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Ur III catalogue from Nibru (N1) (Q000319)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Ur III catalogue from Nibru (N1) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000319 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | dub-saŋ-ta | from the scribe |
| 2 | {d}en-ki unu₂ gal im-ed₃ | Enki erected the great dining hall. |
| 3 | an-zag-še₃ | to the horizon |
| 4 | an-ŋi₆ zu ama tu₆ zu-ke₄ | The one who knows heaven, the mother who knows incantations, |
| 5 | ŋiš-gi tuku₄-e | a reed fence |
| 6 | AN KAŠ₄ AN KAŠ₄ me₃-ke₄ | ... beer, beer of battle |
| 7 | maš-maš erim₂ kur₂-kur₂ | exorcist of hostile forces |
| 8 | ŋiri₃-ŋen-na {d}en-ki ki unu₂ gal im-ed₃-kam | It is the “Biri-en-na of Enki, the place where the great dining hall is set up. |
| 9 | šag₄ PU₂ 1(AŠ)-kam | The field of the well is 1 |
| 10 | dub-saŋ-ta | from the scribe |
| 11 | X X kaskal-la 7(IMIN) me-še₃ | ... on a journey of 7 miles |
| 12 | {d}li-li-a-ke₄ | of Lila, |
| 13 | igi X 7(IMIN)-na in-kur₉-re-en | ... 7 times he brought me. |
| 14 | šul a₂ he₂-la₂ | may he be able to raise his arms |
| 15 | gu DI sig₁₀-ga ŠA gal-kam | good quality flax, large |
| 16 | ŋiri₃-ŋen-na {d}li-li-a-kam | It is the Bīr-enna of Lila. |
| 17 | šag₄ PU₂ 1(AŠ)-kam | The field of the well is 1 |
| 18 | ŋiri₃ IŠ lu₂ inim zid-da GA |KA×X| BA | ... a person who a good word |
| 19 | ŋiri₃-ŋen-na-bi lu₂ nu-da-pad₃ | No one should find out about its outskirts. |
| 20 | ŋiri₃-ŋen-na | of Bīt-Bena |
| 21 | iri-bal-a aš₂ di-da-kam | In Iribal it is a case of arguing |
Sources & licences
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