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CDLI Literary 000638, ex. 002
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000638, ex. 002
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0122
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
Museum no.BM —
Accession no.
ProvenienceUr (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Excavation no.U 16876a
PeriodOld Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates referenced
Object typetablet
Remarks
Materialclay
LanguageSumerian
GenreLiterary
Sub-genreETCSL 4.08.07 Inanna and Dumuzi G (witness)
CDLI comments
Catalogue source20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
ATF sourcePeterson, Jeremiah
TranslationPeterson, Jeremiah
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz001wnrhc
Composite no.Q000638
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346207

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1. x# lam-lam-ma [...]
en: Flourishing ..., ... his birth mother
2. SZA3 i-bi2 sa6-sa6# [...] ad mu-un#-[...]
en: Brother(!?) with a beautiful face, he has advised his father
3. szesz-me he2-me-en# [...]
en: May you be our brother, may you be our brother
4. uri3 ka2! e2-gal#-[...]
en: May you be our ... of/at the gate of the palace
5. u3-mu-un si# [...]
en: May you be our lord of the prow of the barge
6. nu-banda3 {gesz}gigir2-[...]
en: May you be our captain of the chariot
7. szusz3 {gesz}gigir2 sar-sar#?-[...]
en: May you be our groom who runs (alongside?) the chariot
8. ad-da iri di ku5#-ru#?-[...]
en: May you be our city elder who decides cases
9. mussa NE-DU mussa# [...]
en: Son-in-law ..., son-in-law ...
10. szesz mussa ad#-da#-[...]
en: Brother, may you be the son-in-law(!?) of(?) our father
11. mussa gu2 zi-ga-me he2#-[...]
en: May you be our son-in-law whose neck is raised

reverse
1. ama-gu10 nig2-ze2-ba hu-mu-u8-da-[...]
en: May my mother say good things with you(? i.e. converse)
2. im-ma-gen-na-zu na-ag2-ti na-nam#
en: Your having come is indeed life
3. e2 ku4-ra-zu he2-gal2-la-am3#
en: When you enter the house, it is abundance
4. da-nu2-da hul2-la diri#-[...]
en: "I want to lie down” is my surpassing rejoicing
5. ze2-ba-gu10 ki-nu2-x ze2-ba-an-ze2-eg3-i-de3-en#?
en: My sweet, let (us?) delight ourselves(!?) in the bedroom
double ruling
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