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CT 42, 15 BM 087518 (P283775)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | CT 42, 15 BM 087518 |
|---|---|
| ID | P283775 |
| Museum no. | BM 087518 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢ba⸣-an-nu₂ | ... the eannu |
| 2 | [...] x x [x] | |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | [...] | |
| 5 | [...] x | |
| 6 | [...] | |
| 7 | [...]-ke₄ | ... ... |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [x x] x ⸢gurum-mu⸣ | ... e-gurum-mu-e3 |
| 10 | [ki]-⸢sikil⸣ {d}inana gurum-mu | the maiden Inana, inspection |
| 11 | [ki]-⸢sikil⸣ {d}dumu-zi-da gurum-mu | the maiden Dumuzi, inspection |
| 12 | ⸢unu₂⸣-la₂ šuba la₂ gurum-mu | The elalu-vessel, the šuba stone, the inspection |
| 13 | [nin₉] ⸢dili⸣ {d}utu-am₃ gurum-mu | Sister of the single temple of Utu, inspection |
| 14 | x ur-saŋ-ŋa₂ gurum-mu | Ur-saba, inspection |
| 15 | [an]-dul₃ lugal-la gurum-mu | the canopy of the king, inspection |
| 16 | [an]-dul₃ {d}dumu-zi-da gurum-mu | the canopy of Dumuzi, inspection |
| 17 | egi₂ ga-ša-an e₂-an-na gurum-mu | Princess, lady of the Eanna temple, inspect it! |
| 18 | su₈-ba {d}dumu-zi-da gurum-mu | shepherd Dumuzida, inspections |
| 19 | {[d]}ama-ušumgal-an-na gurum-mu | Amaušumgalana, inspection |
| 20 | en he₂-du₇ an-na gurum-mu | The lord, the perfect one of heaven, my inspection |
| 21 | en nun gal an-na gurum-mu | lord, great prince of heaven, inspection, |
| 22 | en sipa zid an-na gurum-mu | Lord, righteous shepherd of heaven, inspection, |
| 23 | u₃-mu-un tu₁₀-ba-ke₄ gurum-mu | The lord of the wind, inspecting it. |
| 24 | ⸢u₃-mu⸣-un a-ra-li-ke₄ gurum-mu | The lord of Arali performed the inspection. |
| 25 | [u₃-mu]-un du₆-su₈-ba-ke₄ gurum-mu | Lord of the Dusuba, inspector |
| 26 | [u₃-mu]-⸢un⸣ e₂-muš₃-a-ke₄ gurum-mu | Umune’e, in the Emuš, inspections |
| 27 | [mu-ud]-⸢na⸣ ga-ša-an-an-ka gurum-mu | When I was born in Gašanana, inspections |
| 28 | [šeš] ⸢ama⸣ mu-tin-na gurum-mu | Hand of the mother of Mutina, inspection |
| 29 | [i-bi₂ lum]-⸢lum⸣ ka-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ gurum-mu | before Lum-elum-e23 of Kanaya, inspection |
| 30 | [u₃-mu-un ir₉] ka-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ gurum-mu | The lord, the joy of the land, inspections |
| 31 | [... x] ⸢ba⸣-an-na₂ | ... the Eanna temple |
| ii | ||
| 1 | an-dul₃ lugal-la mu-un-dib-be₂ | The canopy of the king passes by. |
| 2 | an-dul₃ {d}dumu-zi-da mu-un-dib-be₂ | The canopy of Dumuzi passed by. |
| 3 | egi₂ ga-ša-an e₂-an-na mu-un-dib-be₂ | Princess, lady of the Eanna, she passes by |
| 4 | še 5(diš) gur 5(diš) gur a-u₃ he₂-em-me-en-dib-dib-be₂ | May you pass the barley of 5 gur (and) five gur. |
| 5 | udu ša₃ amaš le-um 7(diš)-am₃ a-u₃ he₂-em-me-en-dib-dib-be₂ | The sheep of the sheepfold, seven times seven, may the water pass by. |
| 6 | siki sig₅-ga-zu 7(diš) ma-na-am₃ a-u₃ he₂-em-me-en-dib-dib-be₂ | Your good hair is 7 minas, may the water pass by! |
| 7 | a-u₅ he₂-em-me-en-dib-dib-be₂ he₂-em-me-en-dib-dib-be₂ | May the water flow, may it flow. |
| 8 | ŋeš-gi-ŋal₂-bi-im | It is an ešgigu |
| 9 | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni i-lu i-lu u₃ am-ku i-lu | His word is a lament, an ilu-lament, and I am a liar, |
