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CDLI Literary 000765, ex. 003 (P345718)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000765, ex. 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345718 |
| Museum no. | HS 1601 |
| 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 | ||
| 1′ | [x]-pad-[...] | ... ... |
| 2′ | ⸢uruda niŋ₂ kala-ga ku₃⸣ [x x]-⸢ŋu₁₀-gen₇ ba-ra-am₃⸣-[x] | The mighty copper ... was not ... like ... |
| 3′ | ku₃ (TUR.TUR) 1 ⸢giŋ₄⸣ ga-mu-u₃-⸢ku₅⸣-[x] | I want to cut down 1 reed-bed for you |
| 4′ | 3 ma-na 4 ma-na saŋ he₂-a-⸢sa₁₀⸣-[x] | 3 minas (and) 4 ma[nas] are the price of |
| 5′ | lu₂-lu₇ buluŋ₃-e-de₃ {ŋeš-tu₉}ŋeštu u₃-mu-⸢gub⸣-[x x] | “The one who is to enter into a cella, I will set up a scepter for him |
| 6′ | ku₃ (TUR.TUR) 5 ⸢ma-na 10 ma⸣-na mu-⸢ur₂-x⸣ [x x] | silver 5 mana 10 minas ... |
| 7′ | u₂ igi-a sa₆ ⸢x x⸣ e₂-gal-la ⸢u₃⸣-[x x (x)] | Beautiful plants in the front ... of the palace ... |
| 8′ | (LU₂.ŠEM) mar-za-⸢am₃ x⸣ KA ha-ba-[x x (x)] | “The man of Marza’eam ... |
| 9′ | nam-ugula NU-banda₃ ⸢gu₂⸣ mu-⸢na⸣-[x x (x)] | the office of foreman and overseer of the throne-dais ... |
| 10′ | gana₂-am₃ KA ha-ba-[x x (x)] | May the field ... |
| 11′ | a-zu 3 ma⸣-na ŋe₂₆-e gu₂ mu-⸢na⸣-[x (x)] | The physician ... three times |
| 12′ | ⸢ŋuruš⸣ šilam tuku gud-gen₇ gu₂-ni ⸢u₃⸣-[...] | The e’e-buruš-e3-plant, the one who has a šilam-priestess, like a bull, his neck ... |
| 13′ | ⸢x (TUR.TUR) 5 ma-na 10 ma-na mu-⸢u₃⸣-[x x (x)] | ... 5 minas 10 ma[nas ...] |
| 14′ | [...] ⸢A E₂⸣ A LAGAB [x x x] | ... a house, an estate ... |
| 15′ | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1′ | [...] ⸢TUKU⸣ [...] | ... the ešuku-priest |
| 2′ | [(x) x] ⸢kiŋ₂⸣-ge₄-a ⸢kaskal⸣ [...] | ... E-gea, E-kaškal-e-a |
| 3′ | {⸢kuš}a-ŋa₂⸣-la₂ dugud-da [...] | a heavy heavy scepter |
| 4′ | ku₃ (TUR.TUR) 10 giŋ₄ mu-ur₂-⸢x⸣ [x x (x)] | 10 reed bundles of pomegranates |
| 5′ | hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ kur ki nu-zu-u₃ ⸢x⸣ [x x] | The Hursa, a land unknown to me |
| 6′ | emmen₂ še-ŋar ba-ra-[x x x] | The emmer and the šēbar ... for you |
| 7′ | u₂ ga-mu-ni-ib₂-⸢gu₇ x⸣ [...] | I want to eat food, but ... |
| 8′ | kur-ta ⸢x⸣ [...] | From the mountain ... |
| 9′ | saŋ-GU₄-ŋal₂ [...] | (Sum) The oxen herdsman ... (Akk) The bull herd ... |
| 10′ | ⸢x MA⸣ [...] | (If) a ...-bird ... . |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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