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CDLI Literary 000754, ex. 054 & 000758, ex. 001 (P345846)

Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationCDLI Literary 000754, ex. 054 & 000758, ex. 001
IDP345846
Museum no.LB 2125
Collectionde Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLiterary
Find spotNippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates32.1271, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse col 1
1'[...] x x x x [...]
2'[...]-zi#-ub-ze2-en#... you will give to him
3'[...] in#-x-ne... they ...
4'[...] zi#-zi#-da-mu-ne... when I rise
5'[...] in#-na#-gar-ma... he established for him and
6'[...]-ba#-a-sze3 ga-ba-DU in-na-du11I want to go to ..., he said to him
7'[...]-an-szum2-ma igi-ni-[ta] szagar-mu bi-x-e... he gave to him, and before him he ... my šagarmu
8'[...]-mu# szum2-ma-ab e2-dub-ba-a-sze3 i3-gub-de3-enGive my ... to the scribal school, we will stand by it
11'[...]-ku4#-re-ma ki bi2#-[...]... entered and ... the earth
12'[...] dub-mu# mu#-na#-[...]He ... my tablet for him
13'[...]-tud2#-[...]... gave birth to
obverse col 2
1'[...] x [...]
2'[...]-a gal2#-[...]... open(?)
3'[dumu] e2-dub-ba-a#-ke4#-ne# ab-szid-de3-en# [...]The students of the scribal school will listen to you
6'um-mi-a e2-sub-ba-a-ta x [...]-ma-da-an#-[...]My mother from the Subarean temple ...
7'e2-e in#-in#-ku4# za3#-x-la# ba-[...]He entered the house, he ... praise
8'dumu e2-dub-ba-a szu-kin# an#-dab5 [igi]-ni-sze3 al-DU?The pupil of the scribal school, placed as a pledge, ... before him.
9'nam-dub-sar-ra a-na# bi2#-in#-zu-na#What did the scribal art know?
10'ad-da-na szu-na ba#-x-x-szum2His father gave him in his hand
11'ad-da-ni sza3# [...]-de2#His father is to pacify the heart
12'ad-da e2-dub-ba-a x [...]-de2-eThe father of the scribal school ...
13'[...]-mu szu-ni# i-ni-in-bad-du ku3#-zu i-ni-[...]... his hand he shook, your holy ...
14'[...]-ra nig2-galam-galam-ma-bi mu-ni-pa3-pa3#-[...]... uttered a supplication to the great gods
15'[...] szed# nig2-ka9 ki-bur2-bur2-ra-bi igi mu-na-[...]He looked at the ... of the baked bricks and the accounts of the undeveloped plots
16'[...] ki#-dul#-dul-la x dalla mu#-[...]... covered the courtyard with splendor
17'[...] ni#-ir-da# mu-na-ni-de2 {gesz#}[...]... brought to him with a scepter
18'[...] sza3#-ga#-na# a-gin7 mi#-[...]... how is it that you(?) ... in his heart
19'[...] mu4# nig2... the young man

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