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CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 027 (P272558)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | P272558 |
| Museum no. | LoC 036 |
| Collection | Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1' | za#-[e? ...] | You(?) |
| 2' | na-ag2# [...] | Because of the fate |
| 3' | lu2-mah2 hi-li-a gux(GU4@n) me x [...] | The lumah priest in allure ... |
| 4' | ba hi-li nam-a-a he2-kas4? nam-[...] | May he/she(?) be able to achieve(?) allure |
| 5' | gi4-in-e gi4-a lu2 hun-ga2 dur2?-[...] | The maidservant, when he returns, the hireling sits(?) |
| 6' | gu3 gux(GU4@n)-sze3 {d}suen sza3-pi gux(GU4@n)-sze3 u3 [x] nu-ba | to the call of Suen, to the ša-pi-offering of the call, and to ... not |
| 7' | na-ag2-hi-li-gu10 esz3-mah2 ga2-ga2-ga2 an | My sin, I want to set up the Ešmah! |
| 8' | iri nigin2 kar nigin2 gur4-gur4-a ku4-ku4 GAN2 i-ni-in-ku4-ra szu# am?-si | He brought in the scattered cities, the scattered quays, and the fields that he had brought in. |
| 9' | GAN2 ba-e-ne-eg3 bi2-in-tuku dam-dam-da im-da-kur2 | He acquired the field, he changed the marriage vows. |
| 10' | a2#?-gu10 ama-da im-da-ri | My arms(?) are stretched out with the mother |
| 11' | x x a-da ur-ra-ka lu2-ne mu-ni-in-ku4 | ... men entered the ... of the dogs. |
| 12' | [...]-na-gen-ne-en | I am going to ... |
| 13' | en# x x x a na ur gesz si-da-na | The lord ... his ... |
| 14' | niga-en# iri-ni! gi ge26 na szu-ku6-da ba-an-du8 | “Niga-en, in his city, I am the reed ..., the fisherman, was carried off |
| 15' | mu bad3 gu-gu szu szesz?-na-za gid2-a | year: “The wall Gugu was extended by your brother(?) |
| 16' | GAN2 ab-ba duh-duh? ge26 sag-e mu-te-en-te-en | The field of the sea is a roaring flood(?), it rages at its head |
| 17' | GAN2 i-lu {gesz}bala-gin7 ge26-a gur11-gur11-ba | The fields, filled with lament like a bala instrument, |
| 18' | x-da-am3 su-ba szesz x | ... brother ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | su# ak giri17 lu2? su-ub tesz2 nu-su-ba mu lu2 nu-kal-la | The one who has shaved his nose and nose, the one who does not know the name of the man |
| 2 | ki ma-an-zi-ir lu2-da gu3# ir-ir | The place where Manzir shouted with a man |
| 3 | ti ze2-ed murgu2 ze2-ed u4-da-am3 ba-gi-en-de3-x | You are sweet, you are sweet on the back. |
| 4 | szah2 ka-a gu7-gu7 szah2 ze2-eh-tur ka-a szu-du3 e-x | The pig eats in the mouth, the pig is small. The šudu priest ... |
| 5 | da-gu10 su gu3 ag2 gu7-gu7 szu-da numun? dab5?-ba | My side(?) is full of clamour(?) that devours things(?), in the hand(?) of the captive(?) |
| 6 | ku10-ku10 ki-tusz? in-ni2 nigin-na-ta kam za3-x er-er | (Sum) The one who is dark, he lies down in his dwelling place(?) (Akk) From(?) the one who was dark, from(?) her dwelling place, she lies down at the side |
| 7 | ag2-ba gux(GU4@n) esz gu3 ib2-sag3-ge-x | That which was brought, the shrine roared |
| 8 | ka-ka-na la-ba-ni-ib#-la2-la2-e-en# | You will not fill his mouth |
| 9 | e-ne-eg3 gaba-ri ka ba-ab-ze2-eg3-ze2-eg3-en | You speak a second time about this matter. |
| 10 | sze-gu7 gesz-ur3 ne u5-gu7 sag-be6? | The one who eats the barley, the one who drinks the cypress, |
| 11 | x nu-mu-un-ge-en ge26-a-ra sze3 nu-mu-un-gar | ... did not establish ... for me, did not set foot there. |
| 12 | dam-a-ni in-ku5 gu-ni gu-tab-ba li-bi2-in-ni-tuku | He cut off his wife, he let her have a rival. |
| 13 | ta dili sza3-zu al-gur4 | What has carried your heart away? |
| 14 | munus# gal2# sar# ru#-ru# sze sa-sa-sa nig2-gu-lu-a du8-du8 x | The female worker ... the sar, the ruru, the barley, the straw, and the niggulu-flour |
| 15 | lu2 kin du ak x mu-gen du7-lum x mu-NUMUN2-e-ne# [...] | The one who did the work ... went ..., the cultivators ... |
| 16 | lu2#? nu#-kal-la munus nu-gi-x | A man who is not able to hold back(?) a woman |
| 17 | x x x x x [...] | |
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