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CDLI Literary 000604, ex. 003
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000604, ex. 003
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0563; Kleinerman, A. & Gadotti, A, ZA 103 (2013) 154-161; Attinger, Pascal, NABU 2014/040
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 3.03.32 Letter from Nabi-Enlil to Iterpisha (witness)
CDLI comments
Catalogue source20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
ATF sourcePeterson, Jeremiah
TranslationPeterson, Jeremiah
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz001x7hbf
Composite no.Q000604
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346600

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obverse
beginning broken
1'. [...]-x
en: ...
2'. [...]-en#
en: ...
3'. [...]-x [...]-x-x-x-USZ
en: ...
4'. muszen# gud3#-de3# [...] x pa {gesz}[...]-en#?
en: Like a bird ... in(?) a nest, I ... the branches of the ... tree(?)
5'. ku6 a bar!(KIN?)#-ra# x-[...]-gu10#? mi-ni-ib2-il2-il2
en: Like a fish a the edge of the water, my life has been carried (away)
6'. {gesz}kiri6 a szu-ta# nu#?-[...] gurun# la#-ba#?-il2-en
en: Like an orchard that is not watered by hand, I do not bear fruit
7'. a-sza3 a-la-bi-ta kin2# [...]-ak#?-e u2#?-[...]-gar#?-x
en: The field is not worked by means of its plenty(?), the seed is not planted(!?)
8'. igi# la2 tur gu7-a ba-tusz#-[...] x x [...]
en: I sit watching, eating little(?), no one looks towards me
9'. di4#-di4-la2-gu10 u2#? [...] dili-[...]
en: My tiny ones, having learned about (where?) food and water (was?) fled alone
10'. [...] x x [...]
en: ...
rest broken

reverse
beginning broken
1'. zarah#!? a-nir-[...] x [...]
en: Wailing and lamentation ...
2'. eh hur#?-[...] x eh# LA im#-x-[...]
en: uplum lice, scabies(?) nābum lice(?) and parasites ..., I dry out/shrink from hunger and thirst(?)
3'. du-lum-e {uzu}szusz2-gin7 ba-de5-de5-[...] ak-bi nu-mu-e-da-il2-i
en: Misery gathers me up like grease, I cannot bear its commission(?)
4'. szu sug4-ta lu2# nu-mu-da-kin2-ge26 gesztu2 de5-ge#? nu-tuku
en: (I) cannot seek anyone empty-handedly, (I) do not have a listener
5'. lugal#-gu10 a-ga-gu10 giri3#? zukumx(|ZI&ZI.MIN|)-e lu2-lul#-la nu-me-en
en: My king, my back is being trampled, even though I am not a liar/criminal
6'. tukumbi# lugal-ga2 an-na-du10
en: If it is pleasing to my king
7'. [...]-gu10 nam-ba-usz2-de3-en
en: I should not die (because of) my unknown (i.e., non-existent?) crime
8'. [...] nam#-ba-ra-bala-e
en: (I) should not be drawn like water in the place of slaughter(?)
9'. [...]-x-ke4 [...]-x-e3#
en: ...
rest broken


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