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CDLI Literary 000347, ex. 010
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000347, ex. 010
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0020; Alster, Dumuzi 046 Ab, pl. XXII
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 sourceHawkins, Laura F.; Peterson, Jeremiah
TranslationPeterson, Jeremiah
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz001x7g2t
Composite no.Q000347
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346105

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1'. [...]-e#-ne im-ma-da-an#-[...]
en: He slipped away from the demons
2'. e2# um-ma {d}be-li-li-kam? zi ba#-[...]
en: It was the house of the old woman Belili that he ran for his life towards
3'. um-ma lu2 na-me-en dam dingir-ra# [...]
en: Old woman, I am not a human, I am the spouse of a god
4'. a ub-ta-bala a tukumbi nag#
en: After water is poured, if (only?) water could be drunk(?)
5'. zi3! ub!-ta-bala a tukumbi nag
en: After flour is poured(!), if (only?) water could be drunk(!?)
6'. a ub-ta-bala zi3#! ub-ta-bala sza3-bi-a# bi2-in-tusz
en: After water was poured, after flour was poured, she sat him down(?) there
7'. um-ma e2-ta bar-ra-e3
en: The old woman left the house,
8'. um-ma e3-da-ni#
en: when the old woman left,
9'. galla-e-ne igi ba-ni-duh-a
en: The galla demons saw her(!?)
10'. tukumbi u4-da u4-ma ki {d}dumu-zi ti-la nu-ub-zu#
en: If the old woman does not know where Dumuzi dwells

reverse
1. [...] x a-na bar#-bar-re#?
en: What makes her look around with a frightened gaze?
2. [...] a-na# de2#-de2#
en: What makes her shout with a frightened voice?
3. [...]-ma#-an-ze2-er#? e2# um#-ma# {d#?}be-li-kam x-x-x-x
en: Come!(!?) We will go to the house of old woman Belili
4. [...]-um#-ma# {d#}be#-li#-li# [...]
en: ...
5. [...] ba#?-an#?-x
en: ...
6. [...]-ma#?-ab# x x
en: ...
rest broken


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