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SLTNi 020 (P345151)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | SLTNi 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345151 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 04094 |
| 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 i | ||
| 1’ | {d}[uttu ...] | Uttu |
| 2’ | {d}en {d}niŋir-[...] | Bel and Nibir |
| 3’ | {d}šagan₂ {bar}barim-ma ⸢la⸣-[...] | Šagan, when you open the bar, |
| 4’ | nam-lu₂-lu₇ u₄-ri-a-[...] | Humanity of the distant days |
| 5’ | inda₃{a} gu₇-u₃-bi nu-mu-un-[...] | Its food offerings did not ... |
| 6’ | tu₉-ga mu₄-mu₄-bi nu-mu-un-[...] | The young woman did not ... her young man in the garment |
| 7’ | ug₃ ŋeš-ge-na-a su-bi mu-[...] | The people of the four quarters of the world |
| 8’ | udu-gen₇ ka-ba u₂ mu-ni-ib-[...] | Like a sheep, he ... grass in its mouth |
| 9’ | a sar-sar-ra-kam i-im-na₈-na₈-⸢ne⸣ | They drink the water of the garden plots. |
| 10’ | u₄-ba ki ulutim₂ diŋir-re-e-[...] | At that time, the place of the ancient cult centers |
| 11’ | e₂-bi du₆-ku₃-bi u₈ {d}ezinam₂-bi mu-[...] | Its temple, its holy mound, its ewes and its Ezinam |
| 12’ | eš₃ niŋ₂-gu₇ diŋir-re-e-ne-kam mi-ni-ib-de₅-de₅-[...] | She eats the shrines of the intertwined gods |
| 13’ | he₂-ŋal₂ u₈ {d}ezinam₂-bi-da-⸢ka⸣ | may it carry off the ewe of Ezinam-bida’e. |
| 14’ | {d}a-nun-na du₆-ku₃-ga-ke₄-[x] | The Anuna of the Holy Mound |
| 15’ | i-im-gu₇-u₃-ne nu-mu-un-de₃-[...] | When they eat, they do not ... |
| 16’ | amaš ku₃-ga-ne-ne ga-bi niŋ₂ [...] | The milk of their pure sheepfold ... in fear |
| 17’ | {d}a-nun-na du₆-ku₃-ga-ke₄-[x] | The Anuna of the Holy Mound |
| 18’ | i-im-na₈-na₈-ne nu-mu-un-de₃-[...] | They eat, but they do not ... |
| 19’ | amaš ku₃-ga nig₂ du₁₀-ga-ne-[...] | In the pure sheepfold, where good things are ... |
| 20’ | nam-lu₂-lu₇ zi-ša₃ ⸢im-ši⸣-[x x] | the righteous man, the Imsvi-E-x |
| 21’ | u₄-ba {[d}en]-ki-ke₄ {d}en-lil₂-ra gu₃ mu-na-⸢de₂⸣-[x] | At that time, Enki spoke to Enlil |
| 22’ | aia {d}en-lil₂ u₈ {d}ezinam₂-⸢bi⸣ [(x)] | Father Enlil, ewe of Ezinam-ebi |
| 23’ | du₆-ku₃-ga um-ma-da-an-zeₓ(SIG₇)eš-⸢a⸣ [(x)] | In the Holy Mound he has sex with me |
| 24’ | du₆-ku₃-ta ga-am₃-ma-da-ra-ab-e₁₁-⸢de₃⸣-[...] | I want to bring you out from the Holy Mound |
| 25’ | {d}en-ki {d}en-lil₂-bi ka ku₃-ga-ne-ne-a ⸢ba⸣-[...] | Enki and Enlil in their holy mouths |
| 26’ | u₈ {d}ezinam₂-bi du₆-ku₃-ta im-ma-da-ra-[...] | The ewes of Ezinam from the Holy Mound |
| 27’ | [x] amaš im-ma-ab-ni₁₀-ni₁₀-[...] | ... the sheepfold ... |
| 28’ | [x]-⸢šem⸣ niŋ₂-daŋal-la mu-un-na-ba-e-[x] | ... carried away in fear. |
| 29’ | {[d]}⸢ezinam₂⸣-ra gan₂-ne₂ mu-un-na-ŋa₂-⸢ŋa₂⸣-[x] | For Eezinam, he ... the fields for him. |
