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CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 042 (P519358)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 042 |
|---|---|
| ID | P519358 |
| Museum no. | HS 2536 + HS 2714 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| 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’ | {i}⸢ga⸣ [...] ; ⸢u₃⸣-[...] | Ega’e23 |
| 2’ | ne-[...] | Ne- |
| 3’ | ⸢lu₂ a⸣-[...] | “Lord, lord of |
| 4’ | [...] ⸢in-ge₄⸣-[...] | ... the en-priestess |
| 5’ | [...]-⸢ka-ni⸣ ; [...]-⸢ne⸣ e-⸢ne-bi⸣ mu-un-⸢tum₂⸣ | ... he brought out the ... of his ... and brought out its ... |
| 6’ | [...]-si₁₂-eš ⸢he₂-em⸣-su₈-be₂-⸢eš⸣ | ... may he be able to bring forth the scepter(?) |
| 7’ | [...] ⸢nin⸣-ku₃-zu ⸢mu⸣-zu al-me-⸢a⸣ | ... Nin-ekuzu, your emû-demon is rising. |
| 8’ | [...]-⸢am₃⸣ [...]-tab-ba-[...] | ... it is a ... that is to be smashed |
| 9’ | [...] ⸢du₁₁⸣ dam in-na-⸢e-taka₄⸣ | ... spoke to his wife |
| 10’ | ⸢u₃-mu-un⸣-[... ...]-⸢e⸣ u₃ e-ne-⸢bi⸣ ; du₁₄ ⸢i₃⸣-[...]-⸢en⸣-de₃-en | “I want to go up to the lord, I want to come up to him, but I do not know how to approach him. |
| 11’ | ⸢in⸣ in-gen₇ in-⸢tub₂⸣-tub₂-bu-⸢de₃⸣-en | (Sum) I am the one who screams like a lion (Akk) The one who shouts like an eagle, you are the one that makes it tremble |
| 12’ | ⸢e⸣-ne ma-an-du₁₁ ša₃-še₃ nu-gid₂ | He spoke to me, but he was not satisfied. |
| 13’ | [...] ⸢in-na⸣-du₁₁ zu₂ ba-an-keše₂ ; [...]-⸢še₃ ba-an-gid₂⸣ | ... cut off the teeth of the e’inna-edu-plant |
| 14’ | [...] ⸢ba-an⸣-tuku | ... the ebantuku-plant |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢ra-ab-dab₅-be₂⸣ | ... will seize you |
| 2 | [...]-⸢la₂⸣-e | ... the ela priest |
| 3 | [...]-⸢zil₂⸣-[... ...]-⸢a⸣-ni ; 1/3 ma-[...]-⸢e⸣ ba-ra-an-tuh | ...-ezil-[... ...]-ea-e-ni 1/3 (of a shekel of silver) ... |
| 4 | ŋurgu-zu aš₃-[... ...]-⸢du⸣-zu aš₃-⸢am₃ ; u₃-ba-ab⸣-ra-⸢ah⸣ | (Sum) Your city, where is it that you are to go? (Akk) Where is your city to go(?) |
| 5 | ⸢kiše₄-zu⸣ [...] u₃-⸢ba⸣-tub₂ | “If he slips through your door pivots, |
| 6 | [...]-⸢zu x⸣ [...]-⸢ba-ab-su⸣-ub | (Sum) ... ..., ... (Akk) You ... your ... |
| 7 | ⸢tilla₂ x⸣ [...] si gu₃ ba-ni-⸢ra⸣ | The ... of the tilla drum roared |
| 8 | [...]-kam-ma [...] igi ba-ni-in-du₈-a | ... it was the first ... that he looked at |
| 9 | [du₅]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ lu₂-⸢tab⸣-na-še₃ kar-ke₄ ; nu-mu-⸢un⸣-na-ab-be₂-en | You will not say to him “It is enough, I am not enough, you will not be able to escape it"(?) |
| 10 | ⸢ne⸣-ri ⸢niŋir⸣ [u₃-(um)-ŋen]-ne-en-na | “If he slips through the cracks of the door frame, |
| 11 | ⸢en₃ nam-erim₂⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ ; [...]-⸢un⸣ | The en priestess of evil ... |
| 12 | [...] ŋiri₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x-KU-en⸣ | ... the city E-KU-en |
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