CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 008 (P355744)
Lexical, Early Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Lexical 000031, ex. 008 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355744 |
| Museum no. | NMB 78411 |
| Collection | National Museum of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Early Old Babylonian · c. 2000 BCE–1900 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
English translation
By Lafont, Bertrand · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| [96:97] t.e. 11–t.e. 11 | Nisaba, true woman |
| [97:98] t.e. 22–t.e. 22 | beautiful woman |
| [98:99] t.e. 33–t.e. 33 | starry woman |
| [99:100] t.e. 44–t.e. 44 | beloved of An |
| [100:101] t.e. 55–t.e. 55 | luxuriant one of the temple |
| [101:102] t.e. 66–t.e. 66 | of all the lands, |
| [102:103] t.e. 77–t.e. 77 | woman with seven ... |
| [103:104] t.e. 88–t.e. 88 | wisdom of the holy place |
| [104:105] t.e. 99–t.e. 99 | chief scribe of An |
| [105:106] t.e. 1010–t.e. 1010 | chief land recorder of Enlil |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | ad-gi4 | |
| 2 | ki-sag | |
| 3 | ad-hal | |
| 4 | abrig | |
| 5 | ($ blank space $) |GA2xMUN| | |
| 6 | ($ blank space $) gazi | |
| 7 | ($ blank space $) |GA2x(E2.NE)| | |
| 8 | uz ama | |
| 9 | masz2@n su4 | |
| 10 | ($ blank space $) tu# | |
| 11 | ($ blank space $) gukkal# | |
| 12 | ab2 ga-HU? | |
| 13 | amar ga-KA? | |
| 14 | esz2 suhur | |
| 15 | ziz2 GAN2? | |
| 16 | ($ blank space $) KAD4? | |
| 17 | ($ blank space $) ga? | |
| surface b | ||
| 1 | gir2 AN | |
| 2 | pesz2-da x | |
| 3 | ($ blank space $) ga#? | |
| 4 | ($ blank space $) gara2#? | |
| 5 | ($ blank space $) ab2# | |
| 6 | ($ blank space $) ninda2# | |
| 7 | ($ blank space $) u8# | |
| 8 | ($ blank space $) utua#? | |
| 9 | ($ blank space $) ud5# | |
| 10 | ($ blank space $) masz2# | |
| 11 | nunuz kad5{muszen} | |
| 12 | ($ blank space $) szusz3 | |
| 13 | ($ blank space $) nar# | |
| 14 | ($ blank space $) GAR | |
| surface c | ||
| 1 | ($ blank space $) |GA2xMUN|# | |
| 2 | ($ blank space $) gazi# | |
| 3 | ($ blank space $) |GA2x(E2.NE)|# | |
| 4 | uz# ama | |
| 5 | masz2# su4# | |
| 6 | ($ blank space $) tu# | |
| 7 | ($ blank space $) gukkal# | |
| 8 | ab2# ga#-HU#? | |
| 9 | amar# ga#-KA# | |
| 10 | esz2# suhur# | |
| 11 | ziz2 GAN2#? | |
| 12 | ($ blank space $) KAD4 | |
| 13 | ga#? | |
| 14 | gir2# AN# | |
| 15 | pesz2#?-da x | |
| 16 | ($ blank space $) ga#? | |
| 17 | ($ blank space $) gara2 | |
| surface d | ||
| 1 | ($ blank space $) ab2# | |
| 2 | ($ blank space $) ninda2 | |
| 3 | ($ blank space $) u8# | |
| 4 | ($ blank space $) utua#? | |
| 5 | ($ blank space $) ud5# | |
| 6 | ($ blank space $) masz2# | |
| 7 | nunuz kad5#{muszen#} | |
| 8 | ($ blank space $) [szusz3] | |
| 9 | ($ blank space $) nar# | |
| 10 | ($ blank space $) GAR | |
| 13 | 1(szar2) ki | |
| 14 | 1(szar2) sza3 | |
| 15 | ($ blank space $) kiszig2 | |
| 16 | ($ blank space $) szennur | |
| surface e | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] | |
| 3 | |ZI&ZI.SZE3|#? | |
| 4 | |ZI&ZI.LAGAB|# | |
| 5 | [e2] pirig u | |
| 6 | en#?-ku5 me-kar2 | |
| 7 | en me-kar2 | |
| 8 | en zi me-kar2 | |
| 9 | dam# szusz3?-sza3#? | |
| 10 | al#-ma-ku5 | |
| 11 | al-ku5-ra? | |
| 12 | sza3 gu2-bi nam-gi4 | |
| 13 | bahar?-bi | |
| 14 | bahar?-x-lumx(|ZU&ZU.SAR|) | |
| 15 | gesz-bi | |
| 16 | {gesz}apin erin2-a-ni | |
| 17 | gi-bi | |
| surface f | ||
| 1 | gi-dur x | |
| 2 | |ZI&ZI.SZE3|-bi | |
| 3 | |ZI&ZI.SZE3| gesz bad-ni | |
| 4 | |ZI&ZI.LAGAB|-bi | |
| 5 | |ZI&ZI.LAGAB| dur2 ku5 x x | |
| 6 | buru14 ad me-kar2 | |
| 7 | sanga | |
| 8 | ki-an | |
| 9 | sze-gin2-a | |
| 10 | za-gin3 | |
| 11 | sal-la | |
| 12 | ur-ur | |
| 13 | u2-a-du10 | |
| 14 | ba-dab5? | |
| 15 | bahar2-sal4 | |
| surface g | ||
| 1 | {d}nisaba | |
| 2 | munus# zi | |
| 3 | [munus] sa6#-ga# | |
| 4 | munus# mul#-mul#-la# | |
| 5 | ki-[ag2] an#-na# | |
| 6 | hi-[li] e2# | |
| 7 | kur-kur-ra# | |
| 8 | munus DUR2#? 3(disz)? | |
| 9 | munus 7(disz) | |
| 10 | gesztu2# ki-ku3 | |
| 11 | dub#-sar mah an-na | |
| 12 | x x mah# {d}en-lil2 | |
| 13 | x x x | |
Sources & licences
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