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JCS 24, 130-131 (P450781)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian, Kish · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 24, 130-131 |
|---|---|
| ID | P450781 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1924-0842 + Ashm 1926-0376 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| [nam-dub]-⸢sar⸣-ra ama gu₃ de₂-ke₄-e-⸢ne⸣ [a-a um]-⸢me⸣-a-⸢ke₄⸣-eš | For the scribal art, the mother who calls out, the father who is to call out | |
| [ṭup]-⸢šar⸣-ru-tu₄ um-mu la-i-ṭa-at a-bi ⸢um-mi⸣-a-nu | The scribal art is the mother who bore the father. | |
| [nam-dub]-⸢sar⸣-ra nam in-da-ab-tuku-a la-la-bi ⸢nu-un⸣-gi₄-gi₄ | The scribal art has a fate that cannot be changed. | |
| [ṭup]-šar-ru-tu₄ ṣa-a-a-ha-at-ma la-la-a-šu₂ ul ⸢iš⸣-šeb-bi | It is a scribal art, it has no regard for its splendor. | |
| [nam-dub]-⸢sar⸣-ra me zu ŋal₂ lu₂ su-bi nu-un-⸢dirig⸣-ga | The scribal art knows the divine powers, no one can alter its meaning | |
| [ṭup-šar]-⸢ru⸣-tu₄ la lam-da-at a-hi-is-sa [ul] i-ad-dar-ša₂ | The scribal art is not learned, its companions cannot learn it. | |
| [nam-dub-sar]-⸢ra⸣ ir-pag u₃-bi-ak ⸢a₂⸣-tuku ⸢ha⸣-[ra]-⸢ab⸣-tah-e | He made the scribal art flourish, he made the Ea-tuku and the Ḫa-e-abtaḫe temples flourish. | |
| [ana] ṭup-⸢šar⸣-[ru]-⸢tu₄⸣ ki-pid-ma ne₂-me-lu ⸢li⸣-[iṣ-ṣi₂-ib]-ka | To the scribal school, the place of learning, your elī-ešib priesthood | |
| [nam]-dub-sar-⸢ra⸣ bar-dag u₃-bi-ak-a ⸢x⸣ [...]-⸢la⸣ a-ra-ab-⸢tuku⸣ | The scribal art is a barren thing that I did. | |
| [ana] ⸢ṭup⸣-šar-ru-⸢tu₄ tu-pu₂⸣-[ma] ⸢maš₂-ra⸣-[a li-šar]-⸢ši-ka⸣ | You open the ešarrûtu-vessel and let the mašarrāyu-plant release you. | |
| ⸢nam-dub⸣-sar-ra na-ab-gin₆-⸢na-en⸣ [...] | You should not recite the namdub scribal lore | |
| [ana] ṭup-šar-ru-tu₄ la e-ga-a-ta ⸢ah⸣-[ka la ta-nam-di] | Do not go down to the scribal school, your house! | |
| ⸢nam⸣-dub-sar-ra e₂-a niŋ₂-tuku ki urin {d}⸢am⸣-[an-ki-ke₄] | The scribal art is a house of fearsomeness, the foundation of Eameanki | |
| ṭup-šar-ru-tu₄ E₂ bu-ni ni-ṣir-⸢tu₄ {d⸣}[AM.AN.KI-ma] | The scribal art is the house built by Nisbir-Ea. | |
| [...]-DU um-ma-ra-ak-en ki urin na-e-⸢da⸣-[...] | (Sum) ... I want to ... for you(!?) (Akk) You want to make the earth tremble(?) | |
| ⸢ta⸣-da-al-lip-šim-ma ni-ṣir-ta-šu₂ ta-[...] | “If he slips in through the window, you will ... his friendship. | |
| ⸢gu₃⸣ DE₂ nam-⸢mu⸣-un-na-an-šub-be₂-en niŋ₂ sag₂(|PA.GU₂|)zu [...] | Do not speak to me, do not fear me | |
| ah-⸢ka⸣ ta-nam-di-šum-ma ma-sik-<ta>-ka iq-qab-[bi] | Your brother, you are to be praised, and your scepter says: | |
| ⸢nam⸣-[dub]-⸢sar⸣-ra ŋeš-šub-ba zil₂-la niŋ₂-tuku nam-he₂-[a] | In the “house of the scribal art, in the sanctuaries of heaven and earth, who reveres abundance and abundance | |
| [ṭup]-⸢šar⸣-ru-tu₄ i-siq da-ma-qi₂ meš-re-e u₃ ⸢nu⸣-[uh-ši] | The scribal art is a good thing, it is suitable for learning and studying. | |
| [...]-⸢ra⸣-zu-ta nam-ma-si ab-gu-la-⸢ta⸣ [...] | After you have poured out the šūmu-flour for you, after you have covered it with a cloth, | |
| i-na ⸢ṣe⸣-he-ri-⸢ka⸣ [...] | In the Eḫeri temple | |
| nam-dub-sar-ra dur da-⸢gan⸣ [...] | The scribal art is the seat of Dagan | |
| ṭup-šar-ru-tu₄ mar-kas [...] | The scribal art is the storehouse | |
| gu₃ DE₂ nam-mu-un-da-ab-[...] | Do not ... a cry for him | |
| ⸢ta⸣-[...] ⸢x x x x x⸣ | From ... to ... | |
| [...] eme-gi zu-zu-⸢de₃⸣ [...] | ... the Sumerian to go out | |
| [ih-zu šu]-tu-ru šu-me-ru a-ha-⸢zu⸣ [...] | “Have mercy, have mercy on me, my brother, my sister | |
| [na₄]-ru₂-a ab-sar-e-⸢de₃⸣ [...] | I will write on it a stela | |
| {[na₄]}⸢RU₂⸣.A ša₂-ṭa-ri eq-⸢la⸣ [...] | The šaṭāru-stone of the eqela-stone | |
| [...] ⸢x⸣ ab-⸢x-x⸣ [...] | ... e’e23 ... | |
| [...]-⸢x⸣ E₂.GAL šu-u₂ ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | ... this palace | |
| [...] ⸢a⸣ ri-bi he₂-a {gi}dupsik ab-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... may it be its ..., may the reed mats ... | |
| [... lu]-u₂ a-rad i-šas-si ina tup-šik-ku | ... may he be a slave, he will cut off from your tablet. | |
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| 7 | [...] ⸢SAR⸣-ma up-pu-⸢uš⸣ | ... the garden, and it is planted |
| 8 | [... {m}{d]}EN-URI₃{ir} DUMU {lu₂}UMBISAG{ti} | Bel-uṣur, son of the scribe |
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