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

Lineart

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

Measurements

-

Witness

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

Text content

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

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

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

Composite Composite Number Score
CDLI Literary 000750 (Temple Hymns) composite (P478950) Q000750 View the score

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P346197

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number U —
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature transliterations (ETCSL transliterations) 4.8.1
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature translations (ETCSL translations) 4.8.1
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P346197

References

  • 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.

Revisions and credits

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

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: April 29, 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: April 29, 2026).
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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 7},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P346197},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P346197},
}


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DA  - 2024/6/7/
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ID  - P346197
LB  - CDLI:P346197
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - CDLI Literary 000750, ex. 015 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P346197
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