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CDLI Literary 000764, ex. 003 (P345375)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Susa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000764, ex. 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345375 |
| Museum no. | AO 05396 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Susa |
| Coordinates | 32.1895, 48.2569 |
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’ | dul₂-saŋ(AB) ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | “The work-assignment of |
| 2’ | ŋe₂₆-e mušen sa₆-ga (x) [...] | The good snake |
| 3’ | kiŋ₂ sa₆-ga u-gunu₃ ta₃-⸢ga⸣-[...] | In the beautiful place, the ugunu priestess |
| 4’ | lal₃-har ku₃(ŠA₃-)zu kiŋ₂ li-⸢bi₂⸣-[...] | May your pure honey be placed on its place |
| 5’ | e₂-gal lugal-ke₄ (DU.DU) he₂-[...] | May the palace of the king |
| 6’ | kisal-a mu₇-mu₇-ŋa₂ me-te-aš ⸢im⸣-[...] | In the courtyard, in the midst of a roaring storm |
| 7’ | akkil{a} ŋar-ra-ŋa₂ niŋ₂ x ku₇-[...] | The akkil priestess of the outer world ... sweetly |
| 8’ | x-bar šul-gi dumu {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ra ⸢x⸣ [...] | For the ... of Šulgi, the son of Enlil, the e-house |
| 9’ | gurun niŋ₂-tuh-x-um {ŋeš}kiri₆-{ŋeš}kiri₆-⸢a⸣ [...] | The fruit of the orchard ... |
| 10’ | ba-ba-zi₃ munu₄ gu₂-nida-bi ⸢imŋaŋa₃ niŋ₂ ka du₁₀⸣-[...] | Babaki, its gu-nida-flour is a e’im-ba (plant) that ... a sweet mouth |
| 11’ | ur₅-ta nam-mah-ŋu₁₀ a-⸢gen₇⸣ nu-zu ⸢gu₂⸣ [...] | From the base of the greatness, like a flood, you do not know how to build a temple |
| 12’ | u₄-bi-a mušen-e ku₆-ra in-⸢še₃ mu-ni-in⸣-[x] | At that time, the snake came out for the fish |
| 13’ | ku₆ libiš tuku a₂(DA) nam-ur-⸢saŋ-ŋa₂⸣ [...] | The one who has a fish, the arm of Namur-esa-e |
| 14’ | ⸢muru₉⸣ dugud-gen₇ ni₂ ⸢ki⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | Like a heavy flood, the fear of the Ekiš temple ... |
| r | ||
| 1 | in mušen(RI-)e a-na ⸢mu-x⸣-[...] | By means of a snake to ... |
| 2 | gu₂ kiši₄ ⸢ba-da-ab-x⸣ [...] | The neck of the scepter |
| 3 | min₃-kam-ma-še₃ ku₆-e ⸢x⸣ [...] | The second time, the fish ... the ešumu-house |
| 4 | a₂-⸢ur₂ gu₂-guru₅ x⸣ [...] | The threshing floor, the throne room, |
| 5 | nam-⸢nu-zu x x⸣ [...] | Your sleeping ... |
| 6 | mah ⸢gu₇⸣-[...] | The supreme one who eats food |
| 7 | kisal-⸢luh tur⸣ [...] | The small courtyard ... |
| 8 | muhaldim LU₂-[...] | cook ... |
| 9 | mušen [...] | ... snake |
| 10 | si-⸢ga⸣ [...] | “Si-ega-e23 ..., |
| 11 | niŋ₂-AK-⸢ŋa₂⸣ ki-⸢bi⸣ [...] | (Sum) The niŋa temple, its place(?) (Akk) Its place(?), its place |
| 12 | enim-zu nam-⸢x⸣ [...] | Your word ... |
| 13 | ŋe₂₆-e ku₆-me-en [...] | I am a fish |
| 14 | [x x] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
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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