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CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 012 (P343745)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343745 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 09730 |
| 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’ | [...] ⸢e-ne-eŋ₃⸣ [...] | ... the emene |
| 2’ | [...] ⸢x ba⸣-ti-eš am₃-ma-[...] | ... the ... of the en priestess ... |
| 3’ | [u₃] ze₄-e ša₃ nu-nus-e-ne-ŋen | and sweet, the heart of women |
| 4’ | ⸢e₂⸣ kaš ŋal₂-la {ge}(A.SUG-)bi-im | It is the house where beer is poured out. |
| 5’ | [e₂] tu₇ ŋal₂-la {ŋeš}(UD.NI.ḪUB₂-)bi-im | It is the house where soup is poured out |
| 6’ | [e₂] ⸢inda₃⸣ ŋal₂-la muhaldim gal-bi-im | The house of the flour mill is its chief cook. |
| 7’ | [...] ⸢šu⸣-bi al-duru₅-duru₅{ru}am₃ en₃ al-tar-tar-re | ... its ešû-house is squatting, it is asking questions |
| 8’ | [lu₂]-bi na-aŋ₂-⸢ušur⸣ ba-an-da-ab-⸢du₃-e⸣ | That man was able to escape |
| 9’ | [...]-bi-⸢še₃ <si>-sa₂⸣-bi ba-an-ku₄-ku₄ | It entered its <si>sa-e’s |
| 10’ | [...] ⸢ab⸣-la₂-e a ab-ZU-e | ... the elala-priest bathed |
| 11’ | [...] ⸢aŋ₂⸣-e ka al-⸢sag₃-ge⸣ | (Sum) ..., the mouth is trembling(?) (Akk) The ... of the temple is shaking the mouth |
| r | ||
| 1’ | [...]-⸢HAR⸣ [...] | ...-e22HAR-e23 |
| 2’ | [...] e [...] | ... above |
| 3’ | [...] ⸢dam⸣-ma [...] ; ⸢dam taka₄⸣ | ... enters, and ... exits, you open |
| 4’ | [...]-e-[...] | ... ... |
| 5’-6’ | [...]-bi-še₃ e₃-[...] // [...] ⸢gan⸣ u₄-šu₂-[x x] | ... came forth from its |
| 7’ | [...] ⸢zi-ga mu-x⸣-[...] | ... in the ziggurat |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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