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CDLI Literary 000768, ex. 002 (P345639)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000768, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345639 |
| Museum no. | HS 1533 + HS 1605 |
| 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 Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1’ | [x x] ⸢MU x x⸣ [...] | ... emu-plant |
| 2’ | [...] lu₂ sikil-du₃-a-bi ⸢a-ra⸣-[...] | ... its pure men ... for you |
| 3’ | {[m}{d]}⸢en⸣-ki-ta-lu₂-⸢am₃⸣ | E-en-kitalu-e-am |
| 4’ | [...]-⸢am₃⸣ niŋ₂ sikil-du₃-a-bi a-ra-ab-šid-a | ..., whose pure radiance I have bestowed upon you |
| 5’ | [...]-⸢en⸣-na kiŋ₂ ge₄-a nu-ub-ge₄-a | ... did not establish a place for it |
| 6’ | [...]-⸢am₃⸣ ma-an-ŋar a-na-ni ba-DU-a-aš | ... what has he done to him? |
| 7’ | [...]-ta-lu₂ en₃ a-na-⸢zu ba-DU⸣-a-aš | ... how long will you be silent? |
| 8’ | [...]-gen₇ an-na-ab-šid-de₃-en | Like a ..., I will give it to him |
| 9’-10’ | [...]-ŋar ka-ka-ni am₃-⸢tum₃-tum₃⸣ ; a-na-am₃ an-na-AK-e-en | When he opens his mouth, what can I do about it? |
| 11’ | [...]-⸢eš₂⸣ niŋ₂ nu-mu-e-da-an-du₁₁-ga-am₃ | ... did not speak kindly with you |
| 12’ | [...]-ŋu₁₀ im-ši-tum₂-⸢ma⸣ ŋe₂₆-e ur₅-gen₇ bi₂-du₁₁ | ... he brought ... to me, he spoke as follows |
| 13’ | [...]-⸢am₃⸣ e-⸢ra⸣-du₁₁ | ... I want to go up to you |
| 14’ | [...]-⸢ta⸣-am₃ e-ra-du₁₁ | ... said to you |
| 15’ | [...] ⸢enim-ma⸣ a-⸢ra-x-x-x-x⸣ | ... enimma e’e |
| o ii | ||
| 1’ | ⸢iri⸣-[...] | The city |
| 2’ | ze₄-⸢x⸣ [...] | “I want to ..., |
| 3’ | ⸢tukum⸣-[bi ...] | If a house |
| 4’ | ⸢lu₂⸣ [...] | The elu priestess |
| 5’ | ze₄-⸢e⸣ [...] | Ze’ee ... |
| 6’ | ⸢tukum⸣-[...] | If |
| 7’ | ar₂ ⸢AK⸣-[...] | behind eAK-e... |
| 8’a | ar₂ AK-[...] | behind ... |
| 8’b | ni₂-⸢zu⸣ [...] | Ni’ezu |
| 9’ | u₂-⸢gu⸣ [...] | I want to ... the u’egu-vessel |
| 10’ | ⸢tukum⸣-[...] | If |
| 11’ | ni₂ ⸢buluŋ₅⸣-[...] | fear of the ebullû-house |
| 12’ | ⸢ni₂ buluŋ₅⸣-[...] | His scepter (is) the gate |
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