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CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? (P274208)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P274208 |
| Museum no. | BM 088318 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ⸢uru₂⸣ ul-le-⸢da⸣ [uru₂ ul-le-da] | “I want to go out to the city, I want to enter the city! |
| 2 | e₂ ul-le-da [e₂ ul-le-da] | The house that was built, the house that had been built |
| 3 | gal₄-la-ŋu₁₀ duru₅{ru}am₃ [gal₄-la-ŋu₁₀ duru₅{ru}am₃] | The galla-demon is a young male goat, the gallā-denon is an old female goat |
| 4 | ga-ša-an-an-na me-en [...] | I am Gašanana |
| 5 | ga-ša-an-an-na me-en [...] | I am Gašanana |
| 6 | gal₄-la-ŋu₁₀ lu₂-ur₃-ra am₃-[...] | The galla demons ... the crook |
| 7 | gal₄-la-ŋu₁₀ lu₂ dub₃-tuku šu ⸢de₃⸣-[...] | The galla demon, the one who possesses strength, the hand of the e’ede demon |
| 8 | dam-e dam-e mi-⸢ri⸣ [...] | The spouse, the spouse ... |
| 9 | u₃ dumu e₂ la-ba-an-ši-[...] | and the son of the house did not ... |
| 10 | 1(u) }} u₃ e-ne-eŋ₃ ba-e šu ⸢de₃⸣-[...] | 10 and “You are the one who shook the hand(?) of the demon |
| 11 | gi-gid₂-da mu-un-da-dur₂-⸢ru⸣-[ne-eš] | They sit with him on the reed mat |
| 12 | en me-en gub-ba-<<ba>> e₂ am-ma li-[bi₂-...] | I am the lord, stationed at the house of the wild bull |
| 13 | en diri-ga-ŋu₁₀-ne en diri-ga-ŋu₁₀-ne | The surpassing lords, the surpassing |
| 14 | unug{ki}ga e₂-an-na en diri-ga-ŋu₁₀-ne | In Uruk, in the Eanna, the supreme lord |
| 15 | zabalam₂{ki} gi-gun₄{ki}na en diri-ga-ŋu₁₀-ne | In Zabalam and Giguna, the exalted lords |
| 16 | adab{ki} e₂-sar-ra en diri-ga-ŋu₁₀-ne | In Adab, the Esara temple, the supreme lord |
| 17 | ⸢nibru⸣{ki} i₃-si-in{ki} en diri-ga-ŋu₁₀-ne | In Nippur and Isin, the surpassing lords |
| 18 | ⸢urim₂⸣{ki} e₂-dilmun-na en diri-ga-ŋu₁₀-ne | In Ur, the Edilmuna temple, the supreme lord |
| 19 | x-x i-zi mu-tin dur₂-ru arahₓ(|UŠ.BU.DA|) | ... the young woman, the one who sat down, the young man |
| 20 | 1(u) }} x-x-ŋa₂ zag hul₂-bi e₂-bi | ... its happy side, its house |
| 21 | ⸢e-ne⸣-ra mu-un-ak-en nam-mi-in-du₃ | I did it for them, I built it. |
| 22 | u₃-tu-da an-na kar-ra-kar-ra-gin₇ | Like a child born in heaven, |
| 23 | ⸢x-ra⸣-zu-gin₇ nam-ukur₃ di-di | Like your ..., I want to ride the niphu. |
| 24 | ba-ni-in-ku₄-re-en ba-ni-in-ku₄-re-en | You will enter, you will enter. |
| 25 | šeš-e kiri₆-na ba-ni-in-ku₄-re-en | The hand brought me into his garden |
| 26 | {d}dumu-zi kiri₆-na ba-ni-in-ku₄-re-en | Dumuzi brought me into his garden. |
| 27 | mu-un-gub an-na ba-an-da-mu-de₃ | She stands in heaven, she is to be seen. |
| 28 | mu-nud an-na ba-an-da-gub-be₂-en | I stand with him in the bed of heaven. |
| 29 | {ŋeš}hašhur-e zi-de₃-eš gam-e-en | You are indeed the true apple tree |
| 30 | 1(u) }} šeš-ŋu₁₀ u₃-en₃ ša₄-a ŋen | “Alas, how long will you be in the womb? |
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| 31 | en {d}dumu-zi mu-un-ši-de₆-na | the lord Dumuzi whom he had brought |
| 32 | {ŋeš}asal₂ il-lu-ur-bi ta mu-un-ši-de₆-na | What did the asal plant grow? |
| 33 | diŋir e-ne-ra ta mu-un-ši-de₆-na | What did the intercalary river bring to him? |
| 34 | me-e ša₃-ŋu₁₀-ta gu am₃-ši-ib-de₂ | I roared from the womb |
| 35 | gu am₃-ši-ma-al gu am₃-ši-ib-de₂ | There is flax, it spreads flax. |
| 36 | še am₃-ši-ma-al še am₃-ši-ib-de₂ | There is barley, he is bringing barley. |
| 37 | aš-te-na e₂ me-na ŋa₂-a-kam | Where is the house, when will it be located? |
| 38 | {na₄}du₈-ši-a e₂ ur-saŋ ŋa₂-a-kam | It is a dusû-stone of the house of Ursa. |
| 39 | {d}nin-e₂-gal ku₄-ra na-ug₅-de₃ | Ninegala who enters, to die |
| 40 | 1(u) }} am-e ma₂ ma-al-la ma₂ mi-ni-ri | The wild bull has a boat, he has torn out the boat. |
| 41 | am-e {d}dumu-zi-de₃ ma₂ ma-al-la | The wild bull Dumuzi is on the boat. |
| 42 | ga-⸢ša⸣-an-gal-e ⸢ama⸣-ŋu₁₀ ga-ša-an-gal-e | I want to utter an arazu prayer to you, (but) the mother of the amangal prayer is not suitable for you |
| 43 | am-e {d}dumu-zi-de₃ ga-ša-an-gal-e | Wild bull Dumuzi, Gašangal |
| 44 | ama-ŋu₁₀ ga-ša-an-gal-e am-e gal-gal-la-kam | The mother, Gašangal, the wild bull, is one of many. |
| 45 | {d}ze₂-er-tur-re ama-ŋu₁₀ {d}ze₂-er-tur-re | Zērtur, mother Zertur |
| 46 | am-e {d}dumu-zi-de₃ {d}ze₂-er-tur-re | Wild bull Dumuzi, Zertur |
| 47 | ama-ŋu₁₀ {d}ze₂-er-tur-re am gal-gal-la-kam | The mother Zertur is the great wild bull |
| 48 | lu₂ ki-sikil an-ne₂ gub-ba-ma-ab | “Let the maiden stand in heaven for me! |
| 49 | an-ne₂ gub-<ba>-ma-ab am-e gal-gal-la-kam | Be present in heaven, it is a wild bull of many kinds. |
| 50 | 1(u) }} {d}dumu-zi-de₃ an-ne₂ gub-ba-ma-[ab] | May Dumuzi stand before An |
| 51 | an-ne₂ gub-ba-ma-ab am-e gal-gal-la-[kam] | Be present for me in heaven, it is a wild bull with many features. |
| 52 | um-ma ze₂-e um-ma ze₂-[e] | “O sweet, O sweet, |
| 53 | 52 šir₃-nam-ŋešba {d}inana-⸢kam⸣ | 52 (lines) Inana-e23 |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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