CDLI Literary 000416, ex. 002 (P256825)

Literary tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Image © Penn Museum

Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1. [...] en#-lil2-le# a2 szum2-ma a-ba mu-da-ga2#-[...]
2. [...]-u3# a-ba mu-ku4-ku4
3. [...]-na-zu a-ba ba-ta-e3-e3
4. [...] x lu2 sza3-zu-u3 mu-zu-a a2-zu al na-me
5. [...]-me3#-zu al i3-bi2-in-du11-ga
6. [...] su3-su3-da-zu a-na ba-ta-an-e3-e3
7. anzu2#{muszen}-gin7 gu3 dub2-da-zu-ne igi-zu-u3 a-ba ba-gub
8. [...] gi4#-gi4-da-zu-ne
9. x x [...]-da hur-sag gi-gin7 x sag x [...]-mi-sag3-sag3
10. [...]-ra# e2-x#-a# [...] x-ni-bar-bar
11. tidnum-e u6 du10 i3-mi#-du11#
12. {d}utu#-gin7 ni2-zu-u3# me3-a# dalla im-ma-ni-e3
13. {d}nergal#-gin7 {gesz}tukul-zu#-u3 usz2-a ka im-ma-ni-ba
14. [...]-da#-zu#-u3 u3-mun kalam-ma-ka szu ba-ni-gid2-gid2
15. [...]-en3 bad3 gal kalam-ma-me-en3
16. [...] x-ba# [...]-me-en3
  rest broken
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [...] x
2'. [...]-gar#
3'. [...] ki-en#-gi#-ra# [...] nig2#-nam#-zu#-u3
4'. [...]-ma# ki-bi-sze3# [...]-ku5-re6
5'. [...] szar kalam-ma# ki#-bi#-sze3# [...] i3#-ba-re
6'. [...]-tuku si-ga sza#-ga2#-sze3# la#-ba-ab-gur4-e
7'. [...] dumu-ni-ir sa6-ga mu#-na#-ab#-be2#
8'. [...] a#-a-ni-ir nig2-gi-na mu#-na-ni-ib2-gi4-gi4
9'. [...]-en#-gi-re he2-gal2 mu-da-ab-si
10'. uri2#{ki}-e giri17-zal mu-da-ab-su3
11'. [...]-ni-sze3 ga-ki-tir-da mu-da-a-ga2-ga2
12'. lugal#-e kur silim-e-esz2# du11-ga-a nam-kal-ga-ne-e dalla bi2-in-e3-a
13'. [nam]-ur#-sag-ga2-ni szu# zi bi2-in-ga2-ra
14'. [ki]-bala#-e gu2 ki-sze bi2-in-la2-a
15'. [...] uri2#{ki}-e he2-gal2-la gu2-bi2 mi-ni-ib2-zi-ga-a
16'. [...] suhx(MUSZ) za-gin3-na gun3-a dumu {d}en-lil2-la2 a#
17'. [...] dagal-la LA sag an-sze3 il2#-[...]
18'. [...]-da# ki mah-ha-na sza3 kusz2-u3 ur5-ra-asz-da bara2 gal-e si-a