Unread Atlas
CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 061 (P356522)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 061 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356522 |
| 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 [...] | |
| 2 | [...]-ni-ib#-[...] | ... will not ... |
| 3 | [x x] im-szi-re7#-[...] | ... went |
| 4 | [...] ni2# i3-gal2 [x x] | ... there is fear |
| 5 | [...] umun i3-gal2 [x x] | ... lord is here ... |
| 6 | [...] ga2#-nam-ma ga-an#-[...] | ... I want to ... |
| 7 | [...] la-ba-da#-[...] | ... did not ... |
| 8 | [...] e2-erin-na-ka-ni [...] | ... his E-erina |
| 9 | [...]-in-bar igi usz2-a-[x] | ... saw |
| 10 | [...]-bul-bu# sag nam-tag [...] | ... slander ... |
| 11 | [...]{ki#} ama tu-da-[...]-szi#-gur2-e-de3 | In order to make the mother who bore him return to the place of birth |
| 12 | [...]-an-ri!(HU) ni2-te#-[...] x-[x] | ... fear ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] ba#-ra-[x] kur#-ra tusz-a#-[...] | ... sitting in the netherworld |
| 2 | [...]-e-si nin# gal-gu10 nam-[x x] kur-ra / [...]-in#-ku4-ra | ... my great lady, ... entered the netherworld |
| 3 | [...] in-ga-na-mu-[...] | ... he ... for him |
| 4 | [...]-gu10# {d}nin-sun2 / [...] ku3 {d}lugal-[x x] | My ... Ninsun ... holy Lugal |
| 5 | [...]-zu# ba-ra-zu kur-ra tusz-[...] | Your ..., your servant, sits in the netherworld |
| 6 | [...] ban3#-da-gu10 nam-lukur#-[...] | My ..., the nadītu priestess |
| 7 | [...] x x [x] x x | |
| 8 | [x x] ba#-am3-ma-ra su-za ga#-[x x] | ... I want to ... your body |
| 9 | [x x]-a#-ni 1(disz)-am3 mu-na-ra#-[x x] | his ... for the first time ... |
| 10 | [...] mu#-un-de3-[...] | ... smote(?) |
| 11 | [...]-ru#-ne# zu2 ba-an-[...] | They ... their teeth |
| 12 | [...]-ka# mu-ni-ib#-[...] | He ... in your ... |
| 13 | [...] mu#-[...] | ... ... |
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
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.