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CT 58, 40 (P274235)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 58, 40 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274235 |
| Museum no. | BM 096574 |
| 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 | ŋa₂-e diŋir-ŋa₂ [...]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ | (Sum) The ... of the Ibirba temple (Akk) The Ibae temple ... |
| 2 | diŋir-ŋu₁₀ in-[...] | Ibirbu |
| 3 | aŋarin₅ in-⸢dim₂-dim₂⸣-ma-ŋu₁₀ | “It has been fashioned, it has been made perfect for me. |
| 4 | {d}nin-tu-re uktin gub-ba-ŋu₁₀ | “Nintur, stand up! |
| 5 | a-a ugu-ŋu₁₀ ⸢arhuš-ta⸣ su-ub-ba-ŋu₁₀ | (Sum) My father who bore me, I am the one who is torn apart(?) (Akk) My birth father, the one of the arhuštae temple |
| 6 | {d}lamma ⸢saŋ⸣ [...]-ŋu₁₀ | Lamma, the esa-priestess |
| 7 | dam-gar₃ [...]-ŋu₁₀ | Merchant of |
| 8 | šaŋan-⸢la₂⸣ i₃-la₂-ŋu₁₀ | he will fill the šaban-ela-e3 canal |
| 9 | gud-ŋu₁₀ ⸢e₂⸣ [...]-ŋu₁₀ | The ox, the house, ... |
| 10 | e-ze₂-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | The sheepfold |
| 11 | u₂ i₃-pa₃-[da ...] | When he finds food ... |
| 12 | a i₃-pa₃-[da ...] | Water that was found ... |
| 13 | u₂ i₃-pa₃-da ni₂-ŋa₂ gu₇-a-gin₇ ŋa₂-e im-ma-an-ak-en | When he finds food, he makes me eat by myself. |
| 14 | a i₃-<(pa₃-da)> | he poured water |
| 15 | mu diŋir-ŋu₁₀ li-bi₂-in-du₁₁-ga-gin₇ ŋa₂-e ga-mu-ra-ti-le | I want to live for you like one who did not speak the name of a lion. |
| 16 | e₂-ŋu₁₀ e₂ er₂-ra ma-ni-in-ku₄ en₃-ŋa₂ a-tar-re | She enters the house of mourning and inquires after it. |
| 17 | ki-tuš-ŋu₁₀ ki-tuš še-ša₄ ma(BA-)ni-in-ku₄ | He made the dwelling place into a dwelling place for me |
| 18 | diŋir-ŋu₁₀ me ⸢he-še la₂⸣-zu ŋen ša₃-ba mi-ni-in-til₃-e-en | The Ibirbu-demon, the divine powers of the eḫeš-disease, you are the one who keeps you alive in this place. |
| 19 | mu-ra-⸢gi⸣ [(x)] | Mura-egî |
| 20 | ba-an-[...]-⸢en⸣ | he/she(?) made enter(?) |
| 21 | [(x)] x [...] x-bi | ... its ... |
| 27 | [...] ⸢na-mu x x x x⸣ | ... my ... |
| 28 | [...] ⸢ki⸣-na₂ ama mu-un-du₃-du₃ | ... built the mother-in-law of the E-ena |
| 29 | [...] x u₃-u₈ ŋa₂-e im-ma-da-an-šir₃ | ... the ewes were brought to the boat |
| 30 | [...] ⸢x mu-ni-in⸣-ga a-ŋu₁₀ mi-ni-in-ga | ... he erected ... and watered it. |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x-⸢gin₇⸣ nu-mu-kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂ | ... like a ... does not dwell there |
| 2' | [...] x diŋir-ŋu₁₀ i₅-ŋar niŋ₂-sa₆-ga | ... the intertwined ... |
