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CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 057 (P356822)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000760, ex. 057 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356822 |
| Museum no. | OIM A30295 |
| 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’ | [...] ⸢uku₂-ra-ke₄ šu nam⸣-[...] | ... of the Ekur, hand of ... |
| 2’ | ⸢šu⸣ urdu₂ lu₂-ka saŋ me-te-aš ⸢bi₂⸣-[...] | (Sum) The urdu priest of a man, whose name is appropriate(?) (Akk) The hero of the man, his name is suitable |
| 3’ | ze₄-e ŋa₂-a-ra in ge₁₇ mu-e-⸢tub₂⸣ | (Sum) I am the one who screams in anger at the young man (Akk) For the young woman, I have been beaten in anger |
| 4’ | ni₂-zu ŋa₂-da mu-da-ab-sa₂-e-⸢en⸣ | (Sum) You make your own self(?) present to him(?) (Akk) You set your own mind to him |
| 5’ | {ŋeš}apin sur₃ ba-al-ba-al in-še₃ ⸢mu-e-tub₂⸣ | When a plow is spread out on the ground, he goes up to the ešemu tub |
| 6’ | {ŋeš}al-e {ŋeš}apin-na gu₃ ⸢am₃⸣-ma-de₂-e | The hoe shouts in the plow |
| 7’ | {ŋeš}apin tur-ra-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ nam-MU buluŋ₃-⸢ŋa₂-ŋu₁₀⸣ nam-MU ; piš₁₀ ŋal₂-la-ŋu₁₀ nam-MU | The plowman is a small one, what is my name? The gate of the house is my nadītu |
| 8’ | ki {d}en-⸢lil₂⸣-la₂-ka dub-saŋ-zu ŋe₂₆-e-me-en | At the place of Enlil, you are your scribe |
| r | ||
| 1 | e₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂-še₃ igi-še₃ ma-ra-ab-gub-be₂-en | I stand before the house of Enlil. |
| 2 | eg₂ i₃-AK-en pa₅ i₃-AK-en | I build houses, I build canals. |
| 3 | a-ša₃ a-gar₃ a-ša₃ a-gar₃-ra a um-ta-si-si | The field, the meadow, the field, and the irrigated area have been filled with water |
| 4 | ŋeš-ge-ŋeš-ge a u₃-mu-e-ni-in-de₂-de₂ | When he pours out water, |
| 5 | {⸢ŋeš}dubsig⸣ tur-ŋu₁₀ mu-da-ab-ri | The small scribal school he entered with him. |
| 6 | [...]-mu-un-ku₅ pa₅ u₃-mu-un-ku₅ | ... he cut down, he cuts down the canal |
| 7 | [...] ⸢zi⸣-ga-še₃ a um-ma-ni-ri | ... to the Ezidaga, woe! |
| 8 | [...] ⸢um-da-AK⸣-e | ... the eumda-ak-priest |
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