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OB catalogue from Nibru (N6) (Q000331)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OB catalogue from Nibru (N6) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000331 |
| 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 | in-nin₉ barag gal an ki | Lady, great dais of heaven and earth, |
| 2 | en eš-bar an ki šu-na ŋal₂ | Lord, decision maker of heaven and earth, |
| 3 | šul me-dim₂ sag₉ sig₇ še-še-er-ra | a head of beautiful and beautiful mes trees |
| 4 | diŋir nam-he u₃-tud-da an-na | Ibir, born of abundance in heaven, |
| 5 | lu₂ en nun-na lu₂ nun-na | The one of the princely lord, the one of princely |
| 6 | gud-dam a₂ bar šu ŋal₂ | guddam (is) the arm of a hand that lifts |
| 7 | lugal gu₂-za suh₁₀-bi ši-du₈ nam-lugal-zu | King whose neck is a scepter of your kingship |
| 8 | ur-saŋ kal-kal-la giri₁₇ šu du₃ | The mighty hero, whose face is made perfect |
| 9 | šuba-a na-nam niŋ₂ gun₃-na | It is indeed a šuba stone, with a speckled aura |
| 10 | šuba la₂ šuba la₂ | šuba stone |
| 11 | ŋe₂₆-e u₂-lal₃-a mu-zu | “You know honey and honey! |
| 12 | lugal hi-li gur₃-ru | the king carrying allure |
| 13 | lu-lu-a-bi lu-lu | Its ruins, ruins |
| 14 | e₂ sikil ki sikil-a | The pure house, the pure place |
| 15 | kur gal kur-ra a₂ aŋ₂ gal | Great mountain in the mountain, great strength |
| 16 | e₂ ud-gin₇ ki-gal-la gub-ba | House standing at its foundations like a storm |
| 17 | egir₃ šu dadag me giri₁₇-zal dug₃ | Princess with a beautiful hand, who makes the divine powers rejoice |
| 18 | nin an-gin₇ mah KA bal-bal | Lady, supreme as heaven ... |
| 19 | nun nam-DUB ma₂ nam-DUB | The prince, the scribal art, the boat |
| 20 | e-el-lu ama mu-gi₁₇-ib | Ellu, mother, mistress |
| 21 | me-e nu-sag₃-ge X DI en-ra | I, who does not tremble ... |
| 22 | ab₂ nun-e an-na kur un₃-na | The princely cows of heaven, rising up against the mountain, |
Sources & licences
- 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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