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CDLI Literary 000370, ex. 017 (P343660)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000370, ex. 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343660 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 09663 |
| 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’ | [...]-⸢ri₂ e-ne nun gegge-ri e⸣-[x] | ... the princely prince, the exalted one |
| 2’ | [x] ⸢kukku₂-ri₂⸣-e-⸢ne⸣ nun kukku₂-⸢ri₂ e-ne⸣ | “[x] kukkû-priests, the princes, kings, |
| 3’ | [...]-⸢eš₂⸣ du₂-ud e-⸢ne⸣ | ..., the one who builds houses |
| 4’ | [...]-⸢eš₂⸣ pa e₃ e-⸢ne⸣ | ... made resplendent(?) ... appear(?) |
| 5’ | [...]{ki}ga en kul-aba{{ [ki]- }}⸢ra⸣ ur₅-bi a-da-[...] | ... the lord of Kulaba, the place of the ešera-priestess, its roots ... |
| 6’ | [en (LAM].KUR.RU{ki}) ⸢en⸣-suku₆-keše₂-an-⸢na⸣-[x] | lord of the land of Sumer, en-sukukešve-ana-e-x |
| 7’ | [...] unu{ki}še₃ kiŋ₂-ge₄-a enim mu-un-na-ni-⸢x⸣-[x] | ... in Uruk spoke a word to him |
| 8’ | [x x] ⸢ŋa₂⸣-a-ra gu₂ ha-ma-⸢an⸣-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ {⸢ŋeš}dubsig ha-ma⸣-[...] | For the ... of the temple, may he raise his neck for me, may the throne of the gods be high for me |
| 9’ | [x]-⸢da⸣ gu₂ ma-an-ŋar gu₂ na-ma-an-ŋar u₃ e-ne ⸢x⸣ [x (x)] | ... he stretched out his neck. He stretched out the neck. And he ... |
| 10’ | [x x] {⸢d⸣}innana-da e₂-šeg₁₂-a-ka hu-mu-da-⸢an⸣-[x] | May the ... of Innana ... with you in the storehouse. |
| 11’ | [x]-⸢e⸣ {d}innana-da e₂ ⸢za-gin₃⸣ arata{ki}ka hu-⸢mu⸣-[...] | ... with Innana, may the temple of lapis lazuli of Arata ... |
| 12’ | ⸢ŋeš⸣-nu₂ ŋeš-a-ka hu-mu-un-de₃-[x] | May he lie down in the bed of his father |
| 13’ | ⸢še⸣-er-gan₂-ka u₃ du₁₀ ku-ku-da hu-mu-un-⸢de₃⸣-[x (x)] | May he/she say to you “I want to go to the še’ergan temple and the kukudda temple′. |
| 14’ | ⸢e⸣-ne {d}innana-da ŋe₆ ma-mu₂-da igi hu-⸢mu⸣-[...] | When they enter, may Innana look at me |
| 15’ | ⸢ŋe₂₆⸣-e {d}innana-da ŋiri₃ babbar₂-ra-na enim ⸢mu⸣-[...] | Innana, when he speaks to the white mountain range |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢še⸣ he₂-bi₂-ib-[...] | ... may the eše’e plant |
| 2 | [...]{⸢mušen⸣} še ba-ra-bi₂-ib-[...] | ... did not ... for you |
| 3 | [...]-⸢ge₄⸣{mušen} nunus-bi (GIRI₃.LAM-)ma ⸢amar-bi⸣ [...] | “If he slips through the thresholds of the egê-e-mušven door pivots and the amar e-amar |
| 4 | [... {dug]}⸢utul₂⸣-ŋu₁₀-še₃ gal-gal {uruda}šen ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... large copper pots |
| 5 | [...] ⸢ki⸣-a ba-ra-ab-taka₄-[...] | ... did not open the door of Ea for you |
| 6 | ⸢ensi₂⸣ kur-ra-ke₄ gu₂ mu-un-ŋar-⸢re⸣-[...] ; mu-da-an-gu₇-[...] | The governors of the netherworld roared, they ate with him |
| 7 | [en-me]-er-kara₂{ra}ra ⸢ur₅⸣-gen₇ du₁₁-[...] | When you speak to Enmerkara, like a ur temple |
| 8 | [kiŋ₂]-⸢ge₄⸣-a du-ni ⸢šeg₉-bar⸣-ra-am₃ [...] | The šegbara temple is its foundation |
| 9 | [...]-e₃ {d}usan₆-am₃ [...] | ... came out, it was Usan |
| 10 | [...] ⸢zal-le⸣-da-ge₂ gaba ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the ešalle’eda-tree, on the other side of the ... |
| 11 | [...]-sa₉-gen₇ kur-⸢ša₃-ge im⸣-[...] | Like ..., he made the netherworld tremble |
| 12 | [...]-⸢gen₇⸣ za₃ i-⸢im⸣-gub-⸢gub⸣-[...] | ... stands at the edge of the horizon |
| 13 | ([...].DU-)e {d}šagan₂(KIŠ-)gen₇ ⸢hur⸣-saŋ ⸢x⸣ [...] | Like Šagan, the Ehursa temple, the ... temple |
| 14 | [...] uru₁₆ gal-gen₇ kušu i₃-ta₃-⸢ta₃⸣-[...] | ... like a great city, he shook his hand |
| 15 | [...]-la KAŠ₄-e kiŋ₂-ŋa₂-am₃ DU ⸢im⸣-[...] | ... beer in the place ... |
| 16 | [...] ⸢x⸣ zal-la-am₃ mur-⸢ma⸣-ra ⸢x⸣-[...] | ... passing through the eše-house, to the mur-e-ma ... |
| 17 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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