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CT 42, 33 BM 015822 (P283742)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CT 42, 33 BM 015822 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283742 |
| Museum no. | BM 015822 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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 | ⸢a₂⸣ [di₄]-di₄-la₂ a₂ di₄-di₄-la₂ | The little ones, the little ones |
| 2 | x [x] ⸢a uru₂⸣ a₂ di₄-di₄-la₂ | ... of the temple, the city, the arms of the little ones |
| 3 | x [x] ⸢AN⸣ x-ŋa₂ a₂ di₄-di₄-la₂ | ... the ... of the small arms |
| 4 | ⸢ga-ša-an-ra⸣ mu-na a₂ di₄-di₄-la₂ | He named it Egašanarae, a place where the tiny arms are bound. |
| 5 | ⸢ga-ša-an⸣-ne-še₃ a₂ di₄-di₄-la₂ | In their sanctuaries, the tiny arms |
| 6 | ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x-an⸣ su₃-ga a₂ di₄-di₄-la₂ | The ... of the ... temple, the one who is full of tiny arms |
| 7 | ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x AN⸣ gi-re-da a₂ di₄-di₄-la₂ | The ..., the ... of heaven, a reed fence with tiny arms |
| 8 | ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x-e šu⸣-ta du₁₁-ga-bi | The ... of the ... that is spoken from the hand |
| 9 | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-e ⸢ŋiri₃⸣-ta la-ha-bi | “(If) he slips through the cracks of a house, he will die in the house of the city. |
| 10 | ⸢e₂ x lu₂-zu e lu₂ buluŋ₃⸣-ŋa₂-zu | The house ..., your man, the man of your gate |
| 11 | ⸢da-kalag-ge₂⸣ i₃-še-še i₃-ba su-ku-ta-zu | Your ‘powerful’ is a flood that flows from the well. |
| 12 | da-kalag-ge₂ u₂ i-ru-zu a-tar-ra i-ru-zu | Strong one, your grass grows, your marshes grow. |
| 13 | da-kalag-ge₂ u₂ bu-ur-zu ma-na še-še-ta-zu | Strong one, when you grow grass, how many minas do you know? |
| 14 | da-kalag-ge₂ e₂ diŋir-ra ni-ni ŋe₆-na-a-zu | Strong one, when you enter the house of the intertwined, |
| 15 | da-kalag-ge₂ an-pa a-x-še x-a-zu | Strong one, your ... of the horizon |
| 16 | ⸢da⸣-kalag-ge₂ ŠE₃-šir-ta x-x-a-zu | Your ‘powerful one’ |
| 17 | x-i-mu šu-ra NE-NE mi-LU₃ mu-un-⸢di⸣-i-zu | ... in the hand ... you know. |
| 18 | ⸢e₂-ga⸣-ŋa₂ e₂-ga šu-ub mi-LU₃ mu-un-di-i-zu | In my house, in my house I know how to love. |
| 19 | ⸢pa⸣-ra-ŋa₂ pa-ra-bi šu-ub mi-⸢LU₃⸣ mu-di-zu | Its reed screen is the hand of a ... who knows. |
| 20 | [...] ⸢a-a⸣ TU-ta uru₂ nu-uš-ma-ŋal₂-la | ... from ... the city was not carried off |
| 21 | [...] ⸢x x HI⸣ nu-uš-⸢ma-da⸣-ŋal₂-la | ... did not bring forth ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | tin [bur]-ra-ta ⸢dili⸣-ni ⸢x⸣ [...] | After he has poured wine into a libation vessel, |
| 2' | eš₃-zu tin-bi dili-ni-ta ⸢si₃-ga⸣ [...] | Your shrine, its wine ... alone |
| 3' | {dug}bur-ra dili-ni de₃-de₃-⸢bi⸣ [...] ⸢x-gi₄⸣ | May he go out alone into the bur-vessel |
| 4' | eš₃-zu kaš dili-zu-ni ga-a saŋ nam-ba-⸢sag₃-ge⸣ | Your shrine, when you pour out your single beer, do not abandon it! |
| 5' | dug ⸢A-x⸣-zu-ni naŋ-a-zu a dili-zu-ni | Your ... jug, your ... water, |
| 6' | ⸢x⸣ [x (x)]-⸢en⸣ URUDA-e ⸢U₂⸣-ga-še kisal ha-lu-pa u₂-bi-ia u₂-RI | “The ... of the city wall, the Egaše, the destroyed courtyard, my ... |
| 7' | {ŋeš}⸢taskarin-na⸣ PI zi {ŋeš}x ama ⸢ŋuruš⸣-a-ke₄ | The E-taskinna, the true ..., the mother of the E-buruš |
| 8' | x-⸢U₂ x x x ul x ama ŋuruš⸣-a-ke₄ | ... the mother of the cow |
| 9' | x-x-⸢na⸣ al-⸢e⸣ x ⸢MUŠ₃ mi⸣ me-en ⸢ama⸣-bi me-en | I am a ..., I am an ešumu-demon. I am its mother. |
| 10' | x ⸢edin⸣-na al a sed₆ mi me-en | I am the one who cools the ... of the steppe. |
| 11' | x-al-⸢zu⸣ me sed₆ er₂ la sed₆ mi me-en | I am ... cooling the me, cooling the tears. |
| 12' | ⸢KA⸣-ŋa₂-la isiš nu-gid₂-da sed₆ mi me-en ama-bi me-⸢en⸣ | I am the one who is not long-fleeced, calmed, I am their mother. |
| 13' | x-x {d}utu-ra ga-na-ab-ku₄ u₄-ni bi-ib-za-le | I want to enter the ... of Utu, his day is overflowing. |
| 14' | ⸢igi il₂-lu⸣-ra ga-na-ab-ku₄ u₄-ni bi-ib-za-le | I want to enter the house of the high priestess, but his day is overcast. |
| 15' | ⸢me-e⸣ lu₂-ŋu₁₀ ⸢bi-ib⸣-ga IŠ LI-a ⸢ga⸣-am₃-gi₄-gi₄ | “It is me, it is the man! It is the one who is to be smitten(?), I am to be turned away(?) |
| 16' | [a ur₅] ⸢ama⸣-za a ša₃ ⸢ama⸣-za ⸢ša₃⸣ hul til₃-la-zu | Woe, the heart of your mother's house, woe, your mother’s house! Your house that has been destroyed, |
| 17' | [ŋuruš] ⸢ama-za⸣ me-ši-[kar-kar] u₃ nu-mu-ši-ku-ku | (Sum) I am a young male kid, I do not sleep (Akk) The young woman of your mother is a child, she does not sleep |
| 18' | [ga-ša]-an-⸢hur⸣-[saŋ-ŋa₂ me-ši]-⸢kar-kar⸣ u₃ nu-mu-ši-ku-ku | Gašanḫursa, Meši-ekarkar, and I do not sleep. |
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