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CDLI Literary 000375, ex. 103 & 00339, ex. 089 & 000771, ex. 061 & Q000782, ex. 088 (P274469)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000375, ex. 103 & 00339, ex. 089 & 000771, ex. 061 & Q000782, ex. 088 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274469 |
| Museum no. | MS 3176/1 |
| Collection | Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 v | ||
| 21’ | me-ta-am₃ me am₃ | From where will he come? |
| 22’ | ⸢ga-ba-al nam-mu⸣-du₃ | You should not build a temple there. |
| 23’ | ⸢ta⸣-[... ...]-⸢al⸣ | |
| 24’ | a₂ mu-⸢e-a-AK⸣ | labor of mu-ea-ak |
| 25’ | ta-am₃ lu₂-⸢tumu{dumu⸣} | what did Lu-etumu-dumu |
| 26’ | a-da-lam na-aŋ₂-⸢lu₂⸣ | Adalam, nayelu |
| 27’ | tukum-bi | If |
| 28’ | ze₄-e-me-en e₂ | I am the house, |
| 29’ | ⸢tukum-bi⸣ na-aŋ₂-lu₂ | If a man |
| 30’ | ze₄-e gaba-ri-ŋu₁₀-me-en ba | I am a rival |
| 31’ | lu₂ al-hi-li-a | the man of Alḫiliya |
| 32’-33’ | ⸢gi₄⸣-in dag-ge₄-a // ⸢du₅⸣-ŋu₁₀ | “I am the one who is bound by the ešēdu-demon, |
| o vi | ||
| 1’ | ta-aš | he has received |
| 2’ | u₅-mu sur-sur še sa-⸢sa⸣ | “The storm, the surge of the barley, the sa’esa |
| 3’ | mu uku₂-re-e-ne | year: “Uku-rēne. (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) |
| 4’ | ⸢u₄-da⸣-am₃ lu₂ ba | It is a storm, a man was killed. |
| 5’ | ⸢ša₃⸣ ku₃ til i-bi₂-za e₂-a | The holy shrine, finished before you, in the temple |
| 6’ | i-bi₂-za nu-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | does not look at your face |
| 7’ | dam-zu tu₉ nu-mu₄ | Your spouse is not clothed. |
| 8’ | še deš sila₃ ab-pa₃-de₃ | to find the barley and straw in the sila-vessel |
| 9’ | u₃ ze₄-e na-aŋ₂ | and sweet ... |
| 10’ | ⸢lu₂⸣ saŋ i-ra | a man a pile of piles |
| 11’ | enim sig gu₇(KA-)gu₇(KA) | who eats lowly words |
| 12’ | ⸢aŋ₂⸣-kur₂ du₁₁-du₁₁ | “Ea-ekur, uttered, |
| 13’ | ⸢e₂⸣ e-⸢ne zi₂-iŋ₃⸣ | “House, house, house of flour, |
| 14’ | u₃ ze₄-e ša₃ nu-nus-e-ne | and the heart of women |
| 15’ | a si a lu₃-lu₃ | Woe, the horns, woe! |
| 16’ | in-⸢us₂ in⸣-tur-tur | “He has sat down, he has not been able to rest’ |
| 17’ | i-ni-in-du₈ | he built. |
| 18’ | a-ra₂-še₃ nu-mu-un-mar | he did not see the way |
| 19’ | ma-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄-gi₄-<in> | he will answer me. |
| 20’ | ki-še-er nu-tuku na-aŋ₂ | who does not have a rival |
| 21’ | siki nu-mu-un-⸢da-peš₆⸣ | he did not weave wool |
| 22’ | ⸢kiŋ₂⸣-[...] | E-e-[...] |
| 23’ | [...] | |
| 24’ | [...] | |
