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Public announcement of the loss of a seal (Q002338)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Public announcement of the loss of a seal |
|---|---|
| ID | Q002338 |
| 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 | kišib mu sar ur-DUN dam-gar₃-ra u₂-gu ba-an-de₂ | Under seal of Ur-DUN, the merchant, he carried out the procedures. |
| 2 | inim pu-uh₂-ru-um-ma-ta | by the order of the assembly |
| 3 | niŋir-e sila-sila-a si gu₃ ba-ni-in-ra | The nibir priestess shouted in the street. |
| 4 | lu₂ na-me niŋ₂ na-me ugu-na li-bi₂-in-tuku | No one, no one, will take it away from him. |
| {m}lu₂-{d}suen-na šagina lu₂-gen₆-na | Lu-Suena, general of Lugina | |
| 6 | {m}lugal-me-lem₄ ensi₂ saŋŋa | Lugal-melem, governor of Sa’aba |
| 6A | KA-KA-ne-ne ba-an-me-eš kišib-ba-ne-ne in-X-eš | They ... their ... and their sealed documents |
| 7 | {m}zu-zu um-mi-a | Zuzu, the mother, |
| 8 | {m}si-du₃ dub-sar | Sidu, scribe |
| 9 | {m}al-lub aŋrig | Allub, the smith, |
| 10 | {m}ba-an-sag₉-ge-en gala | Bansag-geen, the gala-priest |
| 11 | {m}ul-li₂-a ha-za-nu-um | Ullīya, the mayor |
| 12 | niŋir lu₂-ki-inim-ma-me | they are witnesses |
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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