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CDLI Literary 000756, ex. 002 (P345319)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000756, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345319 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 02506 |
| 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 | ||
| 1′ | gud a-na-am₃ [...] ; gun₂{un}[...] | What ox is it that is speckled? |
| 2′ | tur-ra-ŋu₁₀-ta he₂-em-ma-buluŋ₃-e-[...] | May he bring it to me from the small ones |
| 3′ | ku₃ sa₆-ga-gen₇ gurum₂ he₂-bi₂-AK {ki}[...] | Like a beautiful silver, may it be inspected. |
| 4′ | gal-bi nu-di niŋ₂-ge₁₇-zu-gen₇ e-ra-[...] | Like one who does not know a great mountain range, he ... for you |
| 5′ | ni₂ tur-tur-re e-ra-da-⸢sah₆⸣-[...] ; pa ga-ra-be₂-e₃ [...] | I want to make the small ones bow down for you |
| 6′ | u₄-bi-ta lu₂-tur he₂-me-⸢en⸣-[...] | At that time, may you be a child |
| 7′ | šu-zu lu₂-ra mu-da-ge₄-ge₄ [...] | (Sum) Your hand ... (Akk) You are the one who ... your hand to someone |
| 8′ | en₂ he₂-mu-e-ša₄ nam mu-[...] | Incantation: “May it be dissolved, ... fate |
| 9′ | na de₅-ga i₃ gu₇-a-gen₇ su-[...] | ... like one who eats oil |
| 10′ | gub-⸢bu⸣ ŋa₂-la nu-dag-ge₄ [...] | (Sum) The one who stands up, the one who does not pass by (Akk) Those who stand up, who do not pass |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki sa₆-ga-bi [...] ; niŋ₂-hulu-bi [...] | Its beautiful place ... its fearsomeness ... |
| 2 | um-mi-a lu₂ enim ⸢zu-u₃⸣-[x] ; saŋ hu-mu-un-kal-⸢le⸣-[x] | May my mother, the one who speaks a word, make it abundant |
| 3 | lu₂-tur enim-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ba-tuš-⸢u₃⸣-[x] ; ša₃-ŋu₁₀ bi₂-du₁₀-[...] | (Sum) The child sat down in his chamber(?) (Akk) He sits down in the chamber(?), he is satisfied(?) |
| 4 | {d}nisaba dugud-da um-mi-a ⸢šu⸣-za ⸢i⸣-[...] | Nisaba, the strong one, the mother, your house, my house |
| 5 | nam i-ri-tar-ra mu-na-ra-kur₂-[x] ; šu zi ha-la-ŋa₂-[x] | The fate that he decreed for him he changed for him, the righteous hand |
| 6 | ša₃ hul₂-la nam-še₃ he₂-bi₂-tar ⸢ša₃ sag₃⸣ [...] | May he decree a joyful heart and a destiny, may he scatter the ešag plant |
| 7 | e₂-dub-ba-a ⸢ki⸣-umum-ma a-na ŋal₂-[...] | the scribal school of E-umma to carry |
| 8 | [x]-mah {d}nisaba niŋ₂-me-ŋar ⸢pa₃⸣-[...] | The great ... Nisaba, the eponymy of |
| 9 | [...] ⸢ser₃ du₁₀-du₁₀-ga-zu-še₃ ŋeš la₂-a⸣-[...] | ... because of your sweet šer offerings |
| 10–11 | [...]-⸢zu⸣-še₃ ŋeš ga-mu-ni-⸢ib⸣-[...] // [...] ⸢ga-mu-ni-ib⸣-[...] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to you |
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