Primary Publication: van Dijk, Johannes J. A. (1976) AOAT 025, 128-129 pl. 08
Collection: Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum no.: NBC 11108
Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
Period: Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)
Object Type: tablet or envelope > tablet
Material: clay
Date: 00.00.00.00
Transliteration:
atf: lang sum
tablet
obverse
1. an# en#-ne2 an mu-zalag#-ge?# ki# mu# gurum?#-me2 kur-sze3 igi mu-[gal2?]
en: Lord Heaven illuminated heaven. Earth bent over and looked at the Netherworld.
2. buru3 a nu-bal nig2 nu-gar ki dagal x x RI nu-ak
en: No water was drawn from the deep, nothing was produced, broad Earth did not do...
3. iszib# mah {d}en-lil2#-la2 nu-u3-gal2 szu#-luh# ku3-ge nu-u3#-ma#-ni#-du7
en: Enlil's great purification-priest did not yet exist, the sacred purificaion rites were not performed.
4. erin2# an-na-ke4 szu nu-u3#-tag# x x x x DI
en: The host? of heaven was not adorned. ...
5. [...] tesz2-bi-a mu-lu
en: ... were mixed together.
6. [... nu]-u3#-du12#-du12
en: ... had not taken...
7. u4# nu#-zalag# ge6# am3-mu-la2
en: Daylight did not yet shine, night spread,
8. an-ne2 da#-ga-an-na-ka-ni mu-ni-ib2-kar2
en: But Heaven had lit up his heavenly abode.
reverse
1. ki-du u2-szim-ma ni2 nu-mu#-gid2-gid2-e
en: The ground could not make vegetation grow long by itself.
2. me {d}en-lil2#-la2#-ke4# kur-kur-ra szu# nu#-u3#-du7#
en: Enlil's ordinances were not yet performed in all the lands.
3. x x x x an#-na-ke4 x (x) x x x
en: ... of Heaven...
4. [x (x)] a#-x-[x] x x x-um-sa2-sa2
en: ...
5. dingir# an-na# dingir# ki#-a# nu-u3-ma#-su8#-su8#-ge-esz2
en: The gods of Heaven and the gods of Earth were not yet performing their duties.
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