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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 054 (P356683)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 054 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356683 |
| Museum no. | IM 058478 |
| 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)
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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 | [...] bi2#-in-kin# nig2#-[...] | ... established ... |
| 2 | [...]-zi-zi# [...] x x [...] | ... raised ... ... |
| 3 | gu3# mu-na#-[x]-e [...] | He spoke to him |
| 4 | i3-nu2-na i3-nu2#-[x] | He lies down, he lies down |
| 5 | {d}bil3-ga-mes en dumu kul#-ab#-[...]-en | Gilgamesh, lord, child of Kulaba |
| 6 | kur ba-suh3-suh3 gissu# [x x]-la2 | The mountain was trembling, the shadow ... |
| 7 | u2-sa11#-an sze-er-sze-er#-[x x]-ma#-DA | he will pay back. |
| 8 | {d}utu ur2 ama#-na x [...]-la# mu-un-du | Utu ... the lap of his mother |
| 9 | {d}bil3-ga-mes en-sze3 nu2-de3#-en | Gilgamesh, how long will you lie down? |
| 10 | dumu iri{ki} mu-un-de3-re7-esz-a | the citizens of the city who had gone |
| 11 | ur2 hur-sag-ga2-ka nam-ba-e-de3-gub-bu-ne | Do not stand at the base of the mountain! |
| 12 | ama ugu-bi tilla2 iri{ki}-za-ka esz2 nam-bi2-ib-sar | The mother who bore him should not write a shrine in your city. |
| 13 | x x x | |
| 14 | inim nam-ur-sag-ga2-ka#-ni tug2-gin7 im-in-dul! | He covered his words of heroism like a garment |
| 15 | 3(u) gin2 i3-a szu NE-NI-in-DI gaba-na im-ma-da-dul!? | He covered his chest with 30 shekels of oil |
| 16 | gu4-gin7 ki gal-la ba-e-gub | Like an ox, you stand in the great place. |
| 17 | gu4! ki-sze3 bi2-in-gar KA ba-da-an-sze3 | He placed an ox on the ground, he spoke to him |
| 18 | ama ugu-gu10 {d#}nin-sun2-ka-ra! a-a-gu10 ku3 {d}lugal-ban3-da | For my birth mother Ninsun, my holy father Lugalbanda |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | du10-ub ama ugu-gu10 {d}nin-sun2-ka-ra? u3-de3:di# ha-ma-a-me-en | May I be the one who goes to my mother who bore me, Ninsun |
| 2 | 2(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 in-ga-nam-mu-na-ab-be2 | for the 2nd time he said to him: |
| 3 | zi ama ugu-gu10 {d}nin-sun2-ka-ra? a-a-gu10 ku3 {d}lugal-ban3-da | For the life of my birth mother Ninsun, my holy father Lugalbanda |
| 4 | en-na lu2-bi lu2-u18 he2-a im-ma-zu-am3 digir he2-<a> im-ma#-zu-am3 | As long as this man knows, whether he is a man or a god, |
| 5 | giri3 kur-sze3 gub-ba-gu10 iri{ki}-sze3 ba-ra-gub-be2-en | When I stand at the foot of the mountain, I will not stand in the city. |
| 6 | ARAD2 zi ba-an-du10 nam-ti ba-an-ku7-ku7 | The loyal servant is sweet, the life is sweet. |
| 7 | lugal-a-ni-ir inim mu-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | he will reply to his king. |
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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