CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 051 & 000344, ex. 002 (P346476)
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, UKMetadata / catalogue
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BM —Provenience
Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayGenre / Subgenre(s)
Literary (ETCSL 1.04.01 Inanna's Descent (witness); ETCSL 1.04.01.01 Dumuzi and Geshtinana)Language(s)
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beginning broken
1'. [...] mu#?-[...]
en: ...
2'. [unu{ki}] e2#?-an#-na mu#-[...]
en: She abandoned Unug and the Eanna temple and went down to the netherworld
3'. zabala#{ki} gi-gux(ZE2)?-na [...]
en: She abandoned Zabalam and the sacred terrace and went down to the netherworld
4'. nibru#{ki} bara2-dur2-gar-ra mu#-[...]
en: She abandoned Nibru and the Ebaragdurjara temple and went down to the netherworld
5'. uri2{ki} e2-dilmun-na{ki#} [...]
en: She abandoned Urim and the Edilmuna temple and went down to the netherworld
6'. x-x{ki}-a#? e2#-x-x [...]
en: She abandoned ... and the ... temple and went down to the netherworld
7'. x-[...]
en: She abandoned Badtibira(?) and the Emuškalama temple(?) and went down to the netherworld
8'. umma#{ki#} e2#-ib#!?-[...]
en: She abandoned Umma and the Eibgal temple and went down to the netherworld
9'. adab{ki} e2#-sar-ra [...]
en: She abandoned Adab and the Esara temple and went down to the netherworld
10'. a-ga-de3{ki} e2-ul-masz# [...]
en: She abandoned Agade and the Eulmaš temple and went down to the netherworld
11'. kisz{ki}-a e2-hur-sag-[...]
en: She abandoned Kish and the Ehursagkalama temple and went down to the netherworld
12'. i3-si-in-na{ki} e2#-[...]
en: She abandoned Isin and the Ešegmešedu temple and went down to the netherworld
13'. ka#-zal#-lu{ki} e2-sza3#?-[...]
en: She abandoned Kazallu and the Ešaghulu temple and went down to the netherworld
14'. NI#?-x-x-x-x{ki#} e2#?-[...]
en: She abandoned ... and the ... temple and went down to the netherworld
15'. me imin-e [...]
en: She arrayed herself in the seven cosmic powers
16'. [...] x giri3 gub-ba# [...]
en: The one who stood (upon!?) the many cosmic powers(?) went along
17'. [{tug2}]szu#-gur-ru-da? men#? [...]
en: She ... the turban, the tiara of the plain
18'. [hi]-li#-a sag-ki#? [...]
en: She took possession of the wig/allure upon her forehead
19'. [tu-di]-tum# lu2# [...]
en: She extended the dress pin/pectoral (that says) “Come, man, come!” on her chest
20'. [...] szembi#? [...]
en: She put the kohl (that says) “The man shall come, he shall come” on her eyes
reverse
1. [...] har#!? ku3#-sig17#? [...]
en: ... she ... a gold ring(?) on her hand (i.e., wrist)
2. na4#? nunuzx(HAR)?-tab-ba# gaba#?-ni ba#?-[...]
en: She filled the necklace of ovoid beads upon(?) her chest
3. x-a-ni# {d}ga-sza-an-an-[na ...]
en: Inanna ... her vizier
4. ga2#-nu sukkal zi#? e2#?-an#?-[...]
en: Come, my true vizier of the Eanna temple
5. ra#-gaba e-ne-eg3#!? ge-en-gin6#-[...]
en: My rider (who conveys) the substantiated word
6. e#?-ne ga!?-ra-ab#?-du11 ga-mu-[...]
en: I want to speak a word(?) with you, I want to ...
7. a-a-gu10 an ma-an-ze2#? il2-la2! il2#-[...] dalla bi2-x-[...]
en: My father gave heaven to me, (saying?) “Raise, raise ...!"(?) ... he made ... shine
8. ug3 sag-gig2-ga an ma-an-ze2?-x [...] na-x-bi#? an? ga-mu-[...]
en: The black-headed people gave(?) heaven to me(!?), ... I want to ... heaven
9. nin gu-la-gu10 ga#-sza#-an-ki-gal-la-sze3 kur [...] mu#-ta#?-[...]
en: Towards/on behalf my eldest sister Ereškigal, ... the netherworld
10. sukkal#?-gu10 kur-sze3 AB#? x x x x x [...]
en: My vizier, to the netherworld ...
11. {d}en-ki {d}nin#?-x [...]
en: Enki and Ninki(?) ...
12. ga-sza-an#?-ki-gal-la-sze3? x [...] szu-gu10-usz x [...]
en: Towards/on behalf of(?) Ereškigal ... to my hand/power ...
13. ki-a har-ra-an-bi gid2-da# [...]
en: The long journey of (i.e., to) the netherworld(?) ...
14'. ki giri3 gub-gu10# x-bi? nin9 x [...] ni2-gu10 nu-x-[...]
en: Where I set out(?), its location(?) (my) sister ... do not ... myself/my aura
15. [...] ge6 imin ma-ra#-x-[...]
en: Seven days and seven nights ...
rest broken
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beginning broken
1'. [...] mu#?-[...]
en: ...
