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CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? (P345689)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P345689 |
| Museum no. | HS 1443 + HS 1586 |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| reverse col 2 13 | the... of the holy festival |
| reverse col 1 9 | at that time, the festival of the gods |
| reverse col 2 10 | May your holy name be perfected at the mouth |
| reverse col 1 7 | the shrine of Nippur, the city suitable for the great heroism |
| reverse col 2 1 | ...... |
| reverse col 1 1 | the woman of Nippur |
| reverse col 2 11 | the... of the land was good |
| reverse col 1 5 | of the irgida priest of Ninurta |
| reverse col 2 3 | May he... the day(?) |
| reverse col 2 6 | Nippur, his beloved city |
| reverse col 1 2 | father who begot him, great mountain |
| reverse col 1 6 | the city of the great door of Sumer, the cleansing of the divine powers of Eridu |
| reverse col 2 5 | The city(?) is surrounded by a flood(?) |
| reverse col 1 11 | the holy residence of the Anuna gods |
| reverse col 1 13 | a lion's head, a lion's head |
| reverse col 2 7 | He... his place of worship |
| reverse col 2 16 | befitting |
| reverse col 2 4 | ... his scepter |
| reverse col 1 14 | Hero Ninurta, the place of battle |
| reverse col 2 15 | supreme lord, supreme prince |
| reverse col 1 10 | May the... wall(?) of the sikil-nun |
| reverse col 2 12 | to the distant future |
| reverse col 1 12 | The lord of the house, the hand of..., is a great horn |
| reverse col 2 14 | When he looks at the good..., |
| reverse col 2 2 | In Nippur, the place where you are to be torn out(?) |
| reverse col 1 3 | The shrine Nippur, the son of Numun-ib |
| reverse col 2 8 | ... the city of Nippur |
| reverse col 2 9 | in the district of Ninurta, son of Enlil |
| reverse col 1 8 | the land of the great divine powers, the radiance of heaven and earth |
| reverse col 1 4 | praise of Ninurta and Ninurta! |
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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