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CT 42, 14 BM 016385 (P283743)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CT 42, 14 BM 016385 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283743 |
| Museum no. | BM 016385 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
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 | [ŋa₂]-e im-ma-al-e inim bi₂-in-du inim ⸢bi₂⸣-[in-du] | The fisherman has spoken, he has spoken |
| 2 | ⸢nu⸣-gig an-na ga-ša-an-an-na [ŋen] | The evil one of heaven, Gašanana |
| 3 | kur gul-gul ga-ša e₂-an-na ŋen | Destroyer of mountains, lady of the Eanna temple |
| 4 | an dub₂-ba ga-ša-an ŋi₆-par₃-ra ŋen | Who makes heavens tremble, lady of the Ipar, |
| 5 | lu₃-lu₃-na ga-ša-an tur₃ amaš-a ŋen | Luluna, lady of the cattlepen and sheepfold, |
| 6 | a-še-er e₂ uru₂-a mu-un-ma-ma-ma | The ašer of the temple of the city is there for me |
| 7 | a-še-er dam-an-ni e₂ uru₂-a bi₂-in-dug₄ | As for me, Amanni satisfied me with the house in the city. |
| 8 | a-še-er du₅-mu-ni e₂ uru₂-a bi₂-in-dug₄ | He made his son happy in the house of the city. |
| 9 | gu₃ ŋi₆-a gu₃-ni ma-ra-ra-ra | The voice of the river is uttered for you |
| 10 | e₂ hul-an-na in-ga-am₃-dug₄ | The house is indeed a ruin mound. |
| 11 | uru₂ ir₂-ra-an-na in-ga-am₃-dug₄ | The city that has been plundered has been praised. |
| 12 | ga-ša-an-an-na e₂-tur₃ gul-la-an-na ab₂ sag₂ dug₄-ga-an-na | Gašanana, the one who destroys the cattlepen and scatters the cows, |
| 13 | ga-ša-an-an-na ki amaš hul-an-na e-ze₂-gin₇ bur₁₂-ra-an-na | Gašanana, in the place where the sheepfold is destroyed, like a sheep shed |
| 14 | ⸢x x⸣-an-na mar-mar-an-na | In the ... of heaven, in the marshes |
| 15 | ga-ša-an-an-na mu-lu a-še-er gig-ga a-še-er-zu ŋi₆-a bi₂-mar | Gašanana, the one of bitter lament, your lament is placed in the river. |
| 16 | ga-ša-an-an-na a-še-er-zu gig-ga šud₃-de₃ i₃-ma-ma | Gašanana, your cry is bitter, the prayer is uttered |
| 17 | šud₃-de₃ i₃-gid₂ e₂ i₃-ma-ma šud₃-de₃ i₃-ma-ma | The prayer is long, the house is there, the prayer is there |
| 18 | a-še-er šud₃-de₃ e-ne-eŋ₃ ba-gaz-gaz šud₃-de₃ i₃-ma-ma | The one who prays, the word is destroyed, the prayer uttered |
| 19 | si-mul an-na-ŋu₁₀ i₃-ma-ma šud₃-de₃ i₃-ma-ma | The horn of heaven is there, the prayer is there. |
| 20 | e₂-ŋu₁₀ e₂ lul-⸢la⸣ ma-⸢du₃⸣-a-ŋu₁₀ ama-ŋu₁₀ i₃-ma-ma | The house, the house that was built for me falsely, the mother built it for me. |
| 21 | uru₂-ŋu₁₀ e₂ lul-⸢la⸣ mu-un-ŋar-ga-a-ŋu₁₀ ama-ŋu₁₀ i₃-ma-ma | “Uru’s house, the house that was plundered, the mother ... |
| 22 | aš nam-tar ⸢ki⸣ na-⸢kiŋ₂⸣-a-ŋa₂ ama-ŋu₁₀ i₃-ma-ma | As for the fate of E-e-a-ba-na-Ea, the mother-in-law says: |
| 23 | a-⸢ra⸣ AŠ₂-AŠ-še₃ na-ma-ŋen-na-a-ŋa₂ ama-ŋu₁₀ i₃-ma-ma | “Alas, it is not enough! It is enough! The mother says: |
| 24 | i-ti-im gi-na la-ba-an-IM-gi-na-gin₇ ama-ŋu₁₀ i₃-ma-ma | Like a reed mat that cannot be re-established, she is a mother. |
| 25 | ⸢gidim⸣-ma inim nu-mu-ni-ib-gi-a-gin₇ ama-ŋu₁₀ i₃-ma-ma | Like a ghost who does not reply to a claim, the mother says: |
| 26 | ama-ni x-še₃ mu-un-na-da-gub e-ne-eŋ₃ mu-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄ | His mother stood with him, she replied to him: |
| 27 | za-e ni₂-zu an-ne₂ ba-⸢sa₂-e a⸣-na-še₃ i₃-ak-ke₄ | You, your own self has been made perfect for An, he has done it for him |
| 28 | ga-ša-an-an-na ni₂-zu šul-la-a-gin₇ a-na-aš ba-da-⸢aŋ₂⸣-e/⸢ke₄⸣ | Gašanana, why do you flee like a vulva? |
