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CDLI Literary 000781, ex. 001 (P416942)

Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000781, ex. 001
ID	P416942
Museum no.	ROM 910x209.047
Collection	Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Literary
Find spot	uncertain

Transliteration (ATF)

From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)

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	[{gi}]gakkul#-e# [{gi}gakkul-e]	The gukkul-bowl
2	[{gi}]gakkul#-e# [{dug}lam-sa2-ri]	The gukkul-vessel and the lamsari vessel
3	[{gi}]gakkul#-e nig2# [ur5 sa6-sa6-ge]	The gukkul-bowl, which makes everything beautiful
4	[{dug}]lam-sa2-ri nig2 sza3# [hul2-hul2-e]	The lamsari-bowl, which makes the heart rejoice
5	{dug}ugur-bala nig2 e2-a me#-te#-bi#	The urbala-vessel, which is fitting for the house
6	{dug}sza3-gub-be2 nig2 kasz si-si-ga	The šagub-vessel, filled with beer,
7	{dug#}am#-am# \|DU.DU\| {dug}lam-sa2-ra-ke4	The amam-bowl, the lamsara-vessel
8	{gi#}bugin {u2}bur2 {gi#}ba-an-du silag-ga2-ke4	The reed mat, the bur plant, the bandu plant, and the šulga drum
9	dug saga a-gur4-e sa-gi4-a	Good jugs of agur-beer, reed bundles,
5	[sza3] dingir#-za hu-mu-ra-ab-hun-e	May the heart of your god be appeased for you
6	[igi {gi}]gakkul#-am3 igi-me na-nam	It is the eye of a reed mat, we are indeed eyes
7	[sza3 {gi}]gakkul#-am3 sza3-me na-nam	The heart of the gukkul is indeed our heart
8	ag2# sza3#-zu# gam-gam ni2-bi-a	What has been taken away from your heart by means of fear
9	sza3#-me-a gam-gam ni2-bi-a	In our midst, in our fearsomeness
10	ur5#-me bi2-sa6 sza3-me bi2-hul2	Our mood is good, our heart rejoices
reverse
1	szeg12 nam tar-ra gesz du3-a-za	Your brickwork, whose fates are determined and whose plans are made,
2	[silim]-ma# he2-gal2-e ki us2-sa-a-zu	Your “well-being, abundance, that makes the earth tremble"(?)
3	[{d}nin]-ka#-si za-da hu-mu-u8-da-an-ti	May Ninkasi live with you!
4	[kasz gesztin] hu-mu-ra-an-bala-bala-e	may he pour beer and wine for you
5	[kurun2 lal3]-e# gu3 nun ha-ra-ni-ib-be2	May the honey-beer and honey cries out for you
6	[{gi}bugin] {u2#}bur2-a kasz ku7-ku7-dam	The reed mat of bura beer is to be sweetened
7	sagi# lu2-tur-ra lunga3 bi2-in-gub-en	I am the cupbearer of the child-bearing man, the brewer
8	[a]-nigin2#-a nigin-na-gu10-ne	When I was going along the riverbank
9	[gur4-gur4-re-ga2] gur4-gur4-ga2-gu10-ne	When I rush, when I rush
10	[sza3 hul2]-la# ur5 sa6-ga-gu10-ne	When I am happy and happy in my joyful heart
11	[sza3-ga2] sza3# hul2-la gal2-la-bi	In my heart, which has a joyful heart
12	[ur5 sa6] {tug2#}pala3-a sza-mur10-ra-gu10-ne	When I was wearing my beautiful pala garment
13	[kasz] nag#-a [me]-e# se3#-ga-gu10-ne	When I was drinking beer
14	[kurun2] nag-a [ul] ti#-a-gu10-ne	When I was drinking beer in the olden days
15	[sza3] nin#-[na-ke4] ki#-bi ba-ab-gi4	The heart of the mistress was restored
16	[...] x x x

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