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CDLI Literary 000521 (Hammurapi D) composite (P481142)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000521 (Hammurapi D) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P481142 |
| 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 Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| object composite text | ||
| 1' | NAM x x x x IGI? x [...] | (If) ... .... |
| 2' | ni2-tuku en3 tar-tar nim-ma x [...] | The one who has fear, the one who inquires after ... |
| 3' | x KU? u3-na E sa4 en? [...] | ... the lord(?) |
| 4' | szum2-mu-da-ab-ze2-en {gesz}gidru [...] | Give me a scepter |
| 5' | ka2-dingir-ra{ki} iri nam-en-na MU [...] | Babylon, the city of lordship |
| 6' | lugal an-ub-da diri-ge-en-ze2-en [...] | King of the four quarters, surpassing |
| 7' | {d}asar-lu2-hi ha-am-mu-ra-pi2-gu10-ur2 nam [...] | Asarluhi, my ... fate |
| 8' | an {d}en-lil2 {d}en-ki e-ne-bi-da KA x [...] | When An, Enlil, and Enki ... |
| 9' | sza3-ga-ne-ne-sze3 u3-mu-ni-in-szum2 nig2 x [...] | he gave to their midst. |
| 10' | dingir gal-gal kilib3-ba-bi {d}marduk-ra hul2-le-esz mu-ni-[...] | The great gods rejoiced over Marduk |
| 11' | sipa sza3-ga-zu nam-en kalam-ma ak-de3 mu-e-ni-in-[...] | Your shepherdship in the midst of the land is to be done for you |
| 12' | nam-a-ni gal-le-esz tar-re-en-ze2-en ka ku3-za x [...] | May you decide his great fate for me, in your pure mouth |
| 13' | inim-zu BA? ASZ-a ba-an-szi-gar-re-en-ze2-en sipa musz3 nu-tum2-mu | Your word(?) has been put to the test(?), the shepherd does not follow |
| 14' | lugal-ra im-mi-in-sa4-en-de3-en ub-ta 4(disz)-ba x x E NE? [...] | We praise the king |
| 15' | ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 nun me-te dingir-re-e-ne sun5-na inim-me-esz2 MU [...] | Hammurapi, noble prince, chosen by the gods, ... words |
| 16' | ba-ra-szum2-mu-un-de3-en nam-bara2 sag ge6 mu-zu za3 an [...] | You will not give it to me! Your name on the black-headed people, the fringe of heaven |
| 17' | nam-lu2-ulu3 kalam-ma sa2?-sa2? TE gal2-la si sa2-sa2-da iri? [...] | Humanity in the land, balanced, balanced(?) |
| 18' | x x x he2-eb2-su3-u4 bala-zu ma2-gur8 za-gin3 szu? he2-[...] | May your reign be ..., may the lapis barge |
| 19' | nam-sipa-zu an x x an ki? szu he2-ge-en ug3-ga2 u2-sal-la [...] | Your shepherdship ... heaven and earth may you be. In the midst of the people |
| 20' | za-pa-ag2-zu {d}iszkur szu x x [...] A dul lugal gaba-ri nu-tuku | Your utterance Iškur ... the king’s work that has no rival |
| 21' | ka-zu gira2{ra} husz-a szu [...] TUK-TUK sig igi-nim-ma [...] | Your mouth is a furious arrow |
| 22' | szul {d}utu a2-tah-zu he2-a ki? NE? x (x x) AB inim-inim sza3-ge x [...] | Youth Utu, may it be your helper(?) |
| 23' | du-ri2-sze3 za3 zi-da gen-na-zu he2-na-nam igi il2-la-e he2-na-nam | May you be the one who goes at your right side forever, may you be one who sees it all. |
| 24' | x x KA-za la-ba-an-DIR er3-ra szu x dub?-bi x x x [...] | ... does not ... tears ... its tablet(?) |
| 25' | ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 du11-ga mah-me-esz2 nir he2-gal2 a2 inim du10-ga x [...] | Ḫammurapi, whose command is supreme, a mighty lord of abundance, who ... good words |
| 26' | ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 du11-ga an {d}en-lil2-bi KU an ki? szu an-ub-da du3?-a szu [...] | Ḫammurapi, whose command An and Enlil |
| 27' | x x x-ga NU x-asz an {d}en-lil2-bi lugal-ra mu-na-x x x [...] | ... An and Enlil for the king |
| 28' | {d}asar-lu2-hi mu-ru-ub dingir gal-gal-e-ne iri? x x x GA IM? [...] | Asalluhi, the entu-priestess of the great gods |
| 29' | ka2-dingir-ra{ki} iri ki-szu-pesz5 ki-tusz sikil-la x x x GA? x x x [...] | Babylon, the city of the pure abode, |
| 30' | x x suhusz bara2 gal ki-tusz mah ki ag2-e sza3 hul2-la PA nir-gal2 x [...] | ... the foundation of the great dais, the beloved supreme residence, a joyful heart, authoritative ... |
| 31' | x x x TUR-TUR dumu-gir15 dingir-re-e-ne mu lugal-la [...] | ... child-bearing son of the gods, the name of the king |
| 32' | [...] x x zi-de3-esz he2-a mu-na-ni-[...] | May ... be true ... for him |
| 33' | [...] u3-mu-un-zi-ge-esz nam-{d}en-lil2 ug3 szar2-ra [...] | ... they raised up. Enlil and the many people |
| 34' | [...] nam-a-ni pa bi2-in-ak-esz zi kalam-ma [...] | ... made his fate manifest. The life of the land |
| 35' | ha-am-mu-ra-pi2 sipa silim-ma-ne2 mu-ni-gal-le-esz kilib3 sag ge6-ga [...] | Ḫammurapi, the shepherd of peace, they made great for him. The black-headed people |
| 36' | [...] x x lu2 {d}en-ki?-ke4 sa6-ga-ni kalam-ma x [...] | ... the one of Enki, his good one, in the land |
| 37' | [...] x x x MU [...] | ... ... |
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