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CT 42, 09 BM 085197 (P283770)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CT 42, 09 BM 085197 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283770 |
| Museum no. | BM 085197 |
| 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 i | ||
| 1 | ušumgal piriŋ kalag-kalag en₃-še₃ na-kur₂-kur₂ | The strong one, the mighty one, how long will you not change it? |
| 2 | lugal {d}nanna lugal an-edin-na | king Nanna, king of the plain |
| 3 | {d}utu babbar-ra en₃-še₃ na-kur₂-kur₂ | The white Utu, how long will you not change it? |
| 4 | {d}nin-gal ereš ŋi₆-par₃-ra iri{ki} bar-zu in-gi₄ | Ningal, lady of the Ipar, has returned to your outer city |
| 5 | {d}nanna ŋi₆-par₃-ra iri{ki} bar-zu in-gi₄ | Nanna returned to the Ipar, your outer city. |
| 6 | eŋ₃-da me-ta gud iri{ki} bar-zu in-gi₄ | In the house, from where is the ox returning to your outer city? |
| 7 | me-zu me kur₂-ra ⸢šu-bala⸣ ba-ni-ib-ak | Your divine powers were changed into strange divine powers. |
| 8 | {d}nanna me kur₂-ra šu-bala ba-ni-ib-ak | Nanna made a change in the divine powers. |
| 9 | a₂-zu huš-ba kur-kur-ra | Your furious power over all the lands |
| 10 | {d}nanna mu-lu ⸢huš⸣ en-še₃ mu-un-du | Nanna, the one of the Ehuš temple, the lord, went. |
| 11 | a₂-zu ⸢huš-ba kur⸣-kur-ra | Your strength is the eḫubu plant of the lands |
| 12 | {d}nin-gal ⸢ereš ŋi₆-par₃-ra iri⸣{ki} bar-zu in-gi₄ | Ningal, the e’ereš priest of the Ipar, returned to your outer city. |
| 13 | kur i₃-gul-⸢gul-e⸣ u₃-⸢mu⸣-un {d}nanna ⸢u₃⸣-[mu]-un-e urim₂{ki}ma | The land will be destroyed, the lord of Nanna will rule Urim |
| 14 | kur i₃-gul-gul-e [u₃]-mu-un {d}nanna u₃-mu-⸢un e₂⸣-kiš-nu-ŋal₂ | The land will be destroyed Lord Nanna, lord of the Ekisvnubal temple |
| 15 | u₃-⸢mu-un⸣ {d}nanna u₃-mu-un e₂-idim-an-na | Lord Nanna, lord of the E-id-mana |
| 16 | u₃-mu-un {d}nanna u₃-mu-un e₂-mah-a | Lord Nanna, lord of the Emah |
| 17 | u₃-mu-un {d}nanna u₃-mu-un dub-la₂-mah-a | Lord Nanna, lord of the Dublamah |
| 18 | u₃-mu-un {d}nanna dumu-saŋ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ | Lord Nanna, the daughter of Enlil |
| 19 | u₃-mu-un {d}nanna dumu nun e₂-kur-ra | Lord Nanna, princely son of the Ekur temple |
| 20 | niŋ₂ ša₃ gab₂-ba-zu an-usan₆(|GU₂×KAK|) an-ne₂ ŋal₂ tak₄-a | Your “hand-of-a-god's’, An-usan, released by An, |
| 21 | he₂-mi-bu-bu u₄-ba mi-la₂-la₂-a | May it be smashed, and the day has passed. |
| 22 | {d}nin-<ŋeš>-zi-da he₂-mu-de₃-en-kuš₂-u₃ | May Nin-bešzida be exhausted. |
| 23 | {d}en-lil₂-ra tum₂-ma saŋ-ŋa₂ sahar he₂-a mu-un an-ki-a | Whatever is fitting for Enlil, may it be dust, the lord of heaven and earth. |
| 24 | saŋ-ŋa₂ sahar he₂-a mu-un an-ki-a kur i₃-gul-gul-e | May there be heaps of dust, the lord of heaven and earth will destroy the mountains. |
| 25 | uru₂-ŋu₁₀ na-aŋ₂ inim me he₂-me-ni-du₁₁ | May he speak a word to you in the city of Abu. |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | urim₂{ki} nam-ma-gul he₂-me-ni-du₁₁ | Urim should not be destroyed, he said. |
| 2 | e₂-kiš-nu-ŋal₂ nam-ma-gul he₂-me-ni-du₁₁ | May he say to you "The Ekišnubal should not be destroyed!" |
| 3 | dub-la₂-mah nam-ma-gul he₂-me-ni-du₁₁ | May he say to you "The Dublamah should not be destroyed!" |
| 4 | i-li-bi he₂-me-en ki-aŋ₂-e uŋ₃-bi bad₃-ŋa₂-a | May you be its lament! On earth, its wind is a wall! |
| 5 | na-an-ga-ha-<la>-ma li-li-is₃-a uru₂-ŋu₁₀ na-aŋ₂ inim me | “Don’t be negligent, and do not abandon your city! |
| 6 | he₂-me-en DA IŠ la₂-e urim₂{ki}ma gul | May you be the one who destroys Urim |
| 7 | ba-an-da-e₃-a gud₃ mu-ni-in-la₂ | he brought out with him, he carried a scepter. |
| 8 | an-ne₂ du₁₁-ga-ni an-gin₇ bad-ra₂-a | An, whose command is as clear as heaven, |
