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CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 028 (P356631)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 028 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356631 |
| Museum no. | OIM A30208 |
| 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 |
| 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 i | ||
| 1’ | [...]-⸢aŋ₂-lu₂⸣-lu₇ | ...-ea-elu |
| 2’ | ⸢bun₂ bun₂⸣ du₁₁ ⸢ŋuruš⸣ iri-⸢ka lul si₃-si₃⸣ | The e’ubun-flood is poured out, the e'ubuš-flora is filled with falsehoods. |
| 3’ | ⸢ki-sikil⸣ tur dag-⸢ge₄⸣-a til₃-la ; ⸢u₃⸣ nu-mu-⸢un-ši⸣-ku-ku | The young maidens who dwell in the temple, the temple does not sleep. |
| 4’ | gaba-ri-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣-me-⸢en⸣ | I am a rival |
| 5’ | ⸢e⸣-ne-⸢eŋ₃ diri⸣ KA bala-e ⸢nu-sa₆⸣ | “Ene-ne-e’e-reši-e-ri-e, the gate of the bala-priestess, Enusa-e. |
| 6’ | ⸢munus sun₇⸣-na šu-⸢um⸣-du-um ⸢nu-kal⸣-la ⸢ša₃⸣ kur₄ ⸢du₁₄ mu₂⸣ | “If a young woman gives birth to a šū-edûm-bird, a nukal-ela-bird (and) a new e’edu-bird |
| 7’ | ⸢gu₃ de₂⸣-de₂ ⸢zi₂-ga ŋalga zu-hu-ul⸣ | “Let me call out to you, let me sing your praises! |
| 8’a | ⸢e₂-an-na hulu ame₂⸣-še₃ la-ba-ab-du₇-un ; | The evil of the Eanna temple is not suitable for the temple |
| 8’b | [...] ⸢dag⸣-dag-ge ha-la-ni-im | ... his share |
| 9’ | ⸢gu₇-gu₇ nu₂-nu₂⸣ aŋ₂-ge₁₇ kiŋ₂-ŋe₂₆ be₅(TUG₂-)⸢da⸣ hur-;-hur | “If he eats, if he lies down, the water will flood the place. |
| 10’ | ⸢in-na-bi⸣-še₃-[...] du₁₄(LU₂) mu-da-⸢AK-e⸣ | (Sum) Its eunuch(?) ... a fight with him (Akk) The one who ... the battle with him |
| 11’ | ⸢i-bi₂ du₁₁⸣ [...]-x-⸢e-ne⸣ muš₂-me ⸢gi₄-in-ne⸣ | “Its voice is ..., the voice of the ginnu priestess |
| 12’ | ⸢saŋ⸣-[...] ⸢siki šal⸣ {u}ugu₆ zi₂ kiše₄ tal₂-tal₂ | The esa’e-plant, the siki-plant (and) the ubû-plant(s) that spread out the flour of the netherworld |
| 13’ | ⸢mu-ud-na⸣ [...]{mušen}a {ŋeš-tu₉}PI ša₃ ba-šub-bu | The ešud-nāṣir (temple) is a ... bird that roams around. |
| 14’ | [...] giri₁₇ ha-az šu-<um>-du-⸢um ḪAR⸣ | (Sum) ... a šu<cum>du’e” means ḫāz-ēkum-disease |
| 15’ | [...]-⸢e-en⸣ | ... you(?) |
| 16’ | [...]-⸢ga⸣ nu-nus-⸢e-ne⸣ | ... women |
| o ii | ||
| 1’ | [...] x [...] | |
| 2’ | ⸢du₅⸣-ŋu₁₀-<ŋu₁₀> ⸢du₅⸣-[ŋu₁₀-ni-gen₇] | Like an ešû-house, like her “house-of-the-mount’. |
| 3’ | me ⸢e-ne⸣-gen₇ [...] | Like the mes of the en priests |
| 4’ | kar-⸢ke₄⸣ [...] | The quay |
| 5’ | pu-uh₂-ru-⸢um⸣ [...] | The scepter |
| 6’ | dag-ge₄-a-ŋu₁₀ [...] | (Sum) I am the one who is angry(?) with him(?) (Akk) The one who was angry with him |
| 7’ | ⸢u₃-mu⸣-un-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | “If he slips through the door pivots, |
| 8’ | e₂-⸢ŋu₁₀ e₂⸣-[...] | E-e-bu, E-E-[...] |
| 9’ | ⸢dam-ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | “Adam-bīti |
| 10’ | du₅-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣-[...] | Du-ešum-ibni |
| 11’ | me e-ne-gen₇ [...] | I, like him, ... |
| 12’ | ⸢kar⸣-ke₄ [...] | The e-kar temple |
| 13’ | dam mu-un-⸢taka₄⸣ [...] | (Sum) My spouse, the one who has sex with you(?) (Akk) The spouse that you have struck(?) |
| 14’ | a-ba-am₃ [...] | Who ...? |
| 15’ | {i}ga-ša-an-⸢ku₃⸣-[...] | The Gašanekug canal |
