Primary Publication: Peterson, Jeremiah (2014) Studia Mesopotamica 01, 291-302
Collection: Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum no.: UM 29-13-080 + N 4500
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Transliteration:
atf: lang sux
tablet
obverse
beginning broken
1.a'. [...] x x x
en: ...
1.b'. [...]-x# sza SZI-x-u2
2.a'. [...] szu du7 nam-he2 he2-gal2-la bulug3-ga2
en: Perfect ..., growing in plenty and abundance,
2.b'. _[...] ir-bu-u2_
3'. [...]-DU i3-sag ga-sag-ga2 e3-a
en: ... highest quality ghee and cheese issuing forth,
4.a'. [...] IGI#-DU# nun-e-ne bara2 ku3 bara2 nun-e du7-a
en: ... foremost of princes, prince fit for the holy and princely dais,
4.b'. _[...] sza-a-u#?_
5'. [... {d}nu-musz]-da# igesztu nun-e-ne bara2 ku3 bara2 nun-e du7-a
en: Numušda(?), the foremost of princes, prince fit for the holy and princely dais;
6'. [ki]-ru-gu2 1(disz)-kam-ma
en: It is the 1st kirugu.
7'. [{d}en]-lil2# en {d}nu-nam-nir-re ki-ur3 ki gal-la
en: Enlil, lord Nunamnir in Ki'ur, in the great place,
8'. [...] mu#-ri-in-sa4 mi-ri-in-mah-e
en: ... he named you and made it great for you,
9'. [...] nam gal mu-ri-[in]-tar#
en: ... he decreed a great fate for you,
10'. [...] hul2-hul2 {d}nin-lil2 [...]
en: ... rejoices, Ninlil ...,
11'. [...] an#-su? UN-e#? [...]
en: ... the people/land ...,
12'. [...] szir3 nam-en-na DU [...]
en: ... a song of the lordship(?) ...,
13'. [... {d}nu-musz?]-da suh za-gin3 kesz2 [...]
en: ... Numušda(?), wearing a lapis pectoral ...,
14'. [...] pa-e3 sig-ta igi#-[nim-sze3 ...]
en: Resplendent ..., from the lowland to the highland,
15'. [...]-a-ni [...]
en: His ...,
16'. [...] x [...]
en: ...
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reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
en: ...;
2'. [ki]-ru#-gu2 2(disz)#-kam#-[ma]
en: It is the 2nd kirugu.
3.a'. [{d}nu]-musz#-da dumu NUN#?-re ISZ-ISZ# x [...]-ta u3-gul mu-na#-ga2-ga2
en: Numušda, the native(?) son (of Kazallu?), makes a plea to ...,
3.b'. _x-x-[...]_
4.a'. [kur?]-ku#? gig2 ba-ni-in-u5 ab-ba e3-a-na igi mu-un-babbar2-re
en: He caused a black wave(?) to ride (the surface of the water) and looked at the sea which he caused to overflow (from the force of the flood),
4.b'. _i-na hi-a-qi2-sza_
5.a'. gesz#-gi sig7-ga gi x x x [x] du10-ga-bi
en: ... the verdant marshland, ... its sweet ... reeds,
5.b'. _i-na x-x-KI?_
6'. gesz#-gi ki szar2-ba muszen [...] LU-ba
en: In the reedbed, in the place of plenty, birds ...,
7'. esztub#{ku6} suhur-gal{ku6}-e gesz mu#? [...]
en: He adorned it with(?) esztub and suḫurgal carps ...,
8.a'. ku6# du10-ga muszen ku7-ku7-da x [...]
en: The tasty fish, the sweet bird ...
8.b'. _[...] x x x_
9.a'. [x]-x-ni im-ma-an-[...]-a#-sze3 [...]
en: ... he ... in abundance(?)
9.b'. _[... i-na] du-usz-szi-i [...]_
10'. ki-ru-gu2 [3(disz)]-kam-ma
en: It is the 3rd kirugu.
11'. [...] x [... ab2] lu# amar lu-a-sze3
en: ... towards/concerning the teeming cows and calves ...,
12'. [...] x tuku4-a dumu en {d}nu-dim2-mud-e
en: ... the one who shakes? ... the son of lord Nudimmud,
13'. [...] x ku6-ta mu-na-gar-gar-e
en: ... he piled ... with ... and fishes for him,
14.a'. [...]-a-ni igi-ni ba-ni-in-du8
en: He showed his ...,
14.b'. _[...] u2!(TAB)-kal-lim_
15.a'. [...] a-esztub a zal-le de2-de2
en: ... the carp flood, flooding with flowing water,
15.b'. _[...] ub-ba#-lu_
16.a'. [...] {gesz#}apin mu-na-an-du3
en: ... prepared(?) the plow for him,
16.b'. _[...] x x x_
17'. [...] x-bi-NE
en: ...
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