| 10 | e-ne-eŋ₃ an gu-la i-lu i-lu | The word of great An, a lament, an ailment |
| 11 | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ i-lu i-lu | The word of Enlil is woe, woe! |
| 12 | e-ne-eŋ₃ mah e₂-kur-ra i-lu i-lu | The supreme word of the Ekur - woe, woe! |
| 13 | e-ne-eŋ₃ an-gin₇ dub₂-ba-na i-lu i-lu | When he sits down like heaven, a lament, an ailment. |
| 14 | e-ne-eŋ₃ ki-gin₇ sag₃-ga-na i-lu i-lu | When he trembles like earth, a lament, an ailment, |
| 15 | u₃-mu-un-na e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni i-lu ka-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ka ši kur-kur-ra-kam ši ki-en-gi-ra{ki} | The word of the lord is an ilu song of the land, the heart of all the lands, the liver of Sumer |
| 16 | e-ne-eŋ₃ an gu-la i-lu ka-na-aŋ₂-<ŋa₂>-kam ši <(kur-kur-ra-kam ši ki-en-gi-ra{ki)>} | The word of great An, the lament of the land, the place of the lands, the location of Sumer |
| 17 | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ i-lu ka-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-kam ši kur-kur-ra-kam | The word of Enlil is the lament of the land, the voice of all the lands |
| 18 | u₃-mu-un-na e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni mu u₈ um-ma-ak mu al-sag₃-ge-dam | When he speaks to the lord, a young man does "Woe!", that young man is to be struck. |
| 19 | e-ne-eŋ₃ an gu-la mu u₈ um-ma-ak | He swore an oath by Great An. |
| 20 | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ gi u₈ um-ma-ak gi-bi še am₃-ša₄ | The word of Enlil - the reeds of the ewes have been slaughtered, this “reet’ is being smeared. |
| 21 | a id₂-bi-ta al-sag₃-ge-dam e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-še₃ | The water of the river is to be poured out, to Enlil |
| 22 | a-ša₃ še-bi-ta al-sag₃-ge-dam e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-še₃ | The field from which it was taken was to be destroyed, because of Enlil |
| 23 | uru₂-a {d}a-nun-na al-dub₂-dub₂-be₂-eš-am₃ e-ne-eŋ₃ {<(d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-še₃)> | In the city the Anuna tremble, to the word of Enlil |
| 24 | {d}a-nun-na an-am₃ a ri-a al-dub₂-dub₂-be₂-eš-am₃ | The Anuna, heaven and earth tremble |
| 25 | {d}a-⸢nun⸣-na ki-am₃ a ri-a al-du-dub-bu-⸢de₃⸣-en | A'enunena, you are to be smeared with water in the earth |
| 26 | [an al-dub₂] ki al-sag₃ mu-bi ku₃-ga nam-[la₂]-e | Heaven trembles, earth shakes, this holy name is to be carried off. |
| 27 | [...] al-sag₃-sag₃ mu-bi ku₃-ga nam-[la₂]-e | ... is shaking, this holy name is to be sung |
| 28 | [...] x x x | |
| iii | ||
| 1 | {d}mu-[ul-lil₂ ...] | Enlil |
| 2 | ka ku₃-ga-⸢ni⸣ x-x-[...] ga-na i₃-⸢du₈⸣ [e₂ ŋal₂ tag₄] | I want to enter the holy mouth ... |
| 3 | ša₃-ga-ni ga-am₃-huŋ ⸢bar⸣-[ra-ni ga-an-šed₇] | I want to pacify his heart, I am going to soothe his liver |
| 4 | ša₃-ge bar-ra-ni ga-am₃-ma-x-[x] | I want to ... his outer heart |
| 5 | ša₃ kuš₂-u₃-a-bi e-ne-eŋ₃ [ga-am₃-...] ga-na i₃-du₈ e₂ [ŋal₂ tag₄] | Its furious heart ... I want to go to the gatekeeper, the house that has been abandoned |
| 6 | mu-lu-še₃ ba-ra me-a ba-ra me-a [e₂ ŋal₂ tag₄] | Where is the man, where is he? |
