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CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 054 (P356749)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 054 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356749 |
| Museum no. | OIM A30260 |
| 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 | [...] ⸢al⸣-me-en iri-a ⸢ga⸣-[...] | I am the ... of the city |
| 2 | ⸢lu₂ nam⸣-me ⸢dugud-da⸣-[...] | “Man, we are the lords of the throne-dais |
| 3 | urdu lugal-a-ni-⸢ir us₂⸣-[...] | Urdu, his master |
| 4 | e₂ lugal-a-ni-ir du₃-du₃-a-[...] | ... built his king's house |
| 5 | e₂-tur₃ gid₂-da-me-en amaš daŋal-[...] | I am a long-fleeced cow in a sheepfold |
| 6 | im i₃-⸢lu₃⸣-en šeg₁₂ i₃-du₃-⸢en⸣ | You make clay, you make bricks. |
| 7 | ⸢uš⸣ ki ⸢i₃-ŋa₂⸣-ŋa₂ e₂ i₃-du₃-du₃-[...] | “If he builds a house in the place of a iba temple, |
| 8 | eŋar šumun-⸢e⸣ ur₃-bi i₃-us₂-⸢me⸣-[x] | The šumun-e’e-priest ... its foundation(?) |
| 9 | ⸢KA₂⸣ lu₂ zi-da-ka a im-ŋa₂-⸢ŋa₂⸣ | He poured water into the gate of the righteous man. |
| 10 | {ŋeš}al-⸢me-en sila⸣ daŋal-la si im-sa₂-⸢sa₂⸣-[x] | I am the one who makes the streets tremble |
| 11 | iri u₃-mu-un-niŋen₂ bad₃ ge ⸢um⸣-[...] | City, his lord, incantation: “The wall is the foundation of heaven |
| 12 | e₂ diŋir gal-gal-e-ne-ka me-te-aš im-[...] | In the house of the great judges he ... justice |
| 13 | ⸢im su₄⸣ im si₁₂ im da-ha-mun-na mim im-⸢ma⸣-[...] | “It is raining, the wind blows, the storm blows all kinds of hailstones |
| 14 | [x x] ⸢e₂⸣-gal-la i₃-du₃-e-[...] | ... built the palace |
| 15 | [...]-⸢ne dur₂ im-ŋa₂⸣-ŋa₂-[x] | ... sat down |
| 16 | [...] ⸢dugud⸣-[x] | ... edugud plant |
| r | ||
| 1’ | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2’ | [...]-⸢ke₄⸣ {ŋeš}al ⸢um-ma-ni-zal⸣ [(...)] | ... he has seized the emānizal temple |
| 3’ | [...] su₃-ga-ni nu-mu-e-ši-⸢du⸣-[...] | ... does not ... his body |
| 4’ | ⸢mu⸣-ni-ib-gu₇-u₃-ne mu-ni-ib-[...] | When they eat, he ... |
| 5’ | {⸢ŋeš⸣}ma₂ {a}addir₃{dir}ni mu-na-⸢ab⸣-[...] | He made the boats of the gods sail for him |
| 6’ | ma₂-lah₅-ra kir₁₃ mu-un-na-du₃-e [...] | For the boatman, he made a female lamb for him |
| 7’ | {ŋeš}ma₂-gur₈ ma₂-gi-lum u₃-mu-⸢na⸣-[x] | The barge of Magilum, Umunae |
| 8’ | ma₂-lah₅-e dam dumu-ni a₂ mu-un-⸢x⸣-[...] | The boatman ... his wife and child |
| 9’ | lugal-ra {ŋeš}kiri₆ mu-na-ab-gub-[...] | For the king he set up the orchard for him |
| 10’ | {ŋeš}kiri₆ u₃-mu-niŋen₂ im-du₃-a za₃-bi ⸢u₃⸣-[...] ; gu₃ teš₂-a [...] | After the orchard had been built, its edge was a ešû-tree |
| 11’ | uŋ₃-e {ŋeš}al-e šu im-ma-an-[...] | The storm carried off the hand of the hoe |
| 12’ | pu₂-ba u₃-mu-un-ba-al mu-gu₂ u₃-⸢mu⸣-[...] | In the well Umunbal ... |
| 13’ | {ŋeš}zi-ri₂-gum u₃-bi₂-ru sar-sar ⸢si⸣ [...] | Zirigum he brought down, the gardener, the esî-plant |
| 14’ | ŋe₂₆-e-me-en sar-sar-[x] ; a bi₂-ib-si₃-si₃-[x] | “I am a gardener, I shall sprinkle water |
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