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CDLI Literary 000508, ex. 001 (P345379)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000508, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345379 |
| Museum no. | AO 06019 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 | ||
| 1 | {d}en-lil2 lugal an ki-[a] nig2-du11-ga-ni zi inim-ma-ni [...] | Enlil, king of heaven and earth, his command, his life and his word |
| 2 | {d}ri-im-{d}suen sipa nu-usz#-[x x] ud gi4-a lugal-mu x [...] | Rīm-Sîn, the shepherd who did not ... my king |
| 3 | nig2-gu7 zi ti-la nibru{ki} du3#? [x (x)] in-na-an-szum2-ma [(...)] szu3 he2-en-na-DU#? | He gave him the life-giving food of Nippur, so that he may ... for him |
| 4 | {d}ezina2 lu2 sa6 nam-lu2-ulu3#? sag-e-esz he2-en-na-rig7 | May Ezina, the good man, present to mankind |
| 5 | mu zi-bi ma-da-na#-ka#? sza3 hul2-la ud he2-en-na-ab#-zal-zal-e | May he spend the day in rejoicing over the life of his land |
| 6 | {d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal-mu mu-da-an-gu4-gu4-de3# | Rīm-Sîn, my master, is to make oxen |
| 7 | {gesz}gu-za nam-lugal-bi he2-en-na-gi# bala-bi he2-en#-na-su3-ud# | May his throne of kingship be restored for him, may his reign be prolonged for him |
| 8 | gidri-ni sig igi-nim-ma he2-en-e-du11 | May he say to you "his scepter is high in the sky" |
| 9 | lugal gu2-du3-a-bi he2#-en#-na-ab-[gam?-e?] | May the king take away its gudu-vessel for him |
| 10 | nig2-ba {d}ri-im-{d}suen lugal-mu# tur mah-e nibru#{ki} e2-kur# [...] | Gift of Rīm-Sîn, my king, the young and exalted one of Nippur, the Ekur temple |
| 11 | szu-si-bi-ta lal3 i3-nun-gin7 al-bi-bi-ze2-e ga2-e dumu lu2 1(disz)-gin7-nam lal3# i3-nun#-na | I, like one child of a man, like honey and butter |
| 12 | nig2-ba lugal-mu banszur#-mu-ta szu li#-bi2-ib-sub | The gift of my king should not be subtracted from my table |
| 13 | dumu nu-siki-gin7 2(disz) gin2 ku3-babbar ma#-an#-szum2-mu-usz | like a child not dressed in his ordinary soiled garment he gave him 2 shekels of silver. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | x x x [x x] x [dili]-mu al#-sa6?# | ... alone is good |
| 2 | da#? dumu lu2-u3 [ga2-e]-me#-en | I am the father of a man’s child |
| 3 | da dumu lu2-u3-ke4#-ne# [mu-da-la2-e-en-me]-en | I am able to hold the side of the sons of men |
| 4 | igi bar mu-u8#-du11#? x he2-ri#-[ib-x ...] | May he/she say to you “look at me with pleasure"(?) |
| 5 | dili-a {d}ri-im-{d}suen [lugal-mu?] lal3 i3-nun-gin7 [szu?] sub-sub#? | alone Rīm-Sîn my king like honey and butter |
| 6 | ka-mu# si#-bi2-ib e2 [ad]-da#-mu sze i3 siki hu#-mu#-ak#-e | May my father’s house be filled with barley and oil. |
| 7 | 1(disz) {d}en-lil2-kur-gal-a-ni# mu#-zu#-[gin7] {d}ri-im-{d}suen-kur-gal-[a-zu] he2-a#? | 1 Enlil-kurgalani, like your name, may Rīm-Sîn-kurgazu |
| 8 | nam-ti-zu# sza3# {d#}nin-urta# [x-e?] hul2#-hul2 he2-em-du11 {d}nin-nibru{ki} nin# iri#-ki-ga2-ke4 | May your life rejoice in the heart of Ninurta Ninnibru, the lady of my city |
| 9 | szilam sza3-la2-szu3-gin7-nam amar#-bi ba-nigin nam-ti-sze3# he2-ri#-ib2#-nigin | Like a šilam tree, its calves have been scattered, and for the sake of their lives they shall scatter them. |
| 10 | {d}nin-szubur dingir igi an-na#-ke4 ba-du11#-[...] | Ninšubur, the god before An spoke |
| 11 | nig2#-sa6-ga sag-zu-sze3 he2-em#-[ba?]-a# nam#-ti-zu he2-eb-be2 | May good fortune be established on your head, may your life be established |
| 12 | igi-zu hul2 ba-a-du8 sza3 la-ba-an-gid2#? | Your joyful eyes have been opened, but your heart has not been pacified |
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