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CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 002 Edubba A / Schooldays witness K (P345109)

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

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 002 Edubba A / Schooldays witness K
ID	P345109
Museum no.	Ist Ni 02422
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
1	en3 nu-tar-ra-bi KA-sze3 KA-ga2 nu-zu-e	Its unresolved questions are not known in my mouth.
2	lu2# x x GA2 a-na-sze-a-na ga2-du nu-me-a inim x-ba-e#-[sze] in#-tud2-de3-en	“Which man ...? Why do you not speak a word ... to me?
3	lu2# x x-ke4 a-na-sze-[...] gu2#-zi nu#-mu#-e-zi-e-sze [...]-tud2#-de3-en	The one of ..., why does he not raise his neck towards you?
4	lu2 PA KI KE4 KE4 a-na-sze-a-na ga2-da nu-me-a i3-zi-ge-en-en-e-sze in-tud2-de3-en	(Sum) The man ... (Akk) The one ..., why is he not ...? We will stand together, we will give him birth.
5	lu2 ka2-na-ke4 a-na-sze-am3 ga2-da nu-me-a [...]-ta-an-e3-e-sze in-tud2-de3-en	The man of the gate, why do you not come out to me?
6	[...]-x-na-ke4 a-na-sze-am3 ga2-da nu-me-a ba-ti-e-sze in-tud2-de3-en	... why do you not give birth to a child?
7	[...]-gi7#-x-ke4# eme#-gi7# [...] bi-in-du11-[...]-tud2-de3-en	... the Sumerian spoke to you(?)
8	[...]-e-sze in-tud2-de3-en	... you gave birth to
9	[...] nam-dub-sar [...]	... the scribal art
reverse
3	[...]-a-ke4 nig2 bi#-[...]-du11 ad-da-ni inim-ma ba-ne#-[...]	... spoke a word to his father
4	um-mi-a e2-dub-ba-a-ta lu2 im-ma-da-an-ri	The teacher from the scribal school approached me.
5	e2-a u3-mu-ni in-ku4 za3-mu-la bi-in-dab5	In the house his father entered, he was seized by praise.
6	dumu# e2-dub-ba-a-ke4 szu-kin an-dab5 igi-ni-sze3 al-gub	The pupil of the scribal school has been placed and is standing before her.
7	nam-dub-sar-ra a-na bi2-in-zu-a-na	What did the scribal art know?
8	ad-da-na szu-na ba-[...]-in-szum2	His father gave him in his hand
9	ad-da-ni sza3 hul2-[...]-ta	his father, with a happy heart
10	ad-da e2-dub-ba-a#-[...] gu3 hul2 ba-ni-de2-[...]	The father of the scribal school spoke to him joyfully
11	lu2-tur-mu szu-ni# i3#-in#-[...] ku3-zu i-ni-ku4-re-en	My child, his hand ..., enter your holy place
12	nam-dub-sar-ra nig2 x [...]-bi mu-ni-pa3-de3-en	The scribal art is something that ... you find
13	sza3 e2-dub-ba-ke4# [...] ki#-bur2-bur2-ra x igi mu-un-na-ag?-[...]	In the midst of the scribal school ... looked at him in the kiburbura shrine
14	gu# szum2-ma ki-dul#-[...] dalla# x mu-na-an-ne	The one who gives the neck ... the shade ... praises him.
15	kasz saga-gin7# [...] mu-na-an-de3-en x x x x mu-un-na-AG	Like good beer I pour out for him ...
16	i3 du10-ga [...] a-gin7 mi-ni-ib-bala-bala-[...]	... good oil ... how is it that you cross over?

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