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CDLI Literary 000756, ex. 033 (P356723)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000756, ex. 033 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356723 |
| Museum no. | OIM A30250 |
| 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 | lu₂ nu-zu nam-mu-ni-⸢ib₂⸣-[...] ; deš-am₃ ga-ra-⸢ni⸣-[...] | Who does not know a man, do not abandon him, I want to abandon him |
| 2 | ⸢ur-gi₇⸣ tur-gen₇ igi mu-e-bad-⸢bad⸣ ; nam-lu₂-lu₇ u₆ mu-e-⸢AK⸣ | Like a small dog you look at the urgi temple, you see humanity. |
| 3 | a-na-aš-am₃ lu₂ ŋa₂-la dag-ga-⸢gen₇⸣ ; ŋeš ma-ab-⸢hur-hur-re⸣ | Why does a man go up to a place where he is not able to enter? |
| 4 | ⸢lu₂⸣ enim-zu ⸢ŋeš⸣-zu i₃-⸢in-tuku⸣-am₃ šu am₃-⸢ma-(KARA₂⸣.[(x)]) | (Sum) The lord, your word is a flood that overwhelms the land (Akk) The one who destroys your word, your words overwhelm the land |
| 5 | [x]-⸢dub-sar⸣-ra a-na ⸢mu-pa₃-da-zu ; šu-za⸣ ba-ni-⸢in-šum₂⸣ | When you open your hand to the scribal art, |
| 6 | [...]-⸢gub⸣-be₂-en ⸢u₄⸣ na-⸢me⸣ ; [...] ⸢dag⸣-ga sa₂ ba-⸢ra-mu⸣-[...] | You should not stand in the street, you should not enter the street. |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢ŋiri₃-si₃-ga⸣ e₂-⸢za kiŋ₂-ge₄⸣-[x] ; ⸢he₂-bi₂-in-ge₄⸣ | ... the bīsiga-temple, the house of your temple, the place of ... |
| 2 | [...] ⸢tu₉-bi u₃⸣ i₃-⸢ba-bi ; ša₃⸣-bi ⸢ha-ma⸣-du₁₀-⸢ga⸣ | (Sum) Its ..., its ... (Akk) The ... of the e’etu-vessel(?), its .... |
| 3 | [x]-ra₂-bi-⸢še₃ kiŋ₂-ge₄-a bi₂-in-ge₄⸣ ; e₂ lugal-za-⸢ka urdu₂⸣ ba-⸢ra-bi₂-us₂⸣ | ... he erected there. In the house of Lugalzage he built a fortress to perfection. |
| 4 | ga-ba u₄-ŋa₂ he₂-bi₂-AK udu-gen₇ ⸢he₂-x x x⸣ | May the milk ... on that day, may it ... like sheep. |
| 5 | siškur₂ ⸢sa⸣ ge₄-ge₄-da he₂-me-du₁₁ ; u₆ du₁₀ hu-mu-ub-⸢du₈⸣ | May a siskur prayer be uttered to you in the evening, may a good sunrise be set upon it |
| 6 | udu-bi u₂-gu₇-bi ha-⸢ma-sa₆⸣-[x] ; diŋir-zu he₂-hul₂ | May its sheep eat its food, may your tears rejoice. |
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