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CT 58, 79 (P274276)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 58, 79 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274276 |
| Museum no. | BM 096704 |
| 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 | ḫul-ŋal₂ igi nu-sa₆ dumu u₄ šu₂-šu₂-[ke₄] | The one who does not see the son of a distant day |
| 2 | uš₇-zu lil₂ bu-bu dumu {d}ereš-ki-gal-⸢la⸣-[ka-ke₄] | Your radiance is a ghost, son of Ereškigal-ela-e. |
| 3 | amalu ama uš₇-zu imin-na-ne-⸢ne⸣ | Amalu priestess, your mother who bore you, seven times |
| 4 | buru₅{mušen} uš₇-zu uš₇ ki tag-tag-me-eš | The eagles, when you rise, are the ones who touch the ground |
| 5 | ki-sikil-ra šu mu-un-du₃-u₃-ne ŋuruš-ra a₂ mu-un-la₂-e-ne | They made the hand of the maiden, they stretched out the arms of the baby |
| 6 | lu₂-ulu₃ niŋ₂-ak im-mi-in-ak-ak-⸢ne⸣ | “Man, you have done evil to me. |
| 7 | u₂-e uš₇ bi-in-du₁₁ niŋ₂-ak bi₂-in-ak ; lu₂-ra ba-ni-in-gu₇ | The u’e-priestess spoke to me, she did herself, she ate for the man. |
| 8 | kaš-a uš₇ i-ni-in-du₁₁ niŋ₂-ak bi₂-in-ak lu₂-ra ba-ni-in-naŋ | He poured beer on the ground, he did it himself and poured it for the man. |
| 9 | {d}utu an-na-še₃ a im-ma-na-an-zi | Utu rose up high for him. |
| 10 | erigal{gal}la a-pap ŋal₂ tag₄-ga-a a ba-ni-in-de₂ | He washed himself with water in the “seizing-of-the-mouth’-vessel′. |
| 11 | di-ri₂-da diŋir-ra nu-me-a a {ŋiš}{tug₂}ŋeštug-ga diŋir-ra nu-me-a | There was no “dirida-demon,' dibira-disease. Woe, a šutga-garment there was not a dais. |
| 12 | lu₂-ulu₃ pa₄-ḫal-la su-na ba-an-ḫir-ḫir | The one who was carried away in a trap was carried off in his lap. |
| 13 | {d}en-ki eridu{ki}ta e₃-a-ni | When Enki came forth from Eridu |
| 14 | saŋ-ŋa₂ šu bi₂-in-ŋar bar-ra šu bi₂-in-ur₃ | He shook his hand, he smashed his liver |
| 15 | ki-gig nam-lu₂-ulu₃-ba ni₂-te-ni ba-an-zu | The kigig priestess of humanity has known her fear. |
| 16 | ki-gig bar-šub-ba su lu₂-ulu₃-ka ŋal₂-la | (Sum) The kigig priestess, in the midst of the desert, the flesh of a man is carried off (Akk) The lamentation priest is carried away from the outskirts (of the city) |
| 17 | a₂-sag₃ ba-ra-na gidim-ta ba-ra-na | The asag demon, from the ghost, the ghost. |
| 18 | a₂ ŋiš ra-a diŋir-ra ba-ra-na ḫul-ŋal₂ eme nam-lu₂-ulu₃ ḫe₂-a | (Sum) He carried off the ‘arm’ of a lion, he carried off(?) the tongue of humanity(?) (Akk) The arms of the lion were carried off, the tongues of humanity were carried away |
| 19 | {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi igi im-ma-an-si₃ | Asalluḫi looked at him |
| 20 | a-a-ni {d}en-ki-ra e₂-a ba-an-ši-in-ku₄ gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e | He brought him into the house of his father Enki and spoke to him: |
| 21 | a-a-ŋu₁₀ ḫul-ŋal₂ igi nu-sa₆ a-ra₂ min-kam-ma-aš u₃-ub-du₁₁ | My father, he has looked at me with an unfavorable eye for the second time. |
| 22 | a-na ib₂-ak-na-bi nu-zu a-na ba-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄ | What is it that I do not know, what will I return? |
