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CDLI Literary needed, ex. 003 ? (P345402)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary needed, ex. 003 ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P345402 |
| Museum no. | AO 06720 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary letter and letter-prayer |
| 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 | [lugal-mu-ra u3-na]-a#-du11 | I spoke to my king |
| 2 | [{d}ri-im-{d}suen en3-tar banda3{da} sza3 {d}en-lil2]-la2#?-ta? [...] ga2 | Rīm-Sîn, the young entar priestess, from the heart of Enlil |
| 3 | sipa# zi# un# szar2#-ra# tum3#?-tum3#?-mu#-de3#? en# gal# {d}nin-urta-ke4? zi-de3-esz pa3-da | The true shepherd who brings(?) the multitude(?) to life The great lord Ninurta, chosen faithfully |
| 4 | gesztu2# dagal# igi#-gal2-bi diri#-ga ki nig2-nam# kin-kin | whose broad wisdom surpasses all (other) wisdom, who establishes everything |
| 5 | ad#-gi4-gi4 umusz-bi sze23-sze12 nig2-su3-ra2-bi-sze3 igi nu-bar-re | The counsellor does not look at its reasoning and reasoning |
| 6 | di-ku5 nig2-gi-na {d}utu-gin7 nig2 zi-de3-esz ki-ag2# | Judge of justice, like Utu, beloved by the true thing |
| 7 | u3-ne-de3-dah | he will add. |
| 8 | sza3-la2-su3 ma-da-bi dagal-la ur-sag szu-gar-gi4 iri ki-x | His heart, whose land is wide, hero Šuŋargi, city of ... |
| 9 | am du7-du7 sag10 me3 szen-szen gesz-gesz-la2 sag-il2 | Beautiful wild bull, roaring in battle, carrying a saggešla weapon, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lipisz-bi ki-us2-sa-bi a-ba-bi gi4-gi4-da nu-zu# | Its anger, its limbs, who can know of it? |
| 2 | nir-gal2 igi-ni-sze3 lu2 nu-gub-bu a2-gal2 nu-si-sa2 | No one can stand before her, no one can equal her power. |
| 3 | nun sag mah u3-ma-ni sa2-sa2 ud5?-sag nam-lugal | Prince with a magnificent head, whose strength is equal to the nanny goat(?) of kingship |
| 4 | kal#-ga# a-RU-ub {gesz?}tukul lu2 kur2-ra!-ke4 kesz2-di nam-ra#? | The mighty one, the ... of the weapon of the enemy, the bundle of lordship |
| 5 | [dumu] u3-tu-u4-da {d}nergal-ta sza3-ta nam-gal-ta | son born by Nergal from the womb of greatness |
| 6 | [u3-ne-de3-pesz] | they shall perform. |
| 7 | [x] nin-sza3-ta-pa3-da {munus}dub-sar | ... Nin-šatapada, the scribe |
| 8 | [NIN]-dingir {d}mes-lam-ta-e3-a | the lady of Meslamtaea |
| 9 | dumu# {d}suen-ka-szi-id lugal unu{ki}-ga | son of Sîn-kāšid king of Uruk |
| 10 | [geme2]-zu# na-ab-be2-a | “Do not speak to your slave woman! |
| 20 | [...]-kam#? he2#?-en#?-x x | ... may he(?) |
Sources & licences
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