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CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 058 (P356478)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 058 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356478 |
| 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 Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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' | [x] {d}utu-am3# [...] | ... is Utu |
| 2' | ab-ba dingir-ra [...] | The elders of the god |
| 3' | ab-ba dingir-am3 | The elders are gods. |
| 4' | na-de5 ab-ba-sze3 gizzal# [...] | The one who brings (them) to the sea, a reed mat ... |
| 5' | e2 ere bar-ra-ke4 ere# [...] | The house of the outer cedar, the cedar |
| 6' | dumu-mu GAN2 e dur2-bi-sze3 gal2#-[x] | The child(-bearing) son(?) is ... in the field(?). |
| 7' | al-dur5 kur6-ra-am3 al-UD kur6#-[...] | It is an alduru-demon, it is a kurademon ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | nig2 u2-gu de2-a nig2-me-gar-x la2 [...] | (Sum) The one who ... (Akk) The thing that ... ... |
| 2 | gin2#-dilmun{ki}-na-sa10-sze3 il2#-[...] | I raised my head to Gilmun |
| 3 | ur nu-zu hul-am3 lu2 nu-zu# [...] | The one who does not know a dog, it is evil, the unknowing man |
| 4 | kaskal nu-zu gaba kur-ra#-[ka] | A road that knows no exit on the other side of the mountain |
| 5 | e2 lu2-gin7 nu-du3 ere lu2-[gim nu-du3] | The house was not built like a man, the cedar was not constructed like ... |
| 6 | x x-a lu2-ka lu2 sza-ba-[ra-an-e3-de3] | ... to make the man come forth for you |
| 7 | [x x] x u2# [x x] gi4# [x] | ... return ... |
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
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