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CDLI Literary 000764, ex. 018 (P274258)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000764, ex. 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274258 |
| Museum no. | BM 065147 + BM 068049 |
| 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 i | ||
| 1’ | ⸢ki⸣-gub-ba-⸢bi⸣ [...] {{ ⸢x x x⸣ [...] }} | Egubba-ebi |
| 2’ | u₄-bi-a ku₆-e ⸢abbar-ra⸣ [...] | At that time, the fish ... the Eabbarra temple |
| 3’ | mušen-e ka ŋeš-ge-a-⸢ka⸣ [...] | The bird(s) of the mouth(?) of the šēpê demon |
| 4’ | mušen-e ku₆ engur-ra-ke₄ [...] | The snake of the deep sea |
| 5’ | ku₆-e im-ma-⸢gub⸣ [...] | The fish stood before me |
| 6’ | ni₂ i₃-⸢buluŋ₅⸣ ga-⸢ba⸣-[...] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 7’ | du₁₄-še₃ sila ba-[...] | In battle ... the streets |
| 8’ | ku₆-e mušen-ra ⸢x⸣ [...] | The fish ... the snake |
| 9’ | mušen (TUḪ.⸢TUḪ) gu₃⸣ [...] | The snake roared(?) |
| 10’ | ⸢ze₂⸣-za engur-ra za-pa-⸢aŋ₂⸣ [...] {{ ša ta-⸢qab-ba x x x⸣ }} | (Sum) Your sheep in the deep(?) ... (Akk) The sheep of the deep ... that you ... |
| 11’ | mah-bi gu₇-gu₇ ba-zal-⸢la x x x⸣ [...] | Its supreme food was consumed, ... |
| 12’ | muhaldim (LU₂.ŠEM) i₃-du₈ e₂ til₃-la ⸢x⸣ [...] | The cook (is) the doorkeeper of the living house. |
| 13’ | [...]-⸢luh⸣ [tur] ⸢e₂⸣ sa la₂-e eše₂ mi-[...] | ... the small eluḫ temple, the small temple, I built anew |
| 14’ | [...] zu₂ e-da-ra-[...]-⸢sar⸣-re-ne | ... they shall cut off the teeth for you |
| 15’ | [...]-⸢sa⸣ i-ma-ra-ne-eš | ... they will praise |
| 16’ | [...-{ŋeš]}⸢kiri₆⸣-zu sa nam-mu-e-ri-gub | You should not stand at your orchard |
| 17’ | [...] {{ u₂-ul i-na-⸢ah }} du₁₀ nu-mu⸣-e-ši-ib-gurum-e | ... he does not rise up, he is not able to offer good food |
| 18’ | [...] ⸢x su nu-mu-e⸣-da-du₁₀-ge | ... is not pleasant with you |
| 19’ | [...] ⸢x ŋiri₃-zu nu⸣-zil₂-zil₂-{{ (x) x x⸣- }}le | ... your ešû-vessel is not torn out(?) |
| 20’ | [...] za-⸢pa-aŋ₂⸣-zu {u}ugu₆-ŋu₁₀-ta | ... your ... from the ‘bugu tree’ |
| 21’ | [...]-⸢ib⸣ ur₅-ra-am₃ me-te-zu | ... is the one who is appropriate for you |
| 22’ | [...]-ra mu-ni-in-tub₂ | ... he smote |
| 23’ | [...]-⸢na⸣ mu-un-zu | ... knows |
| 24’ | [...] ⸢nu⸣-mu-na-gid₂-i | ... he swore to him |
| o ii | ||
| 1’ | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2’ | ⸢ŋe₂₆-e ku₆⸣-[me]-⸢en he₂-x⸣ [...] | If I am a fish, may I ... |
| 3’ | niŋdaba gal-gal-la e₂-kur-ra [...] | The great fearsomeness of the Ekur |
| 4’ | {d}ezinam₂-gen₇ ša₃-ŋar kalam-ma-ke₄ ⸢ba⸣-[...] | Like Ezinam, the šabar priest of the land |
| 5’ | buru₁₄ izim-gen₇ mu-da-hul₂-le-en ⸢en₃⸣-[...] | I rejoice over the harvest like a flame |
| 6’ | mušen niŋ₂ gal-gal-la a-na mu-e-dim₂-ma-zu kur₄-ra-⸢zu ga⸣-[...] | (Sum) The snake with great fearsomeness, what did you make of it? (Akk) I want to build your temple for you, I want [to enter it] for you |
| 7’ | sun₇-na enim lul-la bala-e-zu šu-zu ga-ba-ni-[...] | I want to show your hand to the one who speaks a false word |
| 8’ | u₄-bi-a ku₆-e mušen-ra {{ u₂-ṣa-mar }} NI₂ im-si₃-si₃-ge | At that time, the fish was destroying the snakes and making them tremble |
| 9’ | si-ba lul-ba {{ ša-qum-mi-iš sa-ri-<iš> }} a₂-ba mu-un-(DU.DU) | The false horns, the šaqum mīṣu-demons, (and) the sîba liars(?) ... |
| 10’ | u₄ mušen gud₃-bi zi-ga-gen₇ amar-bi-še₃ niŋ₂-gu₇-<<bi>>-u₃-bi ; {{ i-nu-ma u₂-ku-la-am ub-ba-lu }} tum₃-de₃ | When the snake rises, its calf eats itself |
| 11’ | ku₆-e ki si-ga {{ aš-ra-am ša-qum-mi-iš }} a₂-ba mu-un-kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂ | The fish sank in a stable place, the ša-qum-iš was its arm. |
| 12’ | gud₃ ŋar-ra u₂ si₃-si₃-ga-ni eš₃ lil₂-e bi₂-in-sag₃ | He smote the “house of the netherworld, where the grass is balanced, in a haunted shrine. |
