CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 027 (P343731)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343731 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 04111 + Ist Ni 09699 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | dumu# e2#-[...]-de3#-en | We are the sons of the temple |
| 2 | e2-dub-ba-a-sze3 i3#-du#-de3-en | We go to the scribal school |
| 3 | e2-dub-ba-a a-na-am3# i3-ak | What did the scribal school do? |
| 4 | dub-mu i3-szid [...]-gub#-mu i3-gu7 | My tablet he checked, my ... he ate |
| 5 | dub-mu i3-dim2 i3#-sar i3-til3-ma | My tablet I fashioned, written, finished, and |
| 6 | x mu#-gub#-ba-mu# ma-an-gub-bu-usz | ... stood for me, I stood for him. |
| 7 | [...] im-szu-mu ma-an-gub-bu-usz | ... stood before me. |
| 8 | [...]-dub#-ba-a du8-u3-de3 e2#-sze3# i3-du-de3-en | In order to build the scribal school, in order to go to the house |
| 9 | [...] i3#-ku4-re-en [...]-mu# x x [...] | ... I will enter ... my ... |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] in?-tud2#?-[de3-en] | ... we gave birth |
| 2' | ka-gub# [...] ka-ninda x x [...] | At the gate ... bread ... |
| 3' | um-mi-a a2-[...] en3 [...] | My mother, ... inquired after me |
| 4' | lu2 tag#-[...] tug2-gaba-[...] | The one who ... the garment(?) |
| 5' | x x [...] e-[...] | ... ... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | tug2# mu#-[...] har szu-na# [...] | The garment ..., the bracelet in his hand |
| 2' | um-mi-a sza3# hul2#-[...] szud3 mu#-[...] | The mother rejoices, she prays |
| 3' | lu2-tur inim-mu#-[...] im-[...] | The child spoke a word |
| 4' | nam-dub-sar#-[...] | The scribal art |
Sources & licences
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