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CDLI Literary 000766 (Debate between Date Palm and Tamarisk) composite (P478960)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000766 (Debate between Date Palm and Tamarisk) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478960 |
| 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' | {gesz}szinig ka-ba mu-ni-in-ak bi2-in-ba | He made a scepter in its mouth and placed it. |
| 2' | inim bi2-in-du11 {gesz}{gesz}nimbar-ra-sze3 | he spoke. To the date palm |
| 3' | su-gu10 su dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 x | My body, the body of the gods ... |
| 4' | za-e-me-en gurun-zu? mu-un-gub | You are the one who set up your granary |
| 5' | igi-gu10-ta mu-un-gar | he placed before me. |
| 6' | geme2-gin7 igi nin-a-ni am-te | Like a female slave she approached her mistress. |
| 7' | {gesz}ba-an nu-mu-un-ga2-ga2 | he did not set up the bow. |
| 8' | x szu gi4-gi4 za-e-me-en nig2-sa-sa-ha | You are the one who turns ... |
| 9' | ge26-e si mu-un-DU | I ... |
| 10' | giri3-se3-zu igi-gu10-ta mu-ra-[...] | Your feet from before me |
| 11' | sumur-ra-a-ni-ta {gesz}geszimmar mu-un-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | From his garden the date palms are answered to him. |
| 12' | inim bi2-in-du11 {gesz}szinig szesz-bi-x | he spoke a word, the šinig instrument |
| 13' | tukum-bi ugu-ga2-ra bara2 al-du3-du3-ne | If on my account the dais is erected, |
| 14' | i-ga-in-sa6-sa6-ne | they shall make good. |
| 15' | dingir nu-un-pa3-de3-ne im-ma-e-sze | The gods do not find him, he says. |
| 16' | su dingir-re-e-ne esz3-bi ze2-me-en | You are the one who pleases the gods in their shrine. |
| 17' | bara2 dingir-re-e-ne mu du10 ib2-sa4-sa4-ne? | On the dais of the gods they will proclaim a good name |
| 18' | ku3-babbar kusz dingir-re-e-ne tesz2-a | the silver and the leather of the gods together |
| 19' | x-ma-ab nig2 dingir-ra nig2 sa6-zu? du11-ga-ab | ... of the god, speak good things about you |
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