CDLI Literary 000375, ex. 111 (P346778)

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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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 2.01.05 Curse of Agade (witness))

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

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Witness

tablet
obverse
column 1'
  beginning broken
1'. [...]-ne#
 en: The governors, sagga officials
2'. [...]-ke4#-ne#
 en: And the land recorders of the border of the plain
3'. [...] si!? x-sa2#?-e#?-ne#?
 en: Were properly conveying the monthly nindaba offerings and (the nindaba offerings of?) the new year(?)
4'. [...]-gin7# kusz2# mi-ni-ib-<...>
 en: At the gate of Agade, exhaustion was placed(?)
5'. [...] x x te#-ga2# nu-zu#
 en: Holy Inanna did not know how to accept the nindaba offering (anymore)
6'. [...] x du#-de3# la#?-la#?-bi#? nu#?-x-gi4#
 en: As/like a citizen, the temple to be founded(!?) did not satisfy (her)
7'. [...]-ra# me-a-gin7 ba#?-ab#?-gar#
 en: The matter/word of the Ekur engendered (dazed) silence
8'. [...] tuku4!-e mu-na-ab#-la2#-la2
 en: Trembling lingered for (Inanna?) (in?) Agade
9'. [...] ni2 im-ma#-ni#-in#-ti
 en: In Ulmaš (Inanna?) was afraid
10'. [...] dur2#-ra#-na ba-ra-an-gen{+en}
 en: She went out from the city into(?) her (original?) (place of?) dwelling
11'. [...] szub-bu-de3
 en: The young woman, as if to(?) abandon that of(?) her women's quarters
12'. [... a-ga]-de3#{ki} mu-un-szub
 en: Holy Inanna abandoned the shrine of Agade
13'. [...] ga2#-ga2-gin7
 en: Like a warrior advancing against the weapon
14'. [...]-ma#?-ni-ri
 en: She imposed battle and combat apart from the city(?)
15'. [...]-ra
 en: She beat the breast for the enemy (instead)
16'. [...]-am3
 en: It was not (before the elapse of) five days, it was not (before the elapse of) ten days
17'. [...]-lugal#-la#
 en: The bindings(?) of the en-ship, the crown of kingship
  rest broken
column 2'
  beginning broken
1'. x [...]
 en: ...
2'. e2#-kur-[...]
 en: He “bound his hands” towards the Ekur temple
3-4'. a2 x [...] lu2-x? [...]
 en: ...
5'. gi-gun4#-na# [...]
 en: He acted towards the giguna like (it was worth?) (a mere) thirty gig
6'. nita# lu2-la#-[ga ...]
 en: Like a male thief who plunders a city
7'. e2-sze3 {gesz}x-[...]
 en: He gathered up/imposed(?) great ladders (for use) against the temple
8'. e2-kur [...]
 en: In order to destroy the Ekur temple like a great boat
9'. kur ku3 [...]
 en: In order to loosen (its) soil like a mountain mined (for) precious metal
10'. hur-[...]
 en: As if to(?) cut/separate(?) it like the mountain range of lapis lazuli
11'. iri{ki#} [...]
 en: In order bring (its) neck to the ground like a city that Iškur had poured (upon)
12'. e2-e# [...]
 en: Although the temple was not (in/of) the mountain of the cut juniper
13'. {uruda}ha#-[...]
 en: He brought(?) great hazin axes towards it
14'. {uruda}[...]
 en: ...
  rest broken
reverse
  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: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Genre(s): Literary (ETCSL 2.01.05 Curse of Agade (witness))
  • Language(s): Sumerian

  • history: UET 6, 0741

    [Gadd1963] Gadd, Cyril J., and Aaron Shaffer. 1963, 1966.

  • citation: G. Zólyomi, NABU 2006/65 (ID of Q000375)

    [sec88133] N.d.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
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  • Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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  • Excavation No: U —
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2019-06-11 at 10:15:57 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2019-05-29 at 21:01:59 Englund, Robert K. Atf Peterson, Jeremiah CDLI approved View
2015-11-11 at 13:09:44 Englund, Robert K. Atf Zólyomi, Gábor CDLI approved View
2006-11-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Foxvog, Daniel A.; Guerra, Dylan; Peterson, Jeremiah; Veldhuis, Niek; Wolfe, Jared N. CDLI approved View

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

Composite Score
CDLI Literary 000375 (Curse of Agade) composite (P469679) View the score

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Cite this Artifact
“CDLI Literary 000375, Ex. 111 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346778.
CDLI Literary 000375, ex. 111 artifact entry (No. P346778). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346778 (Original work published 2006)
CDLI Literary 000375, ex. 111 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346778 (Accessed: April 4, 2025).
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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {CDLI {Literary} 000375, ex. 111 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346778},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P346778},
}


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