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CT 58, 17 (P274212)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 58, 17 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274212 |
| Museum no. | BM 087575 |
| 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)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢lu₂⸣ [...] ⸢na⸣-[...] | ... elû-plant |
| 2' | [...]-⸢gin₇⸣ er₂ gu₃ gig ba-⸢de₂⸣ [...] | ... wept bitterly like ... |
| 3' | [...]-⸢gin₇⸣ ba-bu-re ma₂-gin₇ ba-su-⸢e⸣ | ... like a boat he sank. |
| 4' | [...] buru₁₄-gin₇ ba-bu-bu-re | ... like a harvest ... |
| 5' | [...]-⸢gin₇⸣ ba-mu₂ ⸢ga⸣-gin₇ ba-dub₂-be₂ | Like a ... he grew up, like a temple he heaped up. |
| 6' | [...]-ma-ŋa₂-gin₇ ba-e-de₃-mar-re | Like a ... you set it up for me |
| 7' | [...] su₃-su₃-de₃ im-ma-da-an-su₃-e | ... he was covering it with a cloth. |
| 8' | [...] tuku ba-an-ir-re ⸢ka⸣ tuku ba-an-⸢KA-e⸣ | If he has ..., he will bring it to you, if he is able to bring (it) to you |
| 9' | [...]-⸢ni⸣ šu-na ba-ni-in-ku₄-re | ... entered his hand |
| 10' | [...]-⸢x⸣ ka-ka-na im-ma-ni-in-ug₅-e | ... he killed him in his mouth |
| 11' | [u₃-mu]-un-e mu-lu₂ aŋ₂-ma-al-la-re mu-un-na-ma-re | The lord places the one who is there for him |
| 12' | [...] ⸢kur₂⸣-ra aŋ₂-ma-al-la-re mu-un-na-ma-re | ... for the ekur-priestess he made it for her. |
| 13' | [...]-x kur-ra-ke₄ zag am₃-ma-an-tah | The ... of the netherworld trembled |
| 14' | [u₃]-mu-un-e mu-lu₂ kur₂-ra kur-ta ma-ra-an-e₃ | The lord brought out the enemy from the netherworld |
| 15' | [...] ⸢GAM⸣-ma mu-un-gur₁₁-a zag-ŋa₂ ba-e-gub | ... stood at the side(?) of the Egama. |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] mu-un-gur₁₁-a za₃-da ma-da-an-gub | ... the one who has possessions, I will stand at my side. |
| 2 | [...]-⸢bi⸣-gi-ŋu₁₀ am₃-su₃-su₃ me-e mu-un-na-su₃-e | ... is covered with ..., I cover it for him. |
| 3 | [...]-⸢bi⸣-gi-ŋu₁₀ am₃-su₃-su₃ me-e dub₂ mu-na-ak-e | ... is tearing out ..., I will do it for him |
| 4 | [...] ⸢buru₅⸣{mušen} e₂ šu mi-ni-in-ir buru₅{mušen}bi ba-ra-dal | ... the e’e-burû-bird swept over the house, its ee-bird flew away. |
| 5 | [... tu{mušen} šu mu]-ni-in-ir tu{mušen}bi ba-dal-dal | He ... the tumušu-bird, he shook the hand, and it swept away the tamarisk |
| 6 | [...] ⸢x⸣ si-ig-ga-bi ba-du₃ | ... its ... gate was erected |
| 7 | [...] ma-du₃-a-ŋu₁₀ a-še-er-re ba-du₃ | ... built for me, he built the ašerre. |
| 8 | [...] naŋ-a-ŋu₁₀ a-še-er ma-na₈-na₈ | ... drinking water, he drinks beer |
| 9 | [...] ⸢ba⸣-zi-ga-ŋu₁₀ er₂-re ba-zi-zi | ... rises in tears. |
| 10 | [...] e₂/⸢ke₄⸣ e-ze₂ gu₇-gu₇ i₃-šim-e ba-nu₂ | ... the house, the sheep eat food, he lies down in tears. |
| 11 | [...] ⸢x⸣ |DU.DU|a šir₃-a na-ma-e | ... the ešudû-house is indeed in the midst of the earth |
| 12 | [...] mu-lu-ŋu₁₀ nu-un-dab₅ | ... did not seize the man |
| 13 | [...] mu-lu-ŋu₁₀ nu-mu-un-ku₄-ku₄ | ... no one enters. |
| 14 | [...] mu-lu diri-ga mu-lu-ŋu₁₀ nu-un-u₅ | ... the exalted one does not sleep. |
| 15 | [...] ⸢du₁₁⸣-ga-ba mu-lu-ŋu₁₀ nu-un-gub | ... in its assembly no one stood. |
| 16 | [...] ⸢x⸣ ba-gul | ... the temple was destroyed |
| 17 | [...] ⸢ba-gul x⸣ [...] | ... the embankment(?) |
| 18 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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