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CDLI Literary 000331i OB Catalogue from MCL (P432383)

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

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000331i OB Catalogue from MCL
ID	P432383
Museum no.	BM 096740
Collection	British Museum, London, UK
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Literary
Find spot	uncertain (mod. 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	nin u4 zi-de3-esz kalam-ma e3-a an-dil2? DI?-NE?-RA	Lady, when the righteous storm came forth from the Land, alone(?)
2	diri-bi-im / nin gal zu / nig2 sza3! te-en	surpassing, great lady, who knows everything
3	aratta{ki} BUL?-x ug3-ta TUL2?-ba? umusz zi-da almah	In Aratta, the ... of the people, in its(?) ..., the righteous warrior, the exalted
4	ki nig2-nam TUG2-TUG2 igi-gal2 tuku di pa3!-de3 gal-an-zu	Who sees everything, who makes decisions, who knows everything
5	{d}nin-gal nin zi-ta nam-nin-e he2-du7 sag il2 du-u2-un	Ningal, the true lady, the ladyship is perfect, raise your head high!
6	tam-tam-ma hi-li-a mul-mul-la {d}suen-gin7 UN?-DI	The sea, full of allure, like Suen,
7	e2 ki gar zi-da sza3 kusz2-u3 du11-ga-ni nu-kur2-ru	The temple, whose commands are not changed in the true place,
8	en-na nin geszdan2-a-ni-gin7	As for the lord, like the lady of her garden,
9	5(disz) _an-nu-u2-tum_ mu til-la a-ab-sar	5 Annūtum, completed, he wrote.
10	abzu ki-sikil-gin7 / nam-nin-e ru-a	The Abzu, like a young woman ...
11	egi2 sza3 ku3-ge zi-de3-esz du2-da me! ku3-ga du7-a	Princess, faithfully established in the holy midst, perfecting the holy divine powers
12	{d}en-lil2!?-gin7 nu-kur2-ru	like Enlil, unalterable
13	igi ku3 nig2-nam nu-dab-be2-zu e-ne-ra hu-mu-un-ne-du8	May your holy eyes, which cannot be seized, be opened for him.
14	sza3 ku3-zu ha-ma!-x?-tum3?	May your holy heart be brought to me
15	nin sa6-ga-ni gal-le-esz ug3?-ba?	The lady whose good deeds are great to the people
16	[...] E? an-gin7 UL4-UL4	... like heaven
17	[...] x SIG7? sikil-zu LUM-LUM-de3	... your pure(?)
reverse
1	nin [x] sag#? il2-la-bi? ad gal2#?	The lady whose head is raised(?) is a counsellor
2	x x x GUL GI LAGAB bala-gin7	... like a bala.
3	sag TU-TU DUR sal-la sa6 ki ni2-bi gub-gub-bu	(Sum) ... (Akk) The ..., the beautiful ... stands at its own place
4	TUM-TUM gur5-ru ad-us2-gin7 us2-sa HASZ4-HASZ4-ta x A?-U-AT	TUM-TUM, the gurru-demon, like a father, ...
5	kisz{ki}-ta giri3-bi	from Kiš their paths
6	[...] IM-LA2 sza3 sud3 x sa6	... heart, sweet ...
7	[e]-ne#-eg3 sa6 zi-pa-ag2-ga2-ni	His good word that he utters
8	ur me sa6 e-ne-gin7 egi2 zi-me-en	I am a loyal princess, like a dog with beautiful mes.
9	sag us2 e2-za-ke4	the head, the foundation of your house,
10	ha-ra-an-ag2-e	may he give to you.
11	u4 du10 giri17-zal-bi he2-me-en e-ne-sze3 he2-em-szi-ni-gal2	May you be a pleasant day, may you be present for him.

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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