CDLI Literary 000481, ex. 060 (P346570)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000481, ex. 060 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346570 |
| 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' | I am one given strength by Enlil |
| obverse 2' | I am lipit-Ištar, his attentive youth |
| obverse 3' | I am the constant (attendant) of the gods |
| obverse 4' | In the Ekur I am its unceasing one |
| obverse 5' | I am the king who holds the goat kid to his chest as a greeting gift |
| obverse 6' | I am the one humbled and touching the nose in submission |
| obverse 7' | I am the king standing in prayer |
| obverse 8' | I am the one who makes words pleasant, who pacifies Enlil |
| obverse 9' | I am one (whose) supplication/prayers make Ninlil rejoice |
| obverse 10' | I am the unceasing one serving Nuska |
| reverse 1' | I am judge who sets affairs straight when he is to make a decision |
| reverse 2' | I am adept at giving orders to the lands |
| reverse 3' | I established justice in Sumer and Akkad and sweetened the flesh of the land |
| reverse 4' | What can be abandoned because of my truth? |
| reverse 5' | I am lipit-Ištar, who sets the people in order |
| reverse 6' | What has ceased because of my justice? |
| left 2 | I am the bright-faced hero who solidifies the troop formation |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | a2# mah# szum2#-ma# [...] | |
| 2' | {d}li-pi2-it-esz18-dar sul#? [...] | |
| 3' | dingir-re-e-ne sag#-[...] | |
| 4' | e2-kur#-re musz3 nu#-[...] | |
| 5' | lugal#? kadra#-sze3 masz2# [...] | |
| 6' | [...]-na giri17# [...] | |
| 7' | lugal szud3-de3 gub#-ba# [...] | |
| 8' | inim# sa6-sa6-ge {d}en-[...] | |
| 9' | [a]-ra-zu-ne {d#}nin#-lil2# [...] | |
| 10' | [...] nu#-dag#-[...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] ka#?-asz#? bar#?-re#?-[...] | |
| 2' | [...]-kur#-re a2 ag2-ga2-[...] | |
| 3' | [...]-si-sa2 ki-en-gi [...] su kalam#-[...] | |
| 4' | nig2#-gin6-na-gu10-sze3# [...] | |
| 5' | nun# {d}li-pi2#-[...] | |
| 6' | [...]-gu10#-sze3# a-na#-[...] | |
| 7' | [...] nig2#?-[...] | |
| left | ||
| 1 | [...] x [...] | |
| 2 | [...] gin6#-na-me-en# | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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