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CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 056 (P356791)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 056 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356791 |
| Museum no. | OIM A30290 |
| 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 | [x]-⸢ni-ib⸣-gu₇-u₃-ne ⸢mu⸣-[...] | If he eats, if he does not |
| 2 | {a}addir₃-ra-ni ⸢mu⸣-[...] | His heroism, the ešû-demon |
| 3 | ma₂-lah₅-ra kir₁₃ ⸢mu⸣-[...] ; esir₂ mu-na-⸢ab-(BIL⸣.[x]) | For the boatman, the female lamb of the emû-priestess, he fashioned a brick mould for him. |
| 4 | ma₂-gur₈ ma₂-⸢gi⸣-lum u₃-mu-⸢na⸣-[...] | The barge, the magû-boat, Umuna’elum |
| 5 | ma₂-lah₅-ra ⸢dam⸣ dumu-ni a₂ mu-⸢x⸣-[...] | For the boatman, the ‘dam’-house, his son, the power of ... |
| 6 | lugal-ra {ŋeš}kiri₆ mu-na-ab-gub-[...] | For the king he set up the orchard for him |
| 7 | {ŋeš}kiri₆ u₃-mu-niŋen₂ im-du₃-a za₃-[...] ; gu₃ teš₂-a u₃-⸢bi₂⸣-[...] | After the orchardist had built it, he shouted at the side(?) |
| 8 | uŋ₃-e {ŋeš}al-e šu im-ma-⸢an⸣-[x] | The lord lifted his hand towards him |
| 9 | pu₂-ba u₃-mu-ba-al mu-⸢gu₂⸣ [...] | In its wells he fills the well |
| 10 | {⸢ŋeš}zi-ri₂⸣-gum u₃-[...] ; [...]-⸢sar⸣-e si [...] | (Sum) The ziggurat(?) ... (Akk) The temple of the young man ... |
| r | ||
| 1’ | ⸢zi-ni⸣ [...] ⸢mu-un⸣-[...] | The ziggurrat |
| 2’ | {ŋeš}apin sur₃ ba-al-⸢ba⸣-[x] ; ⸢in-še₃⸣ mu-[...] | The plowman ... the eše-vessel |
| 3’ | edin {bar}barim ki-duru₅ [...] | The steppe of the outer womb, the cult place |
| 4’ | a du₁₀-ga-bi ⸢u₃⸣-mu-⸢ba⸣-[al] | I will fill its well with good water |
| 5’ | lu₂ emmen₂ tuku gu₂ pu₂-⸢x⸣ [...] ; zi-ni ba-ši-in-⸢tum₂⸣ | The one who has a emmen-disease, the neck of a pû-demon, his life was brought to an end |
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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