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CT 58, 07 (P274202)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 58, 07 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274202 |
| Museum no. | BM 096692 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | [... mu-un]-na-da-ab-sa₁₀-⸢sa₁₀⸣ | ... bought for him. |
| 4' | [... mu]-⸢un⸣-na-da-ab-sa₁₀-sa₁₀ | ... I will buy for him. |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ mu-un-na-da-ab-si-ig-e | ... he silenced for him |
| 6' | [...]-na-ka gu₂ mu-un-na-la₂-e | He stretched out his neck in his ... |
| 7' | [... DU]-⸢DU⸣ er₂ im-da-še₈-še₈ | ... weeps |
| 8' | [... DU]-DU er₂ im-da-še₈-še₈ | ... weeps |
| 9' | [...]-DU-DU er₂ im-da-še₈-še₈ | ... weeps |
| 10' | [...]-ŠID {gi}ub-zal ma-gu₇-e | ... eats the reed basket |
| 11' | [...]-ŠID {gi}ub-zal ma-gu₇-e | ... eats the reed basket |
| 12' | [...]-ŋu₁₀ {gi}ub-zal ma-gu₇-e | ... eats the reed basket |
| 13' | [...]-ma-ŋu₁₀ {gi}ub-zal ma-gu₇-e | ... eats the reed mat for me |
| 14' | [...] ninda-ŋu₁₀ nesaŋ₂ šu-ni ba-ab-šum₂-mu | ... his hand is filled with ninda-bread |
| 15' | [...] ninda-ŋu₁₀ nesaŋ₂ šu-ni ba-ab-šum₂-mu | ... his hand is filled with ninda-bread |
| 16' | [...] {d}utu e₃-a-ra i-bi₂-ni am₃-ši-ma-al | ... for Utu coming out, his face is there |
| 17' | [...] {d}nanna e₃-a-ra i-bi₂-ni am₃-ši-ma-al | ... for the one coming out of Nanna, his face is there |
| 18' | ⸢uru₂⸣-a i-{d}utu {d}utu he₂-me-en gu₅-li-ŋu₁₀ | In the city, may you be Šamaš, Utu! |
| 19' | ⸢uru₂⸣-a i-{d}nanna {d}nanna he₂-me-en du₁₀-us₂-sa-ŋu₁₀ | In the city I-Nanna, may you be Nanna! |
| 20' | u₈ muš-a-ka-ŋa₂ muš e₃-ba-ra-ab he₂-me-en gu₅-li-ŋu₁₀ | May you be the ewe of the snake, the snake that came out for you. |
| 21' | uz₃ ga-na-⸢ka-ŋa₂ ga⸣-an e₃-ba-ra-ab he₂-me-en du₁₀-us₂-sa-ŋu₁₀ | I want to pasture the goats for him, let me bring them out for you, may you be the one who soothes the sick. |
| 22' | {ŋeš}illar-ŋu₁₀-⸢ta dugud be₄-ma-ra-ab⸣ an-na hu-mu-un-niŋin | May the heavy arrows be thrown into the sky for you. |
| 23' | ur-ŋu₁₀ sa-ad-nim zi-ma-ra-ab amaš-a hu-mu-un-us₂-e | Urbu, raise up the sadnim! May he sit in the sheepfold for you! |
| 24' | ma-a-ra kur-ŋar-ra lul-la-ra šu diŋir du₃-mu-na | For me, for the kurbara demon, the hand of the Ibir demon is his child. |
| r | ||
| 1' | amaš ku₃-ŋa₂ i₃ saŋ ga-ra saŋ-ŋa₂ mu-zu ga-am₃-mi-in-pad₃ | I want to find your name in the pure sheepfold, a place filled with butter and milk, |
| 2' | {d}utu e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ ba-e-de₃-gub sipad-de₃ amaš-a-na | Utu stood by him, the shepherd in his sheepfold |
| 3' | {d}nanna e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ ba-e-de₃-gub {d}dumu-zi amaš-a-na | Nanna stood by him, Dumuzi in his sheepfold |
| 4' | u₈ muš-a-ka-ni muš im-ma-ra-e₃ e-ne gu₅-li-ni | When he brings out the snake of her ewes, how does he roam around? |
| 5' | uz₃ ga-na-a-ka-ni ga-an im-ma-ra-e₃ e-ne du₁₀-us₂-sa-ni | When she gives birth to a goat, she comes out for you, how is she able to soothe her? |
| 6' | {ŋeš}illar-a-ni dugud im-ta-an-be₄ an-na mu-un-niŋin | He poured out the heavy billar of heaven. |
| 7' | ur-ra-ni sa-ad-nim im-ta-an-zi amaš-a mu-un-us₂-e | His dog raised the sadnim, he sat in the sheepfold. |
| 8' | e-ne-ra kur-ŋar-ra lul-la-ra šu diŋir mu-na-an-du₃ | For him, he built a false mountain for him. |
| 9' | amaš ku₃-ga i₃ saŋ ga-ra saŋ-ŋa₂ mu-ni im-mi-in-pad₃ | He has sworn by the name of the pure sheepfold oil, butter and milk, |
| 10' | ⸢u₈-e⸣ min-am₃ mu-na-u₃-tu min-a-bi kir₁₁-am₃ | Two ewes gave birth to each other, two were female lambs. |
| 11' | [uz₃-de₃] eš₅-am₃ mu-na-u₃-tu eš₅-a-bi {munus}ašgarₓ(GAR₃)am₃ | The goat gave birth to a goat, its goat is a female kid |
| 12' | [min] ⸢gig₂⸣-ga mu-na-u₃-tu min-a-bi kir₁₁-am₃ | Ditto, the egig-disease gave birth to him. Its two are female lambs. |
| 13' | [eš₅] babbar-ra mu-na-u₃-tu eš₅-a-bi {munus}ašgarₓ(GAR₃)am₃ | The white cow gave birth to her, its cow is a female kid |
| 14' | [...] ša₃-ba harub nu-me-a {ŋeš}{u₂}kišig₂ mu-na-ab-la₂ | In its midst, where there was no ḫabû-tree, he spread out a juniper plant for him |
| 15' | [ga a-u₂] a-eštub nu-me-a a-gar₃-ra mu-na-an-de₂ | ... without a marsh, he dug a canal for him. |
| 16' | [ga i]-⸢ti⸣-ir-da ⸢gu₂⸣-[en]-na nu-me-a ki-in-dar mu-un-na-ab-haš | The ... of the river, which is not the bank of the Euphrates, was surrounded by a net for her |
| 17' | [ga-ar₃] di₄-di₄ [su₇-še₃ mu-na]-du₈ sipad-ra amaš-a-na | He heaped up small grain heaps for him, the shepherd in his sheepfold |
| 18' | [ga-ar₃ gal-gal ŋidru-še₃ mu-na]-na₂ {d}dumu-zid-ra amaš-a-na | for Dumuzid in his sheepfold |
| 19' | [... mu]-un-la₂ u₅ zag-še₃ mu-un-la₂ | He carried ..., he carried oil on his shoulders |
| 20' | [... mu]-un-la₂ u₅ zag-še₃ mu-un-la₂ | He carried ..., he carried oil on his shoulders |
| 21' | [... mu-un-la₂] u₅ zag-še₃ mu-un-la₂ | ... carried, he carried oil on his shoulders |
| 22' | [...] | |
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