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CT 58, 70 (P274267)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 58, 70 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274267 |
| Museum no. | BM 078164 |
| 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' | [...] x-x | |
| [...] e-re-⸢zu⸣ [...]-⸢na⸣ [...] | ... your servant ... | |
| [... ar]-⸢di⸣-ka il-x [...] x [...] | ... your servant ... ... | |
| [... am uru₂-ze₂]-⸢eb⸣{ki}ba-ke₄ e-re-zu mu-e-ši-⸢ŋen⸣ [sahar-<(ra ba-da-tuš)>] | ... the bull of Eridu, your servant, you have sat down in the dust | |
| [aŋ₂]-⸢gig⸣ i₃-ak-a-bi-še₃ mu-e-ši-ŋen ⸢sahar⸣-<(ra ba-da-tuš)> | You are the one who has done the a’egig ritual, you sit down with me in the sahar temple | |
| ⸢ma⸣-ru-uš-ti ep-šu | Evil deeds | |
| aŋ₂-hul an-gi₄-a-še₃ mu-e-ši-ŋen sahar-<(ra ba-da-tuš)> | You have caused the evil of Angi to seize you, you have sat in the dust | |
| ⸢le⸣-mu-ut-ti im-hu-ru-šu | They received his supplication. | |
| [x]-ni-da an-na-mar-ra-aš mu-e-ši-ŋen sahar-<(ra ba-da-tuš)> | You are the one who ... for him, you sit in the dust | |
| [...]-⸢it⸣ iš-ša₂-ak-nu-šu | ... he imposed upon him | |
| [šu du₃]-⸢a⸣ a₂ la₂-a-bi-ta mu-e-ši-ŋen sahar-<(ra ba-da-tuš)> | Hand of Du’ea, you have sat down in the dust | |
| [ina ki]-mi u ki-si | in kīmu and kisu | |
| [i]-⸢bi₂⸣ si-ga-ni-ta mu-e-ši-ŋen sahar-<(ra ba-da-tuš)> | After he has departed from his seat, he sits in the dust | |
| si-ga-ni-ta ina e-re-em pa-nim | (Sum) She is the one who smites with her horns (Akk) You are the one of the šigānu drum in the presence | |
| [...] ⸢sar⸣-ni-ta mu-e-ši-ŋen sahar-<(ra ba-da-tuš)> | ... from his garden, you are the one who sits in the dust | |
| [ina ...]-x gu-ul-lu-ub-ti | In ..., the slaughterer | |
| [x šu]-⸢du₇⸣-a-ni-ta mu-e-ši-ŋen sahar-<(ra ba-da-tuš)> | You are the one who has left his ..., you sit in the dust | |
| [ina x-x šuk-lu]-⸢lu⸣-ti-šu | in his šuklû-priesthood | |
| [ni₂ hu]-⸢luh⸣-ha-bi-ta mu-e-ši-ŋen sahar-<(ra ba-da-tuš)> | Because of this fearsomeness, you have sat in the dust | |
| [ina pu-luh]-ti u gi-li-it-ti | in fear and fright | |
| [...]-gin₇ ki-za mu-e-ši-ŋen sahar-ra ba-⸢da⸣-[tuš] | Like a ..., you have made me enter your place, I have sat down in dust | |
| [ki-ma ...] ⸢aš₂⸣-ri-ka | Like ... of your hand | |
| [...]-⸢ur₃⸣ ši-ba mu-e-ši-in-[de₆] | ... he brought to you there. | |
| [...]-x-ak-kum na-piš-ta-šu ub-la-⸢ak⸣-[kum] | ... his life he brought to you | |
| [...]-⸢ak⸣-ak-e kuš₃ ki-a a-ra-⸢ab⸣-[tag-tag] | I want to utter an arabe prayer to you on earth | |
| [...] ip-ta-na-aš-[šil] | ... he opened for him | |