| 9 | {d}en-lil₂ du₁₁-ga-ni u₄-ta-ulu₃ šu nu-bala-e-de₃ | Enlil’s command is a storm that cannot be changed |
| 10 | u₃-mu-un ad ku₃-ga di ku₅-ru mu-un-zu | Lord with the holy voice, he knows how to judge. |
| 11 | di ku₅-ru mu-un-zu gud ŋar-ra mu-un-zu | He knows how to decide a case, he knows the oxen of the outside. |
| 12 | u₃-mu-un en-si-a en₃ tar-re mu-un-zu | Lord Ensi, he knows how to inquire. |
| 13 | gu₄-da sa ma-al-la zi daŋal-la | The oxen with the horns that are there, faithfully carried off. |
| 14 | u₅-a-zu-ne₂ u₅-a-zu-ne₂ di ku₅-ru mu-un-zu | When you rise, when you rise he knows how to decide a case. |
| 15 | aŋ₂ ŋa₂-e si-sa₂ a-ra-zu ta zu-ni | “Woe, the righteous one, what did you know about the arazu prayer? |
| 16 | aŋ₂ ŋa₂-e maš-da₃ nu-e₃-a <ta> zu-ni | The one who does not come out with a kid, what does he know? |
| 17 | gal-di a-a-ŋu₁₀ {d}suen-na me-en | I am the wise one of father Suen |
| 18 | i-bi₂ il₂-la-zu a-ba-a ba-ra-e₃ | Who can escape your raised eye? |
| 19 | dub₃ bad-ra₂-zu a-ba-a mu-un-šub | Who is it that will stand by you when you go? |
| 20 | dam tuku dam-a-ni nu-mu-un-da-tuš | If he has a wife, his wife will not live with him |
| 21 | dumu tuku dumu-ni nu-mu-un-da-⸢tuš⸣ | If a child has a son, his son will not dwell with him |
| 22 | erim₃-ma nam-u₃-mu-un šu pe-⸢el⸣-[la₂] | In the storeroom, the lord's hand is defiled |
| 23 | ur-saŋ uru₂-zu me₃ ba-e-⸢šub⸣ [...] gub-ba-zu nam-⸢x⸣-[...] | Hero, you have abandoned your city because of battle Your standing(?) should not |
| 24 | me₃ ba-e-⸢šub⸣ me₃ ba-e-⸢šub gub⸣-[ba-zu ...] | You stand in battle, you stand in combat. |
| 25 | urim₂{ki} mu-lu-e šu-še₃ ba-⸢an-mar⸣ | Urim, the one who saw it, was destroyed. |
| 26 | e₂-kiš-nu-ŋal₂ mu-lu-e šu-še₃ ba-an-mar | The one who entered the E-kiš-nu-bal |
| 27 | e₂-zu mu-lu-e šu-še₃ ba-an-mar | Your temple, the man has set it in his hand |
| 28 | uru₂-zu mu-lu-e šu-še₃ ba-an-mar | The man has seized your city |
| 29 | igi ŋi₆-par₃-ra <mu>-lu-e šu-še₃ ba-an-mar | In front of the Ipar, the man opened his hand |
| 30 | lu₂-e ⸢x e x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ da | The man ... |
| 31 | u₃-mu-[un ...] x | Lord ... |
| r i | ||
| 4 | [...] ⸢x MU x⸣ | ... ... |
| 5 | [...] x niŋ₂-nam-ma-ni pa e₃ | ... his own ... emerges |
| 6 | [...] ⸢x⸣ KA | ... ... |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x am⸣ | ... I rise up |
| 8 | ⸢i⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...]-x-eš | “If he ..., if he does not ... |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | ⸢uru₂⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ | “The city ..., the temple |
| 11 | ⸢ŠEŠ⸣ [...] | The scribal art |
| 12 | e₂ [...] | The temple of |
| 24 | [...] ⸢NI x⸣ [...] [...] ⸢x⸣ ki ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... eši-plant |
| 25 | [...] ⸢x MI⸣ [...] [...] ⸢ha⸣-ba-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... e’e-ba-e-m ... |
| 26 | [...] ⸢NI⸣ BAD ⸢e x⸣ [...] [...] i₃-tuku₄-[tuku₄] | ... the wall of the temple ... he built. |
| 27 | [...] ⸢x⸣ gu₄ sa LI [...]-⸢ši⸣-in-AK | ... oxen ... |
| 28 | [... mu]-⸢un⸣-pad₃-da-gin₇ [...]-x ba-an-DU | ... like one chosen by a stranger ... ... |
| 29 | [...] saŋ-ŋa₂ nu-tuku iri{ki} an-ki bi₂-ib-ŋar | ... had no equal, the city was split apart in heaven and earth |
| 30 | u₄ gal ki-tuš-ŋu₁₀ sizkur₂ nu-zu za₃-da im-da-gub | The great storm, the one who knows no sizkur prayer, stands at the side. |
| 31 | urim₂{ki}ma igi-bi-še₃ im-hul-a a-ga-bi-še₃ u₁₈-lu-a | In Urim, before it was destroyed, above it was a storm |
| 32 | e₂-kiš-nu-ŋal₂ igi-bi-še₃ im-hul-a a-ga-bi-še₃ u₁₈-lu-a | The Ekišnubal, whose front is destroyed and whose side is dark |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | niŋ₂ šu a-hi-[...] | Hand of Ahi- |
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