| 3' | [...] x nu-mu-ni-in-tuku | ... did not have ... |
| 4' | [...] x-bi-en diŋir-ŋu₁₀ me-e erim₂-ma ⸢i₃⸣-ak-en | ... I am a dibirbu-demon, I am an enemy. |
| 5' | [x x x]-ŋu₁₀ [x x] im-gurum-e igi du₈ sa₆-ga-ŋu₁₀ er₂-ra al-⸢suh₃-suh₃⸣ | ... looks at ... and weeps bitterly. |
| 6' | [...] ⸢amaš⸣-zu sig-⸢sig sila₄⸣ sa₆-ga-ŋu₁₀ bu-bu-ra-ta si-ig | ... your eašû-bird, the red-brown one, the beautiful lamb, he screamed. |
| 7' | [...]-e-ŋu₁₀ ar₂-ra-zu diŋir-ŋu₁₀ igi-zu-ta MUŠ₂-a-ŋu₁₀ he₂-du₁₁ | (Sum) ... may he say to you “It is enough, it is enough! It is too much!’ (Akk) You are too much, you are too little! i.e., too much? (var.) I am too small! |
| 8' | [...] ⸢su₃⸣-u₃-ŋu₁₀ kalam x-ma ša₃-šu-niŋin₂ zu da-a lu a/za he₂-bi₂-in-⸢du₁₁-du₁₁⸣ [(x)] | ... the esu’e-ubû-tree of the land ... his own hands may Aya know. |
| 9' | [...] mu-da-al mu-⸢un-dab⸣-be₂ zag aŋ₂-hulu-a-ŋu₁₀ mu-kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂ nu-mu-ni-pa₃-de₃ | ... he goes around, he catches him. He does not find the place of the evildoer. |
| 10' | [...] AN-zu X dugud-ŋu₁₀ il₂ za-pa-aŋ₂ ki ŋar-ra | ... your ... heavy ... raising a clamor in the earth |
| 11' | [...] mu-un-<(...)> | ... he ... |
| 12' | [...] ⸢hi⸣-li-a | ... eḫilīya plant |
| 13' | [...] hi-li-a | ... in allure |
| 14' | [...]-be₂-en zi-ga mu-<(...)> | ... rises ... |
| 15' | [ba-ze₂]-⸢er⸣-ze₂-re-de₃-en šu-ŋu₁₀ ba-ab-dab₅-be₂-en | You are to be seized, you have been seized |
| 16' | [...]-bi ŋisal-ŋu₁₀ he₂-me-en | ... may you be its ... |
| 17' | [...] niŋin-na gi-muš-ŋu₁₀ he₂-me-en | ... may you be a reed fence in his own right |
| 18' | [...] al-ŋen-ŋu₁₀ nu-zu | ... did not know al-bel-bu |
| 19' | {⸢ŋeš}ma₂⸣-gin₇ kar-ta-ŋu₁₀ igi nu-mu-ni-in-du₈ | Like a boat, he did not look at the quay |
| 20' | a-ba saŋ-ŋa₂-ni la-ba-an-gi₄-gi₄ ša₃-zu ha-ma-huŋ-e | Who will turn back his ...? May your heart rejoice over me! |
| 21' | a-ba gi₄-in-e la-ba-an-<(gi₄-gi₄)> | Who will answer the maidservant? |
| 22' | a-ba dumu-ni ⸢du₁₄(LU₂) la-ba-<(an-gi₄-gi₄)> | Who is it that will not return his child? |
| 23' | ša₃-zu ša₃ ama a-a tu-da-gin₇ ki-bi ha-ma-gi₄-gi₄ | May your heart, like the heart of a birth mother, be restored to its place for me |
| 24' | ama tu-da a-a tu-da-gin₇ | Like a born mother, like a birth father |
| 25' | ša₃ diŋir-ŋu₁₀ ki-bi ha-ma-gi₄-gi₄ | May the heart of Ibirbi be restored for me |
| 26' | 59 | 59 (lines) |
| 61 | er₂-⸢ša₃-huŋ⸣-e | Eršaḫu |
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