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CDLI Literary 000655, ex. 001 (P345118)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000655, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345118 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 02369 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | UD [...] | ... day |
| 3' | AN [...] | ..., |
| 4' | x [...] | |
| left | ||
| 1' | x zi nunuz?-ra | true ... of the cowherd(?) |
| 2' | [...] gi4#? | ... return(?) |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | GISZ? [...] {{i-na}} | ... of the steppe |
| 2' | en {d}dumu-zi [...] | Lord Dumuzi |
| 3' | e2 ama*-gu10 mu-un-tu-[...] | The house of my mother ... |
| 4' | e2 um-me-da-gu10 bi2-in-da*-x en-na ki nu?-x x {{da?-ri-isz?}} | The house of my master ... until when ...? |
| 5' | {d}nin-tu-gu10-ra sila3 mu-na-an*-szu2* ki* nu*-us2*-x {{i-pi-i?-x u2-sza-ki-lu*}} | For my Nintu he poured out a sila of beer for him, he did not ... the earth (and) he made it grow(?) |
| 6' | uru*-ga2 en-me-en uru-gu10 | I am the lord of my city, my city! |
| 7' | {d}dumu-zi-me-en sig4 ku6-a{ki}-gu10 ga2-e lu2-[...] | I am Dumuzi, my brickwork of fish, I am a man |
| 8' | gu-bi! na-mu2-mu2 na-bu-re* x x {{qa2-a-szu* sza us,-s,u-u2 i*-na-sa3-hu#? x x x}} | He should not raise his neck, he should not ... his hand, which is to be removed(?) |
| 9' | sze*-bi* na-mu2-mu2 na-gur10*-gur10* x [...] {{SZE*-szu sza ib*-ba-an*-nu*-u2 [x x] ki x NE x [...]}} | Its barley is nothing, it is nothing ... its barley that was created ... |
| 10' | gisz* szar2*-ra ba-du11 nam* [...] {{sza i-na i*-s,i*-szu [...]}} | The many trees were planted, the fate of ... in its branches |
| 11' | x su BU* ir7*-sag{muszen}-bi#? [...] | ... its raven |
| 12' | ur2* bad3 ur2 bad3#? [...] {{sza i-na x}} | The base of the wall, the base of(?) the wall(?) |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | {d}ama*-gal-an-na {kusz*}e-sir2*-zu* e2*-me-a bi2-la2 | Amagalana, your sandals are carried into our house |
| 2' | me*-a*-am u8 nam-ga-mu-un-lu gi6 u3-na bi2-DU {{ra*?-i*-ma* s,e-e-ni te-re-e-u2}} | “Where is the ewe that is to be sated? Night and day ..., his sheepfold is a breeding pig |
| 3' | {d}dumu*-zi-de3* u8 nam-ga-mu-un-lu gi6 u3-na bi2-DU | Dumuzi will not feed the ewes, he will go to sleep at night. |
| 4' | u8 gi6 nam-ga-mu-un-lu me-e iti6 bi2-DU | The night-time ewe does not rejoice, I go at night. |
| 5' | u8 babbar nam-ga-mu-un-lu me-e szir3-ra bi2-DU {{s,a-ri-rum}} | White ewes do not grow there, I sing a song. |
| 6' | {urud}szukur-e zag-ga nam-mi-in-us2* en-nu-ug3-ga2* bi2-gub | He placed the spear on the right and set up the guard. |
| 7' | {kusz*}lu-ub2*-ba?-ni nam-mi-mar gi?-di?-da bi2*-DU | He put on his lubba-garment and went to the reed bed |
| 8' | gu2* sze mur-ra-ka nam-mi-tusz szag4-gar-ra bi2-DU {{x x i-na a-ah tum-ri-i* wa-asz-ba-ti}} | He sat down on the bank of the murru barley, he ... a šaggara offering. |
| 9' | x x x u3-sa2* mu-un-na-an-teg3 | ... spoke to him. |
| 10' | [...] x en-nu-ug3-ga2* bi2-gub | ... stood guard |
| 11' | [...] gub* | ... stands |
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