2'. [unu{ki}] e2#?-an#-na mu#-[...]
en: She abandoned Unug and the Eanna temple and went down to the netherworld
3'. zabala#{ki} gi-gux(ZE2)?-na [...]
en: She abandoned Zabalam and the sacred terrace and went down to the netherworld
4'. nibru#{ki} bara2-dur2-gar-ra mu#-[...]
en: She abandoned Nibru and the Ebaragdurjara temple and went down to the netherworld
5'. uri2{ki} e2-dilmun-na{ki#} [...]
en: She abandoned Urim and the Edilmuna temple and went down to the netherworld
6'. x-x{ki}-a#? e2#-x-x [...]
en: She abandoned ... and the ... temple and went down to the netherworld
7'. x-[...]
en: She abandoned Badtibira(?) and the Emuškalama temple(?) and went down to the netherworld
8'. umma#{ki#} e2#-ib#!?-[...]
en: She abandoned Umma and the Eibgal temple and went down to the netherworld
9'. adab{ki} e2#-sar-ra [...]
en: She abandoned Adab and the Esara temple and went down to the netherworld
10'. a-ga-de3{ki} e2-ul-masz# [...]
en: She abandoned Agade and the Eulmaš temple and went down to the netherworld
11'. kisz{ki}-a e2-hur-sag-[...]
en: She abandoned Kish and the Ehursagkalama temple and went down to the netherworld
12'. i3-si-in-na{ki} e2#-[...]
en: She abandoned Isin and the Ešegmešedu temple and went down to the netherworld
13'. ka#-zal#-lu{ki} e2-sza3#?-[...]
en: She abandoned Kazallu and the Ešaghulu temple and went down to the netherworld
14'. NI#?-x-x-x-x{ki#} e2#?-[...]
en: She abandoned ... and the ... temple and went down to the netherworld
15'. me imin-e [...]
en: She arrayed herself in the seven cosmic powers
16'. [...] x giri3 gub-ba# [...]
en: The one who stood (upon!?) the many cosmic powers(?) went along
17'. [{tug2}]szu#-gur-ru-da? men#? [...]
en: She ... the turban, the tiara of the plain
18'. [hi]-li#-a sag-ki#? [...]
en: She took possession of the wig/allure upon her forehead
19'. [tu-di]-tum# lu2# [...]
en: She extended the dress pin/pectoral (that says) “Come, man, come!” on her chest
20'. [...] szembi#? [...]
en: She put the kohl (that says) “The man shall come, he shall come” on her eyes
reverse
1. [...] har#!? ku3#-sig17#? [...]
en: ... she ... a gold ring(?) on her hand (i.e., wrist)
2. na4#? nunuzx(HAR)?-tab-ba# gaba#?-ni ba#?-[...]
en: She filled the necklace of ovoid beads upon(?) her chest
3. x-a-ni# {d}ga-sza-an-an-[na ...]
en: Inanna ... her vizier
4. ga2#-nu sukkal zi#? e2#?-an#?-[...]
en: Come, my true vizier of the Eanna temple
5. ra#-gaba e-ne-eg3#!? ge-en-gin6#-[...]
en: My rider (who conveys) the substantiated word
6. e#?-ne ga!?-ra-ab#?-du11 ga-mu-[...]
en: I want to speak a word(?) with you, I want to ...
7. a-a-gu10 an ma-an-ze2#? il2-la2! il2#-[...] dalla bi2-x-[...]
en: My father gave heaven to me, (saying?) “Raise, raise ...!"(?) ... he made ... shine
8. ug3 sag-gig2-ga an ma-an-ze2?-x [...] na-x-bi#? an? ga-mu-[...]
en: The black-headed people gave(?) heaven to me(!?), ... I want to ... heaven
9. nin gu-la-gu10 ga#-sza#-an-ki-gal-la-sze3 kur [...] mu#-ta#?-[...]
en: Towards/on behalf my eldest sister Ereškigal, ... the netherworld
10. sukkal#?-gu10 kur-sze3 AB#? x x x x x [...]
en: My vizier, to the netherworld ...
11. {d}en-ki {d}nin#?-x [...]
en: Enki and Ninki(?) ...
12. ga-sza-an#?-ki-gal-la-sze3? x [...] szu-gu10-usz x [...]
en: Towards/on behalf of(?) Ereškigal ... to my hand/power ...
13. ki-a har-ra-an-bi gid2-da# [...]
en: The long journey of (i.e., to) the netherworld(?) ...
14'. ki giri3 gub-gu10# x-bi? nin9 x [...] ni2-gu10 nu-x-[...]
en: Where I set out(?), its location(?) (my) sister ... do not ... myself/my aura
15. [...] ge6 imin ma-ra#-x-[...]
en: Seven days and seven nights ...
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- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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history: UET 6, 0437
[Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.
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- Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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- Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Created | Creator | Type | Authors | Project | Reviewer | Status | Action |
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2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved | |
2019-06-09 at 21:02:25 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2019-06-01 at 14:34:08 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved | ||
2019-05-29 at 21:01:58 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | 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 |
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This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):
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CDLI Literary 000343 (Inanna's Descent) composite (P468903) | View the score |
CDLI Literary 000344 (Dumuzi and Geshtin-ana) composite (P469525) | View the score |
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