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CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 007 (P355647)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355647 |
| Museum no. | NMC 10054 |
| 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 | [...]-im#-sar-re-em | ... wrote |
| 2 | [...] sag# im#-ta-ab-gur4-gur4-re | ... trembled |
| 3 | [...]-zu#-a-ke4 na?-szi#-su-su-un | ... of your ... they shall take away(?) |
| 4 | [...] masz2-u2 na-nam sza2-bi inim-sig-ga | ... is indeed a kid, its inside is an incantation. |
| 5 | [...] i7# mah-am3 sza3-bi gu4 du7-dam | ... it is a great river, its inside is full of oxen |
| 6 | [...] nig2 sa2 nu-di-dam | ... that which cannot be changed |
| 7 | nig2#-e3#-a# nig2 nu-silig-ge-dam | That which comes out is something that cannot be changed |
| 8 | ninda lu2-u3 gu7 ga-ra-ab-szum2-bi gun3-a | I want to give you the bread that a man eats, it is speckled. |
| 9 | szum2-mu-da-bi an bad-ra2-am3 | Its offerings are far-off in heaven. |
| 10 | nu-ra-ab-szum2-mu ninda igi-bi-sze3 til-am3 | he will not give it to you, the bread before it is finished. |
| 11 | ga-ra-ab-szum2-bi lu2-ra ga-ni-in-us2 | I want to give it to you, I will put it on a man. |
| 12 | nig2-u2-rum nig2 a2 se3-ga-a-ta | by means of the nigŋirum-gift, which was entrusted to him, |
| 13 | lu2-tur-mu nig2 nu-mu-un-da-sa2 | My child does not know anything. |
| 14 | ka sa6-sa6-ge inim i3#-szid#-e# | In order to make the mouth beautiful, he spoke a word |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ka x x kiszib3 e-il2-il2 | sealed documents he carried. |
| 2 | [x] lal3#-e u2-lal3 e-bur2-re | ... honey and honey are poured out |
| 3 | lul {kusz}lu-ub2-a-ni sa2 im-du | falsely her sandals were set up, |
| 4 | kusz-du3-du3-e kusz ni2 sze-ba-NI-e | (Sum) The one who shaves his head, the one who wears his own hair (Akk) He who removes the head and the hair of his own self |
| 5 | silim-di ka su3-ga sza-ba-ni-in-gar | He placed a supplication in the mouth. |
| 6 | kusz du3-du3-e ni2 sze-ba-NI-e | The one who shaves his head, who ... himself. |
| 7 | usu-tuku szu lu2-ta sza-ba-ra-an-tum3 | “If a man’s hand binds him, |
| 8 | u6-di lu2-lil-e nig2 u2-gu i3-de2-e | The one who sees it, he knows what it is. |
| 9 | [...] na#-an-szer3-szer3-re-de3 | ... should not be scattered(?) |
| 10 | [x]-ti# ku3-sze3 am3-mi-ni-in-gal | ... to the pure ... he made abundant. |
| 11 | [...]-tuku nam szi-ib-tar-re | ... determines fate |
| 12 | [...] lu2 ur2-sze3 mu-un-de2-e | ... the man goes to the roof. |
| 13 | [...] ba-gub | ... stood |
| 14 | [...] x ba-KU | ... ... |
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