CDLI Literary 000408, ex. 002 (P345655)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000408, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345655 |
| Museum no. | HS 1592 |
| 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 |
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) |
|---|---|
| obverse 5' | May you be rejoicing at your gate. |
| obverse 8' | I am the lady, the house of the holy residence |
| obverse 12' | its supreme |
| reverse 2 | ... the uu-disease of its neck... sweetly |
| reverse 7 | in the land like Utu |
| obverse 4' | the palace, your beloved place of Uazu |
| reverse 12 | great... |
| obverse 7' | May your greatness be granted to you. |
| obverse 2' | by the hand of Etinana, the praise of the king |
| reverse 4 | They sat at the place of decreeing |
| reverse 3 | The great Anuna gods |
| obverse 10' | Aya-jug, An, the king of the gods, |
| reverse 1 | the kingship of the distant days |
| reverse 6 | ulgi faithfully |
| obverse 9' | I want to go to the... of my mother |
| reverse 13 | ...... |
| reverse 10 | good quality ghee |
| reverse 11 | of ulgi, the crown of the kingship |
| obverse 6' | May your good supplication be established. |
| obverse 1' | ... |
| obverse 11' | woman with a good cow and a furious womb |
| reverse 8 | He... the throne with a secure reign |
| reverse 5 | shepherdship of ulgi |
| reverse 9 | shepherd who makes the righteous decisions |
| obverse 3' | of all the gods |
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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