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CT 58, 80 (P274277)
Prayer, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 58, 80 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274277 |
| Museum no. | BM 063606 + BM 066888 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| reverse 8' | he swore to him |
| reverse 16' | Watch of..., unceasing reed |
| obverse 16' | ama, not one with a rival |
| obverse 25' | ... small... |
| reverse 3' | he returned. |
| reverse 2' | his lord |
| reverse 5' | ..., the sister of the brother |
| obverse 26' | ... his face is set on fire like fire |
| reverse 13' | who makes rejoicing... rejoice |
| reverse 1' | ...-x |
| obverse 5' | ama, who has no rival, has no scepter of kingship |
| reverse 28' | Erekigal |
| reverse 25' | ... your table |
| reverse 22' | on your table |
| obverse 19' | by the command of ama no one |
| obverse 10' | ama, you are not the guarantor(?) of the nindigir priestess, with no interest |
| reverse 21' | abundance, justice |
| reverse 18' | the one who does not satisfy the heart of a man |
| obverse 7' | The nadtu of ama is not present in nadtu |
| obverse 29' | ...... |
| reverse 29' | to GIR-UNU-GAL |
| reverse 9' | he put in order |
| reverse 4' | he sent to me. |
| reverse 11' | ... the land of Adasuen |
| reverse 24' | its good water |
| obverse 24' | ... his face is smitten like a mother |
| reverse 10' | the lord |
| reverse 17' | the one who... the words of the heart |
| obverse 22' | Utu did not sleep |
| obverse 15' | Utu, without rival, the judge |
| obverse 32' | ... |
| obverse 9' | Utu, you are not the king of the troops(?) his father |
| reverse 12' | may he bring |
| reverse 15' | ... he... for you. |
| reverse 27' | ama |
| obverse 31' | who makes perfect the divine powers |
| reverse 32' | governor of the nether world |
| reverse 30' | to Ningizida |
| obverse 17' | ama, not one with a rival |
| obverse 18' | ama, not one with a rival |
| obverse 1' | his |
| reverse 6' | to the eternal mountain |
| reverse 23' | its beautiful plants |
| obverse 27' | ... is present |
| obverse 8' | The hand of ama is unrivaled, and the scepter of the god is not set straight. |
| reverse 20' | good water |
| obverse 30' | he brought out for him. |
| obverse 14' | ama, who has no rival, a uumgal creature, who has no rival |
| obverse 2' | nam |
| obverse 28' | he built. |
| reverse 7' | ... be a liar |
| obverse 23' | the unceasing one(?) of Utu, the destroyer |
| obverse 3' | that ama would not make his lordship resplendent, |
| obverse 12' | (As for) Utu, who has no rival, a dog, a lamb that has no rival |
| reverse 26' | Its sizkur-offerings make a good thing resplendent, make a good thing resplendent |
| reverse 14' | ..., a long life |
| reverse 31' | by Getinana the mistress of the scribe of Kura |
| reverse 19' | good quality grass |
| obverse 13' | Utu, you are not a lion |
| obverse 20' | to the horizon |
| obverse 11' | Utu was not on the border, Iluruga was not a judge. |
| obverse 4' | The hand of ama is unrivaled, the throne of kingship cannot be changed. |
| obverse 6' | The divine plans of kingship that cannot be changed |
| obverse 21' | at the place of sunrise, at the place of sunrise |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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