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CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 051 (P356706)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 051 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356706 |
| Museum no. | OIM A30247 |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢sar-sar-ra⸣ a bi₂-ib-si₃-si₃-ge-[x] | He sprinkled water in the garden plots |
| 2 | {⸢ŋeš}hašhur⸣ u₃-mu-buluŋ₃ ⸢niŋ₂⸣-sa-⸢ha⸣ [x] an-e₃ | “It is a stag, it is an eagle, it rises! |
| 3 | niŋ₂-sa-ha-bi ⸢e₂⸣ diŋir-⸢re-e⸣-ne-ka ; me-te-aš im-mi-ib₂-ŋal₂ | Its ni-sa-ḫābu, the temple of the intertwined temples, was carried off. |
| 4 | nu-{ŋeš}kiri₆-ke₄ ⸢dam dumu⸣-[x] a₂ mu-un-da-an-e₃ | The orchardist gave orders to the E-dam, the son of ... |
| 5 | i₇-da {⸢ŋeš}keše₂-x⸣ um-mi-AK ŋiri₃ si um-⸢mi-sa₂⸣ | In the river he dug a canal, he filled the canal with a reed bundle. |
| 6 | ki-ba an-⸢za⸣-[...]-⸢ba u₃-bi₂-du₃⸣ | At that place, he built the Anzu temple. |
| 7 | lu₂ a-ša₃-[...] ⸢ba-an⸣-da-zal-[x] | The one who ... the field(?) |
| 8 | ŋuruš a-ša₃-ga ⸢ŋe₆⸣ [...]-an-da-⸢sa₂⸣-[x] | The buruš plant in the field |
| 9 | an-za-gara₃-⸢ba⸣ [...]-⸢mu-e-(DU₆⸣.[DU]) | Anzagara-eba |
| 10 | ⸢lu₂⸣-bi iri du₃-a-ni-[...]-⸢ni⸣ ba-ši-[...] | Its elu-priestess, after he had built the city |
| 11 | {[kuš]}⸢ummu₃⸣ u₃-⸢mu-dim₂ a mu⸣-na-[...] | After you have fashioned a scepter for him |
| 12 | [x]-⸢ni⸣ ša₃-⸢ba mu-na-ŋa₂⸣-[...] | ... in its midst ... for him |
| 13 | {[ŋeš]}⸢apin⸣ sur₃ ba-⸢al-ba-al in⸣-[...] | The plowmen were piled up on the roof, they were carried off |
| 14 | [...]-duru₅ ⸢nu-ŋal₂-la⸣-[...] | “It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient! It should not be carried away(?) |
| 15 | [...] ⸢u₃-mu⸣-ba-[...] | ... the emû-priest |
| r | ||
| 1’ | [...]-⸢bi gu₂-zu⸣ [...] | ... its ..., your neck |
| 2’ | {⸢ŋeš}al⸣-e {d}nisaba ugula-a-ni [...] | Foreman: Nisaba, his foreman |
| 3’ | dub-sar-e kiŋ₂ šu-mu-ra-ab-⸢il₂⸣-[...] | The scribe Šumurab-Eil |
| 4’ | {ŋeš}al-e 5 giŋ₄ {ŋeš}al-e [...] ; niŋ₂-ka₉ ha-ra-ab-⸢AK-e⸣ | May the hoe raise 5 reeds for you |
| 5’ | {ŋeš}al-e 1/3 ma-na {ŋeš}al-e 1/2 ⸢ma-na⸣ ; niŋ₂-ka₉ ha-ra-ab-AK-e | May the hoe take 1/3 mina, the hoof take 1/2 mina. |
| 6’ | geme₂-gen₇ gub-ba eš₂-gar₃ i₃-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | Like a female worker stationed at the ešĝara station |
| 7’ | {ŋeš}al-e {ŋeš}apin-na a-da-min₃ du₁₁-ga | The hoe, the plowman, the equalizer |
| 8’a | {ŋeš}al-e {ŋeš}apin-na diri-ga-ba | When the hoe surpasses the plow |
| 8’b | {d}nisaba za₃-mim | Nisaba, praise! |
Sources & licences
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