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CDLI Literary 000768, ex. 011 (P274252)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000768, ex. 011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274252 |
| Museum no. | BM 017300 |
| 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 | [...]-⸢e⸣ ne-e DI-bi nu-[...] | ... does not ... its ... |
| 2 | [...] kiše₄ an-na-AK-a-⸢gen₇⸣ teš₂-bi [...] | ... like a ... in the netherworld, together |
| 3 | ⸢x⸣ nu-e-šar₂ ni₂-za ad nu-ni-[...] | The one who does not ... the eše-priestess, your own counsel does not |
| 4 | [...]-⸢bi⸣ ša₃-za nu-ni-ib₂-tur-⸢tur⸣ | ... will not make it small in your heart |
| 5 | [...]-in-zu ⸢šu⸣ a-ab-[...] ; na-ab-⸢be₂⸣-en ⸢li⸣-[...] | (Sum) ..., do not enter (Akk) Do not enter(?) the temple of your lord |
| 6 | ki šu kara₂ ge₄-zu ŋešgem nu-ra-[...] | Your place where hand and foot are firmly established, no one can change it |
| 7 | eme sig-zu niŋ₂ nu-gu₇ [...] | Your low-lying tongue does not eat itself |
| 8 | ki umum ša₃-zu nu-ni-zu-a-⸢x⸣ [...]-⸢le⸣ | When you do not know the place where your heart was born |
| 9 | ŋa₂-nam-ma iri-me-še₃ ga-⸢er₁₄⸣-[...] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to Iri-mes |
| 10 | ge₄-me-a-aš-ta deš-am₃ he₂-me-us₂-⸢x⸣ | Because of what happened to me, may it be made perfect for me |
| 11 | a-ra₂ min₃-na mu-ne-du₁₁ he₂-em-ma-an-zu-zu | You have spoken to me twice, may you know it. |
| 12 | murub₄-me-ta lu₂ in na-ne-eš ; teš₂ ⸢he₂-mu⸣-na-an-(TUKU.TUKU) | (Sum) In the middle of the night, a man shouts at him (Akk) The man shouted at him with a shout |
| r | ||
| 1 | de₁₀-de₁₀-la₂ niŋ₂-du₁₄-da ba-ni-ib-ši-in-za-na-⸢ta⸣ ; nu-ub-si₃-ke-de₃-en | (Sum) I am the one who screams with a loud voice(?) (Akk) I do not shout with an awe(?) |
| 2 | di šu la-ba-ti-en-ze₂-en-na ; enim-še₃ la-ba-dur₂-ru-ne-za-na-ta | If he does not give him a verdict, if he cannot give him an order |
| 3 | ŋa₂-nu-um-ze₂-en ugula-a-me di he₂-ni-⸢ib₂-(KU.KU-)x⸣ | May Banum-zēn, our foreman, ... our case. |
| 4 | ugula ge₄-me-a-aš-ŋu₁₀-ne šu-ŋa₂ mu-e-⸢šum₂⸣ | The foremen of the “Geme-aš-bīti"(?) were waiting for you |
| 5 | eš₂-gara₃ he₂-eb-šid-de₃ (NIGIN₂.NIGIN₂) he₂-⸢ib₂-ge⸣-ne ; a₂-še₃ mu-e-da-aŋ₂ | They shall bring him into the Ešgara, they shall make him enter with a weapon. |
| 6 | [...] ⸢li⸣-bi₂-in-AK-eš (NIGIN₂.NIGIN₂) nu-ub-ge-ne₂-eš | ... they did not agree |
| 7 | [...]-da u₄-šu₂-⸢uš⸣-bi-še₃ ; ⸢du₁₄⸣-da ba-ni-ib₂-ri-eš | When he enters into the house of the king, he makes him enter into the temple |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...]-ba-me-[...] | ... you are the one who ... for me |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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)
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