BE 30/1, 012 (P257924)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BE 30/1, 012 |
|---|---|
| ID | P257924 |
| Museum no. | CBS 00475 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
English translation
By Radau, Hugo · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:1] o i 1o i 1–o i 1o i 1 | Exhausted of all this - of all this, exhausted. |
| Obverse Column i [1:2] o i 22–o i 22 | My house that has been destroyed - when will it be restored? |
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 33–o i 33 | I am the nugig of heaven, Gašanana, |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 44–o i 44 | I am the destroyer of mountains, lady of the Eana temple. |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 55–o i 55 | My house that was built for me in a dream. |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 66–o i 66 | My city, built for me in a dream. |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 77–o i 77 | My house full of life like a cattle pen, a sheepfold. |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 88–o i 88 | My (house) full of life like sheep, like a sheepfold. |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 99–o i 99 | My (house) where stone cutters made stone bowls. |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 1010–o i 1010 | My (house) where stone carvers carved lapis jewelry. |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 1111–o i 1111 | My (house), which was a marvle seen from its gate. |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 1212–o i 1212 | My (house) the cult center of mankind. |
| Obverse Column i [12:13] o i 1313–o i 1313 | My shrine of the foreign lands. |
| Obverse Column i [13:14] o i 1414–o i 1414 | It was built: the foreign land was also built. |
| Obverse Column i [14:15] o i 1515–o i 1515 | It was destroyed: all the foreign lands are destroyed. |
| Obverse Column i [15:16] o i 1616–o i 1616 | The enemy carried off the good spouse. |
| Obverse Column i [16:17] o i 1717–o i 1717 | The enemy carried of the good child. |
| Obverse Column i [17:18] o i 1818–o i 1818 | It great festival is not held. |
| Obverse Column i [18:19] o i 1919–o i 1919 | Its great mes are taken out of circulation in the house. |
| Obverse Column i [19:20] o i 2020–o i 2020 | Its mes that had been collected stand in a corner. |
| Obverse Column i [20:21] o i 2121–o i 2121 | Its rituals have become strange, it term of duty has become different. |
| Obverse Column i [21:22] o i 2222–o i 2222 | The turn of duty of the trusty house has been changed and altered. |
| Obverse Column i [22:23] o i 2323–o i 2323 | The house of life now has a foul name, it is turned into a haunted place. |
| Obverse Column i [23:24] o i 2424–o i 2424 | (In Akkadian): All of them sing. |
| Obverse Column i [25:26] o i 2626–o i 2626 | Iwant to dwell for you ... |
| Obverse Column i [26:27] o i 2727–o i 2727 | I want to dwell in Nippur for you ... |
| Obverse Column i [27:28] o i 2828–o i 2828 | ... Amaʾušumgalana |
| Obverse Column i [28:29] o i 2929–o i 2929 | ... lord of the Arali. |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 1111–o ii 1111 | The ewe ... |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 1212–o ii 1212 | The goat ... |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 1313–o ii 1313 | The ewe ... |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 1414–o ii 1414 | The goat ... |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 1515–o ii 1515 | The sheepfold |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 1616–o ii 1616 | His sister |
| Obverse Column ii [8:9] o ii 1818–o ii 1818 | Your brother |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii 1919–o ii 1919 | Lord ... |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii 2020–o ii 2020 | Wild bull: ilu ... |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 2121–o ii 2121 | Your sheep are abundant ... |
| Obverse Column ii [12:13] o ii 2222–o ii 2222 | Your goats are abundant ... |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1 | kuš₂-ša an-ga-am₃ an-ga-am₃ kuš₂-u₃ | |
| 2 | e₂ gul-la ki-bi me-na gi₄-gi₄-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ | |
| 3 | nu-gig an-na {d}ga-ša-an-an-na ⸢ŋen⸣ | |
| 4 | kur gul-gul ga-ša-an e₂-an-na ŋen | |
| 5 | e₂ ma-mu₂-da ma-du₃-a-ŋu₁₀ | |
| 6 | uru₂ ma-mu₂-da ma-du₃-a-ŋu₁₀ | |
| 7 | e₂ tur₃ amaš-gin₇ lu-lu-a-ŋu₁₀ | |
| 8 | e-ze₂-gin₇ amaš-gin₇ lu-lu-a-ŋu₁₀ | |
| 9 | bur-gul-e bur ba-an-gul-la-ŋu₁₀ | |
| 10 | za-gin₃-dim₂-e za-gin₃ ba-an-dim₂-ma-ŋu₁₀ | |
| 11 | ka₂-bi-ta ki u₆-di-ŋu₁₀ | |
| 12 | ki-šu-me-ša₄ na-aŋ₂-lu₂-ulu₃-ŋu₁₀ | |
| 13 | ma-aŋ₂-ma-ra kur-kur-ra-ŋu₁₀ | |
| 14 | i₃-du₃-am₃ kur in-ga-du₃-am₃ | |
| 15 | ba-gul-gul kur ba-da-gul-gul | |
| 16 | dam sig₅-ga kur-re ba-da-ab-ga | |
| 17 | dumu sig₅-ga kur-re ba-da-ab-ga | |
| 18 | ⸢ezen⸣ gal-bi šu nu-du₇-du₇ | |
| 19 | me gal-gal-bi e₂ am₃-gi₄ | |
| 20 | me-bi al-ur₄-ur₄ ub ba-ra-an-gub | |
| 21 | biluda-bi aŋ₂ ba-da-an-kur₂ bala-bi ba-kur₂-kur₂ | |
| 22 | e₂ zi-da bala-bi bala kur₂-ra šu bal ⸢ak⸣-a-bi | |
| 23 | e₂ zi-a mu gi-ga nam-me-a lil₂-la₂-am₃ ba-ni-in-ku₄ | |
| 24 | ka-lu-šu-nu i-za-ma-ru | |
| 25 | x-x-še₃ TUG₂ ri-a-gin₇ du₆-du₆-re e₂ ki-ig-ga-aŋ₂-ŋu₁₀ me-a | |
| 26 | [...]-⸢bu⸣-re x-x-a ga-ra-da-tuš | |
| 27 | [...]-bu-re nibru{ki}a ga-ra-da-tuš | |
| 28 | [...] {⸢d⸣}ama-ušumgal-⸢an-na⸣ | |
| 29 | [... u₃]-mu-un a-ra-[li] | |
| o ii | ||
| 10 | u₅-[...] | |
| 11 | u₈-⸢e⸣ [...] | |
| 12 | uz₃-e [...] | |
| 13 | u₈-⸢e⸣ [...] | |
| 14 | uz₃-e [...] | |
| 15 | amaš [...] | |
| 16 | nin₉-a-ni [...] | |
| 17 | ur-{d}x-[...] | |
| 18 | šeš-zu [...] | |
| 19 | u₃-mu-⸢un⸣ [...] | |
| 20 | am-i-lu-[an-na ...] | |
| 21 | u₈-zu ⸢al⸣-[lu ...] | |
| 22 | uz₃-zu ⸢al⸣-[lu ...] | |
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