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CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 045 (P356739)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 045 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356739 |
| Museum no. | IM 058528 |
| 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 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 ša₃⸣-[x]-⸢ra⸣ [...] | The elu priestess of the ša-e-ra-e3 temple |
| 2′ | lu₂ ⸢dab₅-ba {ge}bešeŋ e₂⸣ [...] ; ⸢saŋ-bur₂-bi nu-mu-un-na⸣-[...] | The man who seized the throne of the temple ... its sabur temple did not ... it |
| 3′ | zi₂-za {⸢u}ugu₆ de₂-a dag-ge₄⸣-a [...] | May the e’uĝu-priestess of Ea, the ‘distortion-of-justice-in-the-mountain” of Enlil |
| 4′ | lu₂ ⸢pe-el-la₂ teš₂ (TUKU.TUKU) nu⸣-zu | The defiled man knows nothing. |
| 5′ | lu₂ ⸢kara₂-ga⸣ [...] ⸢ur₂-ra gu₇-gu₇⸣ | The one of the granary, ... eating in the ur. |
| 6′ | ki-⸢ma-an-zi₂-ir lu₂ kal-la nu⸣-zu | It is the place where the mighty man does not know |
| 7′ | ur-⸢saŋ gub-be₂ šu-bi-še₃ la₂-a⸣ | Ur-esa, standing by his hand |
| 8′ | i₃-gub ⸢nu-mu-un-ge-en ; i₃-tuš li-bi₂-in-sa₆⸣ | He stood, he did not establish it, and did not make it good. |
| 9′ | i₃-⸢šid x-ni-ul₄-en i₃-sar šu⸣ ; ib₂-ta-an-ur₃ | He gave ..., he wrote, and erased his hand. |
| 10′ | ⸢niŋ₂ IM-sar⸣-re gu₂ ⸢nu-ub⸣-ta-⸢de₂⸣-[...] | (Sum) The scribal art is a flood that cannot be dispersed(?) (Akk) Its temples are an incantation of the wind, it cannot be undone |
| r | ||
| 1 | dugud-bi ab-sar-re šu-ni al-zu-⸢hu⸣-;-ul | Its weight is written down in a document, its hand is made perfect |
| 2 | šid-da-še₃ la-ba-ab-du₇ sar-re-⸢da⸣ ; me-te-bi in-nu | It was not suitable for the šidda offerings, it was not fitting for Sarre-eda |
| 3 | dub ha-ma-tur ul-la-bi ga-ab-til | I want to finish this old tablet! |
| 4 | ki-gub-ba-ni u₂(DIB-)gu i-ni-in-de₂ | His standing place he smote. |
| 5 | ki-tuš-a-ni (BIR.BIR{ri}) | his dwelling place |
| 6 | dim₂-ma ab-ta-šub-ba KA ab-ta-giri₁₆-⸢da⸣ | “If he slips through the window, |
| 7 | a-ba-am₃ gu₃ e-ra-de₂-e-ma | Who is it that will speak to you? |
| 8 | a-na-zu al-ŋal₂-ma du₁₄-še₃ im-ta(BI-)e₃ | What have you done? He has come out to speak to you. |
| 9 | gub-ba lu₂-tumu ga-ba-al e-DU-DU nam-mu-;-du₃-du₃-e-en | Stand by me, citizen! Come on, do not build! |
| 10 | ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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