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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 039 (P343687)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 039 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343687 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 04119 |
| 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)
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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 | iri-ga2 lu2 ba#-[...] | In my city a man ... |
| 2 | lu2 u2-gu ba-an-de2 szag4-gu10# [...] | The one who has sinned, my storm |
| 3 | bad3-da gu2-gu10 im-[...] | The wall ... my neck |
| 4 | ad6 a-a ib2-diri-ge igi im-an-[x] | He looked at the dead one, the one who had become a stranger. |
| 5 | u3 ge26-e ur5-gim nam-ak-e ur5-sze3 he2-[x] | And I, if only I would do it in a bad way! |
| 6 | lu2 sukux(SUKUD)-ra2 an-sze3 nu-mu-un-da#-[x] | The vizier did not ... to heaven |
| 7 | lu2 dagal-la kur-ra la-ba#-szu2#-[x] | The broad man of the netherworld did not |
| 8 | murgu gurusz-e til-la# sag ti-li-bi-sze3# [...] | The young man’s neck is stretched out, towards its head(?) |
| 9 | kur-ra ga-an-ku4# mu-gu10 ga-[x x] | I want to enter the netherworld, my name ... |
| 10 | ki mu gub-bu-bu-na-AN mu#-[x] ga-bi2-ib#-[x] | I want to ... the place where he stands. |
| 11 | ki mu nu-gub#-[x x]-am3# mu# digir#-re#-e-ne ga-bi2-ib#-[x] | I want to utter the name of the gods in the place where no one stands. |
| 12 | {d}utu er2-na kadra-gin7 szu ba-an-szi-in-ti# | Utu, like a lamenting lament, took it away |
| 13 | [x x]-a-gin7 arhusz ba-ni-in-ak | like a ... he did kindness. |
| 14 | [x]-sag# dumu ama dili-me-esz | ..., the children of the single mother |
| 15 | [x x] szesz#-gal-bi szu pirig#-ga2# x [...] | ... its elder brother, hand of my lion ... |
| 16 | [x x]-ma2#-ur3 hur-sag#-[x x] hu-mu#-[...] | May ... the ... of the mountain range |
| 17 | [...]-la#-gin7 im#-ma-[...] | Like a ... he ... |
| 18 | [...] x x x [x] x [...] | |
| 19 | [...]-gin7# si# [...] | ... like a ... horn |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2 | ni2#-[x] ba#-ma-ra [...] | The one who ... fear(?) |
| 3 | ni2-te-ni 1(disz)-am3# mu#-na-ra-an#-[x] | His own self ... for him for him |
| 4 | dumu iri#-na# mu-un-de3-re7-esz#-[x] | The citizens of his city ... |
| 5 | pa-bi i3#-ku5#-ru-ne zu2 ba-an-szir3-re#-[x] | They cut off his teeth and ... his teeth |
| 6 | ur2# [x]-sag#-ga2#-ka mu-ni-ib2-nu2#-[x x] | He lies down in the ... base of the throne |
| 7 | ni2-te-ni [...] mu-un#?-na-[...] da#-ga#-[...] | His own self(?) ... for him |
| 8 | musz-gar3-gesztin#-na-gin7 murgu-na im-ta-[x x] | Like a grapevine snake, he ... on his back |
| 9 | ne mu-<un-su>-ub-ba-gin7 te-na# tibir! x# [...] | Like one who screams(?) <it is enough>, how is it that you are able to cross the river? |
| 10 | hu#-wa#-wa zu2 ba-an-da#-[x] | Huwawa ... his teeth |
| 11 | {d}bil4-ga-mes szu ba-am3-[x] | Gilgamesh ... |
| 12 | {d}utu-ra inim ga-mu-na-ab#-[x] | I want to speak to Utu |
| 13 | {d}utu ama tu-da-gu10 nu-um-<zu> a-a bulug3#-[...] | Utu, my mother who bore me does not know, the father who raised me |
| 14 | {d}bil4-ga#-[...] | Gilgamesh |
Sources & licences
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