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N 3164 (P278218)
CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | N 3164 |
|---|---|
| ID | P278218 |
| Museum no. | N 3164 |
| Collection | Penn Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Lamentations > Balaĝ |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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 ⸢mu-gi₁₇-ib⸣ [...] | ... mugib priestess |
| 2' | u₂-sa₁₁-an-na šeg₁₁ ⸢gi₄⸣ [...] | The šamaš priestess, the bridemaid |
| 3' | ud-zal-la ga-ša-an ŋi₆-par₄-⸢ra⸣ [...] | The storm, lady of the Ipar |
| 4' | ama/du₅ MI x gi₄ ⸢si-a⸣-[...] | (Sum) The mother, the ... of the scepter(?) (Akk) The matriarch(?) ... the reed bed |
| 5' | an te ba-dub₂ ki ⸢te⸣ [ba-sag₃] | heaven trembled, earth shaken |
| 6' | hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ gaba-bi x x dil MU [...] | In the Hursa ... |
| 7' | izi-us₂-sa e₂-a ŋal₂-[...] | Her fire in the house ... |
| 8' | ga-ša-an-an-na-da gu₃ mu-da-⸢ab⸣-[...] | With Gašanana he spoke |
| 9' | mu-gi₁₇-ib izi-gin₇ bar₇ ki-bal-⸢a⸣ [...] | The mugib priestess, burning like fire in the rebel land |
| 10' | mu-gi₁₇-ib si an-na NE [...] | Mugib priestess, horn of heaven ... |
| 11' | mu-gi₁₇-ib ga-ša-an-na si an-na ⸢NE⸣ [...] | The mugib priestess, lady of heaven, the ... of heaven |
| 12' | ud šir₃ an-na šeg₁₁ gi₄-gi₄ [...] | The storm, the ‘heart’ of heaven, resounding |
| 13' | šir₃ kug an-na šeg₁₁ gi₄-gi₄ [...] | May the holy midst of heaven be restored for you |
| 14' | ama mu-gib₃ ŋen sa i-bi₂ [...] | Mother, mugib priestess, <(what have I done?)> |
| 15' | u₄-re en₃-na AN x [...] | As in days gone by, |
| 16' | x x x ⸢an-na⸣ x [...] | ... ana ... |
| 17' | [x x x]-⸢na⸣ x [...] | ...-ena’e |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | {⸢d}inana⸣ kug x [...] | Holy Inana |
| 3' | e₂ dur₂-ra-ta x [...] | From the dwelling house ... |
| 4' | dam-ra ma-an-tuku-⸢na⸣ x x [...] | The spouse of Mannu-e-na-e ... |
| 5' | dam-ra pa₃-da-na x [...] | The one chosen by his spouse |
| 6' | a-da-lam mu-na-⸢ra⸣-[e₃ ...] | He brought out the adalam offerings for him |
| 7' | in-nin ⸢kug {d⸣}inana x [...] | Lady, holy Inana |
| 8' | ki-sikil {d}inana in-⸢nin⸣ [...] | The maiden Inana, the lady ... |
| 9' | {d}inana kur-ra si-ga-⸢am₃⸣ [...] | Inana, you are the one who is set up in the mountain |
| 10' | {d}inana kur-kur-ra diri-⸢ga⸣ [...] | Inana, surpassing all the lands |
| 11' | mu-gi₁₇-ib mu-gi₁₇-ib x [...] | The mistress, the mistress ... |
| 12' | ga-ša-an-ni₉-mar x [...] | Gašannimar |
| 13' | dim-gal kul-aba₄{ki} ma-⸢la⸣-[ŋu₁₀ ...] | The great gods of Kulaba ... |
| 14' | ma-la-ŋu₁₀ na-nam ⸢ama⸣-[ŋu₁₀ ...] | It is indeed ala-būni, the mother-in-law ... |
| 15' | kaš mu-un-⸢naŋ⸣-a-⸢ta⸣ x [...] | He pours beer for him |
| 16' | a-da šu-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ x [...] | Father Šū-e23 |
| 17' | ki-ta x [...] | from the ground |
| 18' | x x [...] | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | ama-ŋu₁₀ [...] | The mother ... |
| 2 | kaš mu-x [...] | beer ... |
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
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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