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CDLI Literary 000395, ex. 038 (P357289)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000395, ex. 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357289 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04590 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| 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 6 | ... of the land |
| obverse 17 | as an interest-bearing interest for the mountain range of the Ki'ur shrine |
| reverse 6 | I am Shulgi, the one who eats food, the one who eats bread |
| reverse 12 | and Taritu, the 10th day, |
| reverse 5 | He made the tigi and niu offerings good. |
| reverse 11 | ... ama-bl-il |
| reverse 9 | May the knees be loosened, may the water be loosened |
| reverse 8 | of the Egalmah temple of Ninegala |
| obverse 10 | May you be praised by the heart ofanna, as if you were a hero, |
| obverse 5 | In order to smite a good life, in order to smite a good life |
| reverse 4 | may the ala-drums be removed from the bricks. |
| obverse 9 | from Nippur bricks |
| obverse 12 | The nilam garments, the banda garments |
| obverse 15 | In the midst of the city and the land, in the midst of the land |
| reverse 7 | When you are to smite (them) with the scepter |
| reverse 2 | In the house of Suen, may he be filled with large oil(?) in the cattlepen |
| obverse 8 | I am the one who has a tablet (and) a good strength |
| reverse 1 | May he bring it into the Ekinujal temple |
| obverse 2 | Its cold side is a cold wind |
| obverse 16 | ... ewes, ewes,... ewes |
| obverse 4 | In order to make the city shine like the sun, in order to make the city flourish |
| obverse 11 | No one should be allowed to split apart apart from its youth |
| obverse 7 | The utterance of the foreign lands |
| obverse 13 | The awe-inspiring limbs of the eagle are piled up |
| obverse 3 | the nadtu of the road, the road |
| obverse 14 | The Anzud bird raised its eye towards its mountain |
| obverse 18 | to Utu in the settlements, for the day to be filled |
| reverse 10 | May he look at the tablet and eat bread. |
| reverse 3 | He killed oxen and slaughtered sheep |
| obverse 1 | from below |
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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