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CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 008 (P345249)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345249 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 02750 |
| 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 col 1 | ||
| 1 | dumu e2-dub-ba-a u4 ul-la#-a# me-sze3# i3-du-de3-en# | The student of the scribal school, when will we go to the future? |
| 2 | e2#-dub-ba-a-sze3# i3-du-de3-en | We go to the scribal school |
| 3 | e2#-dub-ba-a a-na#-am3# i3#-ak | What did the scribal school do? |
| 4 | [...]-mu i3-szid ninda-ka#-gub-mu# i3-gu7 | ... he sat down and ate my bread. |
| 5 | [...]-mu# i3-dim2# i3-sar i3-[til3]-ma# | ... my ... I fashioned, written, finished, and |
| 6 | [...]-gub#-ba-mu ma-an-gub-bu-usz | ... I will stand there for you |
| 7 | [...]-sig# im-szu-mu ma-an-gub-bu | ... laid low, he stood there |
| 8 | [...]-du8#-u3-de3 e2-sze3 i3-du-de3 | ... to build, to build a house |
| 9 | [...]-re ad-da-mu al#-tusz# | ... my father dwells |
| 10 | [...] inim i3#-na-ra-de2 | ... speaks to him |
| 11 | [...] ad-da-mu mu-sa6# | ... my father is beautiful |
| 12 | [...]-gub#-bu-nam | ... is stationed |
| 13 | [...] mu-ub-ze2-en | ... you will give |
| 14 | [...]-ab-ze2-en | ... you will give |
| 15 | [...] {gesz#}na2 gub-ba-ab [...]-ba#-nu2-e-sze# | ... to the one lying down on the bed |
| 16 | [...]-ub#-ze2-en | ... you will give. |
| 17 | [...] x x x [...]-en | ... you |
| 18 | [...]-ne | ... they |
| 19 | [...]-ma# | ... and |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | x im-ta-ku5#-da#-asz-e#-[...] | ... cut off ... |
| 2 | kinda ka-gub PA [...] NE-NE [...] ninda-ka-gub in#-na-[...] | You set up a kinda kagub offering ... ... you set up an akalu-offering |
| 3 | um-mi-a ag2-ga2 e2-dub#-a# en# [...] | The mother, what is in the scribal school, the lord |
| 4 | lu2 tag-tag-ge-da e2 sila#-a# [...] tug2-gaba-zu nu-ub-sir2-re#-[...] | The one who is to be struck(?) in the house, in the street, your garment is not torn out |
| 5 | ad-da e2 dub-ba-mu# dub-mu# [...] | The father of my tablet house, my tablet |
| 6 | lu2 kisal#-x-ke4 sar#-x-ab-ze2-en# [...] ki hun-ga2 x x x [...] | The one of the courtyard ... you(!?) ... the place of the hireling |
| 7 | dub-mu szu ba-e#-[...] | My tablet ... |
| 8 | dub-mu ab-sar-re nig2#-DU-[...] | My tablet, written in the scribal art |
| 9 | en3 nu-tar-ra-bi EN KA-sze3 KA#-[...] | The one who does not inquire after it, lord of ... |
| 10 | lu2 x x na-sze-am3# ga2-[...]-e-sze in-tud2-de3-en | The one who ..., why do you give birth to me? |
| 11 | lu2 PA x x-ke4 a-na-am3# gu2#-[...]-e-sze in-tud2-de3-en# | What did the ... man give to you? |
| 12 | lu2# gesz-hur#-ra-ke4 a-na#-sze#-am3 i3-zi-he#-en#-e-sze in-tud2#-[...]-en | What does the one of the design say to you? Why do you cry out? You have given birth |
| 13 | lu2 ka2#-na-ke4 a-na#-sze#-am3 ib#-ta#-e3#-e-sze in-tud2#-de3#-en | The man of the gate, why has he gone out? Why does he give birth? |
| 14 | lu2 usan3#-na-ke3 a-na#-am3# x szu# ba#-ti-e-sze in-tud2-de3-en | The one of the stormwind, what did I receive? |
| 15 | lu2 eme-gi7#-ra-ke4# x x KA# NE# x-e-sze in-tud2-de3-en | The one of Sumerian ... we will give ... |
| 16 | um-mi-a-mu szu-zu nu#-[...]-e#-[...]-de3#-en# | My mother, you do not know your hand |
| 17 | nam#-dub#-sar-ra gu2# x bi2#-du nam#-[...]-x | He ... the scribal art, do not ... |
| 18 | um#-mi-a KA-ni nu-mu-e-da-an-x | The mother did not ... her mouth |
| 19 | [nam]-dub#-sar-ra usu-ni ma-[...] | The scribal art, his strength ... |
| 20 | [...] inim-ma ZI dub-sar-ra x [...] | ... words of the scribe ... |
| 21 | [...] x GAL e2-dub-ba-a-esz3 na-me na-[...] | ... the great ... of the scribal school, no one ... |
| 22 | [...]-ma-ab a-ra2 ha-ra#-szum2-ma# | ... give me ... for you |
