CDLI Literary 000368, ex. 009 (P262321)

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
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1. sag-ba {gesz}erin babbar2 bi2-in-du3-du3
2. [...] gur-gur-ra-[...]
3. [x] anzu#{muszen}-da#-[...]
4. [...] kur-ra-ka# ki#-gub# mu#-un#-[...]
5. [...]-ra#-ka gu2# mi-ni-ib-gur#-[gur]
6. [...]-de3# am kur-ra#-ka [gu2 mi]-ni-ib-gur-gur
7. [...]-sze3 i-[im]-la2#
8. [...] i-[x x]
9. [...] mu-un#-[x]
10. [...]-da-an-lu-ga
11. [...] 1(DISZ) am3-ma-da-an-lu-ga
12. [x x] gud3-bi-e |KAxX| un-gi4
13. [x x] gud3#-bi-ta inim nu-um-ma-ni-ib-gi4
14. [...] x# x# gud3#-bi#-sze3# |KAxX| un-gi4
15. [...]-gi4-gi4
16. [...]-gi4-gi4
17. [...]-gi4#
reverse
1. [...] ba#-te#
2. [...]-bi-sze3
3. [...] gar-ra-bi-sze3
4. [...] hur-sag-ga2
5. [...]-dar-e ba-e-en-di-ni-ib-ku4-re-esz-am3
6. [...] gu3 am3-ma-de2-e
7. [...]-e# dam-bi-ir [x] am3-ma-de2-e
8. [...] tur3# gal {d}nanna-gin7 ni2 [x] he2-em-da-ri
9. [...] su# zi he2-em-du8-du8
10. [...]-na#-a ba-[...]
11. [...] gud3-ba a-na-a ba-ra-ab#-[x]
12. [...] he2-em-ma-teg3-ge26-da#-ka#
13. [...]-ak# giri17-zal im#-[x x]
14. [...] i-im-sze21
15. [...]-un-gun3
16. [...] x x