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CDLI Literary 000769, ex. 0xx (P521680)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000769, ex. 0xx |
|---|---|
| ID | P521680 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
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 ii | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢im⸣ dub [...] | ... a tablet |
| 2 | [...]-ba-a [...] | ... ... |
| 3 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5’ | [...] mu-ni [x] ⸢x ša₃ x x x x⸣ | ... his name ... |
| 6’ | [...]-še₃ kiŋ₂-⸢ge₄⸣-a he₂-me-ge₄-ge₄-ne | they shall establish him in the ... place |
| 7’ | [...] ⸢x⸣ nam-⸢ma⸣-ab-šid-de₃ | ... may he not give ... to you |
| 8’ | [...] ⸢A⸣ ab-šid-šid igi-te-en-bi u₃-šub | ... the ešādu-temple, he set its eyes upon it |
| 9’ | [...] igi-še₃ bi₂-⸢ib⸣-ŋar-aš | ... before him |
| 10’ | [...] kuš₂-u₃ mu-un-dun-dun ⸢x⸣ [x x] ⸢x⸣-ab-šum₂-mu | ... he dug a canal |
| 11’ | [...] ⸢x⸣ ku₃ babbar dam-⸢gara₃⸣ [...]-⸢x⸣-la₂ | ... silver and gold merchants |
| 12’ | [...] ⸢x⸣-ab [...]-⸢da-ab-la₂⸣ | (Sum) ... he smote(?) ... (Akk) The ... of the ... temple ... |
| 13’ | [...] KU [...]-BI | ... its ... |
| 14’ | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 15’ | [...] AN x | ... ... |
| 16’ | [...] mu-un-ši-in-ti-ia igi-bi ⸢x x⸣ | ... looked at me |
| 17’ | [...]-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | ...-baba |
| 18’ | [...]-⸢x⸣-me-en | I am |
| 19’ | ⸢x x x la⸣ DU ⸢x x⸣ [...] | ... not ... ... |
| r i | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢x x⸣-a ⸢x⸣ ŋe₂₆-da um-ma-⸢x⸣-[x]-še₃ | ... to Umma-ešum |
| 2 | [...] ⸢an-na-mar⸣-e-⸢en-de₃-en⸣ | ... we will set out for him |
| 3 | [...] ⸢dub-sar⸣ nu-me-a | It was not a scribal school |
| 4 | [...] ⸢x-gen₇⸣ šu-ni nu-sa₆-ga | ... like a ... whose hand is not good |
| 5 | [...]-ga-a-na a-⸢gen₇⸣ ša₃ dub-ba nu-zu-a | In his ... like a flood that does not know the depths |
| 6 | [(x) x] ⸢sa₆ dub⸣ mu-e-sar | I wrote ... for the Sa-temple, the scribe. |
| 7 | gen₇ dub-sar nu-me-na šu nu-sa₆-ga in-na ma-ni-ŋar | Like one who does not have a scribe, whose hand is not good, he ... |
| 8 | [...]-ŋu₁₀ an-ta ge₄-ge₄-bi niŋ₂ na-me na-ba-ab-be₂-ze₂-en | ... above, you should not say "it is enough" |
| 9 | [...]-gal um-mi-a a-[a]-gen₇ e₂-dub-ba-a an-ti-le mu-⸢x⸣ | The great ..., the mother, how did he come up to the scribal school? |
| 10 | [...] um-mi-a-ŋu₁₀ a-gen₇ [e₂]-⸢dub⸣-ba al-dugud | ... like Ummi-abu, the scribal school is old |
| 11 | [...]-⸢ba⸣-a si sa₂-e-de₃ ⸢x⸣-za ba-šum₂-⸢ma⸣ | In order to correct the ... of the temple, in order to make your temple grow |
| 12 | [x e₂]-dub-ba-a nu-sun₅-na sun₅-e-de₃ | ... in order to cool the scribal school |
| 13 | [...] ⸢sikil⸣-du₃-a-bi al-AK-e-a (PA.x-)de₃ mu-e-sa₆-ga | ... its esikil-dû-house is to be ..., it is beautiful |
| 14 | [...] lu₂ ŋa₂-gen₇ dub-sar nu-me-a | ... like one who is not a scribe |
| 15 | [...]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ sa₂ nu-ub-du₁₁-ga-⸢am₃⸣ | (Sum) ... did not bring forth ... (Akk) It was not brought forth(?) |
| 16a | [...]-⸢en⸣-na kiŋ₂-ge₄-a ge₄-ge₄-de₃ | In order to make ... enter into the netherworld |
| 16b | la-ba-ab-du₇-⸢un⸣ | did not make perfect |
| 17 | [...]-⸢ka saŋ x⸣ [...] | ... your ... |
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