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CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 054 (P499869)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000767, ex. 054 |
|---|---|
| ID | P499869 |
| Museum no. | YBC 05582 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢dumu⸣ e₂-dub-ba-a u₄ ul-la-a ŋa₂-nu ga-na ; ga-ab-si-sa₂-en-de₃-en | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the young man of the scribal school in distant days. |
| 2 | ⸢tukum⸣-bi nam-dub-⸢sar-ra⸣ e-zu a-na-am₃ i₃-šid | If the scribal art is yours, what have you done? |
| 3 | [...] ⸢x⸣ AŠ zi-⸢ga⸣ nam-dub-sar-ra | ... the scribal art |
| 4 | ⸢niŋ₂-zi⸣-ŋal₂ edin-na za₃ lu₂ gašam-ka-še₃(TUG₂) | In the steppe, at the side of the powerful man |
| 5 | i₃-sar egir-bi gu₂ mu-e-du₃(NI) | After that he built a vegetable garden. |
| 6 | a-ra₂ igi diri niŋ₂-ka₉ sahar ⸢ŋar⸣-ra za₃-bi-še₃ i₃-zu | “Look at me with a far-reaching eye, the dust of the ešbara-temple knows its edge. |
| 7 | KA enim-ma nam-dumu-e₂-⸢dub⸣-ba-a-ka | In the mouth of the wording of the scribal school |
| 8 | ga-ab-šid-en-de₃-en diri-zu-še₃ i₃-zu | Let us go and surpass you!” |
| 9 | ŋa₂-nu gaba-ri-ŋu₁₀-uš gub-ba in-zu ga-mu-ra-til₃ | I want to revive the young man who is stationed on the throne, |
| 10 | lu₂-tumu u₂-hub₂ {ŋeš-tu₉}ŋeštu la₂ | a man, a šūtu-demon, an uhub-disease, “seizing-of-the-mouth'' |
| 11 | ⸢ŋeš₃ per⸣ gu-du keše₂ šeri tu-[x] | “Battle-crystal, gudu-vessel, ..., |
| r | ||
| 1 | me-zi₂ gid₂ numdum ḪAR ⸢ib₂ ku₅ gu⸣-du TUG₂-UŠ | Mezi, long, seed, ēšû-plant, cut, gu’edu-plant |
| 2 | ŋa₂-a-gen₇-nam al-dim₂-me-en | You are the one who is made like me. |
| 3 | lu₂-tumu ehi-e gada ba-la₂ | A man covered in a cloth, |
| 4 | iti šu-nuŋun-a u₄ 12-kam ; mu bad₃ urim₂{ki} u₃ UNUG{ki}ga ; mu-un-gul-⸢la ; (KI.SU⸣.[LU.ŠE₃.NIG₂) ...] | month: “Šunu’a, 12th day, year (in which) the walls of Urim and Uruk were destroyed. |
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