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CDLI Literary needed, ex. 001 ? (P345811)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary needed, ex. 001 ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P345811 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1932-0520 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary letter and letter-prayer |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 | [{d}]nin#-isin2{si}-na dumu ki-ag2# [an mah nin gal mah-ra u3-na-a-du11] | Nininsina, beloved child of the great An, the great lady, he spoke to her |
| 2 | [gu]-za-la2 ki!-{d}utu-e3-a na#?-x [a-ra-li] | throne bearer of Ki-Utu-ea, ... of Arali |
| 3 | nitalam# ki-ag2 ur-sag {d}[pa-bil-sag-ga2-ke4 e2-gi4-a mah ki-ur3-ra] | beloved spouse of hero Pabilsag, supreme bride of the Ki'ur |
| 4 | [sag]-DUN# mah# an# {d}en!-lil2-la2-ta? [sag-il2 nin-e-ne] | From the supreme sagdu-priest of An and Enlil, the queen |
| 5 | [nibru]{ki#}-a# dur an-ki-ka# me#-bi# szu du7#-[du7] | In Nippur, the mes of heaven and earth are perfected |
| 6 | [e2-gal-mah] x x-nin-a-x-[ni nam-mah-bi pa-e3] | The Egalmah temple, whose ... is exalted |
| 7 | [la]-ra#-ak e2 nigar{gar#} asz#-ti e2-sa#-bad e2 sa#-szum2#?-[ma bara2 mah-bi ri-a] | The larak temple, the nigar temple of Esabad, the temple of Sašuma, its supreme dais |
| 8 | [a]-zu# gal szu du11-ga nam-ti#-la tu6-tu6# tu-ra ba#-[ni-ib-gi4-gi4] | Great physician, whose hand is merciful, who restores life to an end |
| 9 | [ama kalam-ma arhusz szud3-de3 ki-ag2 a-ra-zu gesz-tuku] | the mother of the land, who reveres prayer and supplication |
| 10 | [nin-mu-ra u3-ne-de3-dah] | for my mistress I will add. |
| 11 | [x?] [{d}]suen#-i-din-nam lugal larsa#{ki}-ma-ke4 arad-zu na#-[ab-be2-a] | ... Sîn-iddinam king of Larsa your servant says: |
| 12 | u4 tu-da-mu-ta {d}utu-ra u3-na-a-du11 nam-sipa kalam-ma-ni ma-an-szum2 | When he had sworn by the life of Utu, he gave me the shepherdship of his country. |
| 13 | [gu2-mu] nu-szub#-bu-de3-en# ga2#-e u3 nu-ku-ku nam-ti [i3-kin-kin] | I shall not fall into my seat, I will not sleep, life will be established for me |
| 14 | [dingir]-re#?-e-ne-ra mah-bi KA sa6-sa6#-[ge-mu-da] | For the great gods, with a beautiful mouth |
| 15 | [siskur2]-re# nidba-ba? x e3#?-a nig2-na-me la#-[...] | The offering(?) of the nidbaba offerings(?) ... is nothing |
| 16 | [{d}]asal#-lu2-hi lugal ka2-[dingir]-ra{ki} en dumu {d}i7-lu2-ru#-[gu2 x x u4 zal] | Asalluhi king of Babylon lord son of Ilurugu spent the day |
| 17 | iri#?-bi iri-mu-sze3 u4-szu2-usz sa2 si3-si3-ga# | Its cities, to my city, are set in order daily(?) |
| 18 | [lugal-bi lugal larsa{ki}-ma nig2-hul-dib]-x i3#?-[kin-kin] | Its king, the king of Larsa, did evil |
| 19 | [sipa] kalam-bi nu-me-en-na nidba-bi la-ba#-[an-x] | I am not the shepherd of this land, I do not ... its food. |
| 20 | [szul] x-ra ge6 ma-mu2#-da#-ke4 giri3-ta mu-un-da#-gub#-[ba] | The young man of the ... night with me, standing at the foot |
| 21 | [sag]-ga2# im-mi-in-[gub igi] husz#-bi ga2#-e igi-mu-ni-[du8] | I stood on my head, I saw its furious face |
| 22 | [{gesz}]gisal#? i7?-[da] tum3# tu6 hul-bi si3-[ga] | The “wood-of-the-river"(?) brought to the river, its evil incantation ceased |
| 23 | [u4-bi-ta] x-x-[mu si nu-sa2] x-ni#? ba-ha-[dab5-be2-en] | At that time, I was seized by a ... that was not ... |
| 24 | [ni2-tuku-mu]-ta#? ni2-mu la-ba#-[ra-e3 tu-ra gig ba]-an#?-dab5#?-[be2-en] | Because of my fear, my fear did not come out, I was seized by a sick child |
| 25 | [tu-ra-mu] kukku2# nu-zalag-ge gar#-ra#-[am3 lu2 igi nu-mu-un-ni-in-du8-a] | It is a turāmu that is not brightened with kukku, no one can see it |
