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CDLI Literary 000792, ex. 002 (P356634)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000792, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356634 |
| Museum no. | IM 058417 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| 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 | nibru{ki}-ta-lu2 dumu lugal-szuba dam-gar3-ke4 | Nippurtalu, son of Lugal-šuba, the merchant |
| 2 | {d}nergal-ra ha-zi-in an-na mu-un-na-ni-in-dim2 | Nergal fashioned the ḫazi-in of heaven for him. |
| 3 | gisz-bi {gisz}ar-ga-nu-um hur-sag-ga2 | Its wood is a rag of the mountain range |
| 4 | e-lal3-la diri-ga-am3 | Elal is surpassing. |
| 5 | na4-[bi] na4 an-ta-sur-ra | its stone is the stone of the Antasura |
| 6 | gaba#-ri nu-tuku-am3 | has no rival |
| 7 | he2#-sag3-ge# a2#-ni na-an-kusz2-u3# | May he fall, his arm not tire |
| 8 | he2-eb2#-ta#-hasz#-e | may he break off. |
| 9 | ga#-mu-na-TAR# | I want to ... for him |
| 10 | [u2]-gu# [he2]-ni-ib2-de2-e | may he spread out the grass for him. |
| 11 | [ki-bi] ga-mu-na-ab-gi4 | I want to return to its place for him |
| 12 | [u4 ti-la-ga2] igi hu-mu-un-du8 | May the day of my life be seen. |
| 13 | [u4 ba-ug7]-en kur-ra | When I was killed in the mountains |
| 14 | a si-ga hu-mu-un-na8-na8 | May he drink pure water. |
| 15 | szagina-e-ne-er u3-na-a-du11 | he said to the generals: |
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
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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