| 7 | nin niŋ₂-gur₁₁-ra-ke₄ ba-ra me-a e₂ [ŋal₂ tag₄] | Lady of fearsomeness, where is the house carried away? |
| 8 | du₅-mu-ŋu₁₀ {d}inana ba-ra me-a e₂ [ŋal₂ tag₄] | Dumu-bu, Inana, where is the house seized? |
| 9 | an mu-da-an-zu ki mu-da-an-zu e₂ [ŋal₂ tag₄] | He knows heaven, he knows earth, the house is seized |
| 10 | i₃-du₈-e e₂-gal hul₂-la-ta e₂ [ŋal₂ tag₄] | From the doorkeepers of the joyful palace, the house was seized |
| 11 | {d}kal-kal mu-lu mu-uš-e₁₁ e₂ ŋal₂ tag₄ na-ab-[...] | Kalkal, the one who brought out the ‘house’, should not abandon the house |
| 12 | {d}kal-kal mu-lu mu-bar e₂ [ŋal₂ tag₄] | Kalkal, the one who dismantled the house |
| 13 | mu-lu mu-uš-e₁₁ mu-uš-e₁₁ [...] | (Sum) The one who ..., he ... ... (Akk) The man who .... |
| 14 | mu-lu {ŋeš}ig maš-tab-ba [...] e₂ ŋal₂ tag₄ [...] | The one who opens the door with a double-handed weapon ... the house that has been plundered |
| 15 | ša₃-ba ma-al-la mu x [...] e₂ ŋal₂ tag₄ x-[...] | There was ... in that house ... |
| 16 | {lu₂}ki-sikil igi a-a ⸢ugu⸣-[na ...] | The maiden before her father who begot her |
| 17 | nu-nus-e igi a-a ugu-[na ...] | The woman before her birth father ... |
| 18 | KU šar₂-ra me-en ma-ra e₂ [...] nu-mu-[...] | I am the ... of the king, I do not ... the house for me |
| 19 | tug₂ saŋ-ŋa₂-ni [...] en₃ mu-tar-⸢tar⸣-[re] | She inquires after her soiled garment |
| 20 | mu-lu nu₂-a-e ⸢en₃⸣-[še₃ ba-nu₂] | The one lying down lies down in the ešeen temple |
| 21 | kur gal a-a {d}mu-ul-[lil₂ en₃-še₃ ba-nu₂] | Great Mountain, father Enlil, how long will he lie down? |
| 22 | sipa saŋ-[gi₆-ga en₃-še₃ ba-na₂] | shepherd of the black-headed people, how long will he lie down? |
| 23 | i-bi₂ [du₈ ni₂-te-na en₃-še₃ ba-na₂] | As soon as he has looked at him with his own eyes |
| 24 | am erin₂-[na di-di en₃-še₃ ba-na₂] | Wild bull who goes among his troops, how long will he lie down? |
| 25 | u₃ [lul-la ku-ku en₃-še₃ ba-na₂] | The one who sleeps falsely, how long will he lie down? |
| 26 | x [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | di [...] | ... case |
| 2' | di [...] | ... case |
| 3' | di x [...] | ... ... |
| 4' | lugal x [...] | the king |
| 5' | a lu₂-ab-[...] | Woe, ... |
| 6' | nibru{ki} du₃-du₃-[am₃ ...] | Nippur was built ... |
| 7' | urim₂{ki} du₃-du₃-⸢am₃⸣ [...] | Urim is to be built, ... to be erected |
| 8' | larsa{ki} du₃-du₃-am₃ [...] | Larsa is built, it is ... |
| 9' | abzu{ki} du₃-du₃-am₃ [...] | The Abzu is built, it is ... |
| 10' | u₃-mu-un-na-ni šu-mu-ta [...] | His lord, from his hand |
| 11' | {d}am-an-ki [am uru₂-ze₂-eb-ba] | Amanki, the wild bull of Uruzeb |
| 12' | ama e₂-mah {d}[dam-gal-nun-na] | the mother of the Emah, Damgalnuna |
| 13' | {d}asar-lu₂-hi dumu ⸢uru₂⸣-[ze₂-eb-ba] | Asalluhi, son of E-Zebba |
| 14' | {d}namma ama uru₂-ze₂-⸢eb⸣-[ba] | Namma, mother of Uruzeb |
| 15' | {d}TA-e ga-ša-⸢an⸣ [...] | “I, Gašaneana |
| 16' | egi₂ ga-ša-an-mar{ki}ra [...] | Princess Gašanmar |
| 17' | e₂-e x [...] | The temple ... |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | x x [...] | |
| 3' | uru₂ x x [...] | City ... |
| 4' | e₂ diŋir-bi he₂-tuku-am₃ x x [...] | May it have a bīt ibirbi temple |
