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CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 046 (P356760)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356760 |
| Museum no. | IM 058540 |
| 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 ii | ||
| 1′ | ⸢tu₉ ba⸣-[...] | The eštu-vessel(?) was erected |
| 2′ | i₃ {dug}⸢silim₂⸣-[...] ; ⸢ir₂⸣-[...] | The oil of the esilim-vessel |
| 3′ | gud₃ uman-⸢na kiŋ₂ ba-e⸣-[...] | The oxen of the humankind were brought down to the earth |
| 4′ | {tu₉}niŋ₂-dara₂-⸢ni⸣ a-gen₇ ba-ab-⸢naŋ⸣-[x] | As if it were water, he was able to bathe. |
| 5′ | ⸢niŋ₂ u₄⸣-bi-ta nu-mu-e-da-sa₂-⸢sa₂⸣-[x] | (Sum) She does not compare with the day (Akk) You do not compare to the day |
| 6′ | nam-tar egir-ra-ka mu-da-ab-sa₂-[...] | The fate of the future ... for me |
| 7′ | ⸢a nu⸣ kaš nu tuh nu dida(|BI.SA.SA|) nu zi₃ nu {zi₃}⸢milla⸣ [...] ; tu₉ nu {⸢tu₉}niŋ₂⸣-dara₂ ⸢nu⸣ | The ea-demon is not released, the beer is not poured, the šūtu-disease is not removed, the flour is not extracted, the milla-flour is not cleaned, the innu-women are not removed |
| 8′ | ⸢an⸣-ne₂ la-ba-teŋ₃-⸢ŋe₂₆-e⸣ ki-⸢še₃⸣ la-⸢ba⸣-[...] | (Sum) The one who does not enter the temple, he does not go to the place of the temple (Akk) The ones who do not enter into the temple |
| 9′ | [...] ⸢tuku⸣ tuh nu-tuku ⸢zi₃ tuku⸣ in-⸢bu₅⸣-[...] | ... who has a temple, who does not have a shrine, who has lamentation ... |
| 10′ | [x]-⸢tumu ze₄-e⸣ GA₂-gen₇-nam al-⸢x⸣-[...] | (Sum) My ... is like a ... (Akk) I am like ..., I am the ... |
| r i' | ||
| 1 | ⸢na⸣-ŋa₂-ah-me-en egir enim-ma-bi ⸢nu⸣-[...] | I am the one who is enraged after its words |
| 2 | lu₂ sikil-du₃-a-me-en niŋ-nam-e nu-[...] | I am a pure man, I do not fear myself |
| 3 | is-hab₂ di-da nu-(TAKA₄.TAKA₄-)a ⸢nu-me-en⸣ | I am the one who does not scream, I am not |
| 4 | lu₂ saŋ ⸢ge₄⸣-a enim-ma la-⸢ba-an⸣-[...] | (Sum) The one who does not speak a word (to you) (Akk) The man who did not speak an oath |
| 5 | lu₂ gu₃ ra ša₃ ⸢NE-ka nu₂-nu₂⸣ | The one who shouts in the E-NE-temple lies down. |
| 6′ | lu₂ ša₃-ŋar-ra ⸢inda₃ kar-kar-re⸣ | The šabara-priestess, the baker of the granary |
| 7 | lu₂ dab₅-ba {ge}bešeŋ ⸢e₂⸣ diŋir-re-e-⸢ne⸣-[...] ; saŋ-bur₂(KUL-)bi nu-⸢un-na-kal⸣-[...] | (Sum) The one who is seized, the towers of the intertwined temples(?) are not able to keep up with him (Akk) The man who was seized does not ... the saburbur temples |
| 8 | zi₂-za gu₃ ⸢de₂-de₂ dag⸣-[...] | You are the one who shouts at your right and left |
Sources & licences
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- 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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