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CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 007 (P283746)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Amnanum(?) · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 007 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283746 |
| Museum no. | BM 016902 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar-Amnanum(?) |
| Coordinates | 33.0991, 44.2991 |
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 | i-bi₂ ⸢du₁₁ um-e-ne⸣ muš₂-⸢me⸣ gi₄-in-e-⸢ne⸣ | The eyes of the en priestess, the noses of the female servants |
| 2 | ⸢saŋ-du kur₄⸣ siki šal {u}ugu₆ za [(x)] ⸢kiše₄⸣ tal₂-tal₂ | The esadu-tree, the kur’e23-plant, the wool of the cattle herdsman, (and) the ekiše-plant are all together. |
| 3 | ⸢mu⸣-[... ...]{⸢mušen}a {mu⸣-uš-tu₉}PI ša₃ ba-[šub]-⸢bu⸣ | “It is the year (in which) I was born, it was the year in which I became a king |
| 4 | ⸢saŋ⸣-[...] giri₁₇ TAR šu-um-du-um ⸢ḪAR⸣ | esa’e23-plant ... root of ḫašû-plant |
| 5 | ⸢ga⸣-[...] mu-un-du₃-du₃-e-en | I built my temple in the Ega temple |
| 6 | hulu [...] nu-ga nunus-e-ne | ... evil ... the women |
| 7 | si₁₂-⸢si₁₂⸣-ga ša₃ lugud de₂-de₂ | The šēsiŋa drum, the lugud drum |
| 8 | geg₂-geg₂-ga me-[...]-⸢ha dim₃⸣ zi₃-milla | (Sum) I am the one who ... the enemy (Akk) The one who destroys the enemy |
| 9 | ⸢mu-lu⸣-tu-ŋu₁₀ ⸢mu-lu a-ra₂⸣-še₃ nu-⸢mar-ra⸣ | “It is enough, it is enough! It will not come out for you in prayer. |
| 10 | ⸢ib₂ gid₂⸣ ša₃ ⸢ti-ki-il gu₂ kur₄ gaba zi₂⸣-ir | The long scepter of the E-ti-ki-il temple, whose neck is bent back (and) whose breast is swollen |
| 11 | ⸢gu(GEME₂-)du ⸢x galla₄⸣{la} ⸢tur⸣ siki ⸢galla₄{la⸣} gid₂-gid₂ | gudu-tree, ... galla-e-la, tur-e3 wool, e-galla-e3, long-distance |
| 12 | ⸢pe-zi₂⸣-[...] ⸢ḪAR lu₂⸣ ša₃ ⸢la₂-a⸣ pa₄-hal-la | ēpizi-e-[...] eḫbar-plant, plant of ela-a-e3 pahalla-plant |
| 13 | [...]-ḪAR ŋiri₃ tu₉-tu₉-UŠ-a | ... the city that has been plundered |
| 14 | ⸢du₁₄ AK-ŋu₁₀⸣-gen₇ nam-ba-de(KI-)eŋ₃-ŋen | You should not go down to the temple like a wolf. |
| 15-16a | kar-⸢ke₄ eš₂⸣-dam-ma še-en lul MU |KA×X| |KA×X| // ⸢dam⸣ [...] ⸢dam taka₄⸣ | The quay is an ešēdama liar |
| 16b | mu-lu-tu-ŋu₁₀ ga-ab-us₂ ⸢mu⸣-[...] | I want to sit on the throne of humanity |
| 17 | ⸢galla₄{la⸣}bi-še₃ e₁₁-de₃ ama gan ⸢u₄⸣-[x x x] | In order to bring out the egalla lamentation priest, the mother of the ... lament |
| 18 | ⸢ur šu⸣ zi-ga egir mu-lu-ne-⸢ka⸣ [(x x)] | “The one whose hand is raised, behind the men’s |
| 19 | ⸢mu-ru⸣-uš tur dag-ge₄-a til₃-la u₃ ⸢nu⸣-[...] | The young emuš priestess, who is alive, and the enu-priestess |
| 20 | [x]-(x) UN⸣ nu-zu-un-⸢NE⸣-[...] | ... does not know ... |
| 21 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1’ | ⸢pu⸣-[...] | |
| 2’ | dag-⸢ge₄⸣ [...] | |
| 3’ | ⸢u₃-mu-un⸣ [...] | The lord of the temple |
| 4’ | ⸢e₂-ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | “House-of-the-Mountain(?) |
| 5’ | ⸢dam⸣-ŋu₁₀ [...] | “(If) a house is to be built(?) |
| 6’ | ⸢du₅-ŋu₁₀-ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | The ešdubû temple |
| 7’ | ⸢me e-ne-gen₇ in⸣ [...] | “How did you come out like this? |
| 8’a | kar-⸢ke₄ ma-an-du₁₁⸣ | Kar-e spoke to me, |
| 8’b.-9’ | dam [...] // di ⸢ge⸣-na ⸢dab₅-mu⸣-[ub] | (Sum) ..., the judge of the case, he seized (Akk) The judge of a case, I seized |
| 10’ | ⸢a-ba-am₃ e⸣-[...] | It is the house, the house |
Sources & licences
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