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CDLI Literary 000540, ex. 012 (P357288)
Literary letter and letter-prayer, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000540, ex. 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357288 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04185 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| 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 11 | May my strong strength, my strength, the strength of heroism fall into the mountains. |
| obverse 3 | If a man has sworn by name, a man has sworn by name, a man has sworn by name |
| obverse 8 | When you have approached the eridu priestess of the land, when you know (this) |
| obverse 2 | Say to Sulgi, the king: |
| obverse 6 | So that the one who eats food, so that the land trembles |
| obverse 4 | If he does not pay attention to this matter, he will not pay attention. |
| reverse 5 | to the side he smote |
| obverse 7 | So that the foundations of the land are stable, so that the uu rites are properly performed, so that the uu rites are performed correctly |
| reverse 9 | month of Arasamna, 8th day |
| reverse 6 | Why did he not do this? |
| reverse 7 | If your greatness is sweet(?) to him, he will not return (to you) |
| obverse 1 | When you speak to my servant |
| reverse 4 | May your face shine (against me)! |
| obverse 5 | Why did you not know what he said? |
| reverse 8 | (a kind of insect) |
| obverse 9 | The great men who know their words |
| reverse 1 | may it be filled with splendor in the land |
| obverse 10 | may it be filled with famine in all the lands. |
| reverse 3 | as long as she lives, |
| reverse 2 | The sagsag demon of the steppe, the heart of the field |
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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