CDLI Literary 000750, ex. 015 (P346197)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000750, ex. 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346197 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| obverse 1' | Named a good name |
| obverse 2' | Your interior is the river ordeal |
| obverse 3' | Egalgasud temple, storehouse that makes silver and lapis |
| obverse 4' | Into treasure |
| obverse 5' | Etarsirsir temple, enunciating/effecting(?) decisions and the cosmic powers, one who strokes the nose (in submission) |
| obverse 6' | Your ruler, possessed of pity ... |
| obverse 7' | Lady, great physician of the black headed |
| obverse 8' | Who decrees the fate of her city |
| obverse 9' | Eldest child of holy An, mother Bau |
| obverse 10' | Temple of the Irikug sacred precinct |
| obverse 11' | She erected a temple in your sacred space |
| obverse 12' | She sat on your dais |
| obverse 13' | Ebursagsag temple, (where beautiful stone bowls) are set up under heaven |
| obverse 14' | The dining hall/sanctum, consistently supplied (with offerings?) like the lord of the pure mouth(!?) |
| obverse 15' | The abundance of the midst of the sea, ... inner sanctum |
| obverse 16' | Pure(?) roof/hair?(?), ..., ..., ... interceding |
| obverse 17' | Rejoicing ... |
| obverse 18' | The Emah temple, temple of Šara, the temple(?) where the faithful man in(?) abundance |
| obverse 19' | Prayed to you |
| obverse 20' | Your temple, the Emah, your prince, the princely son of the nugig midwife (Inanna)(?) |
| obverse 21' | It voice thinned/spread out(?), (its) sacred space(?) producing(?) abundance |
| reverse 1' | Ešerzidguru temple, inner sanctum hung with šuba stones |
| reverse 2' | (Possessing) a great aura, the nigar sanctary of holy Inanna |
| reverse 3' | Adorning/touching the true me, the emerging(?) me, broadly |
| reverse 4' | Zabalam, shrine ..., shrine at daybreak(?) |
| reverse 5' | She has found the voice of (i.e. found expression for?) the wish(?) |
| reverse 6' | In your true inner sanctum, the nugig midwife |
| reverse 7' | Laid down the wish |
| reverse 8' | Your lady, Inanna, singular ... |
| reverse 9' | ušumgal creature grabbing the limbs(?) of the single(?) man, ... |
| reverse 10' | Shining as something white, advancing toward the rebel land |
| reverse 11' | The firmament in the evening made beautiful by her own (doing) |
| reverse 12' | The eldest child of Suen, Inanna |
| reverse 13' | Temple of Zabalam |
| reverse 14' | She erected a temple in your sacred space |
| reverse 15' | She sat on your dais |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | mu# du10-ga#? [...] | |
| 2' | sza3-zu {d}[...] | |
| 3' | e2!-galga-su3# [...] | |
| 4' | gi-sa-sze3# [...] | |
| 5' | tar-sirx(SUD)-sirx(SUD) [...] me i3-i ki?-ri szu# gal2 | |
| 6' | nun-zu sza3-la2 tuku#? [...] | |
| 7' | nin a-zu gal [...] | |
| 8' | nam iri{ki}-na# [...] | |
| 9' | dumu sag an ku3-ga ama#? [...] | |
| 10' | e2 iri{ki#?}-[...] | |
| 11' | musz#-za# e2 bi2-in#-[gub] | |
| 12' | bara2-za dur2 bi2-in#-[gar] | |
| 13' | e2-bur-sag12-sag12 an-e su8#-[...] | |
| 14' | {+u2-nu}unu6 {en#?}en KA ku3-gin7 sa2 [...] | |
| 15' | he-nun ab sza3-ga unu2 [...] | |
| 16' | sumur3? ku3-ZI UBUR? [...] u2-x u2-gu-ul gar-ra | |
| 17' | a-si-lu-lu [...] | |
| 18' | e2-mah e2 {d}szara2 e2#? lu2 zi#?-[...] | |
| 19' | szu mu-ra-ni-in#-[...] | |
| 20' | e2-zu e2-mah# nun#-zu dumu nun# [...] | |
| 21' | szeg10#? sal#-sal x he#-nun [...] | |
| 22' | [...] x [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [e2]-sze-er-zi-gur3#-[ru ...] | |
| 2' | ni2# gal nigar{gar} ku3# [...] | |
| 3' | me zi me e3 szu x [...] x [...] x x [...] | |
| 4' | zabalax(|MUSZ3.ZA.UNUG|){ki} esz3 MUSZ3 KUR#? [...] x x [...] | |
| 5' | ku-ur-{ku}kurku2 ad mi-x-[...] | |
| 6' | unu2{ki} zi-za nu-gig#?-[...] | |
| 7' | kur-ku ma-ra-ni-[...] | |
| 8' | nin-zu {d}inanna MUNSZUB? [...] dili{+di-li} | |
| 9' | uszumgal lu2 dili ur2 dab5-ba [...] | |
| 10' | nig2-babbar2 sag SAR-SAR ki-bala-sze3 [...] | |
| 11' | gesz-he u2-sa11-an-na ni2-ta-[...] | |
| 12' | dumu gal {d#}suen#-na {d}inanna#-[ke4] | |
| 13' | e2 ki# zabalax(|MUSZ3.ZA.UNUG|)#[{ki}] | |
| 14' | musz-za e2# bi2#-in-[gub] | |
| 15' | bara2-za dur2 bi2#-[in-gar] | |
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