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CDLI Literary 000675 (Nanna F) composite (P478895)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000675 (Nanna F) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478895 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1 | en-e an-na KA mu-ni-in-su-ub | The lord ... in heaven. |
| 2 | ge6 u3-na | Night and day |
| 3 | {d}nanna-a an-na KA mu-ni-in-su-ub | Nanna uttered a lament in heaven. |
| 4 | ge6 u3-na | Night and day |
| 5 | kur suh3-suh3-ha-ta e3-a-ni | When he emerges from the mountain of destruction, |
| 6 | an-bar7-ra {d}utu-gin7 bi2-in-gub | He set it up in the midst of heaven like Utu. |
| 7 | {d}asz-im2-babbar kur suh3-suh3-ha-ta e3-a-ni | When Ašimbabbar came forth from the distant mountain, |
| 8 | an-bar7-ra {d}utu bi2-in-gub | At noon, Utu stood there. |
| 9 | a-a-ni inim-ma-ni zi3-da | his father, his word, flour |
| 10 | u4-de3 ge6-a inim mu-un-di-ni-ib2-be2 | The storm speaks a word with him in the night |
| 11 | {d}en-lil2-le inim-ma-ni zi3-da | Enlil’s words of flour |
| 12 | u4-de3 ge6-a inim mu-un-di-ni-ib2-DU | The storm utters a word in the night |
| 13 | esz-bar-ra nam mu-un-di-ni-ib2-tar-re | He determines a fate in the decision. |
| 14 | ge6-par4 mah-a-ni 4(disz) na-nam | His lofty Ŋipar is indeed 4! |
| 15 | {du}du8 4(disz) mu-un-na-gar-ra | he set up four towers for him. |
| 16 | {e2}tur3 gal-a-ni esze3{asz} 4(disz)-am3 | his great stall is a 4th |
| 17 | {gesz}al-gar-surx(|UZ3.BALAG|?)-ra | the algarsura instrument |
| 18 | ab2-e gu2 mu-na-di-ni-ib-gur-re | The cow turns her neck for him. |
| 19 | ab2 hi-a-ni 1(szar'u) 1(szar2)-am3 | His cows are 900,000 |
| 20 | ab2 x amar-a-ni | cow ... her calf |
| 21 | gu4-ab2-ka-ni 3(szar'u) 1(szar2) 5(disz)-am3 | its oxen: 3135, |
| 22 | ab2 igi gun3-bi 1(szar'u) 1(szar2) 4(disz)-am3 | The cows with speckled eyes are 104, |
| 23 | ab2 babbar2-bi 3(szar'u) 1(szar2) 5(disz)-am3 | its white cows: 3135, |
| 24 | ab2 kin-sig?-bi 5(disz)-ta a-ra2 4(disz)-am3 | The work-assignment cows: 5 times 4 |
| 25 | ab2 hi-a a-a {d}nanna-kam | It is a cow of the father of Nanna |
| 26 | ab2-szilam-a-ni 1(szar'u) 5(disz) na-nam | his cows are 15 indeed, |
| 27 | ab2-za3-esz-za3-esz-bi 4(disz)-me-esz | its cows are 4 |
| 28 | masz2-ansze-masz2-ansze-bi 7(disz)-me-esz | their antelopes are 7 |
| 29 | unu4 KUSZ2 du3-bi 7(disz)-me-esz | They are seven cubits in height. |
| 30 | ab2-ba ti-la-ba 4(disz)-me-esz | the four living cows |
| 31 | en-ra mu-un-i-i mu-un-ar2?-e-ne | The en priestess brought him, they brought him. |
| 32 | ge6-par4-ra mu-ni-ib-su4-su4-u3-ne | they cover him in the ŋipar. |
| 33 | szi3 gal-bi {d}nisaba-ke4 | Nisaba’s great spirit |
| 34 | {d}nisaba-ke4 szi3-bi mu-un-dab5 | Nisaba seized his life. |
| 35 | im-ma bi2-ib-gub-be2-en | I stand in the clay. |
| 36 | ab2 ku3 {d}nanna-ke4 mi2 du11-ga szul {d}suen za3-mi2 | The pure cows of Nanna treated well, youth Suen praises. |
| 37 | i3 nam-he2-gal2 tur3 ku3 x masz2-a-ke4 | oil of abundance, pure stall, ... of the kid, |
| 38 | szu mu-un-da-mu2-mu2 | he made grow with him. |
| 39 | kurun2 gal hur-sag lal3 kurun2-bi-da | The great liquor of the mountain range, the honey of its liquor |
| 40 | lugal-ra du8 mah sikil-la-na | For the king, his supreme and pure throne |
| 41 | mu-na-da-ab-szar2-re | he multiplied for him. |
| 42 | kal-ga giszkim-ti {d}en-lil2-la2 | the mighty, the trust of Enlil |
| 43 | szul dingir zi-gal2-la | Youth, god who has mercy, |
| 44 | mas-su2 kalam-ma {d}nin-gal nin ge6-par4-ra | the herdsman of the land, Ningal, the lady of the Gipar, |
| 45 | a-a {d}nanna za3-mi2 | Father Nanna, praise! |
Sources & licences
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