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CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 063 (P343633)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 063 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343633 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 09723 |
| 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 Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 2 | ||
| 1 | [...]-in#-gar# | ... established |
| 2 | [...] [ba]-ab-su | ... he seized |
| 3 | [...] [mu-e]-szi#-tar | ... I have chosen you. |
| 4 | [...] x | |
| 5 | [...] [mu-e]-szi#-ib#-gi4# | ... I will return to you. |
| 6 | [...] [ur]-sag#-disz nu-tusz-a ba-ab-du11 | ... the hero who did not dwell there was said |
| 7 | [...] GA#-ru#-sze3 a2# mu-e-szi-ib-ag2 | ... gave orders to you |
| 8 | [ur-sag nam]-lugal-zu# tum3#-da tar#-tar-ra mu-gal2 | Hero, bring your kingship to an end, you are present |
| 9 | [{d}nin]-urta# me-abzu# szu#-si-bi# gizkim#-ti | Ninurta, the me-abzu priestess, the šusību priest of the contract |
| 10 | [igi im]-sag3-sag3 ki-tusz im-kur2-re | He looked at him, he changed his dwelling. |
| 11 | [a2-sag3-e u4]-szu2-usz ki-sur-ra a2#-ba mi-ni-ib-ku4-ku4 | The Asag-demon enters the boundary territory daily. |
| 12 | [{gisz}rab-dingir]-re-e-ne na-dab5-e | he seized the statues of the gods |
| 13 | [dara3-an-na] kur umbin! ba-e-se3-ke | In(?) the “Darana, the mountain of the nail(?) was gathered(?) |
| 14 | [{d}nin-urta en] dumu#-{d}en-lil2-la2 a-na# zi#-bi mu-e-gi4? | Ninurta, the lord, the son of Enlil, what has he done? |
| 15 | [...]-e# szu# la#-ba#-gal2 [dugud]-da#-[bi] im#-gu#-ul | ... did not have ..., its heavy load was destroyed |
| 16 | [...]-ga2 | of my |
| 17 | [...]-dar# | ...-dar |
| 18 | [...] x | |
| obverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | ur#-sag-ra uru2#-mah#-[...] igi-sze3 mu#-[...] | The hero ... the great city in front |
| 2 | sahar# i3-zi-zi# [sahar i3-ga2-ga2] | The dust is piled up, the dust is set up |
| 3 | du6#-du6 tun3-la2-a [...] a-ga-zi# i3#-[...] | The dudu temple, the ... of the agzi temple(?) |
| 4 | u3#-dub2# i3#-szeg3 izi# [...] izi# lu2 ba#-[...] | The udub drum, the šeg drum, fire ..., the fire of the man ... |
| 5 | gisz-mah# ur2#-bi-a mu-un#-[bal-e] tir-ra gur5 [...] | He carried off the great chariot from its base, he smashed it in the forest |
| 6 | ki sza3-bi szu ba-szi-ib-ri-ri a#-[...] | The place where its inside was shattered(?) ... |
| 7 | {i7}idigna i3-suh3 i7#? ib#?-ur4 i3-[lu3] szu mi#-ni-tu#-[...] | The Tigris was dug, the Ibur canal was irrigated, the lamentation priest took it away |
| 8 | {gisz}ma2-kar-nun-ta-e3-a me3-sze3 giri3 [...] | “The boat Karnuntaea, to battle, the foot(?) |
| 9 | ug3#-bi ki-du-bi nu-um#-zu e2-gar8! DU3#? [...] | Its people did not know their place of learning, they built a wall |
| 10 | muszen-dal-le-bi sag ib2-ta-DU# a2-bi ki mu-un-te#-ga2#-[...] | Its flying birds ... their heads, their arms ... the earth |
| 11 | ku6-bi engur-ra u4 mi-ni-ib-ra ka mu-[un-ba-ba-e] | Its fish, when it passes the day in the deep, opens its mouth |
| 12 | edin#-ba masz2-ansze-ba u2-ku-uk mi-[ni-ib-du11] buru5-re-esz2 szu mi-ni-[...] | In its steppe, he fed the donkeys with ukû-flour and ... the harvesters |
| 13 | a-gi6-zi#-bi# gul#-DI#? kur-kur# [...] | Its aegizi prayer(?) destroys the lands |
| 14 | ur#-[sag] [...] x [...] | Hero ... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | [...] IM# an#-ne2# [...] | ... An ... |
