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CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 038 (P356812)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000782, ex. 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356812 |
| Museum no. | OIM A30293 |
| 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 Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | [...] zi szi#-[...] | ... life ... |
| 2 | [x]-buru14-sze3 u4 kal-[...] | to the ... harvest, the precious day |
| 3 | [x]-gim de5-ga-ab egi#-[...] | ... may he ... for me, my princess |
| 4 | dumu#-mu geme2#-gim ri egi-[...] | My son, the slave girl, the princess |
| 5 | asz2 du11#-[du11]-ge# bar szi-[...] | The one who speaks, the liver ... |
| 6 | igi-tum3 [x] sag# gesz im-ra-ra# | He ... the head and cut the branches for you |
| 7 | gu3 mur-re# lu2-lul-e tug2 szi-[...] | The one who shouts “It is too much for the criminal! It is too little for the clothed one! |
| 8 | asz2 di nig2-erim2-e na-de5 sze3-il2#-[x] | He is to be sworn by an oath by evil. |
| 9 | inim-diri u3-bu-bu-ul-la-am3 u2 lipisz-gig-ga-am3 | “It is a slanderer, it is an affliction of the stomach. |
| 10 | mu [x x]-gun3-da ga-mu-e-da-ab-[...] | ... I want to ... with you |
| 11 | inim szed3#-da-mu he2-gal2-la-am3# | My words of lament are abundance |
| 12 | a-[ra]-zu# a-szed4#-da# sza3-ge im-szed4#-e | The arazu prayer is uttered in the heart |
| 13 | asz2 di? na-ga2 x-da gizzal kalam-ma-ke4 | The ... of my fate, the treasure of the land |
| 14 | szuruppak-e dumu-ni-ra na-mu-un-de5-de5 | The šuruppak priest should not bring it to his child. |
| 15 | szuruppak dumu ubara-tu-tu-ke4 | Šuruppak, son of Ubaratutu, |
| 16 | zi-u4-su3-ra2 dumu-ni-ra na mu-un-de5-[de5] | Ziusura, her child, he called out. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [x x]-ma-sze3 szuruppak-e dumu-ni-ra# na na-mu-un-de5-[de5] | To the ..., the šuruppak-priest should not bring a nanny to her child |
| 2 | dumu-mu na ga-de5 na-de5-mu he2-dab5 | I want to bring my child, let me take my child. |
| 3 | zi-u4-su3-ra2 inim ga-ra-ab-du11 gizzal he2-em-szi-ak | I want to speak a word to you about the rising flood, may a reed fence be set up for you. |
| 4 | dumu egar-ra-[...] nam-mu-ra-ra-an e-pa5#-zu sze3-im-ra | Do not abandon a child in the street, your sheepfold is an empty wind |
Sources & licences
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