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CDLI Literary 000673 (Nanna D) composite (P478893)

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

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Designation	CDLI Literary 000673 (Nanna D) composite
ID	P478893
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Literary

Transliteration (ATF)

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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)
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1	lu-lu-a-bi x x x x lu-lu-a-bi u2-szim _ki-ma_ ki dar-re-dam	Its lulû-demons ... , its lūlu-demonics šima ki darredam.
2	x-a {d}nanna lu-lu-a-bi u2-szim ki dar-re-dam	The ... of Nanna, all of it, is to be set upon the ground.
3	x-bi {na4}za-gin3 dur5-ru-am3	Its ... is lapis lazuli.
4	x-bi {d}nanna e3-a-am3	Its ... is Nanna coming out.
5	ab2-szilam amar-bi-da an-da-lu {na4}szuba suh-a-am3	The cow with its calf is full of šuba stones.
6	x x x x im?-mi-du3 tesz2-bi um-me-x bi2-ib2-gal2	he built, and together he put
7	x x x x-bi-a x mu-un-suh-suh-e	... he screams.
8	lu2 ab2-e ki ag2-ga2-am3 tur3-ra mu-un-lah5	The cows are beloved, they bring them into the cattlepen.
9	x x lu2 ab2-e ki ag2-ga2-am3 ab2-e mu-un-ni10-ni10	... the one who loves cows, the cows roam around.
10	u2 ab2 gal-a-ni mu-na-an-DU i3-bi i3-dulu-i _i-il-li-ip_	his big cows he brought for him, his eyes he covered, he fell.
11a	x x i3 du10-ga {dug}szakir3	good oil in a churn
11b	tur 7(disz)-e KA sza?-na-ab-bala-e _i-x-ra?-a-tim_	The seven gate(s) of the šanabbalâ-festival
12	x x x i3-bi i3 ku3-ga-am3 ga-bi ga ku3-ga-am3	... its oil is pure oil, its milk is pure milk.
13	x x tur3 ku3-ta	from the ... of the holy cowshed
14	sikil-la dulu-e _el-pu_ munus-e nu-gu7-e	The pure one does not eat the woman's work.
15	x tur3-ra tusz-a-na tur3-re a-ar2 im-si	... sitting in the cowshed, he cries out loudly.
16	[...]-e tur3-ra tusz-a-na tur3 me-te-asz bi2-ib-gal2	... in his stall where he sat, he has a suitable stall.
17	{e2}tur3 giri17-zal-am3 {d}nanna lugal-la-am3	The stall is joy, Nanna is king.
18	x {d}suen-na-ka-am3 {d}nanna lugal-la-am3	It is the ... of Suen, Nanna is king.
19	lugal? uri2?{ki}-ma mi2 zi3 iri in-ga-am3-me	The king of Ur treated the city well
20	[...]-bi?-ta? ku6 muszen su3-ga-am3	From its ... fish and birds are sparrows
21	[...]-bi-ta ku6 muszen su3-ga-am3	... fish and birds are sparrows
22	[...]-bi ku6-am3 diri-bi muszen-am3	... its ... is fish, its surpassing is bird
23	[...]-bi ku6-am3 diri-bi muszen-am3	... its ... is fish, its surpassing is bird
24	mu-un-du3 _x-s,i-i-ma_ ku6-e a?-ab-gur _i-ir-te-e_	he built.
25	mu-un-du3 amar-e ha-ma-gu7-e	May the calf eat it!
26	mu-un-du3 ab2-e ha-ma-gu7-e	May the cow eat it!
27	x x x mu-un-gu7-e	... eats.
28	x mu-un-na8-na8	... he drinks.
29	x x RI	...;
30	gal2?
31	x na-nam	indeed
32	x x x tur-e	... the young
33	lu2? mu?-DU?	the man(?) who(?)
34	x x x
35	x ki?-sze3? ge26?-e [...]	... to the earth(?)
36	tur3? x-e lu2? hu-x-[...]	The stall ... the man(?)
37	[...]-ra? nibru{ki}-a nam hu-[...]	... in Nippur a fate
38	uri2?{ki}-sze3 x [...]	to Ur
39	[...]
40	x x x-a ki x E x x	... [......]
41	bala-bala-e {d}nanna-kam	It is a balabala of Nanna

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