CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 001 (P452248)

Literary prism excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1911-0405

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Prism

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (ETCSL 4.80.02 Kesh Temple Hymn ('Decad no. 06') (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

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object prism
surface a
1. [...] x ta-ab-e3
2. [...] x [...] x x ta-ab-e3
3. [...]-lugal#-la e2-ta x ta-ab-e3
4. [...] kur#-kur-ra igi mi-ni-ib-il2-il2-i3#
5. [...] kur# ni2#-ba mu#-na-il2-il2-x
6. [...] {d#}en#-lil# lugal {gesz}kiri6-gin7 mu-na-sa7#
7. [...] x mu-na-ni-ib-gal2
8. [...] kur# [...]-ra# sag# x il2#-bi#
9. [...] x x x-ab-be2
10. [...]-bi#-ta sa#-gin7# im-da-an-sur
11. [...] x GA2 GA2 AB {gesz}al ga2-ga2
12. [...] x kalam-ma gu4-GIR3-kur-aratta{ki}
13. kesz3#{ki} musz3-kalam-ma gu4-GIR3-kur-aratta{ki}
14. [...]-sag#-da-mu2-a an-da gu2-la2-a
15. [...]-kur#-da-mu2-a kur-ra sag-il2-bi
16. [...] x ri-a hur-sag-gin7 sig7-ga
17. [...] x rib-ba lu2 szi-in-ga-an-tum2-mu
18. [...]-bi {d}{asz}aszgi{gi18} rib-ba-ra ama szi-in-ga-an-u3-tu
19. [...] {d}nin-tu-gin7 rib-ba-a-ra a-ba-a igi mu-ni-in-du8
  single ruling
20. [...] gu2 1(disz)-a-kam
  single ruling
21. [...]-du10 ki-du10-ga du3-a
22. [...] kesz3 ki-du10-ga du3-a
23. [...]-gur8#-nun-gin7 an-ne2 diri-ga
24. [...]-gur8#-ku3-gin7 ka2-SI ri-a
25. [...]-na-gin7 musz3-kur-kur-ra
26. [...]-da#-gin7 peszx-ta sur-sur-ra
27. [...]-gin7 ur5-sza4 ninda2-gin7 gu3-nun-di
28. [...]-bi-ta lipisz-kalam-ma
29. [...]-bi-ta zi ki-en-gi-ra
30. [...] x eb-gal an-e RI us2-sa
31. [...]-x-da-gal an-e RI us2-sa
32. [...]-gal an-e us2-sa
33. [...]-na [...] us2-[...]
surface b
1. e2# musz2-[x] an-sza3#-[...]
2. x-x-bi abzu-[...]
3. e2#-an-ne2 SZU [...]
4. {d}en-lil2-le x-sze3 x [...]
5. ama {d}nin-tu esz-bar#-[...]
6. e2 kesz3{ki} gurun#-na [...]
7. kesz3{ki}-gin7 rib-ba lu2 szi-[...]
8. ur-sag-bi {d}{asz}aszgi x [...] ama szi-in-ga-an-[...]
9. nin-bi {d}nin-tu-gin7 rib-ba-ra a-ba-a igi# [...]
  single ruling
10. gu2 2(disz)-kam
  single ruling
11. e2 an-sze3 1(szar'u) GAN2# ki-sze3 5(szar2) [...]
12. e2 an-sze3 1(bur'u) GAN2# ki-sze3 5(bur3) [...]
13. e2 an-sze3 alim# ki-sze3 lu-[...]
14. e2 an-sze3 szeg9#-bar ki-sze3 dara3# [...]
15. e2 an-sze3 szeg9#-bar DIM2 x ki-sze3 dara3-masz#-sa7#-ga#
16. e2 an-sze3 musz-gin7 sig7-ga ki-sze3 U4-gin7-ZA-e su2#-a#
17. e2 an-sze3 utu-gin7 e3-a ki-sze3 {d}nanna-gin7 bara3#-ga#
18. e2 an-sze3 kur-ra ki-sze3 idim-ma
19. e2 an-sze3 3(disz) MI DAM-bi na-nam
20. kesz3#{ki}-gin7 rib-ba lu2 szi-in-ga-an-tum2-mu
21. [ur]-sag-bi {d}{asz}aszgi rib-ba [...] szi-in-ga-an-u3-tu
22. [...] {d}nin-tu rib-ba-ra a-ba-a igi mu-ni-in-du8
  single ruling
23. [x] 3(disz)-kam-ma
24. [...]-x ga-am3 iri-x ga-am3 sza3-bi a-ba-a mu-un-x-[...]
25. e2 kesz3{ki} iri-x ga-am3 sza3-bi a-ba-a mu-un#-[...]
26. sza3-bi-a ur-sag-ur-sag-e-ne si mu-un[...]
27. esz-bar-kin KA-bi szu-gal mu-un-du7#-[...]
28. e2-e gu4 LU MI LU gu4 am3-ma-gur-x [...]
29. x e2 x-ma am3-luh-luh [...]
30. e2-e gu4-szar2-ra-am3 al-ku2-[...]
31. e2-e udu-szar2-ra-am3 al-ku2#-[...]
32. x-x-e-ne gu2 GA2 MA am3-[...]-le-[...]
33. [...] x men# an#-x x x u4#
  rest broken
surface c
1. [...] MI [...]
2. [...]-ga AN [...]
3. [...] x DIM2 x [...]
4. [...]-ga#-an-u3-[...]
5. [...] a [...] igi [...]
6. [...]
7. [...]
8. [...] x pirig# u3#-[...]-bi# ur-[...]
9. [x]-bi#-a ur-sag-ur-sag-e-ne si mu-[...]
10. [{d}]nin#-hur-sag-ga2 gal-uszum-am3 x sza3 im-mi#-[...]
11. [{d}]nin-tu ama-gal-la tu-tu mu-un-ga2#-ga2#
