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CST 503 (P462708)
Administrative, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CST 503 |
|---|---|
| ID | P462708 |
| Museum no. | CST 503 |
| Collection | Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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 | [šag₄ lam-lam]-ma ama ugu-na-ke₄ | The wild bull of the land, the mother of her birth mother |
| 2 | [šag₄ i-bi₂] sa₆-sa₆ ad-da-na-ra | For the one whose face is beautiful, his father |
| 2a | [(x x)] ⸢ad⸣ mu-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄ | he replied to the ada-priestess: |
| 3 | [šeš-me] he₂-me-en šeš-me he₂-me-en | May you be our son, may you be [our] son |
| 4 | [šeš ka₂] e₂-gal-la-me he₂-me-en | You are our gatekeeper of the palace |
| 5 | [u₃-mu]-un-si {ŋeš}ma₂-gur₈-ra-me he₂-⸢me⸣-[en] | May you be our captain of the barge! |
| 6 | [nu]-⸢banda₃⸣ {ŋeš}gigir-me he₂-[me-en] | May you be our chariot fighter! |
| 7 | [kuš₇] {ŋeš}gigir sar-ra-me ⸢he₂⸣-[me-en] | You are our charioteer of scribal art |
| 8 | [ad]-⸢da⸣ uru₂ di ku₅-ru-me he₂-[me-en] | May you be our city elder who decides cases. |
| 9 | [mi₂]-⸢us₂⸣-sa₂ NE-DU mi₂-us₂-⸢sa₂⸣ [NE-DU] | Mī-esa, NE-DU, I<moans, I moan.> |
| 10 | ⸢šeš⸣ mi₂-us₂-sa₂ ad-me NE-[X X X] | The ešû-priestess, the daughter-in-law, my father |
| 11 | mi₂-us₂-sa₂ gu₂ zi-bi-⸢me⸣ [he₂-me-en] | may you be our lion-faced hero |
| 12 | ama-ŋu₁₀ e-ne-em₃ ze₂-ba ⸢hu⸣-[mu-da-ab-dug₄] | My mother, when you speak sweet words to me |
| 13 | im-ma-ŋen-zu na-aŋ₂-[til₃ na-nam] | Your lord is indeed alive. |
| 14 | e₂-e ku₄-ra-zu he₂-[ma-al-la-am₃] | Your entering the house is abundance. |
| 15 | da na₂-da hul₂-[la diri-ŋu₁₀] | next to the rejoicing dais |
| 16 | ze₂-ba-ŋu₁₀ ki-ni [ga-mu-ni-ib]-ze₂-ba-⸢de₃⸣-[en] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to him |
| r | ||
| Colophon | iti ud₂-duru₅ u₄ 1(u) x im-gid₂-da | month: “Udduru, day 10+x, eponymy of Imgida |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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