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CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 098 (P356563)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 098 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356563 |
| 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 | [...]-ne na#-dib#-e# | ... should not pass |
| 2 | [dara3]-an#-na [kur] umbin# ba#-e-zukum | You are the one who has grasped the spear of the mountain |
| 3 | [{d}]nin#-urta en dumu-{d#}en-lil2-la2 a-na zi-ba mu-e-gi | Ninurta, the lord, the son of Enlil, to the right he returned. |
| 4 | a2-sag3 zi-ga-bi# szu la-ba#-gal2# dugud#-da#-bi# im-gu-ul | Its rising flood had no hand, its heavy rain |
| 5 | |KI.SU.LU!.GAR|-bi-ta# KA ib2-ta-du lu2#-bi-sze3# igi la#-ba-e3 | From the KI.SU.LU.GAR (temple) he opened the mouth, but the man did not see it |
| 6 | ur5-re# kal-ga-bi sag# im-gi {gisz}tukul#-e gisz la-ba-ab-sig2 | Its strong one trembled, the weapon did not strike the tree |
| 7 | {d}nin-urta |SZEN.SZEN#|-ne2# {gisz}szukur-mah#-e! su-bi nu-dar-dar | Ninurta, the šukurmaḫ priestess, does not twist his neck in a “cutting-of-the-throat"(?) |
| 8 | ur-sag na-ra#-dim2# na-ra-dim2 | The hero, he should not be made into a cloister(?) |
| 9 | en me-mah#-a# a2#-U2#-su3-su3 | Lord of the Memah temple, whose yoke is supreme |
| 10 | sze-er-zi me-te#-dingir-re-e-[ne] | the radiance of the gods |
| 11 | gu4-musz3-ba am-gal# SIG4-tuku lal3-gal#-[...] | The bull of its horns, the great bull of the brickwork, the chief honey-bearer |
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