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CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 047 (P356807)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356807 |
| Museum no. | IM 058616 |
| 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′ | {dug}utul₂ ar-⸢za-na⸣ [...] ; e₁₁-⸢da⸣-[x-x] | The large bowl of Arzānae |
| 2′ | ba-e-de₃-gaz tu₇ al-[x-x-x] | You destroyed it, you ... soup |
| 3′ | ma-sila₃ sa-šal-⸢zu⸣ kuš-a ab-⸢zil⸣-[x] | The scepter of Sašalzû, the sandal of Abzu-Ezil |
| 4′ | {ge}gur nisi-⸢ga⸣-ta zu₂ ⸢e-da⸣-[x-x] | From the reedbed of the Nisi-ega temple |
| 5′ | {ge}gur (ŠU.⸢ḪA⸣-)da ku₆ ⸢mi⸣-[...] | The gur (in the hand) of the fisherman |
| 6′ | u₄ (AŠ.AŠ) ŋešba₂ da-gum-⸢ta⸣ ; igi-KA-zu al-⸢gu₄⸣-[x-(x)] | When you look at the ox or bull |
| 7′ | ga-ab-⸢sa₁₀⸣ (KI.LAM) lu₂ še ⸢sa⸣-sa-sa-[(x)] | Gab-esae, the man who the barley of Esasa |
| 8′ | lu₂ ni₂ su-ub-ba-gen₇ igi-zu-ta ab-ta-⸢kar₂-kar₂⸣-[x]-;-⸢de₃-x⸣-[(x)] | As if you were a man in fear, he will constantly seek you from your presence |
| r | ||
| 1 | udun bahar₂-ra-ka kir₃-kir₃-da-zu-ne | When you fill the potter's kiln, |
| 2 | gu₂-ŋur₂₃-zu-ta za₃ gu-du-<<ZA₃>>-zu-še₃ | From your neck to your hips |
| 3 | zu₂-keše₂ simₓ(GIG)ma⸣ ab-ta-si-⸢si-am₃⸣ | I have strewn a censer of juniper for you |
| 4 | {ge}gur ⸢inda₃ kurum₆⸣-[(x)] ⸢lukur⸣-e-ne-⸢ke₄ u₃-mu⸣-[x]-;-šub-⸢be₂⸣ | “If he slips through the door pivots of the ešadû-plant, the nadītu-plant and the lukur-plant |
| 5 | ⸢igi-zu⸣ {šaha₂}ze₂-eh-tur-gen₇ am₃-⸢ur₄-ur₄⸣-[x-x-x] | Like a šaḫtur plant, he ... your eyes. |
| 6 | ⸢e₂⸣ diŋir eš₃ AŠ-[x-x] | “House of Dibir, the temple of ... |
| 7 | i₃-du₈(ZI) gudu₄-bi u₃-sa₂ igi-⸢bi⸣-[x] ; a-ra-ra-dag en-nu-uŋ₃ ⸢a⸣-[x-x-x] | The gatekeepers of the gudu-priests, the regular offerings before the ēbi-temple, the guards at the temple |
| 8 | ⸢lu₂-tumu⸣ saŋ ka-bi [x x] | “Lugaltumu-ešû-disease, its mouth |
| 9 | ša₃-⸢gal⸣-la-ni-še₃ IŠ kalam-[x x x] | to Ša-egal-elaniše |
| 10 | ⸢a-na⸣-[x]-⸢am₃ in nu-zu⸣-[...] | “If only he would know(?) what he had done(?) |
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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