| 23 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ dumu-ni {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi mu-na-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄ | Enki answered his son Asalluḫ: |
| 24 | dumu-ŋu₁₀ a-na nu-e-zu a-na a-ra-ab-daḫ-e-en | What does a young man not know, what can I learn from him? |
| 25 | {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi a-na nu-e-zu | Asalluḫi, what did you not know? |
| 26 | ⸢niŋ₂ i₃-zu-a⸣-ŋu₁₀-um u₃ za-e in-ga-e-zu | “If he knows, you will know. |
| r | ||
| 1 | zi₃ še-muš₅-a niŋ₂-gig gidim-ma | flour of the šemuš-priest, the niŋ-gig of the ghost |
| 2 | zi₃ gib₃-ba niŋ₂-gig diŋir-ra | flour piled up in a pile of piles, |
| 3 | zi₃ {še}in-nu-ḫa niŋ₂-uš₇-bur₂-ru-da teš₂-bi u₃-mu-e-ḫe | The flour of the innuḫ-flour was poured out together, |
| 4 | lu₂-ulu₃ dumu diŋir-ra-na u₃-mu-e-ta-gur-gur | (Sum) The man, the son of his diŋir priestess, turns away from you (Akk) The person, the child of his ibir priestesses turn away for you |
| 5 | ša₃ {gi}bisaŋ-gin₇ keš₂-da-ni ḫe₂-du₈ | He was able to tie his knot like a reed basket |
| 6 | niŋ₂-ak {gi}bisaŋ-gin₇ keš₂-da-ni ḫe₂-du₈ | He acted like a reed fence, he was able to tie his knot. |
| 7 | a e₃-a-gin₇ u₂ ḫe₂-si-il-le | Like flowing water, may the grass be pure |
| 8 | {id₂}idigna-gin₇ ... gu₃-nun-bi ḫe₂-em-me | Like the Tigris ... may its thunder be roaring. |
| 9 | ša₃ ḫal-⸢la ša₃ an-še₃⸣ du-du | The heart of a fugitive, the heart of an enraged man |
| 10 | niŋ₂-⸢ak⸣ [u₂-suḫ]-gin₇ munsub-a-ni ḫe₂-en-du | His limbs are swollen like a scorpion |
| 11 | ir-⸢gin₇⸣ [su]-⸢na⸣ ḫe₂-em-⸢ma⸣-ra-e₃ | May it rise up like a rainbow for you |
| 12 | a [x-x-x]-⸢gin₇⸣ ḫu-mu-un-tum₂ | may he bring water like ... |
| 13 | {⸢d⸣}[nin-girima₃] {d}utu an-na-ta zu₂-keš₂-bi ḫu-mu-un-du₈ | “Eštar-Ningirima, with Utu of heaven, its nails were loosened. |
| 14 | x-[x-x] x tibira{ra}kam | ... Tibira |
| 15 | ⸢dim₃⸣ [tur]-⸢tur⸣ dim₃ nagar-ra-kam | It is a small esame tree, a dime of a carpenter |
| 16 | uš₇-⸢bi⸣ ka-ga mu-un-ši-DU | he made its way to the mouth |
| 17 | ša₃-ge nu-du₁₁-ga u₃-me-si₃ | The one who does not speak to the heart, he fills it. |
| 18 | ŋiri₃ ku₃ šu-du₇-a-za ŋiri₃ ki-a gub-ba-za | Your ‘pure’ city, your šudu-vessel, your stationed city |
| 19 | tu₆ ku₃ na-de₅-ga-za | When you bring the pure incantation, |
| 20 | lu₂-ulu₃ dumu diŋir-ra-na u₃-me-sikil u₃-me-dadag | (Sum) The man, the child of his intertwined family, purifies and purifies (Akk) The one, the son of his mixed family, cleanses and purify |
| 21 | {na₄}bur šaŋan-gin₇ u₃-me-luḫ-luḫ | Like a šaban stone, I was frightened |
| 22 | {na₄}bur i₃-nun-na-gin₇ u₃-mu-ni-in-su-su-ub | Like a bur of ghee he filled it with oil. |
| 23 | {d}utu saŋ-kal diŋir-re-e-ne-še₃ šu-ne₂ u₃-me-si₃ | Šamaš, the foremost of the judges, he set his hand upon him. |
| 24 | {d}utu saŋ-kal diŋir-re-e-ne-ke₄ | Šamaš, foremost of the intercessors, |
| 25 | šu sa₆-ga diŋir-ra-na-še₃ ; ḫe₂-em-ši-in-gi₄-gi₄ | May he return the good hand to his diŋir shrine |
| 26 | ka-inim-ma niŋ₂-sila₁₁-ŋa₂ zi₃ in-nu-ḫa-kam | It is the wording of a niŋsila prayer for innuḫa flour. |
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