CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 045 (P346088)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346088 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
English translation
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| reverse 1 | He gathered up (that which had been destroyed in the mountain) and placed it (in) the Tigris |
| reverse 2 | He irrigated the meadow with the carp flood |
| reverse 3 | Now, today(?) that of the horizon/entire earth (everything?), |
| reverse 4 | The kings of the homeland profoundly rejoiced for Ninurta |
| reverse 5 | The field ripened with/placed barley |
| reverse 6 | The harvest of the irrigated orchard yielded (fruit) |
| reverse 7 | He heaped up the grain piles |
| reverse 8 | The lord brought up harbors/trading colonies from within the land |
| reverse 9 | He made the mood of the gods pleasant |
| reverse 10 | And they were praising Ninurta and his father Enlil(?) |
| reverse 11 | At that time he also reached (a) compassion(ate state) for the woman |
| reverse 12 | Ninmah because of the place where ... had sex with her was not sleeping |
| reverse 13 | She made her hair cover her back like a heavy (i.e. unshorn?) ewe(?) |
| reverse 14 | She was greatly intoning a lament in the mountain that had not been stepped on/had no trails |
| reverse 15 | The mountain does not bear the supreme strength of the lord |
| reverse 16 | The hero who, like An in his anger, his might no one approaches |
| reverse 17 | The furious storm that moves upon the earth, depositing(?) poison on its “chest” |
| reverse 18 | Lord, the “life”(?) of Enlil, of whom the crown is appropriate upon his head |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | x [...] | |
| 2 | x [...] | |
| 3' | [...]-x | |
| 4' | [...] | |
| 5' | [...]-x | |
| 6' | [...] | |
| 7' | [...]-x-NE | |
| 8' | [...] | |
| 9' | [...]-x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...]-un#-ur4-ur4 {i7#}idigna im-ma-an-si | |
| 2 | [...]{ku6#} a-gar3#-ra mi-ni-in-de2-de2 | |
| 3 | [i3]-ne-esz2 u4-da#? nig2-ki-szar2-ra-ke4 | |
| 4 | lugal#? kalam-ma en {d}nin-urta-ra su3-u4-bi mu-un-hul2-e-esz | |
| 5 | GAN2-ne2 sze gu-nu-a mi-ni-in-si | |
| 6 | [...] pu2# {gesz}kiri6-ke4 szu im-mi-in-il2 | |
| 7 | guru7# du6-de3 gu2 im-mi-in-gur-gur | |
| 8 | en-e kalam-x kar? im-ta-an-e11 | |
| 9 | dingir-re-e-ne ur5-bi mu-un-sa6 | |
| 10 | {d}nin-urta a-a-ni {d}en-lil2-le me-tesz2 me-i-i-ne | |
| 11 | u4-bi-a munus-ra arhusz-a sa2 nam-ga-mu-ni-ib2-du11 | |
| 12 | {d}nin-mah-e ki gesz3 du11-ga-ni-sze3 u3 nu-um-szi-ku-ku | |
| 13 | siki# u8 dugud-gin7 bar-ra bi2-in-dul | |
| 14 | i-lu kur giri3# nu-gal2-la-ba gal-gal-bi mi-ni-ib2-be2# | |
| 15 | u3-mu-un a2# mah-a-ni kur-re# nu#-u8-il2#-[...] | |
| 16 | ur-sag gal an-gin7 [...] | |
| 17 | u4 sur2 ki-a gen usz11# [...] | |
| 18 | en szi {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2# [...] | |
Sources & licences
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