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CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? (P345687)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P345687 |
| Museum no. | HS 1434 |
| 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' | unu#?{ki} he2#-[...] lugal-bi he2-me-en | May you be the ruler of Uruk, may you be its king |
| 2' | nibru{ki} he2-[...] sipa-bi he2-me-en | May you be the shepherd of Nippur |
| 3' | uri2{ki} he2-du3 na-gada-bi he2-me-en | May Ur be built, may you be its herdsman. |
| 4' | igi ugnim-za-ka sa6-ni | his beautiful face in front of the army |
| 5' | su iri-za-ka he2-eb2-du10-ge | May he be sweet in the lap of your city. |
| 6' | {d}nin-isin2{si-na} x kalam-ma-ke4 | Ninisina, the ... of the land |
| 7' | [...] x du10-ga-am3# [x]-ni-in-TU-TU | ... is good ... ... |
| 8' | e2 x hu-mu-ra-ab-du10-ge | May the house be sweet for you. |
| 9' | sag-ki hu-mu-ra-ab-zalag-ge | May he brighten your face for you. |
| 10' | ur2 ku3 {d}inanna-ka-ka u4 su3-su3-u4-ba-ni-ib | Inanna’s holy lap he spends the day in splendor. |
| 11' | {d}nusku sukkal {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 zi-sza3-gal2 nam-ti!-la e2-kur-ta hu-mu-ra-ab-x | Nusku, the vizier of Enlil, may life (and) life for you from the Ekur |
| 12' | {d}kal-kal i3-du8 gal {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 | Kalkal, the chief gatekeeper of Enlil |
| 13' | ka2 nam-ti-la-ka gal2 hu-mu-ra-ab-tak4-tak4 | May he open the gate of life for you. |
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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