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CT 58, 73 (P274270)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 58, 73 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274270 |
| Museum no. | BM 072884 |
| 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' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...]-⸢ta⸣ aŋ₂-⸢x⸣ [...] | “[... ...]-eta’e23 (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) ... |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ki al-sag₃ [...] mu-bi-še₃ [...] | ... destroyed the earth ... its name |
| 5' | [...] ki al-sag₃-⸢sag₃⸣ [...] ⸢mu⸣-bi-še₃ [...] | ... the earth shakes |
| 6' | [...] ku₆ nu-gu₇-e [...] ⸢e⸣-ne-⸢eŋ₃⸣ x-[...] | ... does not eat fish ... the eunuchs |
| 7' | [... šu]-ku₆-ne gi-kak [...] x-NE-e [...] | ... the fishermen ... a reed mat |
| 8' | [... a]-⸢a⸣-ŋu₁₀ lul-⸢la-bi⸣-še₃ x-⸢am₃⸣ [...] | (Sum) ..., the false flood, ... its false flood(?) ... (Akk) The ... that false flood ... |
| 9' | [... {d}mu]-⸢ul-lil₂⸣ lul-[la-bi-še₃ ...] | ... Mūl-Eullil ... falsely |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢KU⸣ [x x x x x (x) (x)] ⸢nu⸣-uš-me-⸢hul-hul⸣ [...] | ... ekû-plant |
| 2' | [gud]-⸢zu⸣ tur₃-ra ⸢x⸣ [... im]-⸢mi⸣-ib₂-be₂ nu-uš-me-hul-⸢hul⸣ [...] | Your ox in the cattlepen ... he says, “May it not be destroyed, may it not ... |
| 3' | ⸢e⸣-ze₂-zu amaš-a ⸢x⸣ [x (x) (x)] ⸢im⸣-mi-ib₂-be₂ nu-uš-me-hul-⸢hul⸣ [...] | Your sheepfold, the sheepfold ... may it not be destroyed for you |
| 4' | [...] ⸢AK⸣-da sila-a [x (x) (x)] i-lu du₅-mu-ri-⸢ib⸣-[...] | ... in the street ... lament for Dumurib |
| 5' | [...] ⸢kiri₃⸣-zal-a ki-sikil ⸢ma⸣-[...] ul-la mu-ni-ib-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... in the orchard, the young woman ... joyfully |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x ku₃⸣-sig₁₇ ma e₂-kur-⸢ra⸣ [x (x)] ul-la mu-ni-ib-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the gold ..., the house of the Ekur temple ... joyfully ... |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x nundum⸣ sal-sal-la [x (x)] ul-la mu-ni-ib-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the ... of the scepter, the pure ..., he ... in joy |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣-na me-e ⸢ga-am₃-ma⸣-da-gub me-e ga-am₃-ma-da-[gub] | ... I want to stand with the ešuma-priest in the midst of the reed thicket, I will stand with him. |
| 9' | [...] ⸢tag⸣-ga [(x) (x)] e₂-tur₃-ta [...] | ... etag’ega ... from the cattlepen |
| 10' | [...] ⸢tag⸣-ga [(x)] ki amaš-ta [...] | ... etag’ega ... from the sheepfold |
| 11' | [...]-⸢ra⸣ e₂ ma-an-ga-ra ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... to the house of Mangara ... |
| 12' | [...] nu-tag kar-ra [...] | ... not touched, at the quay |
| 13' | [... a]-a-ŋu₁₀ nu₂-de₃ i-lu da-am₃-da-[...] | ... lying down, I want to utter a lament |
| 14' | [... {d}mu]-⸢ul⸣-lil₂ nu₂-de₃ i-lu da-am₃-da-[...] | I want to utter a lament to the one lying down in the temple of Enlil |
| 15' | [... me]-ri mah nu₂-de₃ i-lu [...] | ... lying down on a great foot, lament ... |
| 16' | [...] nu₂-de₃ i-lu [...] | ... lying down, lament ... |
| 17' | [...] nu₂-de₃ i-lu [...] | ... lying down, lament ... |
| 18' | [...] e-ze₂ du₅-me-[...] | ... weeping |
| 19' | [...] ma e₂-kur-ra [...] | ... the house of the Ekur |
| 20' | [... i]-lu da-am₃-[...] | ... lament ... |
| 21' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ta mu-ni-[...] | ... from the eša temple |
| 22' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ta mu-ni-[...] | ... from the eša temple |
| 23' | [...] ⸢x⸣ mu-na-[...] | ... the temple for him |
| 24' | [...] ⸢x⸣ am₃-[...] | ... the temple |
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