... eats(?) the head
3	KA nam-tar-tar-re#-[...]	... fates
4	ad# nam-gi4#-[...] igi# [...]	The command of a “return to me’(?) is ... in the eyes
5	lu2-da [...]	With a man
6	szu-zu x [...]	Your hand ...
7	x ur5-re# [...] udu sza-[...]	... sheep
reverse
1	u3-nu-gar-ra [...]	The unugar priestess
2	egir-bi-sze3 gesz-[...]	After that ...
3	u2 nu-kin-ga2#-[...]	The one who does not eat food
4	usz nu-se3-ga [...]	... unceasing force(?)
5	usz se3-ga [...]	... laid low
6	kaskal ge6 na-an#-[...] sza-bi sa6 [x x]	Do not go on a black road, its interior is beautiful
7	ansze-edin-na [...] u2?-da bi-[...]	The donkey ... the grass(?)

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