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CDLI Literary 000576, ex. 001 (P356545)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000576, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356545 |
| Museum no. | Penn — |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary letter and letter-prayer |
| 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 | szagina#-e-ne u3#-[na-du11] | the generals spoke to him |
| 2 | szabra-ke4 na-ab-be2#-[a] | the chief household administrator should not say |
| 3 | ugu {id2}buranun-na x? [...] | upon the Euphrates |
| 4 | tum-ma-al{ki}-sze3 ba-ni-ib-e3# | came out to Tummal |
| 5 | u3 kab2-ku5 mah ugnim ib2-ak-e | and the great gatekeepers of the army will do. |
| 6 | a-sza3 gisz-gi-du5-la2-sze3 ba-ni-ib2-e3 | he brought it out to the field of the ŋidula-tree. |
| 7 | [a-zi]-ga# 1(disz)# masz kusz3-a im-ma-an#-[zi] | Aziga raised 1 goat with a cubit |
| 8 | [tukum-bi] {d}utu nu-um-ta-e3# | If Utu does not come out |
| 9 | szar2#-szar2# erin2# [ugu-ba nu-ub-gub] | There were numerous troops, but they did not stand over them. |
| 10 | szar2-gal asza5 [ba-ab-tum3] | the chief of the fields he brought |
| 11 | a2 ma#-tur# nu#-mu#-[un-da-til-en] | I did not finish my small arms |
| 13 | a-ma-ru-kam | It is an amaru. |
| 14 | ensi2 saga-ra u3-na-a-du11# | The good ruler spoke to him |
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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