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CDLI Literary 000368, ex. 033 (P356840)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000368, ex. 033 |
|---|---|
| ID | P356840 |
| Museum no. | IM 058741 |
| 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 | [...]-ka#-ni nu-um-ga14-asz | His ... is not presented(?) |
| 2 | [...] szu# im-da-an-ti | ... he took. |
| 3 | [...]{muszen} an-ta# i3-gen | The ... bird came from above |
| 4 | [...] ki-[x] i3-gen | ... he went. |
| 5 | [...]-ta# igi i3-il2 erin2-e igi bi2-ib-du8 | He looked at the troops from/by means of ..., he saw them |
| 6 | [...]-ta# igi i3-il2 sahar erin2 du8-a igi bi2-ib-du8-ru-un | ... looked at the dust heaped up by the troops, he looked at them |
| 7 | [...]-banda3{da} gu3 mu-na-de2-e | The ... banda spoke to him |
| 8 | [x x] lugal#-banda3{da}-mu | ... Lugalbandamu |
| 9 | [x x]-ri#-de2-a nam i-ri-tar-re | ... determines a fate for you |
| 10 | [...]-ne nam-mu-ni-ib-be2 | ... does not say ... |
| 11 | [...]-ne pa-e3 nam-bi2-ib-ed2 | ... did not make visible |
| 12 | [x]-ga# hul sza3-ga gal2-la-kam ur5 he2-na-nam-ma | ... evil is present in the heart, may it be so! |
| 13 | ge26#-e gud3-mu-sze3 he2-me-en za-e erin2-zu he2-me-en | I am the gudmu priest, you are your troops |
| 14 | muszen#-e gud3-bi-sze3 szu am3#-ma-nigin2-nigin2 | The birds are circling around its nest |
| 15 | lugal#-banda3{da} ki szesz-a-ne-ne-sze3 giri3 im-ma-gub-be2 | Lugalbanda stood at the place of their brothers |
| 16 | u5{muszen} gesz-gi ku3-ta e3-a-gin7 | like a eagle coming out of the pure reedbed, |
| 17 | la-ha-ma abzu-ta re7-e-gin7 | Like a lahama priest going from the abzu, |
| 18 | lu2 an-ta ki-a gub-ba-gin7 | like a man standing above and below |
| 19 | lugal-banda3{da} zu2 kesz2 gar-ra szesz-a-ne-ne-ka murub4-ba ba-an-gub? | Lugalbanda stood in the middle of the assembly of the brothers. |
| 20 | szesz-a-ne-ne gu3 ba-ab-ra-[...] gu3# ba-ab-ra-asz | Their brothers shouted, to the one shouting |
| 21 | szesz-a-ne-ne gu5-li-ne#-ne | their brothers, their friends |
| 22 | en3 tar-re im-mi-[x]-kusz2-u3-ne | When they ... inquired after him |
| 23 | ga2-nu lugal-banda3{da}-mu za-e gal2-la-zu-ne | Come, Lugalbanda, when you are present |
| 24 | lu2 me3# gesz# ra-gin7# erin2-e he2-en-taka4-nam | Like a man who has been struck by a battle, may the troops approach you |
| 25 | i3 du10-a tur3-ra ba-ra-mu-un-gu7 | He did not eat good oil in the cattlepen. |
| 26 | ga luh-ha amasz-a ba-ra-mu-un-gu7 | She does not eat milk from the sheepfold. |
| 27 | hur-sag gal lu2 dili nu-du-u3-da | The great mountain, where no one goes alone, |
| 28 | lu2-bi lu2-ra nu-gi4-gi4-da a-gin7 im-da-du-de3-en | This man, how can I go with him to someone who does not reply? |
| 29 | 2(disz)-kam-ma-sze3 szesz-a-ne-ne gu5-li-ne-ne | For the 2nd time, brothers and friends |
| 30 | en3 tar-re im-mi-in-<kusz2>-u3-ne | They were enquiring after him. |
| 31 | i7 kur-ra ama he2-nun-na-ra | For the river of the mountain, the mother of abundance, |
