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CT 58, 41 (P274236)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 58, 41 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274236 |
| Museum no. | BM 096112 |
| 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' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢KA⸣-bi [...] | ... its |
| 3' | [...]-⸢mu⸣ eŋ₃ šu mu-⸢ub⸣-[...] | (Sum) ..., he made the hand of the šēdu-priestess (Akk) The hand of ... was made into a temple |
| 4' | [...] eŋ₃ nu-zu-a mu-[...] | ... the one who does not know the house |
| 5' | [...] ⸢nu⸣-zu-a mu-da-⸢an⸣-[...] | ... when you rise, he rises |
| 6' | [... {d]}⸢inana⸣ ešemen [...] | ... the goddess Inana, the esvemen priestess |
| 7' | [...]-⸢a⸣ ba-ni-ak-e [...] | ... he made |
| 8' | [...]-da-a ba-gi₄-in-na [...] | ... turned back ... |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ i-bi₂ du₅-mu-na bar-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... before his son ... |
| 10' | [...]-⸢an⸣-ga-ga gi₄-in eŋ₃ [...] | ... the maid of the temple |
| 11' | [...]-⸢DU⸣ dumu heš₅ mu₂-a la-⸢ba⸣-[...] | ...-ēšu-ibni, the son born in abundance, did not ... |
| 12' | [...] u₃-mu-un-e eŋ₃ mu-ni-[...] mu-ni-[...] | ... the lord of the temple ... |
| 13' | [...]-a-ni heš₅-ra {ŋeš}kiri₆ mu₂-X i-⸢bi₂⸣ [...] | ... his ... in ruins, the orchard ... |
| 14' | [... u₃]-⸢mu⸣-un-ŋu₁₀-ra inim-bi e₃-a-zu im-me ⸢de₃⸣-[en-huŋ] | When you speak ... to Umunbu, he says: “Enḫu |
| 15' | [u₃]-⸢mu⸣-un-bi e₂ {d}nanna si-un₃-na im-me de₃-en-[huŋ] | Its lord says: “The house of Nanna is pure, may it be pacified!’ |
| 16' | {d}da-mu-ŋu₁₀ {d}utu an-ur₂-ra im-me de₃-en-huŋ | Damubu speaks to Utu in the horizon: may it be pacified |
| 17' | da-zu gu₄ tur₃-ne-a gu₂-da im-ma-e-la₂ | Your side is surrounded by oxen in their stall. |
| 18' | u₃-mu-un-ŋu₁₀ igi du₈-a bar-zu e₂-bi bi₂-du₃-du₃ | “Lord, when you look, your liver builds that house. |
| 19' | {d}da-mu ša₃ gu₂-bi gi₄-a-zu lu₂-bi bi₂-til₃-til₃ | Damu, when your neck is swollen, that man is alive. |
| 20' | ki-ru-gu₂ 1kam-ma | It is the first song. |
| 21' | ša₃-ba-ni mu-lu a-ra-zu-ke₄ a-ra-zu de₃-ra-ab-be₂ | May the one of prayer utter an arazu prayer to you |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša₃ {d}da-mu-ke₄ mu-lu a-ra-zu-ke₄ | The heart of Damu, the one of arazu prayer |
| 2 | ša₃-ab gudu₄-ga-ke₄ mu-lu a-ra-zu-ke₄ | The heart of the gudu priest, the one of prayer |
| 3 | ša₃ u₃-mu-un-mu-zid-da-ke₄ mu-lu a-ra-zu-ke₄ | The heart of Umunmuzida, the one of prayer |
| 4 | ša₃ {d}ištaran-na-ke₄ mu-lu a-ra-zu-ke₄ | The heart of Ištaran, the one of prayer |
| 5 | ša₃ en še-er-ma-al-la-ke₄ mu-lu a-ra-zu-ke₄ | The heart of the en priestess of heaven, the one of prayer |
| 6 | [ša₃] ⸢u₃-mu⸣-un e₂-gid₂-da-ke₄ mu-lu a-ra-zu-ke₄ | The heart of Umun of the Egida, the one of prayer |
| 7 | [mu-un-zu]-⸢a-e⸣ dim₃-me-er mu-lu mu-un-zu-a-e | Unzu-Ea, the god who knows me. |
| 8 | [...] ⸢mu⸣-lu hur-saŋ-ŋa₂-ke₄ mu-un-zu-a-e | The lord of the mountain range knows |
| 9 | [... mu-lu] ⸢an⸣-eden-na-ke₄ mu-un-⸢zu⸣-a-e | ... the one of the Eanedena, when you appear |
| 10 | [... de₃]-⸢ra⸣-ab-be₂ i-bi₂-zu ⸢zi⸣-[mu-ši]-⸢ib⸣ de₃-ra-be₂ | May he say to you “..., may he utter an arazu prayer to you in your eyes.’ |
| 11 | [... de₃]-⸢ra⸣-ab-be₂ gu₂-zu ⸢zi⸣-[mu-ši-ib] de₃-⸢ra⸣-[be₂] | May he say to you “May your neck be soothed to me, may the ezi-emu-svib prayer be uttered to you |
| 12 | [... de₃]-⸢ra⸣-ab-be₂ ša₃-zu [...] | ... may he say to you, your heart ... |
| 13 | [... ša₃-ne]-ša₄ de₃-ra-ab-⸢be₂⸣ [...] | ... may he utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 14 | [...]-⸢ru⸣ ma-a-a di-di-[in] | ... where can I go? |
| 15 | [... ki]-⸢ru⸣-gu₂ 2kam-[ma] | It is the second song |
| 16 | [... u₃]-⸢mu⸣-un gu-la i-lim ⸢i⸣-[lim] NE-en-bi me-⸢en⸣ | ... great lord, ilīm, elim ..., how do you ...? |
| 17 | [...] ⸢u₃⸣-mu-un MI [...] | ... the lord |
| 18 | [... u₃]-mu-⸢un⸣-mu-zi-[da ...] | Umunmuzida |
| 19 | [... {d}ištaran i-bi₂] ⸢šuba⸣ [...] | ... Ištaran, the eye of the ēru-vessel |
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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