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CDLI Literary 000652, ex. 001 (P345188)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000652, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345188 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 03056 |
| 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 | in-nin9 szembi2-zi lugal-la#-[...] | Lady, šembizi-juniper of the king |
| 2 | {d}inanna szembi2#-zi# {d}dumu-zi-da x | Inanna, šembizi and Dumuzi |
| 3 | ul gur3-ru hi-li szu tag du11-ga#? | clad in joy and allure |
| 4 | lu2 sipa-ra tur3-ra an-szi-du#? | For the shepherd, he goes to the cattle pen |
| 5 | {d}dumu-zi-ra amasz-a an-szi-du#? | For Dumuzi he goes to the sheepfold |
| 6 | lu2 sipa-da igi-bi kaskal im-da-an-[x] | The shepherd ... the road before him. |
| 7 | ki#?-sikil#? {d}inanna har-ra-an-na gaba mu-un#-[ri] | The maiden Inanna approached on the road |
| 8 | [{d}]dumu#-zi-de3 u4-gin7 ba-an-ta-[e3] | Dumuzi came forth like daylight |
| 9 | [...] szu im-ma-an-[...] | ... he took |
| 10 | [...] szu? im-ma-an-[...] | ... he |
| 11 | [...] mu# szu ri ba-ni-in-[x] | ... he ... the name |
| 12 | [...] in#-ga-ba-ni-in-[x] | ... he/she ... |
| 13 | [...] x ul szar2-ra gu2 im-ma#-[...] | ... many ... roared |
| 14 | [...] {gisz}pa-pa-al im-szi-la2-[...] | ... hung a scepter |
| 15 | [...] x ak! sza3?-bi ma#-[...] | ... its inside(?) |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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