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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 010 (P345135)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345135 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 02729 |
| 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 | en-e kur lu2 ti-la-[...] | The lord, the mountain of the living man |
| 2 | en {d}bil3-ga-mes#-[...] / gesztu2-[...] | Lord Gilgamesh, listen to me |
| 3 | ARAD2-da-ni en-ki-[...] | His servant, Enki- |
| 4 | en-ki-du10 murgu gurusz#-[...] la-ba#-[...] | Enkidu has not ... the shoulders of the young man |
| 5 | kur-ra ga-an-ku4 [...] | I want to enter the netherworld |
| 6 | ki mu gub-bu-ba#-[...] | The place where one stands ... |
| 7 | ki mu nu-gub-bu-ba mu# [...] | The place where no one stands, the name of ... |
| 8 | ARAD2-da-ni en-ki-du10-e# [...] | His servant Enkidu |
| 9 | lugal-gu10 tukum-bi kur-ra KUR i3-[...] / {d}utu-bi# | My king, if the mountain ... Utu |
| 10 | {d}utu szul {d}utu he2#-[...] | Šamaš, youth Utu |
| 11 | kur-ra dim2-ma-bi# [...] | The creation of the netherworld |
| 12 | kur-{gisz}eren-ku5 dim2-ma-bi {d}utu-[...] | The design of the cedar forest, Utu |
| 13 | {d}bil3-ga-mes [...] | Gilgamesh |
| 14 | masz2 si4 masz2#-da-ri#-[...] | The male goats and female goats |
| 15 | szu-na gidri ku3 kiri3-[...] | In his hand the pure scepter |
| 16 | {d}utu-an-na-ra gu3# [...] | Šamaš-ana spoke to me |
| 17 | {d}utu kur-sze3 i-in-[...] a2#-[...] | Utu ... to the netherworld |
| 18 | [x x]-eren#-[...] | ...-eren-... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | LU2# [...] | ... man |
| 2 | u3 ge26#-[...] | And ... |
| 3 | lu2 sukux(SUKUD)-da# [...] | The one of the sukuda ritual |
| 4 | lu2 dagal-la [...] | The broad man |
| 5 | murgu gurusz-e ti#-[x] sag# [...] | The shoulders of the young man ... |
| 6 | kur-ra ga-an-ku4 mu#-[...] | I want to enter the netherworld |
| 7 | ki mu gub-bu-ba mu-gu10# [...] | At the place where my name stands, my name ... |
| 8 | ki mu nu-gub-bu-ba mu digir#-[...] | The place where one does not stand, the name of the god |
| 9 | {d}utu er2-na kadra-gin7# [...] | Utu, in tears like a kadra song |
| 10 | lu2 arhusz-a-gin7 arhusz [...] | Like a man who is compassionate, compassionate |
| 11 | ur-sag dumu ama dili [...] | Hero, child of a single mother |
Sources & licences
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