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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 033 (P343677)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 033 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343677 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 04293 |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | kur ba-an-suh3-[...] | The land was plundered |
| 2 | u2-sa11-an sze-er-[...] | (Sum) He ... the sheepfold(?) (Akk) The sheepfold of Šer-... |
| 3 | {d}utu ur2 ama-a-ni# [...] | Utu, the lap of his mother |
| 4 | {d}bil3-ga-mes# [...] | Gilgamesh |
| 5 | dumu iri-na mu-un#-[...] | The son of his city ... |
| 6 | ur2 hur-sag-ga2-ka nam#-[...] | Do not ... in the base of the mountain range |
| 7 | ama ugu-ne-<ne> tilla# [...] | The mother who bore them ... in the street |
| 8 | gesztu2 zi-da-[...] | Because of the true wisdom |
| 9 | inim nam-ur-sag-ga2-ka#-[...] | The word of heroism |
| 10 | 3(u) gin2 i3-a szu mu-ni-[...] | 30 shekels of oil ... |
| 11 | gu4-gin7 ki gal-la ba#-[x x] | Like a bull ... in the great place |
| 12 | gu2 ki-sze3 bi2-in-gar KA# [...] | he set his neck towards the ground, ... |
| 13 | zi ama ugu-gu10 {d}[...] / a-a-gu10 ku3 {d}lugal#-[x x] | Life of my birth mother, ..., my father, holy Lugal |
| 14 | [x x] ama ugu-gu10 {d}nin#-[...] | ... my birth mother, Nin- |
| 15 | [n]-kam#-ma#-sze3# x [...] | For the nth time ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | tukum-bi im-szi-re7#-[...] | If he goes |
| 2 | ni2 i3-gal2 ni2 [...] | There is fear, fear ... |
| 3 | umun i3-gal2 umun# [...] | Lord is here, lord ... |
| 4 | nig2 sza3-zu ga2-nam-ma ga#-[...] | Whatever is in your heart, I want to ... |
| 5 | nita 1(disz) usz la-ba-ta!-[...] | a man, 1 uš did not |
| 6 | hu-wa-wa e2 {gesz}erin-na#-[...] | Huwawa in the house of cedars |
| 7 | igi mu-szi-in-bar [...] | ... looked at him |
| 8 | sag mu-na-an-bul-bul sag# [...] | He shattered the head for her, ... the head |
| 9 | gurusz ba-da-me-en-na iri-ama# [...] | I am the young man who was born, in my city |
| 10 | sa-na giri3-na ni2 ba-an-[...] | He ... fear on his feet |
| 11 | giri3-ni ki li-bi2#-[...] | His feet ... the ground |
| 12 | giri3 umbin gal-a-gim# [...] | ... the foot of a great nail(?) |
| 13 | za3-na nu-x [...] | He does not ... at his side |
| 14 | i3-a lum-lum x [...] | Oil, splendor ... |
Sources & licences
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