| 30’ | [...] surₓ(ERIM)bi mu-un-⸢na-ba⸣-[...] | ... brought out its troops |
| 31’ | [...] gub-[...] | ... stationed |
| r ii | ||
| 1’ | {⸢na₄⸣}šu-[... ...]-⸢zu⸣-a ur₅-ar₃-⸢re⸣ [...] | The ešû-bird, the eagle, and the urar-bird |
| 2’ | ze₄-e {ŋeš}buniŋ-bi ⸢si⸣-ga-⸢zu⸣-[...] | I am the one who makes the esiŋa-priestess(?) tremble(?) |
| 3’ | lu₂ sila₁₁-ŋa₂ ba-he ki-⸢a mi⸣-[...] | The one who ... the sila-offerings in the place of worship |
| 4’ | ki-sikil tuh du-bu-⸢x x x⸣ [...] | Young lady, smothered by ... |
| 5’ | {⸢im}šu-rin⸣-na mi-ni-a-[...] | He made the šurīnu-plant grow there for me |
| 6’ | {im}šu-rin-na-ta im-ta-[...] | From the šurinna canal |
| 7’ | ze₄-e {ŋeš}bansur-ra ŋal₂-la-[...] | I am the one who fills the table with sweet beer |
| 8’ | an-ta ma-ra-ŋal₂-en ki-ta ⸢ma⸣-[...] | I will carry it for you above, below |
| 9’ | {d}ezinam₂ ni₂-za {ŋeš-tu₉}ŋeštu [...] | Ištar, your fearsomeness, |
| 10’ | u₃ ze₄-e niŋ₂ ŋa₂-a-gen₇ niŋ₂-gu₇-[...] | And I, like myself, I am eating |
| 11’ | me-za igi mi-ni-ib-il₂-la-[...] | He looked at your divine powers |
| 12’ | u₃ ge₂₆-e egir-bi im-us₂-[x] | And I, behind it ... |
| 13’ | lu₂ {na₄}kinkin-e hulu nu-[...] | The one who does not ... the evil kinkin stone |
| 14’ | a-na-zu mu-da-ŋal₂ a-na ma-ab-be₂-en-[...] ; ge₄-ma-ni-⸢ib⸣ | What do you carry? What do I say to you? I want to bring it to you. |
| 15’ | u₄-ba {d}ezinam₂-e nam-kur₄-ra-na ša₃ im-[...] ; di-de₃ saŋ ba-[...] | At that time, Ezinam, in his radiance, ... the heart, he was able to make a decision |
| 16’ | {d}ezinam₂-e u₈-ra mu-na-ni-ib-ge₄-[x] | Ezinam ... for the ewe |
| 17’ | ze₄-e {d}iškur lugal-zu-um {d}šagan₂ kuš₇-zu ; {bar}barim ki-nu₂-zu | O Iškur, your master, Šagan, your skin is clean, your bed is clean. |
| 18’ | e₂-e gan₂-ne₂ NE in-bi tub₂-ba-[...] | The house, the field ... |
| 19’ | e₂-bi ka-ba sin₂{mušen} ⸢dal⸣ u₃-ba-ab-ra-[...] | Its temple, in its mouth, a raven ... the ešadala rites for you |
| 20’ | eh₃(|KU.TUG₂|) si-ig kalam-ma-še₃ ba-ni-ib-ŋar-[x (x)] | The ... of the gate of the land ... |
| 21’ | ŋe₂₆-e gu₂-ŋu₁₀ ki-še₃ ba-e-de₃-⸢x⸣-[x] | (Sum) You are the one who screamed in the netherworld(?) (Akk) The one who shouted, you were made to fall into heaven |
| 22’ | {ŋeš}ba-an-e {ŋeš}ba-an-e ba-e-hal-[...] | The king, my lord, destroyed all of the lands |
| 23’ | [x]-⸢tur₃⸣-zu (KI.LAM-)ka lu₂ u₃-bi₂-[...] | (Sum) Your ..., the one who ... (Akk) The ... of your ... |
| 24’ | [...]-⸢dara₂⸣ ni₂-za gu₂-zu u₃-bi₂-[...] | ... your own ..., your neck |
| 25’ | [...] še(BI) {ŋeš}ba-an-e ⸢si⸣-[...] ; lu₂ lu₂-u₃ in-na-[...] | ... a man ... the esî-tree |
| 26’ | [...]-ki-ke₄ {d}en-lil₂-[x] ; gu₃ mu-[...] | ... Enlil spoke |
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