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CDLI Literary 000368, ex. 032 (P356802)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000368, ex. 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356802 |
| Museum no. | IM 058612 |
| 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)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | x x x | |
| 2' | gud3# im-ma#-ni#-[...] | He ... the oxen |
| 3' | [...]-ba muszen anzu#-[x x] | In its ... the Anzu bird ... |
| 4' | gud3# im-ma-ni-ib-gar [...] | He set up the oxen there |
| 5' | [x x] {gesz}li gesz {gesz}taszkarin-na-[x] | ... li, cypress, taškarinnu-wood |
| 6' | [x x] pa# mul-la-ba an-dul3-sze3 ba-ab#-ak | The ... of its star was made into a canopy. |
| 7' | [...] zal-e-da-ka ni2 un-gid2 | ... at the passing time he swore by fear |
| 8' | [x]{muszen}-de3 {d}utu e3-a-ra x un-gi4 | The ... bird returned to Utu |
| 9' | [x x]-bi-sze3 kur lu5-lu5-bi-sze3 kur-kur mu-un-ra-ra-ra | Because of its ..., because of its people, all the lands are forsaken. |
| 10' | [...]-e hu-ri2-in{muszen}-na-kam# | It is the ... of the harin bird |
| 11' | [...] am-e kur-ur2-sze3 ni2-bi im-sar-e# | ... the wild bull wrote its own inscription on the mountain |
| 12' | [x x] kur-bi-sze3 zi-bi im-sar-e# | ... he wrote its true ... on its mountain |
| 13' | [...]{da} gal in-zu gal in-ga-an-tum2-mu | The great one, who knows everything, has brought it to me |
| 14' | [...]-gi dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 | ... of the gods |
| 15' | [x x]-ga-ba sag se3 ba-an-tah | In its ... he shaved his head. |
| 16' | [...]-esz#-ta-ba lal3 ba-an-du8-du8 lal3 ba-an-tah-tah | In its ... the honey was heaped up, the honey piled up |
| 17' | amar#-gud3 amar anzu{muszen}-da-ke4 igi-bi-sze3 mu-un-gar | The calf, the Anzud bird, set its eyes upon it |
| 18' | [x x] {uzu#}i3 bi2-in-gu7 {uzu}i3-udu bi2-[x x] | ... he ate the fat, ... the fat |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...] x# x# [...] | |
| 2 | [...]-zi#-da mi-ni-gun3 | He decorated it with a ... ornament |
| 3 | [...] babbar2 bi2-in-du3-du3 | He built the white ... |
| 4 | [...] x# gur-gur-ra bi | ... laid low! |
| 5 | [...]-bi-sze3 mu-un#-gar | ... he established |
| 6 | [x] anzu#{muszen#}-da-ta ba-ra#-zi# | ... the Anzud bird was taken away |
| 7 | [...]-zu# kur-ra-ke4 ki#-gub# mu#-un-na-ak-e | Your ... of the netherworld acts as a standby for him |
| 8 | [...] kur-ra-ka gu3 [x x]-ib-gur-gur | In the ... of the netherworld he shouted ... |
| 9 | [x x]-de3# am kur-ra-ka gu3 mi-ni-ib-gur-gur | ... the wild bull of the netherworld cries out |
| 10 | [...] szu#-bi-sze3 i-im-la2 | ... he hung it on its hand |
| 11 | [...] gu2-ba i-im-la2 | ... stretched out its neck |
| 12 | [...]-de2 | ... to ... |
Sources & licences
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