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CDLI Literary 000709, ex. 001 (P405598)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Girsu · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000709, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P405598 |
| Museum no. | SM 1904.04.021 |
| Collection | Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
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 | i₃ li-a i₃ li-a i₃ li he₂-en-na-tum₂ na-aŋ₂ i₃ li-a | “Oh, oh, may he bring me a libation of pressed oil! Oh, my libations of filtered oil! |
| 2 | i₃ lum-ma he₂-en-na-tum₂ | may he bring him rich oil. |
| 3 | TUM-DIB₂ sag₉-ga-ŋu₁₀ ul-la | The good TUM-DIB₂, the old one, |
| 4 | ga-ša-an-ŋu₁₀ ga-ša-an sir₂-sir₂-e ama ugu ma-ma | Lady, lady Sirsir, the mother who bore me |
| 5 | ga-ša-an-ŋu₁₀ kurun-a tuš-a-ra | For Gašanbu, who sits in beer |
| 6 | ga-ša-an-i₃-si-in{ki}na kurun-a tuš-a-ra | For Gašanisina, who dwells in luxuriance |
| 7 | izi an-na mu₂-mu₂-de₃ | to make the fire of heaven grow |
| 8 | ga-ša-an-ŋu₁₀ sim{mušen}gin₇ a tu₅-tu₅-a | Gašanbu, like a snake wailing |
| 9 | i₃ {ŋeš}erin-na i₃ ha-šu-ur₂-ra-ka | of cedar oil and cypress oil |
| 10 | i₃ {ŋeš}erin-na nam-dim₃-me-er ki-aŋ₂ | oil of cedar, creator of the earth |
| 11 | i₃ šim-gig i₃ |ŠIM×PI|ga | šimgig-oil, sulphur |
| 12 | i₃ ab₂ kug-ge ga ab₂-šilam-ma | oil of the pure cow, milk of the cow |
| 13 | i₃-nun tur₃ kug-ga ga amaš-gin₇ ga-ga | I want to brew butter in a pure cowshed like milk from a sheepfold |
| 14 | i₃ šim-gin₇ an-šag₄-ge ed₃ | Like oil, it is poured out over the horizon |
| 15 | i₃ ligidba i₃ {ŋeš}erin babbar-ra mul-ma-al he₂-em-mi-ib₂-za | May ligidba-oil and white cedar oil fill your eyes. |
| 16 | zi-pa-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-na i₃ šim erin-na-ka | Zipa’a, in oil of cedar oil |
| 17 | gaba-ni i₃ {ŋeš}erin babbar-ra-ka | his chest with white cedar oil |
| r | ||
| 1 | igi-ba i₃-a he₂-ni-ib₂-gun₅-gun₅-e i₃ li he₂-en-na-su₃ | May he sprinkle oil on its eyes, may he fill it with oil. |
| 2 | gu₂ sa-ni i₃ šim {ŋiš}erin-na-ka hu-mu-ni-ib₂-gun₅-gun₅-e | May he make his neck shine with the aromatic cedar oil. |
| 3 | siki-ur₂ siki-pa dub-dub-ba-ni i₃ li he₂-en-na-an-su₃ | May the hair of the sheep and goats that he has shaved off with oil. |
| 4 | gu₂-bar za-gin₃ gur-gur-ra-ni i₃ li he₂-em-su₃-su₃ | May his lapis lazuli throne be scented with oil. |
| 5 | šu ŋiri₃ aŋ₂ lum-ma lam-ma-ni i₃ li he₂-em-luh-e | Hand of a wild bull, whose horns are bright, may oil be diluted. |
| 6 | ŋeš-ge-en-ge-na alan šu du₇-a-ni i₃-a he₂-en-nu₂ | May he lie down at his statue of himself in oil |
| 7 | munus-e ab₂ a-e ŋar-ra-gin₇ i₃ li he₂-la₂-e | The woman, like a cow whose water is pure, may she sprinkle oil. |
| 8 | 24 šir₃-nam-ŋešba {d}nin-isin₂{si}na-kam | 24 (tablets of) širnama of Nininsina |
Sources & licences
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