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CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 027 (P356516)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356516 |
| 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 | ni₂ su-ub lu₂-tumu dim₂-ma {ugu}ugu₄-bi | The fear of a human being is its “bugû-demon’. |
| 2 | e₂ nu-tuku e-sir₂-ra nu₂-nu₂ | The one who does not have a house lies down in the street. |
| 3 | {⸢im}šu-rin-na⸣ nam-lu₂-lu₇-ka zi₃-munu₄ ; i-ni-bara₃-bara₃ | The šurina-vessels of humanity sprinkle flour. |
| 4 | [...]-⸢na⸣ {im}šu-rin-na-ta ; ⸢e₁₁⸣-zu-⸢ne⸣ | From the source of the šurinnu river |
| 5 | [...] ⸢al-bil₂(NE-)la₂-ta⸣ | ... albilata plant |
| 6 | [...] ⸢ab⸣-zil-zil | ... ezilzil |
| 7 | [...] ⸢e-da⸣-ra-ah | ... the edaḫ priest |
| 8 | [...] ku₆ mi-ni-ib-kar-kar | ... the fish is devoured |
| 9 | [...]-ta ; [x x x] ⸢al⸣-gu₄-gu₄-ud | ... from ... ... bull colossus |
| 10 | [...] ⸢lu₂⸣ še sa-sa-a | ... the elû-priestess, the one who has gathered the barley |
| 11 | [...] igi-zu-ta ab-ta-NUNUZ-NUNUZ ; [(...)]-en(KU₃) | ... from your front ... |
| 12 | [...]-⸢re-da-zu⸣-ne | ... your ... |
| 13 | [...]-⸢še₃⸣ | ...-ese |
| r | ||
| 1′ | [...]-⸢ke₄⸣ u₃-⸢mu⸣ [...] | ... I want to utter an arazu prayer |
| 2′ | [...]-⸢re⸣-eš-am₃ | It is the ... of the gods |
| 3′ | [...] ⸢am₃⸣-ur₄-ur₄-re-de₃-eš | ... they are to be gathered together |
| 4′ | [...]-ka | of ... |
| 5′ | [...]-bi-ta ; [...]-⸢uŋ₃⸣ a-ra-AK-ne | ... they will smite |
| 6′ | [...] ⸢nu⸣-gu₇ | ... eating ... |
| 7′ | [...] ⸢kalam⸣-ma (NIGIN₂.NIGIN₂) | ... the Ekalama temple |
| 8′ | [...]-⸢tub₂⸣-tub₂-be₂ | It is the ... of the netherworld |
| 9′ | [...]-⸢be₂⸣-en ; [...]-⸢ŋu₁₀-še₃ in-<<EN>>-;-zu ga-mu-⸢ra⸣-ab-⸢til⸣ | ... I want to bring you to an end |
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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