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CDLI Literary 000640, ex. 001 (P343863)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000640, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343863 |
| Museum no. | Ist — |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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' | szuba#-be2-a-ki ZA-x [...] | Your šuba stones ... |
| 2' | [...]-en#-nam szuba-be2 tur-tur [...] | ... the small šuba stones |
| 3' | [...] nu-mu-ne2-esz na-ga2#-[ga2] | ... they did not ... for me |
| 4' | [...]-be2-en-nam szuba-be2 gal-gal [...] | ... the great šuba stones |
| 5' | ku-ru-sze3 na-du3? [...] | ... built for the kuru(-priest) |
| 6' | PI-na-ni ur2-e la2-la2-a ur2#?-e#? x [...] | His ..., a lapis lazuli ... lapis |
| 7' | {digir}inanna ba-di la2-la2-a ba!-di# mu-na-ab-x-x | Inanna roamed around, ... wandered about |
| 8' | x x [...] | |
| 9' | za#-musz2-be2 u3-ru#-[...] | Its zamuš ritual: ... the city |
| 10' | a-ba# [...] | Who ...? |
| 11' | uszumgal-an-na za-musz2-be2 u3-ru-ur | The ušumgalana, whose praise is exalted, |
| 12' | a-ba mu-na-u3-ru# | Who will restore it for him? |
| 13' | nu-u8-gig-ga-am3 dam-gu10 nu-u8-gig-ga-am3 | The nugig priestess, my spouse, is the nugig. |
| 14' | e-IM mu-na-u3-ru | he dedicated it to him. |
| 15' | ku3! {digir}inanna nu!-u8-bar#?-ra e#-IM# mu-na-u3-ru | Holy Inanna, the nubar priestess(?) ... for him |
| 16' | [x x x]-za# szuba#-be2 tur-tur-bi | Your ..., its small šuba stones |
| 17' | szi-pa-ag2-me NI#-a | Our work ... |
| 18' | [...]-be2# gal-gal-bi# | Its large ... |
| 19' | gaba ku3-me NI-a | On our holy chest ... |
| 20' | [...]-gi4#?-gi4#? | ... will return(?) |
| 21' | [...] me-ta mu-x | ... from where ...? |
| 22' | gada mah-na me-ta mu#-x | Where is the supreme linen ...? |
| 23' | x mul-mul-e me-ta x x | ... the Pleiades ... |
| 24' | za-gin3 tur-tur-e me-ta mu-tu | Where is the small lapis lazuli? |
| 25' | har tu-di-da# me-ta mu tu# | The ring of the tudida-drum, from where will he live? |
| 26' | mu-ni-im?-x me-ta mu-tu | ... from where will he live? |
| 27' | x x x x me-ta mu-tu | [......] where is the dead man? |
| 28' | x x x x x ra-ra | [......] raging |
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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