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CDLI Literary 000358, ex. 001 (P345600)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000358, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345600 |
| Museum no. | HS 1518 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 6 | which Enlil did not make perfect |
| obverse 17 | from the watercourse of the halhal canal to the ground |
| obverse 10 | The sajkulb priestess of the... shrine(?) |
| obverse 6 | to the front he raised up. The land of Sumer and Akkad |
| obverse 8 | He... the abundance of the land. He... the mountain. |
| obverse 9 | In the mountain range he has sat down and sat down. |
| obverse 12 | Ura... the eebna shrine |
| obverse 1 | He made the grass grow in its mouth like a sheep. |
| reverse 10 | In Sumer, where there is no barley, how can I tell you about it? |
| reverse 9 | Innuha, what does he bring to Sumer? |
| reverse 1 | it is (a kind of profession) |
| obverse 2 | In distant days, Anan |
| obverse 14 | he brought to her brother Ninmada. |
| obverse 16 | in the land where the barley grew |
| reverse 2 | innuha of Sumer... |
| obverse 11 | from the reed basket |
| reverse 15 | by the hand of ama, the man of |
| reverse 12 | (If) a man is seized by a man, he is a robber, he is a robber |
| obverse 13 | At that time, Ninazu |
| reverse 3 | Sumer did not know barley, he did not know the barley |
| reverse 7 | How can I go up to the nether world? |
| reverse 14 | to Utu's 70 door he set up. |
| reverse 11 | I want to... the sanctuaries of Utu in heaven |
| obverse 3 | An brought down from the midst of heaven |
| obverse 5 | He raised his eyes towards the below, he raised his eyes towards the sea. |
| reverse 13 | to Ursaj, son of Ningal, the one who carries a garment, |
| obverse 15 | I want to go to the netherworld |
| bottom 1 | aromatic |
| obverse 4 | Enlil raised his eye towards the supreme mountain range |
| obverse 7 | Enlil placed the barley in the scribal art |
| reverse 5 | may he not make a rejoicing noise for me. |
| reverse 4 | by Ningublaga the ud prayer of An |
| reverse 8 | When you have brought out the barley of its mountain, |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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