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CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 003 (P345122)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345122 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 02400 |
| 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 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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1’ | [...]-⸢x⸣-huŋ-e ⸢lu₂⸣ [...] | ... the elu-priest |
| 2’ | [...]-⸢ke₄⸣ ma-⸢ra-ni₁₀-ni₁₀⸣-e | ... he made it shine for me |
| 3’ | [...] ⸢ma⸣-ra-ra-an-zi₂-e-en | I want to ... for you |
| 4’ | [...] ⸢ma⸣-ra-ra-an-e₁₁-de₃ | ... to make it come forth for you |
| 5’ | [x x] ⸢x⸣-da-e₁₁-da šu-mu-ra-ab-kuš₂-u₃ | “The ... of the E-da-eda is to be cut off for you |
| 6’ | ⸢kuš nu⸣-du₁₀ saŋ-du-zu bi₂-ib-ku | (Sum) Your sandals that are not good (Akk) You have smashed your sandals |
| 7’ | il₂-la-zu tur-ra-am₃ a-ra₂ mah-am₃ | Your raising is small, it is an exalted way. |
| 8’ | u₄-za₃-ŋu₁₀ iti 12-am₃ | “Day-of-the-Mountain-day, month 12, |
| 9’ | u₄ gub-ba-zu iti 4-am₃ | Your standing-day is 4 months. |
| 10’ | u₄ sah₆-zu iti 8-am₃ | The day of your saḫ-offering is 8 months. |
| 11’ | gub-ba-zu-⸢gen₇⸣ 2-am₃ ba-du-un | It was the second time that you stood (there). |
| 12’ | ma₂-la₂-za ⸢e₂⸣ i₃-du₃-du₃-e-en | In your quay, you build the house. |
| 13’ | u₃-me-ni-ri-en šu-zu dal-la u₃-me-ni-gid₂ | You have made your hand tremble, you have made allotment |
| 14’ | igi-zu dug ⸢ŋeštin⸣-na-gen₇ a im-ta-suh-en | Your eye is watered like a jug of wine. |
| 15’ | [x x]-⸢ta kur-ra⸣ um-ta-AK-[x]-en | After you have ... the ... of the mountain |
| 16’ | [...]-in-⸢si₁₂⸣-[...] | ... insi |
| r | ||
| 1’ | [...]-⸢lu₃⸣-en [...]-en | ... I am |
| 2’ | ⸢uš x⸣ i₃-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ e₂ ⸢i₃⸣-[x]-du₃-en | “If he ..., I will build a house for you. |
| 3’ | eŋar šumun-a ur₂-bi i₃-us₂-en | In the Ebar temple of the lord I have sat on its foundation |
| 4’ | ur₃ lu₂ zi-da-ka a im-ma-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | In the lap of the righteous man he pours water. |
| 5’ | {ŋeš}al-me-en sila daŋal-la si im-sa₂-sa₂-e-en | I am the one who makes the streets tremble |
| 6’ | iri u₃-mu-niŋen₂ bad₃ ge um-mi-du₃ | The city that he conquered, he built a fortress. |
| 7’ | e₂ diŋir gal-gal-e-ne-ka pa-e₃ u₃-ba-ni-AK | In the house of the great Ibir priestesses he made it appear resplendently. |
| 8’ | im su₄ im si₁₂ im da-ha-mun-na mim um-ma-ni-du₁₁ | I poured out clay, clay, bricks, clay and all kinds of clay. |
| 9’ | iri{ki} e₂-gal-la-ka i₃-du₃-e-en | I built the city of the palace. |
| 10’ | ugula NU-banda₃-e-ne dur₂ im-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-ne | the foremen of the overseers of the superintendents sat down, |
| 11’ | [...] ⸢ge₁₇⸣-bi du₃-a im-sir₂-bi dugud-da | ... its moat was built, its crenellations heavy |
| 12’ | [...] ŋa₂-da se₂₅-bi-še₃ ; ⸢ni₂⸣ he₂-eb-ši-ib-te-en-te | (Sum) ... may he be able to bring forth the “seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic (Akk) The ... of the sea, its seizing, may it be released |
| 13’ | [... {ŋeš]}al um-ma-zal-la ⸢za₃⸣-ge₄ um-ma-la₂-a | After the hoe has been gathered, after the courtyard has been cleared |
| 14’ | [...]-⸢ga⸣-bi nu-mu-e-⸢ši⸣-du | ... did not come out |
| 15’ | [...]-⸢u₃⸣-ne mu-ni-ib-na₈-na₈-ne | ... they ate for him |
| 16’ | [...] mu-[...] | ... ... |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | pu₂-bi u₃-mu-ba-al mu-gu₂ mi-[...] | Its well has been emptied, it is leaking water |
Sources & licences
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