| 5' | gi₁₆-sa he₂-tuku-am₃ x x he₂-[tuku-am₃] | May she have treasure, may she have ... |
| 6' | tur₃ he₂-tuku-am₃ gu₄ mah hi-a he₂-ma-[al] | May it have stalls, may there be great bulls. |
| 7' | amaš he₂-tuku-am₃ ab₂ hi-a he₂-ma-al | May it have a sheepfold, may there be plenty of cows. |
| 8' | e₂-gi₄-a he₂-tuku-tuku du₅-mu he₂-šar₂-e-en | May you have a bride, may you be a son. |
| 9' | x he₂-tuku-am₃ {d}lamma he₂-tuku-tuku | May it have ..., may it have lamma. |
| 10' | e₂ {d}inana he₂-tuku-am₃ {d}alad he₂-tuku-tuku | May it have the temple of Inana, may it have Alad. |
| 11' | u₃-mu-un e₂-e du-ri₂-še₃ he₂-til₃-en | Lord, may you live in the house forever! |
| 12' | nin e₂-e du-ri₂-še₃ he₂-til₃-en | Lady of the temple, may you live forever! |
| 13' | di₄-di₄-la₂ e₂-e x he₂-DI NE al-lu-ne | May the little ones ... in the house. |
| 14' | a-ša₃-ga he₂-tuku-a guru₇ he₂-dub-be₂ | May he have a field, may he pile up heaps of grain |
| 15' | {ŋeš}kiri₆ he₂-tuku-a gu₂-un mah he₂-gar-gar | May he have a garden, may he set up a great harvest. |
| 16' | tug₂ he₂-tuku-am₃ i₃ he₂-tuku-am₃ | May it have a textile, may it have oil. |
| 17' | e₂ du₃-du₃-am₃ e₂-zu de₃-a | It is a built-up house, may it be your house! |
| 18' | dam-bi-ne ti gi₄-in-zu de₃-a | May their spouses live, may your maidservant |
| 19' | dumu-bi-ne ti la-bar-zu de₃-a | May their children live with you in Labar! |
| 20' | uru₂-še₃ dumu-dumu-bi de₃-a dam-zu de₃-a | May it be the child-bearing one of the city, may it be your spouse! |
| 21' | an de₃-ra-gub-be₂ de₃-em₃-ma₃-e-hun-e | May heaven stand for you, may it be pacified to you. |
| 22' | ki de₃-ra-gub de₃-em₃-ma₃-e-hun-e | May he stand at the place for you, may he calm you. |
| 23' | ša₃-zu {d}a-nun-na a-ra-zu-a de₃-ga-an-su₈-su₈-ge-eš | May your heart, the Anuna, stand before you in prayer |
| 24' | {d}a-nun-na an-am₃ a ri-a de₃-ga-an-su₈-su₈-ge-eš | The Anuna, heaven and earth, may they stand before you |
| 25' | {[d}a-nun-na ki-am₃ a ri-a de₃-ga-an-su₈-su₈-ge-eš] | May the Anuna stand with you in the earth |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | [x] x mu (x) da KA x x x (x) | ... ... |
| 2' | [x] i-bi₂ zi bar-mu-[un-ši]-ib | ... look faithfully |
| 3' | nam-tag-ga 7(diš) [a]-⸢ra₂⸣ 7(diš) nam-tag-ga du₈-am₃ | The sin is seven times seven, it is seven (times) the sin is carried off |
| 4' | lugal-e ud-⸢da⸣ ha-ra-ab-til₃-en | May the king live forever for you! |
| 5' | nam-til₃ u₄ da-ri₂-še₃ x ra x x x | for the well-being of his life forever ... |
| 6' | an-gin₇ ki-gin₇ da-ri₂-še₃ x (x) x | Like heaven, like earth, forever ... |
| 7' | kalam niŋ₂-zid [x] x x x i₃-ak-e | ... the land ... he did |
| 8' | eme an-na za-e lugal en gi ŋen | You, king, lord of reeds, |
| 9' | eme ki-še₃ za-e lugal en gi ŋen | You, king, lord of reeds, |
| 10' | eme ub-u₃ za-e lugal en gi ŋen | You, king, lord of reeds, |
| 11' | eme da-ke₄ za-e lugal en gi ŋen | You, king, lord of reeds, |
| 12' | gi₄-u₃ gi₄-u₃ ša₃ IM za-ra de₃-em₃-ma₃-e-hun-e | Turn back, turn back! May you be pacified to the ... of your heart |
| 13' | ki-šu₂-bi-im | It is its whole |
| 14' | balaŋ {d}dumu-zi-da | the reign of Dumuzi |
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