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CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 059 (P356698)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356698 |
| Museum no. | IM 058489 |
| 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’ | ⸢titab₂ udun⸣-[...] | The titab plant, the udun plant |
| 2’ | {d}nin-ka-si-ke₄ ⸢ma⸣-[...] | Ninkasi |
| 3’ | maš₂ gal-gal ua₄-e gal-⸢gal⸣-[...] | The great goats, the great herdsmen |
| 4’ | ki (KI.NIG₂-)na-ŋa₂ mu-e-til-⸢le⸣ | You finish the place of the scepter |
| 5’ | nig₂-ŋu₁₀-ta a₂ gur-ra im-da-⸢su₈⸣-[...] | From the possessions that were taken away, he was able to ... with him |
| 6’ | sipa-zu niŋ₂-ŋu₁₀-uš an-edin-na igi-⸢bi⸣ [...] | Your shepherd, when he looks at him in the high steppe |
| r | ||
| 1 | isina{na} a-ša₃-ga ⸢ŋal₂⸣-[x]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [(x)] | Isina, in the field ... |
| 2 | engar-ŋu₁₀ na-⸢gada-za {ŋeš}tukul-ta mu-un-sar⸣-[x] | (Sum) The farmer wrote your na'egada prayer with the weapon |
| 3 | ki-ta ki si-ga-aš u₃-⸢mu-e-x⸣-[x] | From the ground, from the foundation(?) |
| 4 | ZA-ra ni₂-zu nu-mu-⸢un-ta-(UD⸣.[...]) | ... does not fear you |
| 5 | muš ŋiri₂ lu₂ ⸢la-ga niŋ₂ edin⸣-[...] | The snake of the steppe, the man of the Elaga, the fear of the Steppe |
| 6 | zi-zu an-edin-na ⸢kur-ku⸣ [...] | Your life in the high steppe |
| 7 | [x] ⸢šu₂⸣-uš-e ⸢niŋ₂-ka₉⸣-[...] | “If he slips through the door pivots, |
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)
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