CDLI Literary 000369, ex. 009 (P346147)

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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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
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1'. [...] kul#-aba4{ki}-a sag-men# [...]
 en: When you place the sagmen crown (on your head?) in Uruk and in Kulab
2'. [...]-la#-ke4 ge6-par4#-[...]
 en: The ... of the great shrine should bring you to the gipar complex(?)
3'. [...]-par4#-ra#-ke4 esz3 gal-[...]
 en: (And then) the ... of the gipar complex should bring you to the great shrine(?)
4'. [...]-lu7#? aratta{ki#?}-[...]
 en: The people of Aratta
5'. [...]-NE# x-x gesz IL2#-[...]
 en: ... they carry ... and wood(?)
6'. [...] ne# u4#-te-en-e um-ma#-[...]
 en: After this day reaches the evening
7'. [...] {d#}dumu-zi-da udu masz2 x NI [...]
 en: In the site of Dumuzi where (his) sheep and goats ... are numerous
8'. a kal-ga a-sza3 {d}dumu-zi#-[...]
 en: In the “mighty water,” the field of Dumuzi
9'. udu kur-ra-gin7! dub3 ha-ra-ni-ib2#-[...]
 en: They should kneel down for you like a sheep of the mountains
10'. gaba ku3-ga2-a u4-gin7 e3-ni
 en: Come out upon my holy chest like sunlight
bottom
1. 3(u) 6(disz)
 en: (Subtotal of) 36 (lines)
reverse
1. zi-pa-ag2#-x [...] he2-me#-en#
 en: May you be that of the šuba stone(!?) of my throat
2. [...] x [...]-kar2# dumu# {d}utu za3-mi2
 en: ... Enmerkar, son of Utu, praise
3. [...] kesz2# ba-szi-in-gar
 en: The lord placed care towards the holy word of Inanna
4. [...]-ta#? ba-ra-an-pa3
 en: He selected a messenger who was learned and strong from the workforce/troops
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