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CDLI Literary 000557, ex. 006 (P356630)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000557, ex. 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356630 |
| Museum no. | OIM A30207 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, 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 | za3#-na nu11#-[...] | At his side he lies down |
| 2 | i3-a lum-[...] | In oil ... |
| 3 | dumu-gi7 giri17-[...] | The young man ... |
| 4 | gu4 lipisz-[...] | ox or bull |
| 5 | ama-zu dumu u3#-[...] | Your mother gave birth to a child |
| 6 | ummeda-ga-la2-[...] / mah#-[...] | Ummedagala ... supremely |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ni2 na-an-te#-[...] | Do not fear(?) |
| 2 | szu ki-a bi2-in#-[...] | He ... the hand on the ground |
| 3 | zi ama ugu-gu10 [...] a-a-gu10 ku3# [...] | The life of my birth mother ..., my holy father ... |
| 4 | kur-ra tusz-a#-[...] | Sitting in the netherworld |
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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