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CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 069 (P521675)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521675 |
| Museum no. | A 30206 |
| 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 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 i | ||
| 1’ | [...]-⸢ne⸣ | ...-emene |
| 2’ | [...]-⸢ne⸣ | ...-emene |
| 3’ | [...] | |
| 4’ | [...]-⸢a⸣ | ...-eae |
| 5’ | [...] | |
| 6’ | [...]-⸢a⸣ | ...-eae |
| o ii | ||
| 1’ | [...]-⸢da⸣-ŋal₂ a-⸢na⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... he carried away(?) ... (Akk) I carried away ..., I carried off ... |
| 2’ | [min₃-kam-ma]-⸢še₃ u₈⸣ {d}ezinam₃-ra ⸢mu⸣-[...] | It is the second eše-lament: “The ewe of Ezinam ... |
| 3’ | ⸢nin₉⸣-ŋu₁₀ niŋ₂ a-na mu-e-du₁₁-ga-[x] | What did the sister say to you? |
| 4’ | an lugal diŋir-re-e-ne-ke₄ | An, king of the intertwined world, |
| 5’ | ki ku₃ ki kal-kal-la-aš mu-un-e₃-de₃ | He brought out the holy place, the mighty place |
| 6’ | gu-gu {d}uttu me-lim₄ nam-lugal-⸢la⸣ [...] ⸢mu⸣-da-ŋal₂ | The throne of Uttu, the radiance of kingship |
| 7’ | {d}šagan₂ lugal surₓ(ERIM) saŋ-ŋa₂-a-[x] | Šagan, king of the troops, ... |
| 8’ | me-ni gunu₃ mu-na-ab-ba-⸢AK-e⸣ | His divine powers were bright for him. |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢mu⸣-na-ab-si-e | ... he shall remove it for him |
| 2 | [x]-⸢e₃⸣ gal-gal ki-⸢bala⸣-a-še₃ ebih₂ ba-sur-e | The great ... of the rebel land was swept away. |
| 3 | {[kuš]}⸢da-uš₂⸣ a-ma-ru {⸢ŋeš}pana gal-gal⸣ si mu-sa₂-sa₂-⸢e⸣ | “It is a flood, the great flood sweeps over it. |
| 4 | ⸢zu₂⸣-keše₂ igi bar-ra en-nu-uŋ₃ ŋa₂-a-kam | It is an ešu’ekeše that is seen outside. |
| 5 | [a]-⸢ša₃⸣-ga zi nam-ŋuruš-a | True heir, herdsmanship |
| 6 | {[kuš]}ummu₃ a se₂₉-de₃ {kuš}e-sir₂ GA₂-kam | It is a šumu-garment for pouring water in a leather bag. |
| 7 | [...] ⸢ir⸣ nam-diŋir-ra | ... the scepter of crossroads |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x⸣ i₃ tub₂ {ŋeš}eren ša-du₁₁-ga GA₂-kam | It is the ... of the ešû-vessel with cedar oil in a tub |
| 9 | [...] babbar₂-ra-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ | ... white |
Sources & licences
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