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CDLI Literary 000533 (Praise Poem of Abi-Eshuh) composite (P481154)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000533 (Praise Poem of Abi-Eshuh) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P481154 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 | u4 babbar-ta hu-mu-ra-x [...] | May ... from the white day for you |
| 2 | u4 zalag-ga sza3-zu he2-[...] | May your heart be pacified to the bright day |
| 3 | u4 zalag-ga u4 {d}utu di-ku5 nig2 x [...] | The bright day, the day of Utu, the judge who ... |
| 4 | sa6-ga nig2-si-a-ni KA-KA x [...] | Good, his justice ... |
| 5 | eszgiri2? an-na an ki-bi x [...] | Crossroads(?) of heaven and earth |
| 6 | [...] x x {d}marduk x [...] | ... Marduk |
| 1 | sza3-ba [...] | In it ... |
| 2 | bala AN [...] | bala of |
| 3 | nam an-gub-bu [...] | The fate of An-gubbu |
| 4 | igi {d}utu {d}nansze x [...] | before Utu, Nanše |
| 5 | igi a-bi-e-szu-uh [...] | Before Abī-ešuh |
| 6 | TU-TU-zu e2 AN x [...] | Your ... house ... |
| 7 | ki za-ba nam-dingir-zu [...] | At the place of your praise, your divinity |
| 8 | gesz-szub-ba-zu [...] | Your “cutting-of-the-throat"(?) |
| 9 | gesz e2-e gesz x [...] | The tree of the house, the tree of ... |
| 10 | u4 ge6-a x [...] | Night and day |
| 11 | ka-ta eme-bi [...] | From mouth to tongue |
| 12 | dingir-zu nam-ti-gin7 [...] | Your god, like life |
| 13 | {d}lamma nam-ti-la [...] | The protective deity of life |
| 14 | nam-ti-la u2 szudu3 A x [...] | For the life of the šudu-plant |
| 15 | u4 re-a mu su3-ra2 re-a [...] | In those days, in those distant years |
| 16 | szu ku3-ga {d}lamma-ni [...] | His holy hand, his protective deity |
| 17 | {d}nisaba nin eresz2{ki}-ke4 TUG2 [...] | Nisaba, the lady of Ereš |
| 18 | i3-dub sze gal2-la [...] | The depot where there is barley |
| 19 | du-du-e [...] | Dudu |
| 20 | kaskal har-ra-an-na x [...] | The journey on the road ... |
| 21 | du11-ga bi2-in-du11-ga a-ra2-a-ra2-zu [...] | When you speak, your supplication ... |
| 22 | lu2 hug munus-sza3-zu-gin7 {sal}usz-bar x [...] | The one who ... like a woman in your womb |
| 23 | {d}utu-ra bi2-in-du11-ga [...] | When he spoke to Utu |
| 24 | {d}nanna-ra bi2-in-du11-ga [...] | He spoke to Nanna |
| 25 | e2 ku4-ra-ke4 x x-ga-zu [...] | Your ... of entering the house |
| 26 | tur-ra gu-la x-ga-zu bi2-in-[...] | Great young man, your ... |
| 27 | {gesz}gu-za tusz-a-ni gesz-nu2-a nu2-a-ni | When she sits on the throne, when she lies down on the bed, |
| 28 | DI se3-ge5 di-di-da [...] x [...] | ... the one who goes along ... |
| 29 | a-ra2-zu dingir-zu x x x x x [...] | Your prayer, your god |
| 30 | mu nam-ti-la iti silim-ma ki sza3 hul2-la [...] | year: “For life, month of well-being, the place of rejoicing, |
Sources & licences
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