CDLI Literary 000375, ex. 111 (P346778)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000375, ex. 111 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346778 |
| 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 col 1' 1' | The governors, sagga officials |
| obverse col 1' 2' | And the land recorders of the border of the plain |
| obverse col 1' 3' | Were properly conveying the monthly nindaba offerings and (the nindaba offerings of?) the new year(?) |
| obverse col 1' 4' | At the gate of Agade, exhaustion was placed(?) |
| obverse col 1' 5' | Holy Inanna did not know how to accept the nindaba offering (anymore) |
| obverse col 1' 6' | As/like a citizen, the temple to be founded(!?) did not satisfy (her) |
| obverse col 1' 7' | The matter/word of the Ekur engendered (dazed) silence |
| obverse col 1' 8' | Trembling lingered for (Inanna?) (in?) Agade |
| obverse col 1' 9' | In Ulmaš (Inanna?) was afraid |
| obverse col 1' 10' | She went out from the city into(?) her (original?) (place of?) dwelling |
| obverse col 1' 11' | The young woman, as if to(?) abandon that of(?) her women's quarters |
| obverse col 1' 12' | Holy Inanna abandoned the shrine of Agade |
| obverse col 1' 13' | Like a warrior advancing against the weapon |
| obverse col 1' 14' | She imposed battle and combat apart from the city(?) |
| obverse col 1' 15' | She beat the breast for the enemy (instead) |
| obverse col 1' 16' | It was not (before the elapse of) five days, it was not (before the elapse of) ten days |
| obverse col 1' 17' | The bindings(?) of the en-ship, the crown of kingship |
| obverse col 2' 2' | He “bound his hands” towards the Ekur temple |
| obverse col 2' 5' | He acted towards the giguna like (it was worth?) (a mere) thirty gig |
| obverse col 2' 6' | Like a male thief who plunders a city |
| obverse col 2' 7' | He gathered up/imposed(?) great ladders (for use) against the temple |
| obverse col 2' 8' | In order to destroy the Ekur temple like a great boat |
| obverse col 2' 9' | In order to loosen (its) soil like a mountain mined (for) precious metal |
| obverse col 2' 10' | As if to(?) cut/separate(?) it like the mountain range of lapis lazuli |
| obverse col 2' 11' | In order bring (its) neck to the ground like a city that Iškur had poured (upon) |
| obverse col 2' 12' | Although the temple was not (in/of) the mountain of the cut juniper |
| obverse col 2' 13' | He brought(?) great hazin axes towards it |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1' | ||
| 1' | [...]-ne# | |
| 2' | [...]-ke4#-ne# | |
| 3' | [...] si!? x-sa2#?-e#?-ne#? | |
| 4' | [...]-gin7# kusz2# mi-ni-ib-<...> | |
| 5' | [...] x x te#-ga2# nu-zu# | |
| 6' | [...] x du#-de3# la#?-la#?-bi#? nu#?-x-gi4# | |
| 7' | [...]-ra# me-a-gin7 ba#?-ab#?-gar# | |
| 8' | [...] tuku4!-e mu-na-ab#-la2#-la2 | |
| 9' | [...] ni2 im-ma#-ni#-in#-ti | |
| 10' | [...] dur2#-ra#-na ba-ra-an-gen{+en} | |
| 11' | [...] szub-bu-de3 | |
| 12' | [... a-ga]-de3#{ki} mu-un-szub | |
| 13' | [...] ga2#-ga2-gin7 | |
| 14' | [...]-ma#?-ni-ri | |
| 15' | [...]-ra | |
| 16' | [...]-am3 | |
| 17' | [...]-lugal#-la# | |
| obverse col 2' | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | e2#-kur-[...] | |
| 5' | gi-gun4#-na# [...] | |
| 6' | nita# lu2-la#-[ga ...] | |
| 7' | e2-sze3 {gesz}x-[...] | |
| 8' | e2-kur [...] | |
| 9' | kur ku3 [...] | |
| 10' | hur-[...] | |
| 11' | iri{ki#} [...] | |
| 12' | e2-e# [...] | |
| 13' | {uruda}ha#-[...] | |
| 14' | {uruda}[...] | |
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