| 2 | |KAxUSZ2#.DU3#.KA|-gin7 i3-bu-bu#-[de3] | to scream like a lion |
| 3 | uh2#-bi iri ni2-ba mu-un-gul#-[...] | Its scent destroys the city by itself |
| 4 | {gisz}tukul za3-KIN!-di-dam kur-re izi ba#-[sum] | The enemy set fire to the weapon of the “seizing-of-the-mouth"(?) weapon |
| 5 | mi-tum zu2-szesz-a sag im-tu10-tu10-tu10# | The limbs of a young man tremble |
| 6 | szita2 AB2 diri!-ga-e zu2 i3-dub-dub-be2# | (If) he slips through a hole in the middle of a cow, he will gnaw his teeth. |
| 7 | gisz#-gid2#-da ki-a ba-ab-du3 sur3# mud-e ba-ab-tum3# | The scepter was built on earth, the earth was carried away in blood |
| 8 | [ki]-bala#-ga-gin7 ur-e ba-an-de2 | Like a rebel land, the enemy attacked |
| 9 | lu2-erim2 i-zi dam-dumu-bi gu3 ba#-an#-[de2] | The enemy shouted a lament to its spouse |
| 10 | en {d#}nin#-urta-ra a2 nu-mu-e#-[...] | For the lord Ninurta, he does not have authority |
| 11 | {gisz}tukul#-e# kur# sahar-da im-da-an-szar2# PESZ#?-a2#-[...] | The weapon made the land tremble with dust |
| 12 | szar2-ur3-e# en# gu2-bi-sze3 ba-an#-na#-[...] | The šarur priestess, the lord, ... on his neck |
| 13 | e ur#-sag# a-na i#?-ga-ra#-gal#-[la] | Woe, hero, to Igargala |
| 14 | mir-kur#-re#-ke4# <ba>-ra-bi2-tag#-[...] | The mirkur priestess ... for you |
| 15 | [{d}]nin#-urta# en# dumu#-{d}en-lil2-la2 u4-gin7 szi#-e#?-[...] | Ninurta, lord of Enlil, like the day |
| 16 | [u3-bu]-bu-ul e3-a-bi [nu-du10-ga] | Its rising flood was not good. |
| 17 | [...] kiri4 e3-a-bi nu-[...] | ... its outflowing flowers did not ... |
| 18 | [en] inim-gilim# sza3-sze3 nu-mu-ra#-[...] | The lord of the inimgilim prayer does not ... to the heart |
| 19 | lugal#-gu10 dingir#-gin7 mu-ra-an-du3 a-ba sag# [...] | My king built it for you like a god, who can ... it? |
| 20 | ur#-sag# |IM#.DUGUD#|-am3 ki ma-ab-us2 x [...] | The hero ... the earth |
| 21 | {d}nin-urta du24-ur3 kur-ra mu-ni-ib-[...] | Ninurta, the roaring storm of the netherworld |
| reverse col 3 | ||
| 1 | [...] {gisz#}mittu#? a# mu-un#-tu5#? | He bathed in the water of the Mittu tree |
| 2 | [...] [bi2-ib2]-ur3 addax(|LU2xBAD|) za-pa-ag2 bi2-in-gar | ... he smashed, he set up a lion's horn. |
| 3 | [...]-ug5#-ga-na ma2-gaz ak-da-ni | When he is killed in his city, his boat is sunk |
| 4 | [...] kalam#-ma mu-un-na-su8-ge-esz | ... they stood for him in the land |
| 5 | du24#-ur3-kusz2-a-gin7 mu-un-na-gurud-de3-esz | They sat down for him like a lion |
| 6 | en#-e a-ra2-mah-ni-sze3 | The lord to Aramaḫ |
| 7 | [{d}]nin#-urta dumu-{d}en-lil2-la2 szu-ta ba#-ab#-sig3-sig3#-[ge]-ne# | Ninurta, the son of Enlil, they shall strike with their hands |
| 8 | [szar2-ur3]-e# en {d}nin-urta-ra mi2-zi na-mu-un-ne | The šarur priestess is indeed the lord Ninurta |
| 9 | [...] gan2 e-du11-ga ur-sag a-ba za-a-gin7 | ... the field that was cultivated, warrior, who is like you? |
| 10 | [lugal-gu10] za3#-zu ba-ra-ga:an-ti ba-ra#-an-ga-tusz ba-ra-an-ga-u3-tu | My king, you will not be able to bring your shoulder towards me(?), you will no longer sit with me(?) |
| 11 | {d}nin-urta u4-da-ta kur-ra lu2 ba-ra-an-zi-zi-ia | Ninurta, since the day had passed, no one could raise a claim against me |
| 12 | lugal#-gu10 szeg14-dili-gi4-a-za | My king, in your single brickwork |
| 13 | gisz#-gan2#-na#? mi2 bi2-ib-tag#? | He treated the field with respect |
| 14 | [...] x mu-[...]-e#? | ... you(?) |
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