| 26 | [a-zu-e igi-bi] nu#-mu#-un-du8-e tug2-nig2-la2 nu-mu-sze12#-[de3] | The physician does not see it, he does not wash himself with a cloth |
| 27 | tu6#-tu6-e nu#-szub#-bu du11#-ga#?-bi-ta en3-tukum# [zi] x x | The incantation is not to be abandoned, because of its utterance, how long ...? |
| 27a | [tu-ra-mu geszkim nu-tuku-a x igi-bi nu-x x] | The turāmu-demon who does not have a sign ... its face ... |
| 28 | [tu-ra]-x u2 szim# eden#-na# hur#-sag-ga2# nu-mu2-a lu2 nu-mu-un-tuku-tuku-e | The ... plant, the aromatic plant of the steppe, does not grow in the mountains, no one can acquire it |
| 29 | [ti-la] tu#-ra-mu za-a-da i3-gal2 nam-mah-zu ga-[am3-du11] | The life of Uramu is here with you, I want to praise your greatness |
| 30 | [ama-mu u4] tur#-ra-mu-ta mu-un-tak4#-[am3] | My mother abandoned me in my small days. |
| 31 | [ama nu-tuku-me]-x arhusz nu-mu-ra-du11 za-e ama-mu-[me-en] | I have no mother ..., I do not speak to you with compassion, you are my mother. |
| 32 | [za-e]-x amalu kur2 nu-tuku arhusz nu-mu-ra-du11 | You ... the amalu priestess who has no rival spoke to you with kindness. |
| 33 | [...]-mu# nu-mu-ra-ab-kin-kin-e# za#-[e amalu-mu-me-en] | ... I will not establish my ... for you, you are my adversary |
| 34 | [lu2 ul3-la2] ur {gesz}gu-za he2#-[me-en kesz2-da-zu-sze3 musz3 nam-ba-an-tum2-mu-un] | May you be a proud man, a dog on your throne, so that he does not carry a mourning cry for you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [{d}da-mu dumu] ki#-ag2-zu aga3#-us2# {gesz}tukul szu# du8#?-[la-ni he2-me-en] | Damu, your beloved son, may you be his soldier who carries weapons |
| 2 | [arhusz-mu] igi#-ni#-sze3# [hu-mu-ra-ab-be2] | May he say to you "may my heart be glad before him" |
| 3 | [tu-ra-mu] tu#-ra-ta ba-an-kur2 szeg3#? [nu-zu] | After he had returned from the desert, he did not know the wind(?) |
| 4 | [an-bir9-ta] u2#-a nu-szum2-mu ge6#-[a u3 nu-ku-ku-un] | From the horizon no food was given, no sleep was given. |
| 5 | ama# nig2#-u2-rum-mu ku3 {d}nin-isin2{si}-na nin arhusz he2-me-en | May you be my pure mother, Nininsina, the lady of kindness |
| 6 | [u3 nu-ku sze]-sza4#-mu ge6 ga-mu#-[ra-ab-tum2-mu] | I want to bring you a dream that does not sleep. |
| 7 | [...] igi sa6-ga-zu-sze3# [u3-mu-szi-bar zi du10-ga szum3-ma-ab] | Give ... to your beautiful face, Umunšibar, who gives good life |
| 8 | [buru5?{muszen}-sze3] sur2#-du3{muszen} kar-ra#-[gin7 zi-mu al-tum3-tum3-mu-un] | Like a sparrow, it is taking its life to the quay |
| 9 | ga2#-e igi dingir-bi-ta u3-mu-[...] ur2-za-a mu-e-[ni-ib2 szu-ta kar-mu] | I, before its god, ... in your lap ... |
| 10 | [gurusz-me]-en szu nam-tar-ra-ka# a-nir# [i3-ga2-ga2] x-x [im-mi-in-zal] | I am a young man in the hand of fate, he uttered a lament ... |
| 11 | [ab2-szilam]-a#-gin7# [arhusz] tuku-ma-[ra-ab] | Like Abšilam, you have mercy on me. |
| 12 | [x] x-[na-gin7] arhusz tuku-ma-[ra-ab] | Like a ..., may he bless you with kindness. |
| 13 | [ama] tu#-da-mu x he2-ri-ib#-dib?-be2 arhusz tuku#-[ma-ra-ab] | May the mother who bore me pass by with compassion |
| 14 | [x] x ka-tab-ba gesz-tuku PA? KA nu-sze-ga [x] | ... with a ear that cannot be opposed(?) |
| 15 | [{d}da]-mu# dumu# ki-ag2#-zu# a-zu gal# {d}en-lil2-la2-x | Damu, your beloved child, the great physician of Enlil |
| 16 | [x?] u2# nam-ti-la# mu#-un-zu a nam-ti-la mu-un-zu# | He knows the ... of life, he knows the water of life |
| 17 | [...]-ka dingir sag-[du-ga-mu?] a#-ba# za-ra [x] | ... god, who is like you? |
| 18 | [{d}asal]-lu2-hi dumu {d#}[i7-lu2]-ru#-gu2! na#-ab#-du11#-[ga] [hu-mu]-an-ti#-le | Asalluhi, son of Ilu-rugu, did not say “May he live!’ |
| 19 | x [...] | |
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