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CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 151 (P349103)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Uruk · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 151 |
|---|---|
| ID | P349103 |
| Museum no. | unknown |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| tablet | ||
| 1 | [...]-un#-u5# | ... smote |
| 2 | [...]-ur4#-e | ... to the horizon(?) |
| 3 | [{gisz}mi]-tum#-e kur#-sze3# ka ba#-ab-du8 | The mētum tree opened its mouth towards the netherworld |
| 4 | {gisz#}tukul-e gu2-erim2-sze3 tesz2-bi i3-gu7#-e | The weapon eats together against the enemy |
| 5 | im#-hul im-u18-lu gisz-a mu-un-DU | The evil, the storm(?) ... in the woods |
| 6 | mar#-uru5 sze-ba mu-un-de3-en#-DU | The barley rations of the granary are to be poured out |
| 7 | ur#-sag-ra uru2-mah-sag-gi4-a igi-sze3 mu-un-na-DU# | For the hero Eridugsaŋgia, he ... before him |
| 8 | sahar# i3-zi-zi sahar i3-ga2-ga2 | The dust is piled up, the dust is set up |
| 9 | du6#-[du6] tun3#-la2-a mu-un-si-ge4 a-ga-zi i3-kab-be2 | He sat down in the mounds, he set up the agzi offerings. |
| 10 | u3#-dub2 i3-szeg3 izi i3-su13-su13-su13 izi lu2 ba-an-zal#-e# | The storm roared, the fire was roaring, the man passed by |
| 11 | gisz#-mah ur2-bi-a mu-un-bal-e {gisz}tir-ra gur5-ru# i#?-i#? | He carried away the great reeds from its roots, he carried them away in a forest |
| 12 | ki#-i sza3-bi szu ba-szi-ri-ri a2-gig-ga i#-i | When its inside has been plundered, it is an agiga-demon |
| 13 | {i7#}idigna i3-suh3 i7 ur4-ur4 i3-lu3 szu im-tu#-bu#-ur# | The Tigris was swollen, the Urur canal was filled with lamentation |
| 14 | ma2-kar-nun-ta-e3 me3-sze3 giri3 im-mi-ib2-ul4-en | I am the one who makes the Karnuntaŋ come forth for battle. |
| 15 | ug3-bi ki-du-bi nu-um-zu e2-gar8 DU3 i3-ak-de3 | Its people do not know the foundations, they build a wall. |
| 16 | muszen-dal-e-bi sag ib2-ta-DU a2-ba ki mu-un-te-ge26-e | (Sum) Its flying birds ... their heads ... (Akk) They ... its flying birds, their arms ... |
| 17 | ku6-bi engur-ra u5 mi-ni-ib2-ra ka mu-un-ba-ba-e | Its fish drank oil in the deep, he opened his mouth to it. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | edin-ba masz2-ansze#-bi# u2#-gug# mi-ni-ib2-du11 buru5#{muszen#}-re-esz# szu# mi-ni#-ib2-hu-uz | In its steppe, the animals eat grass and eat sparrows |
| 2 | a-gi6-zi#-bi# gul#-bi kur-gul-gul | Its aegizi ritual is destroyed, its kurgula ritual |
| 3 | ki#-bal-a# ur#-sag# {d}nin-urta |IM#.MA#.DU| i3-tuku | In the rebel land the hero Ninurta had a boat |
| 4 | lu2-im2-ma-bi# kur#-re# im#-ra# iri-bi bu-du-ug im-za | Its people trembled in the mountains, their cities were destroyed |
| 5 | x x-bi# [girisz]-gin7#? gir2#-gir#-ma# ugu-ugu#-bi# mu-un-szu2 | Its ..., like a wind, roared loudly, its ... was roaring |
| 6 | szu#?-bi# U2 [...] KAL#-gin7# tesz2#-ba mu-un#-ri | Its hands ... like a mighty ... together |
| 7 | sag-bi# [...] im# bi2#-ib2#-kar-re | Its head ... smashed the clay |
| 8 | kur-ra# [...] dal#-li#-ib2#-di# nu#-ga2-ga2 | In the mountains ... does not place the “allibdi-demon"(?) |
| 9 | zi#-bi# gaba#-bi# ib2#-il2#-il2 | Its birth mother raised it, its breast she raised |
| 10 | [...]-sze3 x gu2#-za3# bi2#-ib#-la2 | ... carried away(?) the throne |
| 11 | [...] asz2! im#-[mi-ib2-sar]-re-e#-ne# | ... they shall write |
| 12 | [...] ha#-lam#-[ma]-bi#-a [...]-ga2#-ne# | ... their destruction |
| 13 | [...] [i-ni]-in#-de2 | ... he spoke to him |
| 14 | [...] [mu]-un#-tag | ... touched ... |
| 15 | [...] [gu2]-erim2#-sze3# | ... towards the enemy |
| 16 | [...]-ge# | ... you(?) |
| 17 | [...]-e# | ... to the ... |
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