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CDLI Literary 000575, ex. 006 (P356720)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000575, ex. 006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356720 |
| Museum no. | OIM A30249 |
| 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 letter and letter-prayer |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | lugal {d}utu-gin7 sza3 kalam-ma mu-zalag-ga# | Like Utu, king who brightens the heart of the Land |
| 2 | u3-na-du11 | said to him: |
| 3 | i-{d}utu ab-sin2 ub-ta-an-zi-ga | Ištar raised the furrow |
| 4 | ti-id-nu-um{ki}-e szu bi2-in#-gar szibir-e-bi mu-dab5-be2 | Tidnum placed a hand on it and seized its wagon |
| 5 | lugal# idim#-bi#-sze3 ab-szid-de3-e-[x?]-a | The king, when he goes to its foundation pit |
| 6 | u3-ne-de3#-[tah] | he will add. |
| 7 | {disz}lugal-szu2 dumu nibru{ki} ARAD2-zu na-ab-be2-a | Lugalšu, citizen of Nippur, is your servant. |
| 8 | sul-a-lum nu-zu-mu sag-ki ba-gid2 | The one who does not know sulalum was beaten to the head. |
| 9 | til4 a-mu mu-e-pad3 | I have sworn by the life of my father. |
| 10 | iri kur2-ra tum12{muszen}-gin7 sze mi-in-sza4 | In the foreign city like a dove he groans. |
| 11 | sza3#-ne-sza4 la-ba-an-tuku | he did not have a desire |
| 12 | ur-gin7 ki gam-ma# nu#-zu# szu# dag#-dag#-ge# ba-si | Like a dog that does not know a complete place, it is smeared with blood |
| 13 | muszen szu sur2-du3{muszen}-ta dal#-a#-gin7# ur5-da i3-ak-e | Like a bird flying from the hand of a falcon, he acts with fury |
| 14 | {gisz}kiri6 a szu-ta nu#-du11-ga-gin7 asil3-la2-mu# hab2 ba-an#-ug5 | Like a garden that was not watered by hand, my joy was diminished |
| 15 | igi la2# e2# lugal-ga2-ke4 ib2-si-ge i5-gar gig ma-la2 | The eye of my king trembled, he was sick with iggar-disease |
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