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CDLI Literary 000769, ex. 009 (P521691)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000769, ex. 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P521691 |
| Museum no. | UM 29-15-197 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 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 | ||
| 1’ | [...] ⸢x x⸣ a-ga-aš ge₄ ⸢e₂-dub-ba⸣-a | ... in the scribal school |
| 2’ | [...]-⸢UG⸣ eme-gi₇-ra | ... of Sumerian |
| 3’ | [...] ⸢x x⸣-dub-ba nu-[x]-du | ... did not ... the scribal school |
| 4’ | [...] ⸢x ka⸣-ta nu-⸢sa₂⸣ | ... from the mouth is not good |
| 5’ | [...]-⸢nam dub-sar⸣-me-en | I am ..., the scribe |
| 6’ | [...] ⸢x⸣ nu-me-en | ... I am not |
| 7’ | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 8’ | [...]-⸢x x⸣ | |
| 9’ | [...]-re-en | I am |
| 10’ | [...]-de₃-en bi₂-du₁₁ | ... I said |
| 11’ | [...]-⸢ku₄⸣ | ... enters |
| r | ||
| 1’ | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2’ | [...]-⸢ab⸣ šu₂-a-ŋu₁₀ ma-ab-šid-⸢de₃⸣-[...] | (Sum) ... he was able to bring forth the šu’abû offering(?) (Akk) I brought forth ... for you |
| 3’ | [...]-⸢ba⸣ ša₃ dub-ba-me-⸢en dub⸣-sar šudum-ma-[(x)] | ... you are the one who writes the scribal lore |
| 4’ | [...] ⸢ga⸣-ŋen lu₂ ŋa₂-la mu-e-ta₃-ge-[en] | ... I am the one who has been taken away. |
| 5’ | [...] ⸢NIG₂⸣ da-še₃ in ba-ni-ib-e₁₁-de₃-[(x)] | ... brought out the ešānu-vessel |
| 6’ | [...] ⸢ba⸣-al-⸢e-de₃ ga⸣-ŋen | I want to go up to the ... temple |
| 7’ | [...]-ra UŠ ku₄ ⸢x x x⸣ [...]-⸢x⸣-šum₂-mu | ... enters |
| 8’ | [...]-⸢ge⸣-de₃ ga-ŋen ⸢e x x⸣ [...]-⸢x⸣-si-ig-ge₄-en | ... I want to go up to the ... temple ... |
| 9’ | [...] ⸢u₄⸣ erin₂ šar₂-re ⸢e₃-de₃⸣ [...]-en | ... you are the one who brings out the troops of the king |
| 10’ | [...] is-ŋar-ra ⸢ga⸣-[x]-in-[x-x]-⸢x x x⸣-un | (Sum) ... he ... (Akk) He ... the ...(?) ... |
| 11’ | ⸢nam⸣-kiŋ₂-⸢ge₄-a-še₃ um-mi-a-ŋu₁₀⸣ hu-mu-ub-gi₄-gi₄-in | “At the Enameki temple, may it be restored to its place for me. |
| 12’ | [...] šu mu-um-⸢ge₄⸣-ge₄-[en] KA mu-da-du₁₀-ge-en | You are the one who makes ... rise, you make the mouth sweet |
| 13’ | [...] kara₂-ga ⸢x⸣ nu-sa₆-⸢ga⸣ lul du₁₁ nu-du₁₀-ga | The ... of the harbor is not good, lies are not good |
| 14’-15’ | [x x] ⸢x x⸣ bir₇-bir₇-ra ; [...]-⸢du₇⸣-un a-na al-tuku he₂-eb-da-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | “If he ... the ... of the ešdû-temple, if he does not have (him), may he be brought to an end. |
| 16’ | [...] ⸢e₂⸣-dub-ba-a | ... the edubâ temple |
| 17’ | [...] ⸢a⸣-na-aš mu-e-⸢du₁₁-ga⸣ | ... you have spoken to him |
Sources & licences
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- 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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