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SRT 28 (P345320)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | SRT 28 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345320 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 02507 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| a | ||
| 1′ | ses-gal-ŋu₁₀ a₂ [...] | Šamaš-šarru-uṣur |
| 2′ | i₃-sun₅-na mu-da-⸢ši⸣-[...] | Isun ... with him |
| 3′ | ŋeš ma-an-hur-ra na-an-dim₂ ki-bi-še₃ al-ŋar-⸢ŋar⸣ | “I have turned to you, I have fashioned a reed mat for you, and I have set it up in its place. |
| 4′ | na de₅-ga-ni-ta lu₂ hu-ru-um šu bar ⸢x⸣-ba-e | By means of his supplication, the ḫurum-priestess has ...ed his hand. |
| 5′ | im-ma šu-ŋu₁₀ si ba-ni-in-sa₂ us₂ zi mu-un-dab₅ | He placed the right hand on the clay, he seized the right foot |
| 6′ | ka-ŋu₁₀ enim-ma ŋal₂ ba-ni-in-taka₄ ad ge₄-ge₄ ba-an-pa₃ | He opened his mouth to speak a word, he called out a call for help. |
| 7′ | ŋeš-hur lu₂ a₂ aŋ₂-ŋa₂ si sa₂-e igi ma-ni-in-si-si | (Sum) He looked at the man with the right arm and left arm(?) (Akk) The man was looking at the one with the left arm and right arm |
| 8′ | gu₂ zi-zi ha-la a₂-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-⸢kam⸣ u₄ zal-le niŋ₂-ge₁₇-ga | “The one who rises, the share of the army, the one who passes the day in fear, |
| 9′ | lu₂ ki a₂-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni-⸢šu u₄⸣ zal-la a₂-aŋ₂-ni ab-⸢taka₄⸣ | (Sum) The one who goes to the place of his army, the one who passes the day (Akk) The man who goes at the place where his army passes his army |
| 10′ | niŋ₂-zu-a-ni pa nu-um-e₃ ka-ka-ni ba-la₂ | He does not make his own appearance, his mouth is empty. |
| 11′ | tukum-bi niŋ₂-zu-a-ni pa ba-an-e₃ ; igi mu-un-suh-⸢suh⸣-u₃-ne | If he looks at him with his own eyes, |
| 12′ | [...]-⸢ab⸣-zal-en ŋe₆ ⸢na⸣-[x]-⸢sed₄⸣-e-en ; a₂-ni-⸢še₃⸣ [...] | ... you will be able to pass the night, you will become pacified |
| b | ||
| 1′ | [...] ⸢AK⸣ sun₅-na-[x] ; ugula-ni mu-un-na-ni-ib-ge₄-ge₄ | ... his foreman will make it clear to him |
| 2′ | u₄ mu₇-mu₇-gen₇ ab-šid-de₃-en-na-a ; ba-⸢an-ge₄⸣-bi a-ra-ab-ha-za | When you make the day shine like daylight, you make it shine for you. |
| 3′ | mu gud-gen₇ i-lu du₁₀-ga-⸢zu⸣-še₃ ŋeš i₃-la₂-a-bi | like a ox singing a good lament |
| 4′ | lu₂ nu-zu nam-mu-ni-ku₄-ku₄ ; deš-am₃ ga-ra-ni-ib-ge₄ | Do not enter a man who does not know him, I want to speak to you! |
| 5′ | ur-gi₇ tur-gen₇ igi mu-un-bad-bad ; nam-lu₂-⸢lu₇⸣ mu-e-AK | Like a small dog he looked at him, he acted as a human being. |
| 6′ | a-na-aš-am₃ lu₂ ŋa₂-⸢la⸣ dag-ga-gen₇ ; ŋeš(MA) ma-⸢ab⸣-hur-hur-⸢re⸣ | Why, like a man who is bound to the throne, why does he constantly seek me out? |
| 7′ | [...] ⸢x⸣-ma-[x x] | ... ema- |
Sources & licences
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