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Publication
Primary publication:	CDLI Literary 000762, ex. 004
Author:	CDLI
Publication date:	2014ff.
Secondary publication(s):	Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0036
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CDLI no.:	P346121
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001x7gm3
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Source of original electronic files
Catalogue:	20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
Transliteration:	Peterson, Jeremiah
Translation:	Peterson, Jeremiah
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Collection Information
Owner:	British Museum, London, UK
Museum no.:	BM —
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Text Content:
Genre:	Literary
Sub-genre:	ETCSL 5.03.03 Debate between Winter and Summer (witness)
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Composite no.:	Q000762
Language:	Sumerian

Physical Information
Object type:	tablet
Material:	clay
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Provenience:	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Tablet

obverse
1. [...] mi#?-[...]
#tr.en: An raised his head with authority, he brought forth a good day
2. [...]-an#-si [...]-tag#
#tr.en: He placed designs within the borders of heaven and earth, and made the people interact with them broadly(?)
3. [...] ki#-a# gu4# gal#-gin7 giri3# nam#-mu#?-ni#?-in#-gub#
#tr.en: Enlil took a step upon the earth like a great bull
4. [...] nam#-he2#-a bulug3#?-e#-de3#
#tr.en: So that the day reared abundance
5. [ge6]-e#? giri17-zal-le#? pa e3# ke3-de3#
#tr.en: In order that the night made joy manifest
6. [...] mu2-mu2-de3 sze dagal#-e-de3#
#tr.en: In order that flax grows and barley spreads wide
7. [a]-esztub#{ku6} kar-ra gin6-de3
#tr.en: In order that the spring carp-flood is established in the harbor
8. kalam#-e nam-he2-a u4 su13-su13-de3
#tr.en: In order that the land perpetuates in abundance
9. e2-me-esz-e an-na nig2-kesz2 ke3-de3
#tr.en: In order that that Summer “makes a knot” in heaven (blocking rain?)
10. en#-te-en a he2-gal2-la kar-ra gin6-ne2#-de3
#tr.en: In order that Winter establishes water in the quay in abundance
11. [{d}en]-lil2# lugal kur-kur-ra-ke4 gesztu2(|GISZ.KU.PI|)-ga-ni na-an-gub
#tr.en: Enlil, the king of the lands, resolved
12. [...] gal-gal-e gesz3 bi2-in-du11# kur-ra ha-la ba-an-szum2
#tr.en: He copulated with the great mountain ranges, he gave an inheritance share to(?) the mountain
13. [...] en#-te-en he2-gal2 zi kalam#-ma! sza3-ga ba#-ni#-in-[...]
#tr.en: He poured (the seed of) Summer and Winter (which are) abundance and the life of the land, into the womb

reverse
$ beginning broken
1'. [...]-tum2#?-[...]
#tr.en: He made (their) necks thicken in the pasture lands of the mountain range
2'. [{d}en]-lil2#-le#-ke4 e2#?-[...]
#tr.en: Enlil(!) was determining a destiny for Summer and Winter
3'. [e2-me]-esz#-ra [...]
#tr.en: For Summer founding cities and settlements
4'. [kur]-gal# {d#}en#-lil2-ra [...]
#tr.en: Bringing in the harvest of abundance for Great Mountain Enlil
5'. [...]-gal# kin2#?-gi4-a-asz# [...] gu4#-de3# x x-x
#tr.en: Sending (personnel) as “task bound” (into) the great meadows, (causing) the ox to establish the field(!?)
6'. [...]-ra# he2#-gal2# a#-esztub#{ku6} [...] zi# kalam#-[...]
#tr.en: For Winter abundance, the carp flood, plenty, the life of the land
7'. [...] zi#-de3# sze# ga2#-ga2# [...]
#tr.en: Establishing grain in the field, the fertile field(?), the piling up of everything
8'. [...] en#-te#-en#-[...]
#tr.en: He was deciding (this) as a destiny (for) both Summer and Winter
$ rest broken

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