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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 055 (P356721)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 055 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356721 |
| Museum no. | IM 058509 |
| 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 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 | [...]-un#-de3-re7-esz-am3 | ... they will go |
| 2 | [...]-ni-sze3 szu ba-an-dub2-dub2-me-esz | They shook their hands towards his |
| 3 | [...]-zi# ma2-mu2-da in-bu-luh u3-sa-ga# | ... has seized the boat, it has sunk in the river |
| 4 | [...] nig2-me-gar su3-ga-am3 | ... is full of luxuriance |
| 5 | [...] nu#-mu-na-an-zi-zi | ... did not rise for him |
| 6 | [...] inim# <nu>-mu-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | ... does not reply(?) |
| 7 | [...] i3#-nu2-na | ... lying down |
| 8 | [...] en dumu kul!-ab4{ki}-ba-a# en3-sze3 i3-nu2-de3 | ... the lord, the citizen of Kulaba, how long will he lie down? |
| 9 | [...] gissu ba-an-la2 | ... he stretched out his hand. |
| 10 | [...]-er#-bi im-ma-DU | ... its ... he ... |
| 11 | [...]-gal#-sze3 sag il2#-la# mu-un-du | He went to the great ..., raising his head |
| 12 | [...] NI#-nu2-[x] | ... ... |
| 13 | [...]-re7#-esz-am3 | ... they went |
| 14 | [...]-gub-bu-KA | ... stand(?) |
| 15 | [...] esz2# nam-bi2-ib-sar-[x] | ... may he not write an omen |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x x | |
| 2 | [...]-sun2#-ka# [...]-ban3#-da | ... in the ... of the desert |
| 3 | [...]-sun2-ka u3-di-du11-ga-gin7! ha-ma!-dim2-ma! | ... may it be fashioned like the one who spoke to you(?) |
| 4 | [...]-mu#-na-ab#-be2 | ... says to him |
| 5 | [...]-nin#-sun2-ka [...]-lugal#-ban3-da | ... of Ninsun ... Lugalbanda |
| 6 | [...] lu2#-u18-lu he2-a!(ME) im-ma!-za-am3 digir he2-a im-ma-za-a | ... whether it is a man or a woman, he is the one who is the god |
| 7 | [...] iri-sze3 ba!(ZU)-ra-ab-KA-ze2-en! | ... to the city ... |
| 8 | x nam-ti ba-an-ku7-ku7 | ... life was sweetened. |
| 9 | [...] inim mu-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | ... will reply to him. |
| 10 | [...] igi# mu-ni-du8-am3 sza3 nu-mu-ni-in-dab-be2 | ... looked at him, he did not seize his heart |
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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