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CDLI Literary 000375, ex. 111
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000375, ex. 111
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0741
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 2.01.05 Curse of Agade (witness)
CDLI comments
Catalogue source20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
ATF sourceZólyomi, Gábor; Peterson, Jeremiah
TranslationPeterson, Jeremiah
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz001z7pmd
Composite no.Q000375
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346778

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column 1'
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1'. [...]-ne#
en: The governors, sagga officials
2'. [...]-ke4#-ne#
en: And the land recorders of the border of the plain
3'. [...] si!? x-sa2#?-e#?-ne#?
en: Were properly conveying the monthly nindaba offerings and (the nindaba offerings of?) the new year(?)
4'. [...]-gin7# kusz2# mi-ni-ib-<...>
en: At the gate of Agade, exhaustion was placed(?)
5'. [...] x x te#-ga2# nu-zu#
en: Holy Inanna did not know how to accept the nindaba offering (anymore)
6'. [...] x du#-de3# la#?-la#?-bi#? nu#?-x-gi4#
en: As/like a citizen, the temple to be founded(!?) did not satisfy (her)
7'. [...]-ra# me-a-gin7 ba#?-ab#?-gar#
en: The matter/word of the Ekur engendered (dazed) silence
8'. [...] tuku4!-e mu-na-ab#-la2#-la2
en: Trembling lingered for (Inanna?) (in?) Agade
9'. [...] ni2 im-ma#-ni#-in#-ti
en: In Ulmaš (Inanna?) was afraid
10'. [...] dur2#-ra#-na ba-ra-an-gen{+en}
en: She went out from the city into(?) her (original?) (place of?) dwelling
11'. [...] szub-bu-de3
en: The young woman, as if to(?) abandon that of(?) her women's quarters
12'. [... a-ga]-de3#{ki} mu-un-szub
en: Holy Inanna abandoned the shrine of Agade
13'. [...] ga2#-ga2-gin7
en: Like a warrior advancing against the weapon
14'. [...]-ma#?-ni-ri
en: She imposed battle and combat apart from the city(?)
15'. [...]-ra
en: She beat the breast for the enemy (instead)
16'. [...]-am3
en: It was not (before the elapse of) five days, it was not (before the elapse of) ten days
17'. [...]-lugal#-la#
en: The bindings(?) of the en-ship, the crown of kingship
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column 2'
beginning broken
1'. x [...]
en: ...
2'. e2#-kur-[...]
en: He “bound his hands” towards the Ekur temple
3-4'. a2 x [...] lu2-x? [...]
en: ...
5'. gi-gun4#-na# [...]
en: He acted towards the giguna like (it was worth?) (a mere) thirty gig
6'. nita# lu2-la#-[ga ...]
en: Like a male thief who plunders a city
7'. e2-sze3 {gesz}x-[...]
en: He gathered up/imposed(?) great ladders (for use) against the temple
8'. e2-kur [...]
en: In order to destroy the Ekur temple like a great boat
9'. kur ku3 [...]
en: In order to loosen (its) soil like a mountain mined (for) precious metal
10'. hur-[...]
en: As if to(?) cut/separate(?) it like the mountain range of lapis lazuli
11'. iri{ki#} [...]
en: In order bring (its) neck to the ground like a city that Iškur had poured (upon)
12'. e2-e# [...]
en: Although the temple was not (in/of) the mountain of the cut juniper
13'. {uruda}ha#-[...]
en: He brought(?) great hazin axes towards it
14'. {uruda}[...]
en: ...
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