CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 019 (P519349)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P519349 |
| Museum no. | IM 058358 + IM 058477 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1’ | [...] ; ⸢x x (x) [...] | ... eš |
| 2’ | ⸢lu₂ al-hi-li-a⸣ [...] | (Sum) The one of the alḫili temple(?) ... (Akk) The man of the Alheli temple ... |
| 3’ | ba-hi-li-nam a-a ⸢he₂⸣-[...] ⸢igi⸣ [...] | “Baḫilīnam, father of ..., egi-e-šum-iddin, ... |
| 4’ | gi₄-in dag-⸢ge₄⸣-[...] | The maid Agi-ege-e-[...] |
| 5’a | KA-NI-še₃ gub-⸢ba⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... stands at its gate(?) (Akk) Stand at its door(?) |
| 5’b | na-aŋ₂-hi-⸢li⸣ [...] | Na’aḫi-eli |
| 6’ | ⸢uru₂⸣ niŋen₂ kar niŋen₂ ⸢e₂⸣-[...] | “If only I could explain to you the inner city, if only you would explain to me the quay |
| 7’a | e₂ in-ku₄-ra [...] | The house that he entered |
| 7’b | e₂-ba e-⸢ne⸣-[...] | In that house, the en priestess |
| 8’a | dam dam-⸢da⸣ [...] | The spouse of the slave girl ... |
| 8’b? | [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1-2a | e₂-ge₄-a ⸢da⸣ [...] // du₁₄-da mu-⸢ni⸣-[...] | In the temple ... a battle ... |
| 2b? | [...] | |
| 3 | mu-zuh e₂-a-na [...] | The one who knows his house |
| 4 | IN EN-ka₅ {⸢ge⸣}[...] | ... the lord of the E-ge-e-23 temple |
| 5 | mu-KEŠ₂ du₉-⸢du₉⸣ [...] | The one who ... the ritual assemblage |
| 6a | e₂-<DUB>-ba-a du₈-du₈ [...] | ... the scribal school |
| 6b?-7a | [...] // e₂-a ga-ga-ga | I want to bring ... into the house |
| 7b | u₄-[...] | ... day |
| 8 | kiše₄ a-AK šu-⸢um⸣ [...] | ... the netherworld |
| 9 | teš₂ nu-tuku [...] | Who has no rival |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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