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CDLI Literary 000628, ex. 001 (P283740)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000628, ex. 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283740 |
| Museum no. | BM 015794 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [di]-da#-mu-ne# di-da-mu#-ne# | When I was going, when I was traveling |
| 2 | ga-sza#-an-ir9{+i-ra}-ra# mu-lu2#-u3?-ne# | The people of Gašanira |
| 3 | ga-sza#-an-gen abzu#-sze3 di-da-mu-ne# | When I, the lady, was going to the Abzu |
| 4 | ga#-sza#-an#-an#-na#-gen abzu-sze3 di-da-mu-ne# | When I, Gašanana, was going to the Abzu |
| 5 | abzu# e2-nun-sze3# di-da-mu-ne | When I was going to the Abzu, the princely house |
| 6 | uru2-ze2#-eb#{ki}-ze2#-eb-sze3 di-da-mu-ne | When I was going to Uruzeb |
| 7 | e2-engur-ra#-sze3 di-da-mu-ne | When I was going to the E'engura temple |
| 8 | e2-an-na# e2# {d}mu#-ul-lil2#-la2-sze3 di-da-mu-ne | When I was going to the Eanna, the house of Enlil |
| 9 | ne-sag# u4-de3 sza3-ge# pa3?#-sze3 di-da-mu-ne | When I was going to the ne’esag offering(?) of the storm, to the one chosen in the heart |
| 10 | bur#-gal-gal# an#-ne2 su8-ga#-sze3 di-da-mu-ne | When I was going to the great bowl of heaven, the shepherd |
| 11 | bur# szu#-sikil-e# ze2#-eg3#-ga2-sze3 di-da-mu-ne | When I was going to the bowl of the purified hand |
| 12 | a# [mu]-lu#-zi-de3# szu# e3-ba-sze3 di-da-mu-ne | When I was going to the water of Muluzida, |
| 13 | u3#-mu#-un# {d#}am#-an#-ki szu e3-ba-sze3 di-da-mu-ne | When I was going to the place where lord Enki blesses |
| 14 | {d}dam#-gal#-nun-na-ke4# szu# e3#-ba-sze3 di-da-mu-ne | When I was going to the place where Damgalnuna blesses |
| 15 | {d}asar-e# abzu#?-ke4#? szu e-ba#-sze3 di-da-mu-ne | When I was going to the Abzu with Asar |
| 16 | ur mu-da#-ri# PIRIG#? mu-da-ri | The lion approaches, the wolf approaches |
| 17 | {gisz}taskarin mu#-da-ri# {gesz}ha#-lu-ub2 mu-da-ri | He made the boxwood grow, he made the ḫallub tree grow |
| 18 | ga-sza#-an#-an#-na#-gen im#-tur#-tur-e szu i-im-ti | I am Gašanana, the small ones ... |
| 19 | e-re7#{+re#}-da#-mu#-ne# e#-re7-da-mu-ne | When I go, when I go |
| 20 | a-e3# me#-e# gen#-na# a-e3# me-e gen-na | I am the one who goes out, I am (the one who) goes out |
| 21 | ga-sza#-an#-gen# ambar#-ra di-da-mu-ne | When I, the lady, was going in the marshes |
| 22 | ambar{+a-bar-ra}-ra# [a12?]-ra2#?-bu{muszen}-bi me-e gen-na | In the marshes, I am its arabu bird |
| 23 | ka-me3#-ka# di-da-mu-ne | When I was going to the kame temple |
| 24 | u4 u4 u4# e3-a-bi gen-na | I am going to the storm, the storm that came out |
| 25 | igi-me3-ka di#-da-mu-ne | When I was going in front |
| 26 | u4 u4# e3-a-bi gen-na | I am the one who came out of the storm |
| 27 | egir-me3#-ka us2-sa-mu-ne | After we have finished, |
| 28 | kusz7 em3# hul-bi# ze2#-ba? gen-na | I am the one who goes along with(?) the evildoer(?) |
| 29 | e2-{d#}mu#-ul#-lil2-la2 ku4-ra-mu-ne | When I enter the house of Enlil |
| 30 | munus kur-ra diri#-ga#-bi gen-na | I am the woman surpassing in the land |
| 31 | kur-kur#-ra KA me#-ri ba-ni-in-ne | In all the lands they ... their feet |
| 32 | mu#-ud#-da#-na#-mu# igi-ma3 ba-e-tusz | My spouse, before me, I dwelled |
| 33 | e2#-de3#? {d#}utu?-de3 a-da-min3 mu-un-de3-ne | When they go to the temple, Utu takes them by force(?) |
| 34 | {d#}utu#-de3# {d}nanna#-de3 a-da-min3 mu-de3-ne | Utu and Nanna sat down in battle |
| 35 | {d#}sud3 ASZ a-{uruda}szen-dilim2-ku3-ga-ta a-da-min3 mu-de3-ne | Sud and Šēn-dilim-kug argued with each other: |
| 36 | i7-de3 i7-de3 i7-diri-gin7 dam-gin7 ze2-eb uru2-gin7# ze2#-eb# ur5-gin7 ze2-eb nu-gal2 | The river, the river, like a distant river, sweet as a spouse, sweet like the city, but sweet like an enemy, it is not present |
| 37 | i7#-de3 i7-nun-e i7-diri-gin7 | The river, the princely river, like a distant river |
| 38 | i7#-de3 {i7}buranun-na i7-diri-gin7# | To the river, the Euphrates, like a distant river |