| 13’ | e₂ du₃-du₃-a-ni mu-un-gul-gul irimma{a}ni mu-un-bu | She destroyed her temple that had been built, she destroyed her city |
| 14’ | nunus ŋar-ŋar-⸢ra⸣-ni mu-un-gaz-gaz ⸢ab-e⸣ im-mi-in-šuš₂ | The young woman smashed her breast, she smote the ape |
| r i | ||
| 1 | ⸢mušen⸣-e ku₆-ra mu-ni-in-si₃ a-e ba-da-an-kar {{ i-še-er-ma }} | The emušen-e-bird filled the fish with water, he turned back and |
| 2 | u₄-bi-a mušen igi piriŋ umbin hu-ri₂-in-na{mušen} | At that time, a snake with a nose and a tail was a bird |
| 3 | gud₃-bi-še₃{{ a-na qi₂-ni-šu ⸢x x⸣-hu }} a₂-tub₂ i₃-a-AK dal-le-bi saŋ im-ge₄{{ šar-hi-⸢iš ip⸣-pa-;-ra-aš }} | Its gudbīšu to his hand ... eḫu-plant he smashed. Its allotment he heaped up. Šarru-eissu he did. |
| 4 | ŋar₇-du₂ an-ša₃-ga bu₄-bu₄-gen₇ i-ša-a an-na mu-un-(NIGIN₂.NIGIN₂) {{ x x }} | The “bardu-festival of the heavens, like a bull in the sky, ... |
| 5 | mušen gud₃-bi-ta igi tab-ba a₂-ur₂ ba-bur₂-bur₂ {{ uš-ta-pa-ri-ir }} | The snake looked at its nest, it burst its wings. |
| 6 | gud₃ ŋar-ra u₂ si₃-si₃-ga-ni edin daŋal i₃-zukum-e{{ ik-bu-;-us₂-ma }} | When he eats the ox's nest in the open country, he becomes angry and trembles |
| 7 | ka-bi nu-ge₁₇-gen₇ an-ša₃-ga gu₃ mu-un-tub₂-tub₂-be₂ {{ i-ša-gu-um }} | Its mouth trembles like nothing at all in the heavens. |
| 8 | mušen-e ku₆-ra mu-un-(NIGIN₂.NIGIN₂) engur i₃-kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂ | He surrounded the fish with a snake, and the deep waters of Ikki. |
| 9 | [mušen-e] ⸢ku₆-ra⸣ engur-ra igi im-ma-ni-ib₂-du₈ {ŋeš-tu₉}ŋeštu ba-ši-in-gub | The fisherman looked at the ešku-house in the deep and sat down. |
| 10 | [...] ⸢x ba-an-kar umbin⸣ mu-ni-in-la₂ | ... took away the ... and carried it in a basket. |
| 11 | [...]-⸢eš ba-an⸣-du₈ | ... was cut off |
| r ii | ||
| 1’ | [...]-⸢e⸣ | ...-e'e |
| 2’ | [...]-⸢gu₇⸣ | ... eats |
| 3’ | [...]-⸢dam⸣ | ...-edame |
| 4’ | [...] ⸢ba-an⸣-[dab₅]-⸢be₂⸣-eš | ... they shall seize |
| 5’ | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [x] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 6’ | [...] | |
| 7’ | [x x x] ⸢x x-e x x x x x du₁₀-ge⸣-[...] | ... good |
| 8’ | ŋeš-hur-me si sa₂-e {{ du-ru-ši-ni }} ki-ur₃-me ⸢ga⸣-[...] | Our horns are straight, our roots are the foundations of the Ki'ur |
| 9’ | {d}en-ki lugal abzu [...] | Enki, king of the Abzu |
| 10’ | {sa}sa₂ pa₃-de₃ {{ ka-aš₂-du wa-tu-u₂ mu-di }} enim-ma gal zu [...] | To determine the ‘moonset to sunrise’ (of the moon) (and) to predict a great fate |
| 11’ | ku₆ mušen-bi-ta im-ma-ni-ib₂-⸢ge₄⸣-[ge₄] | The fish escaped from its nest |
| 12’ | mušen e₂-kur-ra (DU.DU-)bi he₂-du₈ mu₇-mu₇-bi du₁₀-[...] | May the snakes of the Ekur be trimmed, their horns sweet |
| 13’ | {ŋeš}bansur ku₃ {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ta mušen (IGI.DU-)zu ⸢x⸣ [x (x)] | From the holy throne of Enlil your snake |
| 14’ | e₂ diŋir gal-gal-e-ne-ka za-pa-aŋ₂ mu-un-na-⸢ŋa₂⸣-[ŋa₂] | In the house of the great dibir priestesses he sat down for him. |
| 15’ | za-pa-aŋ₂-bi-še₃ diŋir {d}a-nun-na im-ši-hul₂-hul₂-[...] | The Anuna rejoicing in its midst |
| 16’ | kiŋ₂-sig unu₇ gal diŋir-re-e-ne-ke₄ me-te-aš im-⸢mi⸣-[...] | In the lowland, the great dining hall of the intertwined (groups) ... a fitting thing |
| 17’ | e₂-gal {[d]}⸢šul⸣-gi-ra murum-ša₄-bi du₁₀-ga-[am₃] | It is the palace of Ešulgi, whose radiance is sweet |
| 18’ | [...] ⸢šul⸣-gi dumu {d}en-lil₂-la₂-ka saŋ an-⸢še₃⸣ [...] | ... the Šulgi temple, the son of Enlil, the foundation of the An-eše temple |
| 19’ | [x (x)] x x x x [...] | |
| 20’ | [...]-ge-eš ⸢mu⸣-[...] | ... the e’eš priest |
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