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CDLI Literary 000764, ex. 019 (P299368)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000764, ex. 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P299368 |
| Museum no. | NBC 07912 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | du₆-⸢še₃⸣ [x] ⸢i⸣-im-zi-zi ⸢u₃-na im-gub⸣ | The Du’eše temple, the ... of the Imzizi temple, stood in the temple |
| 2 | ⸢mah du₁₁⸣-du₁₁ ša₃ x ša₃-za ab-BI ⸢ša₃ hulu⸣ [...] | The great E’emaḫ uttered a lament in your ... heart, the evil E'em |
| 3 | edin gub-ba-zu zu₂(|KA×X|) SAR KAR mi-ni-⸢ib-sar-sar-re⸣ | When you stand in the steppe, he strews sar kur. |
| 4 | ab-sin₂-na dumu engar-ke₄ gu₂-sa AK zi ma-ra-([UD].⸢DU⸣) | The furrow, the son of the farmer ... for you. |
| 5 | nu-{ŋeš}kiri₆-ke₄ {ŋeš}kiri₆-{ŋeš}kiri₆ sa nam-me-ri-<gub>-⸢ba⸣ | The orchardist does not set up a garden. |
| 6 | da-uš₂-ta a₂-na nu-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ du nu-mu-ši-⸢ib₂-si⸣-si-il | (Sum) The one who does not sleep, he does not lie down (Akk) He who is not asleep, his sleep is not lying down |
| 7 | a-ša₃ ki duru₅ ŋal₂-ŋal₂-la ŋiri₃-zu ⸢nu⸣-(|ŠA₃×A||ŠA₃×A|) | field irrigated with rain, your city e22nu’e23 |
| 8 | mušen {a}abbar-ta e₃-bar-ra za-pa-aŋ₂-zu {u}ugu₆-ŋu₁₀-ta | The snake coming out of the white cedar, your horns are a fox |
| 9 | dul₂-⸢saŋ⸣ sahar-du₁₀-ub-a-GIM-ka e-ne sur-am₃ me-ta-zu | Who can know of you, who can know your way around the heaps of dust? |
| 10 | u₄-bi-⸢a ku₆⸣ mušen-ra en₃-še₃ mu-ni-tub₂ | At that time, the fish sank into the marshes. |
| 11 | en-⸢bi ku₆⸣-a a-na mu-ni-⸢in-tub₂-tub₂⸣ | “Its en priestess, the fish, was uttering an arazu prayer to him |
| 12 | ⸢igi⸣-[zu] ⸢e-ne-du₈-am₃-aš na-mu-un-zu⸣ | When you open your eyes, you should not see them. |
| 13 | ⸢mušen⸣ [x x (x)] ⸢x⸣ igi ