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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 001 (P345104)

Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 001
ID	P345104
Museum no.	Ist Ni 00042
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 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	dumu iri{ki}-za mu-un#-[...]	The citizens of your city
2	ur2 hur-sag-ga2-ka nam-ba-[...]	Do not ... at the base of the mountain range
3	ama! ugu!(KA)-bi \|NA.ASZ.NA!\| iri!-za#!-[...]	The mother who bore them, the našnu-priestess of Iriza
4	gesztu2 zi-da-na ba#-[x x]	His righteous wisdom ...
5	inim nam-ur-sag-ga2 tug2-gin7 im-mi#-[x]	The word of heroism ... like a garment
6	3(u) gin2 i3-a szu# mu-un-nigin2 gaba-ni! im-ba-x-x	30 shekels of oil he poured out, his chest
7	gu4-gin7 ki gal-[x x]-DU#?-la	Like an ox on a great place
8	gu2 ka!(SAG) bi2-in-gar!(SUR) KA!(SAG) ba-an-da-se3	he set the neck on the mouth, he reached the mouth
9	zi ama! ugu-gu10 {d}nin-sun2-ka a-a-gu10 ku3 {d}lugal!-ban3-da	The life of my birth mother Ninsun, my holy father Lugalbanda
10	du10-ub ama! ugu!-gu10 {d}nin-sun2-ka-kam u3-di-de3 tusz-a ha-ba-dim2-e	The ub drum of my birth mother, Ninsun, may it be fashioned for you to sit down(?)
11	en-na lu2-bi lu2-u18 he2-am3 a-zu!-asz digir he2-am3 a-zu!-a#-asz	Now, that man, be it a man or a god or an azu
12	giri3 kur-sze3 gub!-ba!-gu10 iri!-sze3 ba-ra-gub-be2#	My standing foot(?) to the netherworld does not stand for the city
13	ARAD2 zi ba-an-du10! nam-ti [x x]-ku7-ku7	The loyal servant, who makes the life sweet,
14	lugal-a-ni-ir inim mu-NE-ib-gi4#-[x]	... to his master
15	lugal-gu10 za-e lu2-ba igi nu-mu-ni-du8-a sza3 nu-mu-ni-dab-be2	My king, you are the one who does not see him, he does not seize his heart.
reverse
1	ge26-e lu2-ba igi mu-ni-du8-am3#? sza3 mu-ni-ib-dab-be2	I saw that man, he seized his heart
2	ur-sag ka-ga14-ni ka uszumgal-la-[x]	His hero, the mouth of the dragon
3	igi-ni igi pirig-ga2-kam	His eye is the eye of a lion.
4	\|GISZ.GABA\|-a-ni a-gi6 du7-du7-dam	his scepter is a flood that is to be undone.
5	sag-ki-ni gisz-gi bi2-gu7-a x x lu2 nu-mu-un-da-kar-re-de3	When he eats his forehead with reed, no one can escape.
6	lugal-gu10 za-e kur-sze3 u5-a ge26-e iri#-sze3# ga-u5	My king, I want to go to the netherworld, I will go to(?) the city
7	ama-zu!-ur2! i3-ti-zu ga-na-ab-du11 zu2-zu2 he2-li9-li9	I want to speak to your mother, your i.e., your heart, that she may be pure(?)
8	eger-ra ba-usz2-zu ga-na-ab-du11 er2-gig <he2>-sze8-sze8	I want to utter an arazu prayer to him, so that he weeps bitterly
9	gar-ra en-ki!-du10 lu2! 2(disz) nu-usz2-e ma2-da-la2 nu-su-su	Enkidu, a two-man boat that cannot be moored,
10	tug2 3(disz) tab-ba lu2 nu-ku5-de3	3 textiles, tabba, no one cut;
11	bad3!(EZEN)-da a lu2 nu!-szu2-szu2	With(?) the wall no one can bathe(?)
12	e2 gi-sig-ga izi#! nu#-te#-[...]	The temple of the reed screen(?) does not approach the fire
13	za-e ge26!-e! dah-ma!-ab ge26-e [...] a-na-me lu2 [...]	You, I will praise you, I shall praise you(!?), what(?) ...?
14	ba-su-a-ba ba-su-[x x]	... ...

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