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CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 008
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000347, ex. 008
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0018; Alster, Dumuzi 046 a
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
Museum no.BM —
Accession no.
ProvenienceUr (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Excavation no.U —
PeriodOld Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates referenced
Object typetablet
Remarks
Materialclay
LanguageSumerian
GenreLiterary
Sub-genreETCSL 1.04.03 Dumuzi’s Dream (witness)
CDLI comments
Catalogue source20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
ATF sourcePeterson, Jeremiah
TranslationPeterson, Jeremiah
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz001x7g0s
Composite no.Q000347
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346103

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1'. [... di4]-di4#-la2 [...] na#-pa3-de3
en: I will drop into the tiny plants, no one should find my whereabouts
2'. [...] gal#-gal-e ga-szub [...]-pa3-de3
en: I will drop into the large plants, no one should find my whereabouts
3'. [...]-li#-ka [...]-pa3 [...]-pa3#-de3
en: I will drop(!?) among the dikes of Arali, no one should find my whereabouts
4'. [...] x-NE-NE [...]-gu7-e
en: ...

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1'. [...]-re7#{re}-esz-am3 lu2 he2-a-he2-me-esz
en: Those who went towards the king, they were an admixture of people
2'. u2 nu-gu7-me-esz a nu-zu-me-esz
en: They were those who did not eat food, they did not know water
3'. zi3 dub-dub nu-gu7-me-esz
en: They were those who did not eat heaped up flour
4'. a bala-bala nu-nag-me-es
en: They do not drink drawn/libated water
5'. ur2# dam# nig2-du10-ge4 tug2 nu-si#-ge-me-esz
en: They were those who are not tearing off clothes in the lap of the sweet spouse
6'. kadra nig2-du10#-ge4 szu nu-gid2-de3-me-esz
en: They were those who are not accepting good kadra presents

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1. szum2{sar}-ma# nig2-ses-am3 zu2 nu-gu7-me-esz
en: They were those who did not chew garlic, that which is bitter
2. lu2 ku6 nu-gu7-me-esz
en: They were those who did not eat fish
3. lu2 ga-rasz{sar} nu-gu7-me-esz
en: They were those who did not eat leeks
4. lugal-la dumu adab{ki} min-am3 [mu]-un#-szi-re7{+re}-esz
en: Citizens of Adab, two of them, went towards the king
5. [...]{ki} [...]-a2? [...] la2#!?-a#?
en: Citizens of Akšak (two of them, went towards the king?), (they were) urnim predator/Elamite dog(?) with crimson attached to their necks (splashed as/like blood)?
6. [...] unu#{ki}-ga [...]-am3# [mu-un-szi-re7]{re}-esz
en: Citizens of Uruk, two of them, went towards the king
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1. [...] ki# szesz-am3 [mu]-un-pa3-de3-a [...] ul#-la2-ta [...] igi# mu-ni-in-duh
en: Who has seen a sister who will reveal the whereabouts of a brother?
2. [...]-x-an#?-ze2-en [...]-ir [...]-en#
en: Come! We shall go to his friend
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