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CDLI Literary 000539, ex. 018 & 000540, ex. 020 & 000556, ex. 003 & 000559, ex. 018 (P357183)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000539, ex. 018 & 000540, ex. 020 & 000556, ex. 003 & 000559, ex. 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357183 |
| Museum no. | BM 054327 + BM 082993 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary letter and letter-prayer |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse col 2 8' | As if it were for you, the land was to be repaid |
| reverse col 3 1' | In the lands he smote a beautiful reed |
| reverse col 3 6' | If the storms and the rites of their cult centers are the foundations of the land |
| reverse col 4 5' | and you are the one who brings the oath to his land |
| obverse col 2 3' | The throne, the dais, and the utur garments were not present |
| obverse col 2 5' | from the governorship to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership to the rulership of the land |
| reverse col 3 4' | As for the great people, they should recite to me |
| reverse col 4 15' | Ziinnum the governor of Subartu he acted with radiance. |
| reverse col 3 7' | When they have not sat down at their harvest, those who were to be put down in another place |
| reverse col 3 13' | to kill a man, to kill a man |
| obverse col 2 6' | no one could kill, no one could see. |
| obverse col 1 3' | to shout together with the supplications |
| reverse col 3 3' | If for his life |
| reverse col 4 2' | before Enlil in the Ekur |
| reverse col 4 7' | to Idil-paunu |
| reverse col 4 3' | before Nanna in the Ekinugal temple |
| obverse col 2 10' | May your heart not be set upon the ground for you. |
| obverse col 1 5' | to the gate of the palace |
| reverse col 4 12' | he named it Idil-paunu. |
| obverse col 2 9' | If he loves it |
| reverse col 4 13' | he captured Nippur, and his guard was set up. |
| reverse col 3 5' | As if(?) they were young and old, they... the land |
| reverse col 4 11' | Girbubu the governor of Girkal was seized and his leather pouches were cut off and he took it away. |
| reverse col 4 1' | I shall build their gipar shrines. |
| reverse col 3 2' | among the great men |
| obverse col 2 2' | If I shall not return to my great lordship, |
| reverse col 3 9' | When he appoints (him) to the lord, they will take him away. |
| reverse col 4 9' | on the bank of the Tigris, on the bank of the Euphrates, on the bank of the Abgal canal and on the bank of the Me-Enlil canal seized |
| reverse col 3 8' | he made the border of that city |
| reverse col 3 12' | Why did I not act like this? |
| reverse col 4 8' | as he had said |
| obverse col 1 2' | to Apil-laa: |
| obverse col 1 6' | Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case by my king? |
| obverse col 2 7' | the one who has seen him, the one who has no rival |
| reverse col 4 6' | in Isin its wall I built. |
| obverse col 1 7' | When you are to sit on the ground, you do not dwell on the ground. |
| reverse col 3 10' | he slaughtered that man |
| obverse col 2 1' | Why did he not do it? |
| obverse col 2 11' | You are the one who does not know your foot |
| reverse col 4 14' | and Niduga seized Nippur. |
| reverse col 4 4' | May my little ones and my siskur offerings be praised! |
| obverse col 2 4' | He did not set his foot on the golden ladder |
| obverse col 1 4' | May he bring the word of the day to their mouths. |
| reverse col 4 10' | Idi of Malgi brought. |
| reverse col 3 11' | Its troops seized the city of your land |
| obverse col 1 1' | in order to know the ways of the land |
Sources & licences
- 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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