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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 019 (P355646)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355646 |
| Museum no. | NMC 10052 |
| Collection | Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...]-ku4#-ku4-de3 {d}utu# he2-me-da-an-zu | In order to enter, may Utu know it |
| 2 | [...] {d}utu he2-me-da#-zu | May you be the ... of Utu |
| 3 | [x x]-eren-ku4-sze3 in-ku4-ku4-de3 {d}utu he2-me-da-zu | When ... enters, may Utu know it. |
| 4 | {d}bil4-mes masz2 babbar-ra szu im-mi-in-tum4 | Gilgamesh brought the white kid. |
| 5 | masz2-si4-a masz2-UD#-[...] masz2 sza3-tam? MA-an-DIB | Gazelle, gazelle ..., šatam(?) gazelle |
| 6 | szu-ni gidri-ku3 kiri3#-na ba-da-gal2 | His hand was a scepter in his nose |
| 7 | {d}utu-an-na-ra gu3 mu-un-na-de2 | spoke to Utu-ana: |
| 8 | {d}utu kur-sze3 in-ku4-ku4-de3 a2-dah-gu10 he2-me-en | Utu, when he enters the netherworld, you are my helper. |
| 9 | kur-{gisz}eren-ku5-sze3 in-ku4-ku4-de3 a2-dah-gu10 he2-me-en | When he enters the cedar forest, you are my helper. |
| 10 | {d}utu an-na-ta inim mu-un#-[x]-ib#-[gi4]-gi4 | Utu answered from heaven: |
| 11 | gurusz dumu-gi7 ni2-zu he2-me-en kur-ra a-na-[x x]-en# | May you be a young man, your own child, in the mountains ... |
| 12 | {d}utu inim ga-ra-ab-du7 inim-gu10-sze3 gesztu2#-zu | Šamaš, I want to make perfect a word for you, listen to my word |
| 13 | silim ga-ra-ab-du7 gizzal he2-em-[x x] x [x x] | I want to make it perfect for you, may a reed basket ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | iri-ga2 lu2 ba-usz2 sza# ba-sag3 | In my city a man was killed, the heart was shaken |
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