CT 42, 10 BM 065145 (P283764)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 42, 10 BM 065145 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283764 |
| Museum no. | BM 065145 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
English translation
By Figulla, Hugo H. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | Calling forth below and above [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | Iškur, son of An, calling forth, |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | Holy first-born of An, calling forth, |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | Twin brother of lord Amanki calling forth, |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | Iškur, lion of heaven, calling forth, |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | Your crying makes makes great mountain father Mullil tremble. |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | Your roaring frightens the great mother, mother Ninlil. |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | His father, great An commands Iškur: |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | ... quickly! Go! Quickly! Go! Who is like you when you approach? |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | ... of your own father: Quickly! Go! Go! Who is like you when you approach? |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | ... who is like you when you approach? |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | ... who is like you when you approach? |
| Obverse [13:14] 3333–3333 | On that day, after you cover the rebllious ones with the waterflood of the high steppe, |
| Obverse [14:15] 3434–3434 | the girl, even though she is not an abgal priest, lets her hair hang loose. |
| Obverse [15:16] 3535–3535 | Its guy ... the flask that had fallen |
| Obverse [16:17] 3636–3636 | He takes its small ones away, as if threshing grain. |
| Obverse [17:18] 3737–3737 | He destroyed the rebllious land on his right - flattened it to his left. |
| Obverse [18:19] 3838–3838 | The hero praises himself, |
| Obverse [19:20] 3939–3939 | Iškur praises himself. |
| Obverse [20:21] 4040–4040 | When I beat down like rain, I will cause flooding. |
| Obverse [21:22] 4141–4141 | When I rise like a flood, who will oppose me? |
| Obverse [22:23] 4242–4242 | 41 are its lines. It is an Eršemma of Iškur. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | sig an-na gu₃ ⸢de₂⸣ [...] | |
| 2 | {d}iškur dumu an-na gu₃ de₂ | |
| 3 | dumu-saŋ an ku₃-ga gu₃ de₂ | |
| 4 | maš-tab-ba u₃-mu-un {d}am-an-ki-ke₄ gu₃ de₂ | |
| 5 | {d}iškur piriŋ an-na gu₃ de₂ | |
| 6 | za-pa-aŋ₂-zu kur gal a-a {d}mu-ul-lil₂ ⸢saŋ⸣ im-da-sag₃-ge | |
| 7 | mur ša₄-zu ama gal ama {d}⸢nin-lil₂⸣ hu-<<luh>>-luh-he | |
| 8 | {d}iškur-e a-a-ni an gal-⸢la a₂ mu-da-aŋ₂⸣-e | |
| 9 | [...]-bi ul₄ ŋen ul₄ ⸢ŋen-a⸣ a-ba ze-gi-in te-ba | |
| 10 | [... a-a] ⸢ugu⸣-zu ul₄ ŋen ŋen a-ba ze-gi-in te-ba | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢DIRI⸣ a-ba ze-gi-in te-ba | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢x a-ba ze⸣-[gi]-in te-ba | |
| 32 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ (x) mu-un-ti | |
| 33 | ⸢ud-ba idim⸣ an-eden-na ugu bal-la um-me-šu₂ | |
| 34 | ki-sikil abgal nu-me-a sig₂ bar-ra bi₂-in-du₈ | |
| 35 | guruš-bi {dug}šakan šub-ba {dug}šakan-na x mu-du₃ | |
| 36 | di₄-di₄-la₂-bi še mu ra-gin₇ ur₅-re ba-ab-lah₄-e | |
| 37 | ki-bala a zid-da-be₂ mu-un-gul gab₂-bu-še₃ mu-un-sig₁₀ | |
| 38 | ur-saŋ-ŋa₂ ni₂-te-a-ni silim-me-eš EREN₂-TA | |
| 39 | {d}iškur-e ni₂-te-a-ni silim-me-eš EREN₂-TA | |
| 40 | IM-MA-A-A-gin₇ ra-ra-ŋu₁₀-ni a mu-da-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | |
| 41 | [a]-ma-ru-gin₇ zi-ga-ŋu₁₀-ni a-ba saŋ ba-ab-šum₂-mu | |
| 42 | 4(u) 1(diš) mu-bi-im er₂-šem₅-<ma> {d}iškur-kam |
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