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CT 58, 36 (P274231)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 58, 36 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274231 |
| Museum no. | BM 054323 + BM 059692 |
| 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 | i-lu ama mu-gi₁₇-ib ⸢x⸣-[...] | Lament, mother, mistress |
| 2 | u₅ aŋ₂-sikil lu-e [...] [...] | The oil of the young woman ... |
| 3 | ki-sikil {d}inana [...] | Maiden Inana |
| 4 | unu₂-la₂ šuba₂ ⸢la₂⸣ [...] | The šuba stone, the ela stone |
| 5 | nin₉ dili {d}utu-am₃ [...] | The single sister of Utu |
| 6 | an-⸢dul₃⸣-e lugal-la [...] | An-edula-e, the king |
| 7 | mu-gi₁₇-ib izi bar-bar ⸢x⸣ [...] | Mugib priestess, blazing fire of the temple |
| 8 | mu-gi₁₇-ib {d}ga-ša-an-an-na ⸢x⸣ [...] | Mugib priestess of Gašanana |
| 9 | mu-gi₁₇-ib an ⸢su₃⸣-ud-ra₂-aŋ₃ ⸢ga⸣-[...] gu₂ ⸢x⸣-[(x)] | Mugib priestess of heaven and earth, ... of the Ega temple |
| 10 | mu-gi₁₇-ib {d}ga-ša-an-an-na ga-ša-an x-[(x)] | Mugib priestess of Gašanana, lady |
| 11 | mu-gi₁₇-ib ⸢kisal⸣ daŋal-la na-aŋ₂-ga-ša-an-e il₂-la | The mugib priestess of the courtyard, who raises his head in prayer |
| 12 | [mu]-gi₁₇-ib ga-ša-an-an-na na-aŋ₂-ga-ša-an-e ⸢il₂⸣-la | Mistress Gašanana, do not abandon her, the elil temple |
| 13 | [u₃]-⸢li⸣-li mu-gi₁₇-ib an-zag-ga ki ⸢x⸣-[...] | U’eli, mistress of heaven and earth, |
| 14 | šuba₂ la₂ an-ur₂ zag-ga an-pa ⸢x⸣ [...] | The šuba stone, the ... of the upper and lower horizons |
| 15 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢zi⸣ me-en ki-en-gi₄-[ra me-en] | I am ..., I am of Sumer |
| 2 | ⸢x⸣ du₃ IM ⸢e⸣-ne ga-[...] | I want to ... the ... of the temples |
| 3 | ma niŋar{ŋar}ta mu-gib₃-⸢bi x⸣ [...] | The mugib priestess from the nibar temple |
| 4 | ga-ša-an-an-na me-en ki-en-gi₄-⸢ra me⸣-[en] | I am Gašanana, I am the one of Sumer |
| 5 | kur gul-gul me-⸢en⸣ ki-⸢en⸣-<(gi₄-ra me-en)> | You are the destroyer of mountains, you are the restorer of the earth |
| 6 | egi₂ zabalam{ki} me-en ki-en-gi₄-ra me-en | I am the princess of Zabalam, I am of Sumer. |
| 7 | me-eŋ₃ mah me-en ki-en-gi₄-ra me-en | I am magnificent, I am of Sumer. |
| 8 | egi₂-re ul-gur₃-ru ul ⸢gi-ri⸣-[na-ŋu₁₀-ne] | The princess, when she is clad in splendor, does not rejoice |
| 9 | ga-ša-an me-en za gur₃-ru za ⸢gi-ri⸣-[na-ŋu₁₀-ne] | I am the lady, carrying a gift, when they bring the gift to her |
| 10 | ⸢ku₃⸣-sig₁₇ za-gin₃-na mul-mul-a-[ŋu₁₀-ne] | When they are surrounded by gold and lapis lazuli |
| 11 | [(x)] ⸢šim⸣ {ŋeš}eren-na-ka ⸢šu⸣ gig [...] | In the šim-e23 of cedar, the sick one ... |
| 12 | [x]-x nin₉ mah na-aŋ₂-ga-ša-an-na [...] | ..., supreme sister of Naašanana |
| 13 | ⸢gaba⸣-ŋu₁₀ e-re₇-eš gaba-ŋu₁₀ e-⸢re₇⸣-eš | “Let them go, let them go! |
| 14 | ⸢x⸣ [x] mu-lu ša₃-ba gaba-ŋu₁₀ e-⸢re₇⸣-eš | The ... of that man came forth from it |
| 15 | x mu-lu ša₃-ba ⸢gaba⸣-ŋu₁₀ e-re₇-eš | ... the one in charge of the Egaba’ebu-house are coming |
| 16 | ⸢u₃-mu⸣-un ga-ša-an [gaba]-ŋu₁₀ e-re₇-eš | “Lord, lady of the breasts, come! |
| 17 | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [... gaba]-ŋu₁₀ e-re₇-[eš] | ... they went to the frontier |
| 18 | [...] gaba-ŋu₁₀ e-[re₇-eš] | ... they go to the frontier |
| 19 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] gaba-ŋu₁₀ ⸢e⸣-[re₇-eš] | ... ... they go to the rear (of the temple) |
| 20 | ŋa₂ ki-ga-aŋ₂-ŋu₁₀ gaba-ŋu₁₀ ⸢e-re₇⸣-[eš] | “If he enters into a place of reconciliation, |
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