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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 021 (P345607)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345607 |
| Museum no. | HS 1466 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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 | igi#-ni# szu x# x# x# [...] | His eye ... ... |
| 2 | szu mu-un-tag#-[...] | He touched/touched(?) |
| 3 | gu3 mu-un#?-[...] | He screamed |
| 4 | i3-nu2-[...] | At that time |
| 5 | {d}bil3-ga#-[...] | Gilgamesh |
| 6 | kur# ba-an-suh3-[...] | The land was shattered |
| 7 | an-usan sze-er-[...] | Anusan ... |
| 8 | {d}utu ur2 ama-ni {d}[...] | Utu, his mother's lap |
| 9 | {d}bil3-ga-[...] | For Gilgamesh |
| 10 | dumu# iri#-za mu-de3#-[...] | The son of your city ... to you |
| 11 | [x] hur-sag-ga2-ke4 x# [...] | ... of the mountain range |
| 12 | ama# ugu#-bi tilla2 iri-[...] | The mother who bore him in the street of the city |
| 13 | gesztu2 zi-da-na ba#-[x x] | His righteous wisdom ... |
| 14 | inim nam-ur-sag-ga2-ka tug2-[...] | The word of heroism |
| 15 | x i3 szu mu-un-nigin gaba? x x x | he poured oil on the chest |
| 16 | gu4-gin7 ki# gal-la ba-ni-gub | Like an ox, it stood in a great place |
| 17 | gu2 ki-sze3 bi2-in-gar KA [x]-da-an-sze3# | he set his neck towards the ground, ... to the ... |
| 18 | zi ama ugu-gu10 {d}nin-sun2-kam a-a-gu10 ku3 {d}lugal-ban3-da | The life of my birth mother Ninsun, my holy father Lugalbanda |
| 19 | du10-ub ama ugu-gu10 {d}nin-sun2-ka# u3-di-du11-ga-gin7 ha!-ma#-tim#-[x] | May the utterance of my birth mother Ninsun be as sweet as a šud offering(?) |
| 20 | 2(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 KA in-ga-nam-mu-[...] | For the 2nd time ... |
| 21 | zi ama ugu-gu10# {d}nin-sun2# a#-a#-gu10 ku3 [x]-lugal#-ban3#-[x] | Life of my birth mother Ninsun, my father silver ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | lugal-gu10 za-e lu2-[...] | My king, you ... |
| 2 | ge26-e lu2-bi igi# [...] | I saw that man |
| 3 | ur-sag# ka-ga14-ni [...] | Hero, his mouth |
| 4 | igi-ni igi! [...] | His eye |
| 5 | x x [...] a-[...] | ... ... |
| 6 | sag-ki-ni {gisz#}gi [...] | His forehead is a reed tree |
| 7 | lugal-gu10# [x]-e# kur#-sze3# [...] | My king, ... to the netherworld |
| 8 | ama-zu-ur2# i3#-ti#-zu ga#-[...] | Your mother, I want to ... your life |
| 9 | eger-ra ba-usz2-zu [...] | Your one who has died in the steppe |
| 10 | gar-ra#! {d}en-ki-du10# x [...] | Establisher of Enkidu |
| 11 | tug2 3(disz) [...] | textiles, 3 |
| 12 | bad3!-da a lu2# [...] | The wall, woe the man |
| 13 | e2 gi-sig#-[...] | The temple of the reed screen |
| 14 | za-e ge26-e dah-ma#-[...] | You, I shall praise you |
| 15 | ba-su-a-ba [x x]-a-[x] | Basuaba ... |
| 16 | u4 ma2 ma2-gan [x x]-a-[x] | when the boat Magan ... |
| 17 | {gisz}ma2-x# gi? [...] | ... reed |
| 18 | {gisz}ma2#-[...] | a boat |
| 19 | ga2-nam#-[...] | I want to ... |
| 20 | tukum#-[...] | If |
Sources & licences
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