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CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 013 (P343546)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343546 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 09581 + Ist Ni 09715 |
| 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 | [x x]-⸢dub⸣-ba-a u₄ ul-la-am₃ ŋa₂-nu ga-na ⸢ga⸣-[...] | The ... of the scribal art is a distant time, come on, I want to ... |
| 2 | [...]-bi nam-dub-sar-ra i₃-zu a-na-⸢am₃ i₃-šid⸣ | ... the scribal art, what have you learned? |
| 3 | [...] zi-ga nam-dub-sar-ra | ... rise, scribal art |
| 4 | [...] ⸢edin⸣-na za₃ lu₂ šu(ŠE₃-)ka-še₃ | ... in the steppe, at the side of the man of your hand |
| 5 | [...] ⸢egir-bi⸣ gu₂ mu-e-du₃ | ... he built its ... behind it |
| 6 | [...]-⸢ka₉⸣ sahar ŋar-ra ⸢za₃⸣-bi-še₃ i₃-⸢zu⸣ | (Sum) ... he goes out into the dust of the steppe(?) (Akk) Its steppe was covered with dust |
| 7 | [...] ⸢nam⸣-dumu-e₂-dub-ba-a-ke₄-⸢ne⸣ | ... the enamu-edubba priests |
| 8 | [...]-⸢en⸣-de₃-en diri-zu-še₃ i₃-zu | I know how to surpass you |
| 9 | [...]-⸢x⸣ gub-ba in-zu ga-mu-ra-ab-til | ... I want to finish what I have learned in Sumerian |
| 10 | [...]-⸢hub₂⸣ {ŋeš-tu₉}ŋeštu la₂-a | ... the ehub̂-priestess, lying down |
| 11 | [...] ⸢keše₂⸣ šeri AŠ | ... ekeše-e23-tree |
| 12 | [...] ⸢ib₂⸣ ku₅ gu-du ku₅ | ... the e’e-house, cut off, the gudu-house cut off |
| 13 | [...] ⸢al⸣-dim₂-me-en | I am the ... of the ealdim |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x (x) [x x] | |
| r | ||
| 1′ | [...] ⸢in-bu₅-bu₅⸣ nu-tuku | ... did not have the e’inbubu plant |
| 2′ | [...] ⸢nam⸣-ŋe₂₆-e enim gaba-ri ; [...]-ab-šum₂-mu | (Sum) ... the word(?) of the en priestess(?), the word of the messenger(?) (Akk) The word of ..., the word (of?) the messenger |
| 3′ | [...]-⸢gen₇ dumu lu₂ ge⸣-na nu-me-en | You are not a child of a man |
| 4′ | [...] ⸢ša₃⸣-gal iti-da kaš zi₃-⸢munu₄ še⸣-ta-am₃ ; [...]-diri | ... the eša’egal of the month, beer (and) flour from the groats |
| 5′ | [...]-bala AK-a | ... bala |
| 6′ | [...]-ul-du₆-ul-e {tu₉}⸢niŋ₂-dara₂-bur₂-bur₂-re⸣ | (Sum) ... he spreads out the šulduŋ drum(?) (Akk) The ... of the uldul drum is spread out in the dust |
| 7′ | [...] ⸢mu₂⸣-mu₂ e-sir₂-⸢ra⸣ [...] | ... the esir ritual ... |
| 8′ | [...] ⸢piriŋ⸣ dab₅-ba ga-ba-al [...] | ... I want to ... the captured piri plant |
| 9′ | [...] ⸢ŋešba₂⸣ (A₂.⸢MUŠ₂.A-)da⸣ [...] ; [...]-ga-na ab-se₂₉(|MUŠ₃@g.DI|)[...] | ... the a’ešba-e23 temple ... his ... he made enter |
| 10′ | [...] ⸢tumu⸣ a-na-aš-am₃ diri-še₃ [...] | ... what surpasses you? |
| 11′ | [...] i₃-du₁₁ egir-bi-še₃ nu-[...] | ... spoke, but afterwards he did not |
Sources & licences
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