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CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 041 (P356484)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 041 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356484 |
| 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 | ||
| 1’ | [...] ⸢al⸣-[...] | ... the eal-priest |
| 2’ | [...] la-ba-[...] | ... did not |
| 3’ | [...] ⸢gaba⸣-ri-⸢ka⸣ [...] | ... the ebari temple |
| 4’ | [...] ⸢BIL₂⸣ u₅ gu₇ ⸢ka tal₂⸣ | ... the ebil-house, the food that is eaten in the house. |
| 5’ | [...]-ge-en ⸢e₂ a⸣-ra₂-še₃ nu-⸢mu-mar⸣ | You are the one who does not enter the house of the flood |
| 6’a | [...] ⸢in⸣-TAR gu-⸢ni⸣ gu tab-ba li-bi₂-in-tuku | (Sum) ... he did not have ... (Akk) The ... of the ēnû-plant, the gu’eni×e plant, the tabba-plant |
| 6’b | [...] ša₃-zu al-kur₄ | ... your heart is changed |
| 7’-8’ | [...] sur-sur [...] sa-sa-sa // [...] ⸢gu⸣-lu-⸢a du₈⸣-du₈ | ... torn out |
| 9’ | [...] ⸢x du⸣-[lum]-⸢ma⸣ mu ukur₃-e-ne | ... elum-emma-e23, year: “The ukur-priests |
| 10’ | [...] ⸢ge⸣-na | ... in the temple |
| 11’ | [...]-⸢ku₄-re⸣ | ... enters |
| r | ||
| 1’ | [...] x [...] ; [...] ⸢la₂⸣-la₂-⸢e⸣ | (Sum) ... (Akk) The ... of the elalû temple |
| 2’ | [...]-me-en | I am |
| 3’ | [...] ⸢sikil⸣ du₃-a | ... the esikil temple built |
| 4’ | [...]-du tibir₂ ra-⸢ra⸣ | ... the tibira canal |
| 5’ | [...] ⸢lul⸣-la bala-bala | ... the elul-demon roaming around |
| 6’ | [...] ⸢iŋ₃⸣ ; [...]-⸢tuš⸣ | ... ei etuš |
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)
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