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CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 013 (P463974)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 013 |
|---|---|
| ID | P463974 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 04462 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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 | [...]-ke₄ | ... ... |
| 2 | [...]-a-ba | ... of that |
| 3 | [...]-⸢du₂-da⸣-aš nu-ub-da-an-si₁₂-⸢ga⸣-[(x)] | ... did not make it right for him |
| 4 | [...]-⸢ma⸣ gu {d}⸢uttu⸣ nu-ub-⸢da⸣-an-⸢dim₂-ma⸣-[x] | ... did not ... the neck of Shamash |
| 5 | {⸢d}uttu⸣-ra temen nu-mu-un-na-⸢si⸣-[...] | For Uttu, he did not lay the foundations |
| 6 | u₈ nu-[...] sila₄ nu-šar₂-ra | The ewe is not ..., the lamb is not established |
| 7 | ud₅ nu-⸢me⸣-[a] maš₂ nu-šar₂-ra | There are no nanny goats, there is no kid |
| 8 | u₈-e ⸢sila₄⸣ [x]-bi nu-ub-du₂-ud | The ewe did not build its ... nest |
| 9 | ud₅-e ⸢maš₂⸣ eš₅-bi nu-ub-du₂-ud | The nanny-goat, the ešû-priestess, did not build its nest. |
| 10 | mu {d}⸢ezinam₂⸣ {d}ku₃-su₃(BU) u₈-bi-da-ke₄ | year: “Eeziname, Kusu, the ewe |
| 11 | {d}a-⸢nun-na diŋir⸣ gal-gal-e-ne nu-mu-un-zu-⸢uš⸣-[(x)] | The Anuna gods, the great rivers, did not know |
| 12 | ⸢še-muš₅⸣ [...] nu-ŋal₂-la-[x] | The šemuš plant does not thrive |
| 1’ | tu₉-ga mu₄-⸢mu₄⸣-[...] | (Sum) In the garment(?) he is dressed in a soiled garment (Akk) I am dressed in the garment |
| 2’ | ug₃ ŋeš-⸢ge⸣-[...] | The people |
| 3’ | udu-gen₇ ⸢ka⸣-[...] | Like a sheep in the temple |
| 4’ | ⸢a sar-sar-ra⸣ [...] | The sarsar temple |
| r | ||
| 1’ | ⸢min₃⸣-[...] | e22min-e23-(...) |
| 2’ | ⸢dugud⸣-[...] | “The throne-dais |
| 3’ | ki-⸢gub⸣ [...] | The place where one stands ... |
| 4’ | ša₃ ⸢an⸣-[...] | From the Eanna temple |
| 5’ | ŋeštin ⸢niŋ₂⸣ [...] | ... wine |
| 6’ | kaš niŋ₂ [...] | ... beer |
| 7’ | ⸢ŋeštin niŋ₂⸣ [...] | |
| 8’ | kaš ⸢niŋ₂⸣ [x (x)] u₃-⸢mu⸣-[...] | I will pour beer for you(?) |
| 9’ | ⸢a⸣-[x x]-gar₃-e ⸢du₁₄⸣ [...] | The ea-e-x-gar-priest, the e-tavern |
| 10’ | [...]-⸢na⸣-ka a-⸢da⸣-[...] | I want to go to the place where ... is located |
| 11’ | {[d]}⸢ezinam₂⸣ u₈-ra ⸢mu-un-na⸣-[...] | “Eeziname, for the ewe, the lord |
| 12’ | [...]-⸢x⸣-zu-me-en igi-še₃ ma-⸢ra⸣-[...] | I am the one who sees you |
| 13’ | [...]-⸢aŋ₂⸣ kalam-ma-ka ŋe₂₆-e ⸢giri₁₇⸣-[zal-...] | ... of the land, the egirizal temple |
| 14’ | [x]-ur-saŋ-ra usu-ŋu₁₀ ba-[...] | ... strength ... |
| 15’ | [x]-gal-la su-zi mu-un-da-⸢an⸣-[x] | He ... the ... of Suzi with him |
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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