12. {d#}nun#-e3-a ensi2-ke4 nam-en mu#-[...]
13. [...]-aszgi# ur-sag-ga2 esz3 mu-[...]
14. [...] x-gal-am3 eden-na AN [...]
15. e2# x x lu-lim gu2 am3-ma#-[...]
16. kesz3#-gin7 rib-ba lu2 sin-in-ga-an-[...]
17. ur-sag-bi {d}{asz}asz-gi{gi18} rib#-[...] ama szi-in-ga-[...]
18. nin#-bi {d}nin-tu-gin7 tib-ba-ra [...]
  single ruling
19. e2# 5(disz)-kam [...]
  single ruling
20. e2# utu-gin7 ki-gal-la [...]
21. [am]-babbar2-gin7 eden-na [...]
22. [...]-e-gar-ra e2-bi x [...]
23. [...]-bi-ta lipisz#-bi# [...]
24. [...]-ta x x x [...]
25. [...]-ta# pirig# [...]
26. [...]-ta# [...] inim#-[...]
27. [...]-ta# kur# gaba nu-x-[...]
28. [...] x x x [...]
29. [...]
30. [...]-na#-[...]
31. [...] esz3#-[...]-kesz3#-[...]
surface d
1. [...]
2. [...] aszgi# [...]
3. [nin]-bi# {d}nin-tu-gin7 rib-ba-ra a-ba-a [...]
  single ruling
4. [...] 6(disz)-kam [...]
5. [...] x lu-bi e2-[...]
6. [...]-kesz3#{ki} lu-bi e2#-[...]
7. [...] en#-bi {d}a-nun-na-mesz#
8. [...] giri2# GA2 an-na-[...]
9. [...] RA am-mu-[...]
10. [...] esze2-la2 nam-mi-[...]
11. a-tu-e szibir szu bi2-[...]
12. tu#-e a-ur4-a mu-x-[...]
13. [...] x a sza3-bi ki-ku3-ga am3-ni-x-[...]
14. enkum#-e-ne KA ki am3#-[...]
15. [...] iri-szub mu-ni-[...]
16. [...]-ma#-ke4 gum2-x mi-[...]
17. [...]-surx#-ra x x mi-ni-[...]
18. [...] x girix-zal-bi al-[...]
19. [...] x x du10 girix-zal-bi al-[...]
20. [...]-bi# DIN-bi-a mu-un-[...]
21. [{d}]nin#-hur#-sag-ga2 nin-bi DIN-bi-am3
22. [kesz3]{ki}-gin7 rib-ba lu2 szi-in-ga-[...]
23. [...] {d}{asz}aszgi-gin7 rib-ba ama szi-in#-[...]
24. [... {d}]nin-tu-gin7 rib-ba-ra a-ba-a igi [...]
  single ruling
25. [...] 7(disz)-kam [...]
26. [...] iri#{ki}-sze3 lu2 te-am3#-[...]
27. [...]-iri#-sze3 lu2 te-am3#-[...]
28. [...] {asz}aszgi-sze3 lu2 [...]
29. [... {d}]nin#-tu-sze3 lu2 [...]
  rest broken

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)

  • Artifact type: Prism
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 4.80.02 Kesh Temple Hymn ('Decad no. 06') (witness))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: Langdon, Stephen H., Babylonian Liturgies (1913) 197,

    [sec112837] N.d.

  • history: RA 016, 208-209,

    [sec112838] N.d.

  • history: Gragg TCS 3 (1969) 165,

    [sec112839] N.d.

  • Composite No.:
  • Museum No.: Ashm 1911-0405
  • Accession No.:

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 20:44:22 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2014-10-18 at 14:52:54 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2014-08-21 at 05:37:51 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2014-08-20 at 22:05:39 Heinle, Michael Atf Heinle, Michael CDLI approved View
2013-05-22 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000751 (Kesh Temple Hymn) composite (P464240) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000751, Ex. 001 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P452248.
CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 001 artifact entry (No. P452248). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P452248 (Original work published 2013)
CDLI Literary 000751, ex. 001 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P452248 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
@misc{2023CDLI,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2024-04-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000751, ex. 001 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P452248},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P452248},
}


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