| 25’ | [...]-uh₂-rum-še₃ | to ...-uḫrums |
| 26’ | u₃-um-gur teš₂ nu-tuku | “If he does not have a partner, |
| 27’ | in-na-am₃ mu-e-tub₂ | he smote me. |
| 28’ | lu₂ ki e-ne-eŋ₃-KA | the man who the place of Ene-KA |
| 29’ | KA na-aŋ₂-lu₂-lu | “The mouth should not be full of complaints. |
| 30’ | di-da-ni nu-me-a | His case is not. |
| 31’ | lu₂ di in-tuku | a man who has a lawsuit |
| 32’ | al-sah₄ al-ur₃ | “He is stricken, he is tripped, |
| o vii | ||
| 1’ | i-[...] | ... . |
| 2’ | ⸢e₂⸣ [...] | The temple ... |
| 3’ | ⸢dam⸣ [...] | |
| 4’ | ušur ⸢ušur⸣-[...] | “It is enough, it is enough! |
| 5’ | {ŋeš-tu₉}PI-⸢ka⸣ [...] | The šutu priestess |
| 6’ | i-im-men₃-⸢x⸣-[(x)] | Immen-ēde |
| 7’ | murub₄-bi-a ⸢du₁₄⸣ | in the middle of it a ritual |
| 8’ | aŋ₂ nu-du₁₁-ga-⸢ni⸣ | he did not say "Woe!" |
| 9’ | u₃ ze₄-e lu₂-⸢lu₇⸣-<me-en> | And you are a lû-priest |
| 10’ | e₂ gul uru₂ ⸢ba x⸣ [...] | Destroyer of the temple, city, ... temple |
| 11’ | ur₅-ta šu ge ku₃-⸢ga⸣ | Hand of pure reed |
| 12’ | ehi-ta AN ⸢x⸣ [...] | From above ... |
| 13’ | ⸢eme-ni⸣ [x x] | the emeni’e-plant |
| 14’ | ⸢aŋ₂⸣ [...] | “(If) he ... a house(?) |
| 15’ | [...] | |
| 16’? | [...] ⸢DU⸣-DU | ... e’udu-tree |
| 17’ | ⸢bun₂⸣ du₃-du₃ ŋuruš uru₂ | ešbun-e23-di’udu-disease, “caterpillar of the city |
| 18’ | ⸢ŋuruš⸣ tur dag-ge₄-a | a young female kid who is torn apart |
| 19’ | gaba-ri-ŋu₁₀-me-en | I am a rival |
| 20’ | e-ne-eŋ₃ diri | surpassing |
| 21’ | nu-nus sun₇-na | the humble woman |
| 22’ | gu₃ de₂-de₂ zi₂-za | clamoring for your life |
| 23’ | e₂-a-na hul-lu | destroyer of his temple |
| 24’ | šu dag-dag-ge | Hand of Dagdag |
| 25’ | gu₇-gu₇ nu₂-nu₂ | eating, lying down |
| 26’-27’ | en-na-bi-še₃-am₃ du₁₄ mu₂-da | As long as he is alive, |
| o viii | ||
| 1’ | ⸢e⸣-[...] | “[... e]e-e- |
| 2’ | ⸢ŋe₂₆-e⸣ [...] | “If he slips through the thresholds, |
| 3’ | lu₂ ki-⸢e⸣-[...] | The man of the Ki'e’e temple |
| 4’ | di si-sa₂ | a just verdict |
| 5’ | tukum-bi | If |
| 6’ | ku₃ dam taka₄-a-ni | his silver, which he presented to his wife |
| 7’ | al-zil₂-zil₂-le | |
| 8’ | ŋurgu{gu₂}zu ⸢aš₃⸣-še₃ IGI | (If) he sees a burguguzu tree |
| 9’ | kiše₄-za gu₃ ba-⸢tub₂⸣ | He shouted at your feet |
| 10’ | ka nam-du₁₁-du₁₁ | speak! |
| 11’ | tilla₂ uru₂-za-kam | the square of your city |
| 12’ | lu₂ min₃-<kam>-ma šu-za | a second man your hand |
| 13’ | du₅-ŋu₁₀ lu₂ tab-ba-za | Dubu, the one who has been seized |
| 14’ | ne-ri niŋir | nēri, nibir, |
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