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CDLI Literary 000756, ex. 0xx (P521682)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000756, ex. 0xx |
|---|---|
| ID | P521682 |
| Museum no. | Erm DV 15540 |
| Collection | State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
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 ŋa₂-nu ki-ŋu₁₀-še₃ | son of the scribal school, in distant days, at its place |
| 2 | niŋ₂ um-mi-a-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-pa₃-de₃ ze₄-e ga-ra-pa₃-pa₃ | He chose me by name, I want to utter a lament for you. |
| 3 | ze₄-e-gen₇-nam nam-lu₂-tur i₃-AK ses-gal i₃-⸢taka₄⸣-a | “You are indeed a young man, you have become a great hero. |
| 4 | ⸢um⸣-mi-a lu₂-ta kiŋ₂-ŋa₂ a₂ ŋeš in(SAR-)ŋar | In the future, a man from the place where he is going to make a claim |
| 5 | gi gu₄-u₄-da x i₃-gu₄-u₄-de₃-en kiŋ₂-ŋa₂ bi₂-in-sa-ge | The reed of the oxen ... we will eat, and it will be placed in its place. |
| 6 | enim um-mi-a nu-mu-taka₄ niŋ₂ ni₂-ŋa₂(GIŠ) li-bi₂-AK | (Sum) The word of my mother does not cease, it does not stop. (Akk) It does not end with my mother. |
| 7 | ses-gal-ŋa₂ a₂ ŋeš(GA₂) ŋar-ra-ŋa₂ ša₃-ga-ni du₁₀ | The great one, whose heart is sweet in arms and arms, |
| 8 | i₃-⸢sun₅⸣-en-na mu-un-da-ši-hul₂ silim-ŋa₂ i-ni-in-du₁₁ | He rejoiced over me, he spoke to me well-being. |
| 9 | ŋeš ma-an-hur-hur MU an-dim₂ ki-bi-še₃ al-ŋar | “I want to utter an arazu prayer to him, I want to extol the name of An, my place. |
| 10 | na de₅-ga-ni-ta lu₂ hu-ru šu bar di bi₂-dab₂ | After he has sworn by his oath, a ḫuru-demon has seized his hand. |
| 11 | im-ma šu-ŋu₁₀ si ba-ni-in-sa₂ us₂ zi mu-un-dab₅ | He placed the right hand on the clay, he seized the right foot |
| r | ||
| 1 | ka-ŋu₁₀ enim-ma ŋal₂ ba-ni-in-taka₄ ad ge₄-ge₄ mu-un-pa₃ | He opened his mouth to speak a word, he called out a call for help. |
| 2 | ŋeš-hur lu₂ a₂-ŋa₂ si sa₂-e-⸢de₃⸣ igi ma-ni-⸢in⸣-si-si | (Sum) He looked at him with a ... face (Akk) Look at me with an ... eye |
| 3 | ⸢gu₂ zi⸣-zi ha-la a₂(DA-)ŋe₂₆-da-kam u₄ zal-la ⸢niŋ₂-ge₁₇-ga⸣ | “It is the throne-dais of Zi’ezi, the share of the labor of the day, the day that passes, |
| 4 | ⸢lu₂⸣ [(x)] a₂(DA-)aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ni-še₃ u₄ zal-[x] ; a₂-ni at-taka₄ | The ešû-priest, when he was on his way, ... his arms. |
| 5 | niŋ₂ i₃-zu-a pa nu-um-e₃ nu-me-en ka-ka-ni ba-la₂ | You do not reveal yourself, you are not the one who makes his mouth tremble |
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