| 16’ | ne-ri niŋir ⸢u₃⸣-[...] | The nēru-bird, the nibir-bird of the ešumu-bird |
| 17’ | lu₂ a-ra-ra-ab-la₂-[...] | The one who ... for you |
| 18’ | lugal-ŋu₁₀ lu₂ [...] | Lugal-bu, the man who |
| 19’ | lu₂ di-da-ka-ni [...] | His one who goes ... |
| 20’ | me-a an-si₁₂-⸢eš⸣ [...] | Where is the Ansi-eše temple? |
| 21’ | ze₄-e nin-[...] | The sweet one, the lady |
| 22’ | a-na-aš-am₃ [...] | Why ...? |
| r i | ||
| 1 | ⸢kar⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | u₃-⸢mu⸣-[...] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 3 | in ⸢in⸣-[...] | In(?) the E-in-E-[...] |
| 4 | e-ne ⸢ma⸣-[...] | Then ... |
| 5 | ŋe₂₆-e ⸢in-na-du₁₁⸣ [...] | He said to her “I want to go to the house of the king’ |
| 6 | lu₂ ⸢ki-e⸣-ne-⸢ŋa₂⸣ [...] | The man of the Ekian temple |
| 7 | di si-⸢sa₂⸣ [...] | Judge the case righteously |
| 8 | tukum-⸢bi⸣ [...] | If ... |
| 9 | ku₃ dam taka₄ 1/3 x [...] | (If) a spouse opens the silver, 1/3 ... . |
| 10 | al-zil₂-zil₂-⸢e⸣ [...] | “It is enough, it is enough! ... |
| 11 | ŋurgu-zu aš₃-am₃ [...] | Your city is indeed |
| 12 | kiše₄-zu ⸢gu⸣ [...] | Your net, the bank of the Euphrates |
| 13 | ka ⸢numdum-zu⸣ [...] | The mouth of your seed |
| 14 | tilla₂ iri-⸢za⸣-[...] | the square of Iri-zaza-[...] |
| 15 | lu₂ min-kam-ma ⸢šu⸣-[...] | The second man |
| 16 | dumu lu₂ tab-ba-⸢na kar⸣ [...] | son of Tabba-ena, the quay |
| 17 | ne-ri ⸢niŋir⸣ [...] | The nērī priestess of the bir temple |
| 18 | en₃ nam-⸢erim₂⸣ [...] ; en₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) The en priestess, the one who is enraged(?) (Akk) The incantation of the evildoer |
| 19-(20?) | ⸢KA KA⸣ ŋiri₃ ⸢nam⸣ [...] // [x x x] ⸢x⸣ [...] | “EKA, KA’E23, ... Ename23 ... |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢x x ba-x-x-(x)-en-na ; ⸢ŋe₂₆-e lu₂ til₃-le nu⸣-ŋen | ... the eše-house ... a man who is alive does not ... |
| 2 | ⸢tukum⸣-bi nam-⸢erim₂ x x aŋ₂-ge-na EN⸣ | If he is to make an insurrection against me, |
| 3 | ⸢za₃⸣ [...] ⸢mu-ri-in-ta₃ mu⸣-e-⸢du₁₁-ga⸣-ta | After he has said “I want to go to the sanctuaries of the king, my lord, and the temples of the gods, my father, and my mother’s house, |
| 4 | ⸢en₃ tukum-bi ha-ma⸣-gub-be₂-en | “Have mercy on me, if you are to stand by me! |
| 5 | [...] ⸢eŋ₃⸣ di-⸢ta-am₃ ga⸣-ra-ab-du₁₁ | I want to say “I want to go out from the house of justice! |
| 6 | [...] ⸢di⸣-ta-am₃ ⸢mu-da⸣-zi₂-ib ; ⸢ušur kal-la-ŋu₁₀⸣ | ... from the steppe, emu-da-e-zib |
| 7a | [...] ⸢ba-al in⸣-ne-du₃ ; | ... they built the ebal temple |
| 7b | ⸢me-ta-am₃ am₃-di-di-in in-na⸣-du₁₁ | “From above I am wandering about, I say to him. |
| 8 | ⸢tu₉-gen₇ zu₂⸣ i₃-tar-re-⸢en a₂-na bi₂-in-la₂-e⸣ | Like a e’tu-demon, you are to go out to the open country, (but) what will you do about it? |
| 9a | in nu-zu-⸢ŋu₁₀ mu⸣-un-tub₂ ; | He who does not know how to escape, he smite(?) |
| 9b | aŋ₂ nu-du₁₁-⸢ga-ŋu₁₀ mu⸣-da-la₂ | (Sum) The one who does not pay attention to (his) work (Akk) He is not paid attention to what he has done |
| 10 | [...] ⸢al ma-an⸣-du₁₁ | ... he said to me |
| 11 | [...]-⸢ra⸣-an-ku₅ | ... he cut off |
| 12 | [...]-⸢sa₆-sa₆⸣-ge | ... is beautiful(?) |
| 13 | [...]-⸢ba⸣-DU | ...-eba-DU |
| 14 | [...]-⸢ma-ke₄⸣ ; [...]-⸢ib⸣-dab-be₂ | ... will seize ... |
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