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CDLI Literary 000764, ex. 017 (P356570)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000764, ex. 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356570 |
| 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 | niŋdaba ⸢gal⸣-gal e₂-⸢kur⸣ [...] | The nidaba priestess of the palace, the Ekur temple |
| 2 | {d}ezinam₂-⸢gen₇⸣ [...] ; ⸢a₂⸣-[...] | Ezinam-gene |
| 3 | uŋ₃-e {ŋeš-tu₉}ŋeštu-[...] | “If he slips through the cracks of the window, |
| 4 | buru₁₄ izim-gen₇ mu-[...] | He ... the harvest like a flame |
| 5 | mušen niŋ₂ gal-gal a-⸢na⸣ [...] | (Sum) The snake with great fearsomeness, the awe-inspiring radiance |
| 6 | sun₇-na enim lul-[...] | The one who speaks a false word |
| 7 | u₄-bi-a ku₆-⸢e⸣ [...] | At that time, the fish |
| 8 | si-ga ⸢lul⸣-[...] | In the midst of the elul temple |
| 9 | u₄ mušen (⸢U₂⸣.[KI.SI₃.GA) ...] | When the snake (e.g., eagle?) |
| r | ||
| 1’ | ⸢kar⸣ [...] | |
| 2’ | ⸢šaha⸣ [...] | The šaḫa temple |
| 3’ | ⸢lu₂ en-nu-uŋ₃⸣-[...] | The guardian man |
| 4’ | ku₆ ŋa₂-ra ⸢izi⸣-[...] | For the fish of the netherworld, the fire of the ešû-temple |
| 5’ | nu-zu-a-zu saŋ [...] | Who does not know ... |
| 6’ | ša₃ ⸢kur₄⸣-ra ni₂-[...] | In the Ekur temple, fear ... |
| 7’ | enim-zu nam-da₆ [...] ; ni₂-zu ⸢ad⸣ [li-bi₂-ge₄] | Your word is a flood, your fearsomeness cannot be dispelled |
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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