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CDLI Literary 000340, ex. 012 (P356672)

Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationCDLI Literary 000340, ex. 012
IDP356672
Museum no.IM —
CollectionNational Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLiterary
Find spotNippur (mod. Nuffar)
Coordinates32.1271, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
obverse
1[{d}gidim-dili-du-ra] igi mu-ni-in-du8He looked at Gidimdilidu.
2[digir-dili-du-ra] igi mu-un-ga2-ga2He looked at Diŋirdilidu.
3[me szu du7-du7-da] igi bi2-in-du8#He looked at the one who had perfected the divine powers
4[nam-tar-ra-digir-re-e]-ne#-sze3# igi-ni# mu-ni#-gal2#For the namtar-digir-priests, he set his eyes on it
5[...] nu-te-a-ba#... did not approach
6[...] disz!-am3 i3-gub#... he set up.
7[gisz-an-dul3-bi {gisz}]asal2#-du10-gissu-dagal-la-kamIts canopy is an asaldugissudagal tree
8[...] sig-ga u4-zal-la#... of the lowland, passing the day
9[an-bir9] an#-usan-na nu-gi4-gi4Anbir does not return to Anusana
10[u4-ba nin-gu10 an] mu#-nigin2-na-ta ki# mu-nigin2-na-taAt that time, my lady, heaven was trembling, earth was thumping
11[{d}inana an mu-un-nigin2-na-ta] ki# mu#-nigin2-na-taInana, having surrounded heaven and surrounded earth
12[elam{ki} su-bir9{ki}-a] mu#-nigin2#-na#-ta#from Elam and Subir
reverse
1[...] nam#-tar#-ra#... fate
2[...] [{d}]inana# za3-mi2... praise for Inana

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