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CDLI Literary 000335, ex. 050
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000335, ex. 050
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0415
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
Museum no.BM —
Accession no.
ProvenienceUr (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Excavation no.U —
PeriodOld Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates referenced00.00.00.00
Object typetablet
Remarks
Materialclay
LanguageSumerian
GenreLiterary
Sub-genreETCSL 1.01.04 Enki’s Journey to Nippur ('Decad no. 07') (witness)
CDLI comments
Catalogue source20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
ATF sourcePeterson, Jeremiah
TranslationPeterson, Jeremiah
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz0020kts6
Composite no.Q000335
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346454

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1'. [...] x x [...]
en: Built his temple (with) the combination of(?) silver and lapis
2'. [...] za#-gin3 u4 kar2#-[...]
en: The silver and lapis was something of glowing sunlight
3'. [...] abzu#-am3 ul am3# x-[...]
en: He made(?) rosette/star decorations(?) in what was shrine Abzu
4'. [...] ku3# galam du11-ga abzu-ta e3#-[...]
en: In the pure cultic space/crown(?) that was artfully crafted/furnished with stairs(?), coming out from the Abzu
5'. [...] {d}nu-dim2-mud-ra mu-un-na-[...]
en: ... served lord Nudimmud
6'. [...] ku3#-ga i-ni-in-du3 {na4}za-gin3-na# [...]
en: He built the temple in silver, he made it colorful with lapis
7'. [...]-le#-esz ku3-si2-ga szu tesz2-bi ba#?-[...]
en: He adorned it(!?) greatly in gold
8'. [...]-ga e2# gu2-a bi2-in-[...]
en: In Eridu he built the temple on the riverbank
9'. [...]-bi# inim du11-du11 ad gi4#-[...]
en: Its brickwork speaks words and gives advice
10'. [...]-bi gu4-gin7 murum i-im#?-[...]
en: Its reed layers within the brick bellowed like a bull
11'. [...]-ke4#? gu3 nun [...]
en: The temple of Enki is to shout nobly
12'. [...]-ir# ge6 ri im-ma#-[...] du10#-bi mu-un#-[...]
en: The temple brought praise at(?) night for the king while presenting it sweetly/bending its knee (to him)(?)
13'. [...] sukkal# {d}|SIG7#?.X.X| [...]
en: For Enki, the vizier Isimud was ...
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