| [...] šeš₄ a i-bi₂-ni [...] | ... his eyes ... | |
| [...] di-ma-tu-šu [...] | ... his divinity | |
| [...]-⸢gi⸣-ma i-lu-am₃ [...] | ... is a lament | |
| [...] u₂-[...] | ... ... | |
| [...] x-x x-x-[...] | ||
| [ša₃-zu de₃-en]-na-huŋ-e e-re-za ⸢bar⸣-zu [de₃-en-sed₄-de₃] | May your heart be pacified to him, may your servant calm him | |
| [ša₃-zu de₃]-en-na-huŋ-e e-re-za bar-zu [te-en-te-en] | May your heart be pacified towards him, may your liver be soothed towards him | |
| [...]-bi tug₂-gin₇ sig₃-⸢ga⸣-[na-ab] | ... its ... like a garment ... | |
| [...]-x-x GIM ṣu-ba-ti [šu-hu-uṭ] | ... like a šubūtu-demon | |
| [...] x-bi bar gi-gin₇ ⸢ak⸣-[a-ab] | ... its ... like a reed | |
| [...]-x GIM qa₂-ne₂-e qu₃-[lu-up] | ... like a qanû-demon, smear | |
| [...]-x-na na-aŋ₂-erim₂-ma de₃-[...] | ... may he not ... against him | |
| [...] ma-mi-tu₂ ša it-mu-⸢u₂⸣ | (Sum) ... he is the one who ... (Akk) The ... of the land that he ... | |
| [...]-⸢ab⸣ sar-ra-bi ka la₂-la₂-⸢ab⸣ | ... its scribal lore is the mouth of a lala priest | |
| [...]-x-li ši-ṭir-ta-šu pi₂-šiṭ | ... his lips are open | |
| [...]-x mur₇-<<ma>>-ba zi-ga-an-ni-⸢ib₂⸣ | When he rises in the ... of the mountain range | |
| [...]-x ina ta-ba-aš-ta-⸢ni⸣-šu šu-ut-bi-[šu] | ... in his distress, his hand | |
| [... kug]-⸢sig₁₇⸣-gin₇ sahar kug-ga-na ⸢si₃⸣-ba-ni-⸢ib₂⸣ | Like a gold ebony he filled his gold sand with it. | |
| [...]-u KU₃.GI šu-hu-uz su-mu-⸢uk-ta⸣-am x-[...] | (Sum) ... of gold, the one who holds back the scepter (Akk) .... of gold | |
| [zabar] ⸢aŋ₂⸣-su-ub-ba-gin₇ šu-zu-uš hu-luh-ha-⸢ab⸣ | Like a bronze arrowhead, your hand will be frightened | |
| [ki-ma ...] ma-aš-ši nu-me-er-šu | Like ..., his land is barren | |
| [...]-ti nam-mah in-di-za de₃-en-in-pad₃-de₃ | ... may he find your greatness in your walking. | |
| [...]-ma na-ar-bi a-lak-ti-ka li-it-mu | ... and may the greatness of your journey be known. | |
| [gu₃ de₃]-en-dug₄ ka-tar-za de₃-en-si-il₂-le | May he speak, may he raise your voice. | |
| [li-iš]-ta-mar da-li-⸢li⸣-ka lid-lul | May he continually praise your glory!” | |
| [ša₃-zu ša₃ ama] ⸢u₃⸣-tu-ud-da-gin₇ ki-ba de₃-en-na-gi₄-gi₄ | May your heart, like the heart of a birth mother, be restored to its place for him | |
| [ama u₃-tu-ud-da a-a u₃]-⸢tu⸣-ud-da-gin₇ ki-<(ba de₃-en-na-gi₄-gi₄)> | Like the birth mother, like the birth father, may it be restored to its place for him | |
| [er₂-ša₃-huŋ-ŋa₂] {d}en-ki-ga-kam | It is an eršahu’a of Enki | |
| [...] x mu-bi-im | ... its name | |
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- 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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