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CDLI Literary 000364, ex. 058
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000364, ex. 058
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0488
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 1.08.01.04 Gilgamesh, Enkidu and Netherworld (witness)
CDLI comments
Catalogue source20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
ATF sourcePeterson, Jeremiah
TranslationPeterson, Jeremiah
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz001wjnsq
Composite no.Q000364
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346526

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beginning broken
1'. dumu# ki ag2#?-[...]
en: You should not kiss your beloved son
2'. dumu hul# gig#-[...]
en: You should not pelt your hated son
3'. i {d}utu kur-[...]
en: The complaint of the netherworld would seize you
4'. i3-nu?-x [...]
en: For the recumbent one, for the recumbent one
5'. ur#?-[...]
en: For hero(?) Ninazu, the recumbent one
6'. e2#? [...]
en: ...
7'. x [...]
en: ...
rest broken

reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x x [...]
en: ...
2'. me-sze3#? tum3? [...]
en: Where will ... be brought to (how will ... succeed?) ...
3'. inim du11-ga-gu10-sze3 er2-bi#? [...]
en: Because of my uttered words, ... does not ... weeping
4'. tukumbi a2 ag2#-[...]
en: If I tell you about the regulations of the netherworld
5'. za-e tusz-a er2-ra# x [...]
en: You must sit and weep, and I shall sit and weep
6'. gesz3 ki? bi2-in-x [...]
en: The penis that ... has “planted"(?), by which you have pleased your libido
7'. gesz e2 sumun-a-gin7# [...]
en: Like the wood of a dilapidated house(?), it is infested by parasites(?)
8'. gal4#-la me-na-am3 ga#-an#-szi#?-du#?-[...]
en: Having said “where is the vagina? I shall go to her”
9'. [...]-la# ki#-in-dar-gin7 x-[...]
en: (That) vagina is filled with dust like a crevice
10'. [...] x bi2#-du11 [...]
en: The lord said “alas” and sat in the dust
11'. [...] x [...]
en: ...
rest broken


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