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CDLI Literary 000422, ex. 001 (P345315)

Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000422, ex. 001
ID	P345315
Museum no.	Ist Ni 02463
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)

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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	ku3-ga-am3 in-tu-ud ku3-ga-am3 in-tu#-[...]	It is pure, it gave birth, it is pure
2	nin-e ku3-ga-am3 in-tu-ud	The lady gave birth to a pure child.
3	a-bi-si2-im-ti ku3-ga-am3 in-tu-ud#	Abi-simti, the pure one, gave birth.
4	nin-e ku3-ga-am3 in-tu-ud	The lady gave birth to a pure child.
5	gisz-gi-na tug2 nam-sa6-ga-mu a-bi-si2-im-ti-mu	I am Abi-simtīmu of the gišgina garment of my good fortune.
6	gisz-sag-du tug2 dun-na gal2-[...]-mu nin-mu ku-ba-tum	I am the lady of Kubatum.
7	suhur-e du7# [...]-de3# gub-ba-mu u3-mu-un {d}szu-{d}suen-mu	I am the lord, Šu-Suen
8	inim-ma x [...] x x [...]-mu du5-mu {d}szul-gi-ra-mu	Word ... my son of Šulgi-ramu
9	bi2-du11-ga-ke4-esz bi2-du11-ga-ke4-esz u3-mu-un-e ag2 ma-an-ba	Those who speak, those who speak the lord's things,
10	me-e a-al-la-ri bi2-du11-ga-ke4-esz u3-mu-un-e ag2 ma-an-ba	When I said "Alas!", the lord gave me what I asked for.
11	bulug ku3-sig17 {na4}kiszib3-za-gin3-na u3-mu-un-e ag2 ma-an-ba	The lord gave me gold and lapis lazuli.
12	har ku3-sig17 har ku3-babbar u3-mu-un-e ag2 ma-an-ba	The lord gave me a gold bracelet and a silver bracelet.
13	u3-mu-un ag2-ba-zu# na-ag2#-x# su3-ga-am3 igi-zu ha-[...]-il2#	Lord, your command is a long life, may your eye be raised
14	{d}szu-{d}suen ag2-ba-zu na#-[...] su3-ga-am3 igi-zu ha-ma-[...]	Šū-Sîn, what have you done? Do not be afraid, look at me!
reverse
1	[...] u3-mu-un x [...] u3-mu-un# [...]	... the lord ... ...
2	[...] x sa6-gin7? x [...]-mu KU-gin7 mu-[...]	... like a good ..., like ...
3	uru2-zu ku5-da-gin7 szu he2-eb2-mu2#? u3-mu-un {d}szu-{d}suen-mu	May the lord, Šu-Sîn, make your city tremble like a flood
4	ur-nim#-gin7 giri3-zu-sze3 he2-nu2 du5-mu {d}szul-gi-ra-mu?	Like a dog, may he lie at your feet, son of Šulgi-ramu
5	dingir x x x-mu sa2-bi-tum-ma kasz-a-ni ze2-ba-am3	... the god ... his beer is sweet.
6	kasz-a-ni-gin7 gal4-la-ni ze2-ba-am3 kasz-a-ni ze2-ba-am3	Like her beer, her vagina is sweet, her beer is sweet.
7	ka-ka-a-ni-gin7 gal4-la-ni ze2-ba-am3 kasz-a-ni ze2-ba-am3	Like her mouth, her vagina is sweet, her beer is sweet.
8	\|A.SUD\|-a-ni kasz-a-ni ze2-ba-am3	His beer is sweet, his beer sweet
9	{d}szu-{d}suen ba-sa6-ge-na-mu	Šū-Sîn, my one who is beautiful,
10	ba-sa6-ge-na-mu ba-zil2-zil2-i-na-mu	My one who is beautiful, my one who shines,
11	{d}szu-{d}suen ba-sa6-ge-na-mu	Šū-Sîn, my one who is beautiful,
12	ki-ag2 {d}en-lil2-la2 {d}szu-{d}suen-mu	beloved of Enlil, Šu-Suenmu
13	lugal-mu dingir kalam-ma-na	my master, the god of his country,
14	bal-bal-e {d}ba-ba6-kam	It is the balbale of Baba.

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