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CDLI Literary 000756, ex. 029 (P356638)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000756, ex. 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356638 |
| Museum no. | IM 058422 |
| 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 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 | [...]-⸢a⸣-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-pa₃-da e-[x-x] ; nu-mu-ra-ab-taka₄ | ... he found, ... did not open for you |
| 2 | ⸢ŋessal{sal₄⸣} he₂-bi₂-AK ⸢ša₃-še₃(KU) gid₂-x⸣ [(x)] ; ⸢sa₆-ge-zu mu-da-ŋal₂⸣ | “May the esalsal-vessel be filled with abundance, may the ša-vēṣ ... your beautiful temple! |
| 3 | dub-sar umum AK sun₅-na-bi-še₃ ⸢ugula-a-na⸣ mu-⸢na⸣-;-ni-⸢ib-ge₄-ge₄⸣ | The scribe, the father who had engendered him, made him enter the foreman's house. |
| 4 | ⸢u₄⸣ mu₇-mu₇-ma-gen₇ ab-⸢šid⸣-en-ne-a ; ba-an-ge₄-bi a-ra-ab-ha-⸢za-an⸣ | As if it were raining down on me like a rainstorm, I would not be able to make it pass by. |
| 5 | ⸢mu gud-gen₇⸣ i-lu du₁₀-ga-zu ŋeš i₃-⸢la₂⸣-bi | Like an ox, your sweet lament rises. |
| 6 | ⸢lu₂⸣ [x x] ⸢nam-mu⸣-ni-ib-ku₄-ku₄ ; [x]-⸢am₃ ga⸣-ra-ni-⸢ib-ge₄⸣ | “Let me enter ..., let me enter for you! |
| 7 | ur-⸢gi₇ tur⸣-gen₇ igi mu-e-bad-bad nam-lu₂-lu₇ ; um-⸢mi⸣-AK | Like a young dog, you look at me, people are seized. |
| 8 | ⸢a-na-aš-am₃⸣ lu₂ ŋa₂-⸢la dag-ga⸣-gen₇ ŋeš ma-an-hur-hur-re | “Eanaš, like a man who is enraged, he is frightened |
| 9 | ⸢lu₂ enim-zu⸣ ŋeš ba-ni-⸢tuku-am₃ šu am₃⸣-ma-(⸢KARA₂.KARA₂⸣) | The one who has spoken your words, he will speak his hand to you |
| 10 | ⸢nam-dub-sar-ra⸣ a-na mu-pa₃-da-⸢zu šu-za ga-ba⸣-[...] | I want to bring your hand to the scribal school |
| 11 | ⸢e₂⸣-za ⸢he₂⸣-ni-⸢ib⸣-gub-⸢be₂-en ; u₄⸣ na-me niŋ₂ ŋa₂-la ⸢dag-ga-ŋu₁₀ sa₂⸣ [...]-du₁₁ | You should not stand in your house, no day is suitable for you. |
| 12 | ⸢geme₂ urdu₂ ŋiri₃-si₃-ga e₂-za kiŋ₂⸣-ge₄-⸢a he₂-bi₂-ge₄⸣ | May the female slaves of the urdu and birisiga lines enter your house. |
| 13 | šuku-bi ⸢tu₉⸣-bi ⸢u₃ i₃-ba⸣-bi ⸢ša₃⸣-bi ⸢ha⸣-ma-du₁₀-ga | Its seed is ētû-plant, it has a seed, it is ša’ema-duga-plant |
| 14 | a-ra₂-⸢bi⸣-[x] ⸢kiŋ₂-ge₄-a he₂-bi₂-ne⸣-ge₄ ; ⸢e₂ lugal-ka urdu₂ ba-ra-bi₂-si⸣ | “May they be brought down into the Ekia temple!’‘The lord of the Ezida temple did not make the urdu offerings for you. |
| 15 | gaba u₄-⸢ma he₂⸣-bi₂-⸢AK⸣ udu-⸢gen₇⸣ he₂-eb-⸢us₂⸣-nam | May he go out to the side of the storm, may he come out like a sheep. |
| r | ||
| 1 | siškur₂ ⸢sa ge₄-ge₄-da he₂-me-du₁₁ ; u₄-bi⸣ sa₂ ⸢he₂⸣-[x]-⸢ib⸣-du₁₁ | May a siskur prayer be uttered to you in the evening |
| 2 | udu-bi u₂-⸢gu₇⸣-bi ha-⸢sa₆-sa₆⸣ diŋir-zu ⸢he₂-hul₂⸣ | May its sheep eat its food, may it be beautiful! May your ... rejoice! |
| 3 | unken diŋir-zu ⸢us₂-sa-bi giri₁₇⸣ šu ⸢ha-ra-ab⸣-ta₃-ge-⸢ne⸣ | The assembly of the Ibirzu temples, whose feet are like the ešaḫarab temples |
| 4 | gaba a-ša₃-⸢ga⸣-še₃ a₂ he₂-⸢mu-e-da⸣-a-a-⸢aŋ₂ erin₂-e⸣ ; kiŋ₂ he₂-⸢bi₂-AK⸣ | On the edge of the field, may there be arms, may the troops enter, may they enter. |
| 5 | kiŋ₂ a-⸢da⸣-min₃-na ŋe₆ an-bar₇-ba u₃ ba-ra-⸢bi₂⸣-ku-a | At the place of the a’emina prayer, at the beginning of the night, and at the end of the evening, |
| 6 | us₂-a-DU ⸢dumu engar⸣-ra-ke₄-⸢e-ne saŋ⸣ hu-mu-;-un-⸢kal-le⸣-e | “Let the sons of the ploughmen bring (them) down to the netherworld! |
| 7 | a-ša₃-za šu nam-⸢sa₆⸣-ga he₂-⸢bi₂-ge₄ uŋ₃⸣-e ⸢u₆⸣ ; di ⸢he₂-ri⸣-ib-du₁₁ | May your field be a place of abundance for you, may it be an object of wonder for you. |
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)
- 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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