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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 052 (P356580)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 052 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356580 |
| 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] x x [...] | |
| 2 | gurusz# dumu-gi7 ni2-za-a he2#-[...] | May the young man, the “young man"(?) be your own self |
| 3 | {d}utu inim ga-ra-[...] | I want to speak a word to Utu |
| 4 | silim ga-ra-ab-du11 gizzal# [...] | I want to speak to you well, ... reed bundle |
| 5 | iri{ki}-ga2 lu2 ba-usz2 [...] | In my city a man was killed |
| 6 | lu2 u2-gu ba-an-de2 sza3#-[x] | The one who ... ... the heart |
| 7 | bad3-da gu2-ga2 im#-[...] | The wall ... on my neck |
| 8 | |LU2+GANA2@t| a-a ib2-diri#-[...] | May the herdsman not be diminished(?) |
| 9 | u3 ge26-e ur5-gim [...] | And I ... like a dog |
| 10 | lu2# sukux(SUKUD)-ra2 an-[...] | The one in charge of the suku service ... |
| 11 | [x] dagal#-la kur#-[...] | The broad ... of the netherworld |
| 12 | [x] gurusz#-e# [...] | ... the young man ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x [...] | |
| 2 | [...] lu2# dili-[...] | ... a single man |
| 3 | [x] 2(disz) tab-[...] | ... 2 tab-... |
| 4 | [x] tuku# e2-[...] | ... who ... the temple |
| 5 | [x x]-dili ga2-gin7 [...] | ... like me |
| 6 | [x] tuku# e2-a-ni-[...] | ... who has ... his house |
| 7 | [x] sag#-di GA2 gin7 [...] | ... head like ... |
| 8 | [x] simug-sze3 giri3# [...] | ... to the smith via ... |
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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