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CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 009 (P343459)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343459 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 09873 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1’ | [...] ⸢mu-da⸣ [...] | ... I want to ... with you |
| 2’ | [...] ⸢du₁₁⸣ um-ma-ne muš₃-[...] ; gi₄-in-⸢ne₂⸣-[...] | ... the en priestess, the mother, the female servant |
| 3’ | [...] ⸢du kur₄⸣ siki šal {u}ugu₆ zi₂ ⸢saŋ⸣ [...] | ... e’edu-plant, kur-e23-plant (and) wool from the cattle pen, esa-e3-plant |
| 4’ | [...]-ud-na arkab{mušen}a {mu-uš-tu₉}[...] | ... the Arkabmuš, the incantation priest |
| 5’-6’a | ⸢saŋ⸣-ki GAR igi zi₂-zi₂ giri₁₇ ha-[...] // ⸢šu⸣-um-du-<um> ḪAR | “May your esa₂-e3-ki be seen, may your nose be pierced, may he ... the šu₃-umdu-plant |
| 6’b | ga-ba-al mu-du₃-[...] | I want to build it for you |
| 7’ | ⸢hulu⸣-de₃-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ nu-ga nu-⸢nus⸣ [...] | In order to destroy it, in order to make it unsuitable for women |
| 8’ | [...]-⸢ga⸣ ša₃ ⸢lugud de₂⸣-[...] | ..., may the ‘heart’ of the elugud demon ... |
| 9’ | [...] ⸢luh⸣-ha ⸢dim₃⸣ [...] | ... eluḫa-plant, edim-plant |
| 10’ | [...] ⸢a-ra₂⸣ [...] | ... the arae 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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