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CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 026 (P356082)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 026 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356082 |
| Museum no. | Penn — |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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’ | [...]-⸢ga⸣ um-⸢ma⸣-[...] | ... the en priestess |
| 2’ | [...]-⸢ku₃⸣-ta ga-ma-⸢da⸣-[...] | I want to ... with you from the pure place |
| 3’ | {[d}en]-⸢ki⸣ {d}en-lil₂-bi ka [...] | Enki and Enlil |
| 4’ | [...] {d}ezinam₂-bi du₆-⸢ku₃⸣ [...] | ... its Ezinam temple of the Holy Mound |
| 5’ | [...] amaš-a im-⸢ma⸣-[...] | ... came forth from the sheepfold |
| 6’ | [...]-⸢šem⸣ niŋ₂-daŋal-la ⸢mu⸣-[...] | (Sum) The one who carries away the scepter(?) (Akk) ... that which is carried away(?) |
| 7’ | {[d]}ezinam₂-ra [...] | For Ezinam |
| 8’ | {[ŋeš]}apin {ŋeš}šutul₅ [...] | The plowman, the cook |
| 9’ | [x] amaš-a-⸢ni⸣ [...] | ... her sheepfold |
| 10’ | [...] amaš-⸢a⸣ [...] | ... the sheepfold |
| 11’ | {[d]}⸢ezinam₂⸣ [...] | Eezida |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢dam tur⸣-ra-⸢ke₄⸣ ; dumu tur-tur-ra-⸢ke₄⸣ | ... the little ones, the small ones |
| 2 | [...] um-ma-an-⸢la₂⸣ | ... he smote |
| 3 | ⸢ki⸣-UD-še₃ um-ma-an-e₃(|ITI.DU|)[x] | he brought it to E-UD. |
| 4 | {⸢ŋeš⸣}tukul-a-ni igi-⸢zu⸣ um-ra-ra ka-zu um-ra-[x] | When he opens his weapon before you, your mouth ... |
| 5 | ⸢lagab⸣ zi₃-gu-ka ⸢um⸣-ma-ri-in-[...] | In the lagab plant, the granary of flour, in the Um-Marin plant |
| 6 | tumu u₁₈-lu tumu mer-ra bala-⸢še₃⸣ [...] | The wind, the storm, the wind of the sea ... the bala |
| 7 | {⸢na₄⸣}kinkin-e [...] | The šangû-stone |
| 8 | {⸢na₄⸣}šu-še₃ bar-zu-a ur₅-ar₃ ⸢im⸣-[...] | The ešû-stone that is on your body, the eagle |
| 9 | [...]-⸢e⸣ {ŋeš}buniŋ si-ga-zu-[...] | ... your “seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic |
| 10 | [...] ⸢sila₁₁-ŋa₂⸣ ba-he gi-a i₃-⸢ni⸣-[...] | ... a reed fence, a roof beam, he erected |
| 11 | [x]-⸢sikil⸣ tuh-du gu-la šu bur₂-⸢ra⸣-[...] | ... great rejoicing, hand of Burae |
| 12 | {[im]}⸢šu⸣-rin-na mi-ni-a-(DU₆.[DU-)x] | He ... the ešu’erina drum |
| 13 | {[im]}⸢šu⸣-rin-na-ta im-ta-(DU₆.⸢DU⸣-[...]) | From the top of the šu’e-rinna he came out |
| 14 | [...] {⸢ŋeš⸣}bansur-ra ŋal₂-la-zu-[x] | ..., when you bring out the table |
| 15 | [...]-⸢ra-ŋal₂⸣-le ⸢ki⸣-[...] | ... the E-ra-bal-e-le |
Sources & licences
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- 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)
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