| 39 | i7#-{i7#}buranun#-na-ke4 i7-diri-gin7# | The Euphrates, like a river |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [sza3?] e2#?-dim3#?-ma#?-[sze3?] im#?-da#?-gen#?-na#?-gin7#? | Like one who went to the interior of the Edima temple |
| 2 | [dim3?-me?]-er mu-lu im#?-da#-gen-na#-gin7# [(x)] | Like a god who came along with the man |
| 3 | [dam]-gin7# ze2#-eb uru2-gin7 ze2-eb ur5-gin7 ze2-[eb nu-gal2] | Like a spouse sweet, like a city sweet, sweet as a dog, there is no sweet. |
| 4 | [{d}]am#-an-ki am-uru2-ze2-ba im-da-gen#-na#-[gin7 (x)] | Like Amanki, the bull of Uruzeb, who came along |
| 5 | ama#?-e2#-mah#-a {d}dam-gal-nun-na im-da-gen#-na#-[gin7 (x)] | Like Ama-emaḫ, Damgalnuna who came along |
| 6 | {d#}asar#-lu2#-hi dumu-uru2-ze2-ba im-da#-gen#-na#-gin7# | Asarluhi, like a citizen of Uruzeb, came along |
| 7 | {d#}mu#-ul#-lil2-le mu-un-gu7-a-gin7 mu#-un-nag-a-gin7# dam#-gin7 ze2-eb uru2-gin7 ze2-eb ur5-gin7 ze2-eb nu-gal2 | Like Enlil eating and drinking, like a spouse sweet, like the city sweet, sweet but not sweet |
| 8 | SZA3#? x# NE# ne#-en sza3-mu ba-ma-al | ... my heart is present |
| 9 | a# lu2#-zi#!-de3 szu e-ba-sze3 | To the water of the exorcist, to the hand of the priest |
| 10 | a#-bi# lu2-zi-de3 szu bi2-in-e3-ba-a-sze3 | To the one whose father Luzid brought out, |
| 11 | mu#-lu#-bi# e2-sza3-ga {mu}nu2 gi-rin-ne bi2-in-ak# | This man slept in the Ešaga in a bed of juniper |
| 12 | e2-an-na-ka gada-la2-e! na ba-e-na-ag2 | In the Eana he gave the gadala priest to her |
| 13 | u3#-mu-un-ra a mu-un-ma-al mu-na-ab-be2-ne | They say to the lord: "There is water" |
| 14 | ninda#{+en-da} mu-un-ma-al mu-un-na-ab-be2-ne | They speak to him with a ninda offering |
| 15 | e2#-gal-la NI2-te-en mu-un-na-ab-be2-ne | They speak to him in the palace |
| 16 | {d}dumu-zi e2-e-am3 ki-am3 u4-zalag-ga | Dumuzi is the house, the place of light. |
| 17 | ama {d}inanna ama {d}inanna du6-zu du-zu | Mother Inanna, mother Inanna - your moat is made perfect for you |
| 18 | ama# {d}inanna {d}inanna-an-na tug2-zu tug2-zu# | Mother Inanna, Inanna-ana, your garment is your garment |
| 19 | tug2-gi6-zu tug2-babbar-zu | Your black garment, your white garment |
| 20 | mu-lu e2-a gen-na-mu te-e-am3 | The one who went to the house, how is it that he approaches? |
| 21 | i#-lu te-am3 ad-sza4-sza3-ba | What is the lament of its utterance? |
| 22 | me-e-bi te-am3 me ba-tusz-u3-ne | Its divine powers, how are they to dwell in divine powers? |
| 23 | ki#-bi te-am3 ki am3-gub-bu-ne | The place is indeed where they stand. |
| 24 | am3-mi-in-gub-bu-ne am3-mi-in-gub-bu-ne | They stand there, they stand there. |
| 25 | {d}mu-ul-lil2 ki-ur3!-ra am3-mi-in-gub-bu-ne | Enlil stationed him in the Ki'ur |
| 26 | am szi-ka-na-ag2-ga2 mu-lu2-bi de3-en-ti | Wild bull of the land, may this man live! |
| 27 | em3# ni2-bi em3 ni2-bi de3-ak | May he act with fear, with fear |
| 28 | lu2-bi e2-nun-na KA inim-si-sa2 de3-bi2-in-ak | I want to say a word to this man in the Enuna |
| 29 | a-ga-e2-gal-la2-ka inim-si-sa2 im-be2-en-na | In Aga’egala you have spoken a word. |
| 30 | in-nin9 ubur-zu gan2-ne2-zu he2-a | Lady, may your breast be your field. |
| 31 | {d}inanna ubur-zu gan2-ne2-zu he2-a | May Inanna be your breast, your field! |
| 32 | gan2-ne2 dagal-e gu de2-a-zu | When you spread your net over the wide fields, |
| 33 | gan2-ne2 dagal-e sze de2-a-zu | When you bring barley to the wide fields, |
| 34 | a bala-am3-ta mu-lu2 SZE gar-am3-ta | From the water of the bala, from the man who put the barley, |
| 35 | a bala-bala-am3-ta mu-lu2 gar-gar-am3-ta# | After water was poured, after people were placed |
| 36 | mu#-lu du11-ga-ra u3-na-e-ni#-du11# | I will speak to the one speaking to him |
| 37 | ne-en ga-ra-na8-na8#? | I want to drink it for you |
| 38 | ($ blank space $) szir3-nam-szub-{d#}inanna#-kam# | It is a prize song of Inanna |
| 39 | ($ blank space $) 1(gesz2)# 1(u)# 6(disz) mu#?-[bi?-im?] | (total:) 96 lines |
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- 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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