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CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 057 (P356648)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356648 |
| Museum no. | IM 058442 |
| 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 i | ||
| 1’ | [x] sar-sar-ra-ke₄ [...] | ... of the garden plots |
| 2’ | ⸢u₄⸣-ba ki ulutim₂ diŋir-re-⸢e⸣-[...] | At that time, at the place of the old bridge of the Ibirre temple |
| 3’ | e₂-bi du₆-ku₃-ga u₈ {d}⸢ezinam₂⸣-[...] | Its temple, the Holy Mound, the ewe of Ezida |
| 4’ | eš₃ niŋ₂-gu₇ diŋir-re-e-ne-ke₄ ⸢mi⸣-[...] | The shrine that eats the bīr-priests |
| 5’ | he₂-ŋal₂ u₈ {d}ezinam₂-bi-⸢da⸣-[x] | may it carry off the ewe of Ezinambi-eda |
| 6’ | {d}a-nun-na du₆-ku₃-ga-ke₄-[x] | The Anuna of the Holy Mound |
| 7’ | ⸢i⸣-im-gu₇-gu₇-u₃-ne nu-mu-na-⸢si⸣-[...] | When they eat, they do not ... for him |
| 8’ | ⸢amaš⸣ ku₃-ga-ni ga-bi niŋ₂ du₁₀-ga-(A.[AN]) | His pure calf, whose milk is sweet, |
| 9’ | {d}a-nun-na du₆-ku₃-ga-ke₄-[...] | The Anuna of the Holy Mound |
| 10’ | ⸢i⸣-im-na₈-na₈-<<u₃>>-ne nu-mu-un-na-⸢si⸣-[...] | They do not drink the ei<e-imnâ-plant |
| 11’ | ⸢amaš⸣ ku₃-ga-ne-ne-a niŋ₂ du₁₀-ga-ne-[...] | The holy eagles, their sweet radiance |
| 12’ | ⸢nam⸣-lu₂-lu₇{lu} zi-ša₃ im-ši-in-[ŋal₂] | He carried off the life of the Enamelulu. |
| 13’ | [...] {d}en-ki-ke₄ {d}en-lil₂-ra gu₃ mu-na-⸢de₂⸣-[...] | Enki spoke to Enlil |
| 14’ | [... {d]}⸢en⸣-lil₂ ⸢u₈ {d⸣}ezinam₂-[...] | Enlil, the ewe, Ezinam |
| 15’ | [...]-⸢ga ma-da-an-zeₓ(SIG₇)eš⸣-[x] | ... he made it pass by for me |
| 16’ | [...]-⸢da⸣-ra-ab-<e₁₁>-de₃-en-⸢de₃⸣-[x] | I want to utter an arabe prayer to you |
| 17’ | [...] ⸢ku₃⸣-ga-ne GA [...] | ... his holy ... |
| 18’ | [...] ⸢im-ma⸣-da-⸢ra⸣-[...] | ... the Imādada temple |
| r i | ||
| 1’ | {⸢ŋeš⸣}[...] | The ešu-priestess |
| 2’ | a-na-[...] | Why |
| 3’ | min₃-kam-[...] | Second ... |
| 4’ | babir₂ [...] | ... potter |
| 5’ | titab₂ ⸢udun⸣-[...] | Titab-plant, ēdun-plant |
| 6’ | {d}⸢nin⸣-[...] | Eninnin-[...] |
| 7’ | ⸢maš₂ gal⸣-[...] | The great maš priestess |
| 8’ | ki [...] | the place of |
| 9’ | ⸢niŋ₂⸣-[...] | His word |
| r ii | ||
| 1’ | [...]-a-[x] | ...-a- |
| 2’ | [...] ⸢niŋ₂-gu₇-u₃⸣-[...] | ... eats |
| 3’ | ⸢me-zu igi i₃-ib⸣-il₂-la-⸢ke₄-eš⸣ | If he looks at you, |
| 4’ | u₃ ŋa₂-a egir-⸢bi⸣ im-us₂-e | and afterwards he will go up. |
| 5’ | lu₂ {na₄}kinkin-e ⸢hulu nu⸣-ŋal₂ | The one of the kiln does not carry evil. |
| 6’ | a-na-zu mu-⸢da⸣-ŋal₂ a-⸢na ma⸣-be₂-na-bi ge₄-ma-ni-ib | What have you done to me? I want to say to you: “Come out, come out!’ |
| 7’ | [min₃-kam]-⸢ma-še₃⸣ {d}ezinam₂ ⸢u₈⸣-ra mu-na-ni-ib-ge₄-ge₄ | Thirdly, Ezinam approached the ewe |
| 8’ | [...]-⸢kur₄⸣-ra-na ša₃ im-dab₅ di-⸢da⸣ saŋ ba-šum₂ | He seized the ... of his ..., he heaped up the heaps |
| 9’ | [...]-⸢zu⸣ {bar}barim ki-nu₂-zu | Your ..., your bedchamber |
| 10’ | [...] ⸢tub₂-ba-gen₇⸣ | ... like a tubba reed |
| 11’ | [...] (x) x⸣ | |
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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