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CDLI Literary 000756, ex. 032 (P356694)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000756, ex. 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356694 |
| Museum no. | OIM A30244 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 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 ii | ||
| 1′ | [...] ⸢x ; x⸣ [...] | ... ... |
| 2′ | ⸢mu gud-gen₇ i⸣-[...] | Like an ox ... |
| 3′ | ⸢lu₂ nu-zu nam-mu-ni-x x ku₄⸣ ; deš-⸢am₃ ga-ra-ni-ib-ge₄⸣ | He who does not know a man, enters, I want to enter for you |
| 4′ | ⸢ur-gi₇ tur-gen₇⸣ igi mu-bad-bad ⸢nam⸣-[x]-⸢lu₇ um⸣-AK | Like a small dog, he looked at the ... of the lion. |
| 5′ | [x]-⸢na-aš⸣-[...]-⸢hur⸣-re | I want to ... to him |
| r i | ||
| 1′ | [x]-⸢a-DU dumu engar-ra-ke₄-ne saŋ mu⸣-[...] | ..., son of the farmers, regular offering |
| 2′ | [x x]-za šu nam-sa₆-ga he₂-bi₂-ge₄ ⸢uŋ₃-e⸣ ; u₆ he₂-ri-du₁₁ | May your ... possess a hand of good fortune, may he admire you |
| 3′ | [x]-de₃ a-na-am₃ DU-zu diri he₂-em-tum₃ ; gun₂{un}⸢bi⸣ ha-ab-silim-⸢e⸣ | What did ... bring? Why did you add more? May it be bright! May it shine! |
| 4′ | [x]-⸢ra⸣-ŋu₁₀-ta he₂-⸢em⸣-ma-buluŋ₃-e-en a-ra₂-ŋu₁₀ ; igi he₂-bi₂-du₈ | May you be able to see the ... of battle. |
| 5′ | [x] ⸢sa₆-ga⸣-gen₇ gurum₂ he₂-bi₂-AK {ki}kišer ; la-ba-an-tuku | Like the ... of the Saĝa temple, I did not have a guard. |
| 6′ | [...]-⸢ge₁₇⸣-zu-u₃-gen₇ e-ra-da-ku-u₃-⸢nam⸣ | Like a ..., I will be able to enter for you |
| 7′ | [...]-⸢da⸣-sah₆-⸢sah₆-na⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ | ...-da’esaḫ-Sahna ... ... |
| 8′ | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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)
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