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CDLI Literary 000326 OB Catalogue from Nippur 3 & 000373, ex. 012 (P345629)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000326 OB Catalogue from Nippur 3 & 000373, ex. 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345629 |
| Museum no. | HS 1454 + HS 1504 |
| 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)
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 | ur-sag alim mah | Hero, exalted bison |
| 2 | me-a lu | Where ...? |
| 3 | me-a-am | where? |
| 4 | u3 nu-mu-e-de3-RI-RI | and you will not ... |
| 5 | iri-me-a | of Irimea |
| 6 | u4 re-a | At that time |
| 7 | en me galam#-ma | lord of the great mes |
| 8 | me-e dingir-ga2 | I of my god |
| 9 | {d}gibil6 {d}gibil6 | Gibil, Gibil |
| 10 | u4 3(u) u4 nu2-a | 30 days of sleep |
| 11 | an u18-ru gal | Great flood, |
| 12 | munus zi me inim di-di | The righteous woman, who speaks words, |
| 13 | lugal tu-da-zu | the king who bore you |
| 14 | {d}nin-lil2 nin nibru{ki} | For Ninlil, the lady of Nippur |
| 15 | en EZEM gal an ki | lord, great festival of heaven and earth, |
| 16 | {d}gesztin nin ki-ag2 | For Geštin, the beloved lady, |
| 17 | lugal iri ab2-gin7 lu | king of the city, like cows |
| 18 | u4 husz gal | Great furious storm |
| 19 | u2 sed6 sed6 HU | cool plants, cool ... |
| 20 | en me sag2# nu-di | The lord who does not scatter the me |
| 21 | ku3-ga-am3 in-tu-u4 | he gave it as a gift. |
| 22 | [...] | |
| 23 | [...] GAL | ... great |
| 24 | x nam-ti re-gaba | for the life of the rēgaba-priest, |
| 25 | u2-szim sag nam-il2 | a plant that raises its head |
| 26 | nin hi-li szu du7 | lady who perfects allure, |
| 27 | x gidri-a szu du7 | ... perfect for the scepter |
| 28 | il2-la il2-la | raise, raise! |
| 29 | in-na-ab me-a | he will pay. Where? |
| 30 | gisz ga-szub-szub | I want to throw down the tree |
| 31 | szubur-e szu mu2 | The šubur-priest ... |
| 32 | lugal-mu u4 ug szu TU | My king ... |
| 33 | ur-sag u4 gal-le-esz | The hero, the great storm |
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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