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NFT p. 207 (P355651)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Girsu · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | NFT p. 207 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355651 |
| Museum no. | AO 04331 + AO 04335 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From 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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1 | [mu-gi₄]-⸢ib⸣ [ša₃ sag₃-a-še] ⸢er⸣ na-gul | The mugib priestess, the one whose heart is shaken, destroyer of the ereš temple |
| 2 | ⸢ama mu⸣-gi₄-ib ⸢nin⸣-na-na ⸢nin⸣-na-na ša₃ sag₃-a-še <(er na-gul)> | The mother who resettled the Nininana, the NinInana whose heart is trembling, should not be destroyed |
| 3 | [a]-⸢za⸣-lu-lu gi-ma-lu gi-ma-lu ⸢an⸣-na ša₃ sag₃-a-še er <(na-gul)> | The ešaelulu-vessel, the reed-bed, and the eane-bed ... weep. |
| 4 | [x] ⸢x ri uš x x⸣ [(x)] | ... ri |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | zi dam-da me-na me-en | I am the life of a spouse, when will you be? |
| 2 | zi dumu-za me-na me-en | When will you be your child's life? |
| 3 | a-še-er-bi ŋa₂-da te mu-da-gu-le | How could I destroy its reedbeds? |
| 4 | ⸢gu₂⸣ e₃ hulu-a u₂-ru hulu-a-ŋu₉ te mu-da;-gu-le | How can he destroy the destroyed temple, the destroyed city? |
| 5 | ⸢x⸣ dam-ma dumu-a-ŋu₉ [te mu-da]-⸢gu⸣-le | How could he approach the spouse of a child? |
| 6 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢da⸣ | ... the ešû temple |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| o iii | ||
| 1 | nu-mu-uš-ta-ŋu₉ dumu zu-e-na-ŋu₉ | Numuštabu, son of Zuenabu |
| 2 | ŋa₂-ar-⸢du⸣-e lu₂ hur-saŋ-ŋa₂-ke₄ | The bar-edu-e’e, the one of the mountain range |
| 3 | {d}mar-tu dumu an-na mu-zu an-za-še | Martu, son of An, your name is above |
| 4 | za-na-ta za-na-ta za ki-še | You, you, you are the one of the earth, |
| 5 | ut-tu-e-ta ut-tu;-šu-še mu-zu an-za-še | From east to west your name is exalted |
| 6 | dumu ŋu₉-da tu-mu me-er-ta mu-zu an;-za-še | Child born with a birth mother, your name is exalted in heaven |
| 7 | a-a-ba igi-na-ma-še | Who can compare to him? |
| 8 | ⸢lugal⸣ a-e hu-lu-ub [mu-zu an-za]-⸢še⸣ | The king, the water is destroyed, your name is anza-eše |
| o iv | ||
| 1 | ka-zu en-gu-ra i is-la nu-du;-tu | Your mouth is an enguŋara-demon that has no water. |
| 2 | za na-am-zu a-ba u₂-um-la ab-be₂ hu-lu-he₂ | Who can overturn your fate? The sea trembles bitterly. |
| 3 | za na-am-zu zu-ga u₂-um-la zu-ke₄ še an-ša₃ | The one who knows your fate, who knows the ūlu-disease of heaven |
| 4 | a-me ba-ra-na-⸢nu⸣ u₂-um-la ša₃ sur-⸢ra⸣ [...] | (Sum) He is the one who does not ... the water for him (Akk) The water that is not poured for him, the water of the river(?) |
| r i | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | lugal ⸢ma⸣-[...] {d}ab-⸢u₂⸣ [...] ba-ab-ga-⸢re⸣ | The king ... Ab-eu-e3 |
| 3' | lugal gu₂ ma-da sipa ma-sa-ne an gi-ra-re | The king who stretches out his neck in the land, the shepherd of his field ... |
| 4' | a ŋuruš sipa-bi ma-sa-ne ba-ra-e-da-re | Woe, the shepherd, his sheepfold is no longer suitable for you |
| 5' | maš₂ li-ŋi₆-i;-ŋa₂(E-)ri-si li-ŋi₆-i;-ŋa₂(E-)ri-si lu₂ di-na ud za-al-za-al;-la-re | (Sum) The goat, the lībi-ibrisi priest, the one who is to judge, the day that is to be sated (Akk) The kid, the lamentation priest(?), the one to judge |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ⸢x x x za⸣ a-u₂ li-bi-me-en | ..., you are the one of the river(?) |
| 2' | ⸢ub te⸣ zu zu ša₃ [x (x)] ⸢ne⸣ zu mu-a [x (x)] ⸢ra⸣ bi | “If he knows how to climb a mountain, if he [knows how] to climb (a mountain), that mountain |
| 3' | ⸢e⸣-zu ne te ⸢ne ra⸣ bi ⸢si⸣ ⸢x x x x⸣ ša₃ [x x] ⸢x⸣ a ⸢ba⸣ [x x x] ⸢x-ru⸣ me-na-me | (Sum) When you enter your temple, when you enter the temple, how long? (Akk) When your temple ..., when it ... |
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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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