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CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 053 (P356733)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 053 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356733 |
| Museum no. | OIM A30252 |
| 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’ | ⸢edin-še₃⸣ mu-⸢da igi hu-mu⸣-de₃-du₈ | May he look at the steppe that has been plundered. |
| 2’ | {ŋeš}al-e {ŋeš}⸢apin-e⸣ gu₃ am₃-ma-de₂-e | The hoe calls out to the plowmen |
| 3’-4’ | {ŋeš}apin tur-ra-ŋu₁₀ nam-me-en buluŋ₃-ŋa₂-ŋu₁₀ // nam-me-en piš₁₀ ŋal₂-la-ŋu₁₀ nam-me-en | You are indeed a small plowman, you are a bulû-demon, you (are) a wild bull |
| 5’ | ki {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ta dub-saŋ-zu ŋe₂₆-e-me-en | From Enlil, I am your scribe |
| 6’ | ⸢e₂ {d}en⸣-lil₂-la₂-ka igi-⸢še₃⸣ [ma]-⸢ra-ab⸣-gub-be₂-en | In the temple of Enlil I will stand before you |
| r | ||
| 1 | eg₂ i₃-AK-en pa₅ i₃-AK-⸢en⸣ | “What have I done? I have done, what have I accomplished? |
| 2 | a-gar₃-a-gar₃-ra a im-ma-si-si-in | In the meadows he sprinkled water. |
| 3 | ŋeš-ge-ŋeš-ge-a a u₃-mu-ni-in-;-de₂-de₂ | When he pours water, |
| 4 | {[ŋeš]}⸢dubsig⸣ tur-ŋu₁₀ mu-da-ab-ri | The small scribal school he entered with him. |
| 5 | [...]-⸢mu⸣-ku₅ | ...-emu-e-ku |
| 6 | [...] ⸢um-ma-ri⸣ | ... the Ummarī temple |
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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