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CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 011 & 000575, ex. 017 & 000576, ex. 007 & 000579, ex. 006 (P343801)

Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000574, ex. 011 & 000575, ex. 017 & 000576, ex. 007 & 000579, ex. 006
ID	P343801
Museum no.	Ist Ni 02269 + Ist Ni 02796 + Ist Ni 04499 + Ist Ni 13225
Collection	Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Literary letter and letter-prayer
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	[{disz}]lugal#-szu2 dumu nibru{ki}	Lugal-šu, citizen of Nippur
2	x? ARAD2-zu na-ab-be2-a	“Do not speak to your servant(?)
3	sul#-a-lum nu-zu-mu# [sag-ki ba-gid2] til4 ak-mu mu-e-pad3	The one who does not know sulalum, the one who has shaved his head, you have chosen for me.
4	iri kur2-ra tum12{muszen}-gin7 x-x-sza4	In a foreign city like a falcon ...
5	[sza3]-ne#-sza4 la-ba-an-tuku	he has no desire
6	[ur]-gin7# ki gam-ma2 nu-zu [szu] dag#-dag-ge ba-si	Like a dog that does not know a complete place, it is smeared with blood.
7	[muszen szu sur2]-du3#{muszen}-ta dal-x-a-gin7 [ur5-da] i3-ak-en	Like a bird flying from the hand of a falcon, I do it regularly
8	[{gesz}kiri6 a nu-du11]-ga-gin7 [asil3-la2-mu hab2-ba ba]-an#-ug5#	Like a garden that was not watered, my mourning was carried away
9	[...]
10	[a-zi-ga 1(disz) masz kusz3]-am3 im-ma-zi	Aziga, 1 billy goat, weighed out
11	[tukum]-bi	If
12	[{d}utu nu-um]-ta-e3	Utu did not come out
13	[szar2-szar2] erin2 ugu-ba# nu-gub	There were many troops, but they did not stand there.
14	[szar2]-gal-am3 [asza5 ba-ab]-e3	It was a great field that was plundered
15	x ma-tur	x, Ma-tur;
16	nu-mu-un-da#-til#-en#	I do not dwell with him
17	a-ma-ru-kam	It is an amaru.
1	muszen-gin7 gud3-ga2 lu2 szu ba-ni-in-ti	Like a bird, he took hold of my neck.
2	{gesz}ma2 kar gi-na-a li-bi2-ib-tak4-a-gin7 tum9-e ba-ab-diri-ge-en	Like a boat that does not leave the regular quay, you are brought to an end.
3	i-si-isz sila nibru{ki}-ka mu-gu7-e-en	I eat in the street of Nippur.
4	iri kur2 iri-ga2 mu-da-an-kur9 lu2 en3 tar-re la-ba-tuku	The enemy city turned into my city, no one inquired after it.
5	e2 kur2 e2-ga2 mu-da-an-kur9 ugu-ga2-asz ba-ab-dun	He turned the hostile house into my house, he dug it for me.
6	iri-ga2 sag-gin7 ku3 la-ba-ni-DU siki sag mu-sir2 ba-la2	In my city like a head he does not ... silver, he braids the hair of the head.
7	gu5-li du10-sa zu-a kal-la-mu	My strong one, who knows good things,
8	lu2 dili gu7-u3-gin7 igi tur mu-un-gid2-i-esz	Like one who eats alone, they look at him with a small eye.
9	ama ugu-mu u4-sakar ubur-ra-bi	The mother who bore me, whose belly is full of tears.
10	du10-ge-esz ga-mu gu7-mu ka-mu-ta ba-an-kar	I want to eat good food, but my food is taken away from my mouth.
11	a-a-mu sza3 ur2-bi-ta gur3-gur3-ru-a ki-ta ba-an-gar-re-en	My father, whose heart is trembling from its roots, has placed me on the ground.
12	nin arhusz-a-mu e2-bi ba-kal igi nu-mu-un-szi-bar-re	My mistress, my heart is devoted to you, she does not see you.
13	erin2# id2#-zu# nu#-[ma pa5-bi a i-ib2-tum3]	The work-troops who do not know your river will carry water
14	ge26-e [zah2-bi a ma-ab-tum3]	I, its fugitive, brought water
15	a2 ma-x [5(asz) gurusz 1(u)] hu-mu-szi-[in-gi4-gi4-ma]	labor: ..., 5 male laborers, 10 (workdays), may he return, and
16	a-[ma-ru-kam]	I will see.
17	lu2 di lu2 di# [...]	One who goes, one who goes ...
18	u3-na#-[du11]	spoke to him
19	{disz}ugu{gu5}-bi# [...]	Its bull
20	uri2{ki} iri [...]	Ur, the city of
21	eridu{ki} iri he2-gal2# [...]	Eridu, city of abundance
22	ge26-e eger {gesz#}[...]	I (am) the one who ... the river(?)
23	igi-tum3-la2 mu#-[...]	He ... in front of him
24	nam-x-da-[...]	Do not ...
27	lu2 kasx(DU){kas}-[...]	The man who drinks beer
28	[...]

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