CDLI Literary 000750, ex. 015 (P346197)

Literary tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 4.80.01 Temple Hymns (witness) Collection of Temple Hymns)

Language(s)

Sumerian

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Text

tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1'. mu# du10-ga#? [...]
en: Named a good name
2'. sza3-zu {d}[...]
en: Your interior is the river ordeal
3'. e2!-galga-su3# [...]
en: Egalgasud temple, storehouse that makes silver and lapis
4'. gi-sa-sze3# [...]
en: Into treasure
5'. tar-sirx(SUD)-sirx(SUD) [...] me i3-i ki?-ri szu# gal2
en: Etarsirsir temple, enunciating/effecting(?) decisions and the cosmic powers, one who strokes the nose (in submission)
6'. nun-zu sza3-la2 tuku#? [...]
en: Your ruler, possessed of pity ...
7'. nin a-zu gal [...]
en: Lady, great physician of the black headed
8'. nam iri{ki}-na# [...]
en: Who decrees the fate of her city
9'. dumu sag an ku3-ga ama#? [...]
en: Eldest child of holy An, mother Bau
10'. e2 iri{ki#?}-[...]
en: Temple of the Irikug sacred precinct
11'. musz#-za# e2 bi2-in#-[gub]
en: She erected a temple in your sacred space
12'. bara2-za dur2 bi2-in#-[gar]
en: She sat on your dais
double ruling
13'. e2-bur-sag12-sag12 an-e sug2#-[...]
en: Ebursagsag temple, (where beautiful stone bowls) are set up under heaven
14'. {+u2-nu}unu6 {en#?}en KA ku3-gin7 sa2 [...]
en: The dining hall/sanctum, consistently supplied (with offerings?) like the lord of the pure mouth(!?)
15'. he-nun ab sza3-ga unu2 [...]
en: The abundance of the midst of the sea, ... inner sanctum
16'. sumur3? ku3-ZI UBUR? [...] u2-x u2-gu-ul gar-ra
en: Pure(?) roof/hair?(?), ..., ..., ... interceding
17'. a-si-lu-lu [...]
en: Rejoicing ...
18'. e2-mah e2 {d}szara2 e2#? lu2 zi#?-[...]
en: The Emah temple, temple of Šara, the temple(?) where the faithful man in(?) abundance
19'. szu mu-ra-ni-in#-[...]
en: Prayed to you
20'. e2-zu e2-mah# nun#-zu dumu nun# [...]
en: Your temple, the Emah, your prince, the princely son of the nugig midwife (Inanna)(?)
21'. szeg10#? sal#-sal x he#-nun [...]
en: It voice thinned/spread out(?), (its) sacred space(?) producing(?) abundance
22'. [...] x [...]
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
double ruling
1'. [e2]-sze-er-zi-gur3#-[ru ...]
en: Ešerzidguru temple, inner sanctum hung with šuba stones
2'. ni2# gal nigar{gar} ku3# [...]
en: (Possessing) a great aura, the nigar sanctary of holy Inanna
3'. me zi me e3 szu x [...] x [...] x x [...]
en: Adorning/touching the true me, the emerging(?) me, broadly
4'. zabalax(|MUSZ3.ZA.UNUG|){ki} esz3 MUSZ3 KUR#? [...] x x [...]
en: Zabalam, shrine ..., shrine at daybreak(?)
5'. ku-ur-{ku}kurku2 ad mi-x-[...]
en: She has found the voice of (i.e. found expression for?) the wish(?)
6'. unu2{ki} zi-za nu-gig#?-[...]
en: In your true inner sanctum, the nugig midwife
7'. kur-ku ma-ra-ni-[...]
en: Laid down the wish
8'. nin-zu {d}inanna MUNSZUB? [...] dili{+di-li}
en: Your lady, Inanna, singular ...
9'. uszumgal lu2 dili ur2 dab5-ba [...]
en: ušumgal creature grabbing the limbs(?) of the single(?) man, ...
10'. nig2-babbar2 sag SAR-SAR ki-bala-sze3 [...]
en: Shining as something white, advancing toward the rebel land
11'. gesz-he u2-sa11-an-na ni2-ta-[...]
en: The firmament in the evening made beautiful by her own (doing)
12'. dumu gal {d#}suen#-na {d}inanna#-[ke4]
en: The eldest child of Suen, Inanna
13'. e2 ki# zabalax(|MUSZ3.ZA.UNUG|)#[{ki}]
en: Temple of Zabalam
14'. musz-za e2# bi2#-in-[gub]
en: She erected a temple in your sacred space
15'. bara2-za dur2 bi2#-[in-gar]
en: She sat on your dais
double ruling
blank space

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 4.80.01 Temple Hymns (witness) Collection of Temple Hymns)
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

history: TCS 3, 015

[Bergmann1969TCS3] Sjöberg, Åke W., and Eugen Bergmann. 1969. The Collection of the Sumerian Temple Hymns. Vol. 3. Texts from Cuneiform Sources. Locust Valley, N.Y.
history: UET 6, 0112

[Gadd1963UET6] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966, 2005. Ur Excavations Texts Vol. VI.

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM —
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Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Excavation No: U —
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-07 at 10:35:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-06-07 at 10:32:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2019-06-11 at 21:30:33	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	approved
2019-06-01 at 14:34:09	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	approved
2019-05-29 at 21:01:59	Englund, Robert K.	Atf	Peterson, Jeremiah		CDLI	approved
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N.		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (4.8.1) (4.8.1)
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (4.8.1) (4.8.1)
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (P346197) (P346197)

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite	Score
CDLI Literary 000750 (Temple Hymns) composite (P478950)	View the score

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000750, Ex. 015 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346197.

CDLI Literary 000750, ex. 015 artifact entry (No. P346197). (2024, June 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346197 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000750, ex. 015 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346197 (Accessed: January 12, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CDLI Literary 000750, Ex. 015 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P346197.

CDLI Literary 000750, ex. 015 artifact entry (No. P346197). (2024, June 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P346197 (Original work published 2006)

CDLI Literary 000750, ex. 015 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P346197 (Accessed: January 12, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 7},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000750, ex. 015 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346197},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346197},
}

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PY  - 2024
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M1  - 2026/1/12/
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