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BIN 02, 026 (P297213)

Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	BIN 02, 026
ID	P297213
Museum no.	NBC 01313
Collection	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Language	Sumerian
Period	Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Genre	Literary
Find spot	unclear

Transliteration (ATF)

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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)
1	gi-er₂-ra šag₄-ŋu₁₀ gi-er₂-ra eden-na na-mu-ma-al	There is a lamenting reed in the steppe.
2	nu-gig an-na ga-ša-an e₂-an-na ŋen	The nugig priestess of heaven, lady of the Eanna temple,
3	kur gul-gul ga-ša-an e₂-an-na ŋen	Destroyer of mountains, lady of the Eanna temple,
4	šag₄-ŋu₁₀ gi-er₂-ra eden-na na-mu-ma-⸢al⸣	The reedbeds of the steppe should not be there for me
5	ki ŋuruš-a-ka na-mu-ma-al ki {d}dumu-zi-⸢da⸣-ka	There is food in the place of the cow, there is water in the area of Dumuzi.
6	a-ra-li du₆-suba₂-ka šag₄-ŋu₁₀ er₂-⸢ra⸣	In the Arali, at the Dusuba temple, the tears are pouring out.
7	[...] ⸢ki⸣ ŋuruš-a-ka	In the ... of E-e-e, in the midst of the cowherds
8	[...] {d}dumu-zi-da-ka	... of Dumuzi
9	⸢ki u₈-e⸣ sila₄ ba-ze₂-ŋa₂-ba šag₄-ŋu₁₀ er₂-ra	In the house where the ewes and lambs were fed, the sheep and goats were weeping
10	ki ud₅-de₃ maš₂ pa-an-ze₂-ŋa₂-ba	At the place where the goat is to be snatched,
11	ki-ba diŋir-bi lu₂ nu-me-en	On that place you are not a stranger.
12	ŋuruš-e ama-ŋu₁₀ sa mu-me ba-ni-dug₄-⸢ga-ba⸣	The young woman cried out a lament for her mother
13	šag₄-ŋu₁₀ er₂-ra eden-na na-mu-ma-al	There is weeping in the steppe
r
1	šu ba-šub-⸢ba-ni na⸣-mu-gi₄	Whose hand should not be turned back
2	me-ri ba-šub-ba-ni ⸢na⸣-mu-⸢gi₄⸣	His feet were smashed, he did not return.
3	eden-e ba-te eden-e ba-te	The steppe approaches, the steppe approach!
4	ama-gan eden-na ta i-ni-in-⸢gul⸣-[la]	The child-bearing mother, what destroyed her in the steppe?
5	[ama] ⸢ŋuruš⸣-a eden-ne₂ ba-ti	The mother of the female kid is taken away in the steppe.
6	[ama] ⸢sipad⸣-da eden-ne₂ ba-ti	the mother of the sipad priestess took her to the steppe.
7	[ki] ⸢ga-ša-an-na-ka⸣ mu-ud-⸢na-na⸣-še₃	to the place of her husband's wedding night
8	ama-gan-e eden-na ta i₃-⸢in⸣-gul-⸢la⸣	The child-bearing mother, what destroyed him in the steppe?
9	am ug₅-ga-na igi mu-un-⸢da-bar⸣-[re]	The wild bull looks at his dead.
10	igi-na igi mu-da-bar-bar-re	He looks at his face.
11	ama-gan-e eden-na ⸢ta⸣ i₃-in-⸢gul⸣-[la]	The child-bearing mother has destroyed the steppe
12	mu-ud ta al-dug₄ x x x x x	What did the spouse say? ...
13	nin ši-pa-ŋa₂-ne₂-eš al ba-TU	Lady of the šipānê-priests
14	x-da me-ri mu-un-na-⸢am₃⸣-[ŋar]	... he made the foot rise for him.
15	ama-gan-e ⸢eden⸣-na ta i₃-[in-gul-la]	The child-bearing mother, what destroyed the steppe?
16	za-e x mu-⸢un⸣-na-ab-be₂	You will say to him ...
l.e.
1	kur₂ ŋen mu-⸢un-na⸣-[ab-be₂]	The enemy says to him:

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