| 23 | [...]-mi#-bar-re | ... I shall cast down. |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | [...]-ma e2-dub-ba-a gal2-x | ... in the scribal school |
| 2 | [...] dub-ba-a-ke4-ne ab-szid-de3 ga2-e [...] | ... the one of tablets, I want to utter a lament |
| 3 | [...] e2-dub-ba-a-ke4-ne nig2 bi2-du11-ga# ad-da-na inim-ma ba-ni-gi4 | The ... of the scribal school said something, his father replied: |
| 4 | um#-mi-a e2-dub-ba-a-ta lu2 im-da-re | The teacher, from the scribal school, a man approached |
| 5 | e2#-a x i3-in-ku4-re za3-gu-la bi-tusz | ... entered the house, he sat on the throne |
| 6 | dumu e2-dub-ba-a-ke4-e-ne szu-x an-dab5 igi-ni-sze3 al-gub | The students of the scribal school ... were seized and stood before him. |
| 7 | nam-dub-sar a-na bi2-in-zu-na | What did the scribal art know? |
| 8 | ad-da-na szu-na ba-ni-in-szum2 | his father gave him in his hands. |
| 9 | ad-da-ni sza3 hul2-la-ni-ta | his father, in his joyful heart |
| 10 | ad-da e2-dub-ba-a-ke4-ne gu2 hul2 ba-ni-de2#-e# | The father of the scribal school spoke to him joyfully |
| 11 | lu2-tur-mu szu-ni i-ni-in-bad-du ku3-zu i-ni-in-ku4-re-en | (Sum) My child, he has smeared his hand with his holy hand (Akk) The child, you have brought your holy hand to him |
| 12 | nam#-dub-sar-ra nig2-galam-galam-ma-bi mu-ni-in-pa3#-pa3#-de2-en | The scribal art has chosen me by its greatness |
| 13 | sza3 dub-ba-a szed nig2-ka9 ki-bur2-bur2-ra# mu-un-na-si#-ga# | In the middle of the tablet, he smeared the account of the kiburbura canal |
| 14 | gu szum2-ma-ab ki-dul-dul-a-bi dalla mu-ni-ne | Give him a neck, and he will be radiant in his covered courtyard. |
| 15 | kasz saga-gin7 ni-ir-da mu-na-de2-e banszur mu-na-an-DU | He pours for him like good beer, he ... the table for him. |
| 16 | i3 du10-ga murgu{gu2#} sza3-ga-na a-gin7 mi#-ni#-ib#-bala#-[...] | How did he change the good oil on the shoulder of his heart? |
| 17 | tug2# ga-ni-mu4 nig2 ga-na-ba har# szu#-na bi2-du11 | I want to dress myself in a garment, I want it for him, he has tied a ring in his hand |
| 18 | kasz saga-gin7# in-ir-da mu-na-ni-de2-e banszur mu-na-DU | He pours beer for him like good beer, and ... the table for him. |
| 19 | i3 du10-ga murgu{gu} sza3-ga-na a-gin7 mi#-ni-ib#-bala#-[...] | How did he change the good oil on the shoulder of his heart? |
| 20 | tug2 ga-ni-mu4 nig2-ba nig2 mu-na#-an-ba# x szu#-na bi2#-[...] | I want to make a garment for him, something that he gave him, ... in his hand |
| 21 | um-mi-a sza3 hul-la-ni-ta szud3 mu-na-DU | The mother prayed to him from her afflicted heart. |
| 22 | lu2#-tur# inim#-mu# NI gu2 li-bi2-du3-a im-szub | The young man, my word ..., abandoned the bank of the Libidu canal |
| 23 | nam#-dub#-sar#-ra sab-bi us2-sa za3-bi-sze3# til-la | The scribal art is its sab, its right side is finished |
| 24 | nig2#-na#-me la#-ba-gil ba-na-za-a x szu# mu#-un-sze3 mu-szum2-ma# | Nothing has been paid in full, he gave it to him. |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] NI# | ... ... |
| 2' | [...] me#-en | I am ... |
| 3' | [...] ra# | ... love(?) |
| 4' | [...] inim#-bi2 [...] ga2-ga2-ne | ... their words ... I shall bring |
| 5' | [...] gin7 [...] mu#-na#-ga2-ga2 | Like a ... he set it up for him |
| 6' | [...] gin7# sud3 nam-sza4-sza4 | Do not ... like a ..., do not scream |
| 7' | [...] um#-mi-a-ka [...] szesz#-gal-la-ka | ... of my mother ... the great brother |
| 8' | [...] mu#-e#-gar-ra-zu | ... that you established for me |
| 9' | [...] szul#-a-zu [...]-gi# hu-mu-ra-ga2-ga2-ne | ... may they place ... for you in your youth |
| 10' | [...] ga2-e2#-dub#-ba-a pa bi2-e3 lu2-umun2# bi2-ag# | ... made the scribal school resplendent, the young man admired it |
| 13' | {d}nisaba za3-mu10 | Nisaba, praise! |
| 14' | en-ba-du3#-du3#-nam# | Enbadudunam |
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