| 29 | egi₂ ⸢e⸣ a-gin₇ ⸢la⸣-la-e-bi a-gin₇ a-na-[aš] ⸢x-x⸣-aŋ₂-e/⸢ke₄⸣ | Princess, how is it that the elalû-priestess does this? How is she to ... |
| 30 | unu₂ šuba₂ la₂ mu-hul-⸢bi⸣ [...] | The šuba-vessel that destroys ... |
| 31 | maš₂ u₈-da {d}mar-tu [...] | The kid with the ewe, Martu |
| 32 | ubur-imin aŋ₂-⸢x x x⸣ [...] | The ubur-imin priestess |
| 33 | me-a nu-mu-un-⸢x x⸣ [...] | Where did he not ...? |
| 34 | ⸢x x⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | il-lum [...] | Illum ... |
| 2' | il-lum-e ⸢x⸣ [...] | The god ... the temple |
| 3' | du₅-mu-zid-⸢de₃⸣ [...] | Dumuzid |
| 4' | u₃-mu-un-e [...] | The lord |
| 5' | u₃-mu-un-e a-⸢ra⸣-[li ...] | The lord of the ārāli temple |
| 6' | u₃-mu-un-e bad₃-⸢tibira⸣ [...] | The lord of Bad-Tibira |
| 7' | u₃-mu-un-e ki ŋuruš-a [...] | The lord at the place of the baby |
| 8' | ŋuruš lum-ma [...] | The evildoer |
| 9' | ŋuruš lam-ma ⸢x x⸣ [lam]-ma-zu-⸢ne⸣ | “Like a wild cow, I want to learn how to ... |
| 10' | ŋuruš limmu limmu nam-galam-ma ⸢A⸣ [...]-ma-zu-ne | “Long-tablets, eponymy of ..., when you speak to me |
| 11' | i-bi₂ alim-ma [...]-⸢ma-zu⸣-ne | Bison eyes ... |
| 12' | ŋuruš DA GA UD MA [...]-⸢ne⸣ | (If) a pig ... milk |
| 13' | sa₂-du-sa₂-du-ŋu₁₀ [...]-⸢am₃⸣ | The sadusadu priestess is the ... of the netherworld |
| 14' | GAM-ŋuruš-GAM-ŋuruš-ŋu₁₀ ⸢x⸣ [...]-⸢am₃⸣ | “If he slips through the cracks of the doorframe, |
| 15' | e₂ ku₄-ku₄-ŋu₁₀ [...]-⸢x⸣-e | The house that is to be entered ... |
| 16' | ŋuruš igi-zu ka-na-aŋ₂ [...]-⸢a⸣-ga | Your eye is the ... of the land |
| 17' | ⸢eden-še₃⸣ ŋen-na-zu nu-un-⸢x⸣ [...]-a-ga | In the steppe your lord does not ... |
| 18' | ⸢x-x⸣ ŋen-na-zu nu-un-⸢x⸣ [...]-a-nu | ... your lord does not ... |
| 19' | e₂-gal ⸢e₃⸣-e nu-un-⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢še₈⸣-še₈ | The palace does not go out to the eše temple |
| 20' | ⸢ur-x⸣ u₃-mu-un-e nu-un-[...] [...]-še₈-še₈ | The lord does not ... the ur-house |
| 21' | ⸢x x x⸣ KU nu-un-⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-ta-ri-ib-be₂ | ... does not enter ... |
| 22' | i-bi₂ lum-lum A₂ ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x-x⸣-ri-ib-be₂ | (Sum) Look at me with a bright face(?) (Akk) Look to me with an attractive face |
| 23' | ⸢x LU⸣-a a-na-aš mu-⸢ni-ib⸣ [...] ⸢ba⸣-an-tum₃ | “Why does my man come up to me? |
| 24' | ⸢UR⸣ |DU.DU|ŋu₁₀ še₈ ⸢bi₂-ib⸣ [... ba]-an-tum₃ | The “house-of-the-goddess-in-a-house’ was brought into the house of the ebib priestess |
| 25' | ⸢UR⸣ gub-ba-an-ni lu₂ er₂ [...]-⸢zu⸣ ba-an-tum₃ | When he stands in the courtyard, the one who weeps ... took away your courtyard. |
| 26' | ⸢lu₂⸣ |DU.DU| er₂ mu-un-NI-⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢mu-zu⸣ ba-an-tum₃ | The elû-priestess wept, she carried away your name |
| 27 | ⸢lu₂ x-e a⸣-[...]-⸢x⸣ mu-un-⸢ze₂-x x⸣-mu a-ba ba-an-tum₃ | (Sum) The lord ... (Akk) The one who ... ..., who brought ...? |
| 28 | e₂/UR ⸢egi₂⸣ ra-ra-ke₄ mu-un-⸢x⸣-a du₅-mu-zu ba-an-tum₃ | The E-UR, the “house of the princess’, has been ..., your child has been taken away. |
| 29 | ⸢GAM⸣-ŋuruš ba-ri-GAM/TAR MU AN GA AN A du₅-mu-zu ba-an-tum₃ | “Bāri-GAM-e-buruš ... your child was carried away. |
| 30 | lu₂ nu-zu-am₃ MU AN GA AN A du₅-mu-zu ba-an-tum₃ | No one knows ... your child is carried away. |
| 31 | ki-ru-gu₂ 3kam-ma-am₃ | It is the third song. |
| 32 | ga-ša-an-e e₂ uru₂-da nam i₃-DU-a ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ | The lady ... with the house of the city |
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