| 32 | pesz10-pesz10-bi pesz10 sur-ra-am3 | Its branches are branches, they are branches. |
| 33 | a-bi a-gin7 mu-e-nag-gin7 i3-bal-e# | Its water, how do you drink it, how does it cross over? |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ku3 lugal-banda3{da} mu-na-ni-in#-ib#-gi4-gi4# | He answered Lugalbanda with silver |
| 2 | zag-sze-ga2 ki um-ma-ni-us2 a {kusz}EDEN-gin7 u3-mu#-nag# | On my right side I was sitting on the ground, drinking water like a sandal |
| 3 | ur-bar-ra-gin7 gum2-ga-am3 i-ni-za u2-sal i3-gu7-e | Like a dog, he eats grass in your presence. |
| 4 | tum12-gur4{muszen}-gin7 ki im-de5-de5-ge i-li-a-nu-um kur-ra i3-gu7 | Like a turtle it was dragging its tail on the ground, Ili-anum ate it in the netherworld. |
| 5 | lugal-banda3{da} szesz-a-ne-ne gu5-li-ne-ne | Lugalbanda, their brothers, their friends |
| 6 | inim in-ne-en-du11-ga sza3-ga-ne-ne-a ba-an-szub-bu | The words that he had spoken were abandoned in their hearts. |
| 7 | i3#-gi4#-in#-SZUL#? buru5-da u4 gid2-da tesz2-bi kesz2-da-gin7 | Igin-Šul(?), the harvester, long days, together like a bound-up bundle |
| 8 | gu2-ni gu2-da mu-ni-in-la2 ne mu-un-su-su-ub | He stretched out his neck on the neck and shook his neck. |
| 9 | amar gam3-gam3 gud3-ba tusz-a-gin7 | Like a wild calf sitting on its snare, |
| 10 | mu-ni-ib-gu7-u3-ne mu-ni-ib-na8-na8-e | They will eat it, they will drink it. |
| 11 | ku3# lugal-banda3{da} tu-ra-ni mu-ta-ab-ed3-ne-e-a | When the silver of Lugalbanda has been paid in full |
| 12 | u4-ba unug{ki}-e lu2 dili-gin7 eger-bi-ir bi2-ib-us2 | At that time, in Uruk, like a single man, he set foot on the road. |
| 13 | musz zar-ra-gin7 hur-sag-ta im-me-re-bal-bal | Like a flying snake, they cross over from the mountain range. |
| 14 | iri{ki} danna 1(asz)-am3 am3-da-gal2-la-ba | In the one city where there was plenty, |
| 15 | dim-dim-e aratta{ki}-a-ka | the gods of Aratta |
| 16 | unug{ki} kul-aba4{ki} ur2 ba-ab-dun-dun | Uruk and Kulaba were dug out. |
| 17 | iri{ki}-ta gi-bar-bar-re im-gin7 im-szeg3 | In the city, the reed-beds were smashed like bricks. |
| 18 | bad3 aratta{ki}-ka gu3 nun-bi im#-me | She shouted at the wall of Aratta: |
| 19 | u4 ba-zal-zal itid ba-sud-sud mu# [x x]-ir ba-an-gi4# | The day passed; month: "Sudsud," year: "... returned." |
| 20 | buru14 sig7-ga an-ne ba-e-[x x]-de3 | In order to ... the yellow harvest |
| 21 | [x]-sza3-ga gi-bar-hul ni2 [...]-us2 | The ... of the reed-bed is a terrifying gibarhuŋ. |
| 22 | [x]-dug# im mu-a gen-na-gin7 | ... like one who went to the clay pit |
| 23 | [x]-e# ki ba-ni-ib2-u2-us2 | ... he set the earth |
| 24 | [x x] GIR2# kur-ra-ke4 zu2 ba-ni-UD | ... of the netherworld ... |
| 25 | [x x] tesz2-bi mu-un-tag-tag-ge | ... touched each other |
| 26 | [x x]-sze3# du-u3 nu-um-zu | ... does not know ... |
| 27 | [...] du-u3 sag nu-mu-da-ab-szum2-mu | ... he does not give ... |
| 28 | [...]-kar2# dumu {d}utu-ke4 | ...-kar, son of Utu |
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- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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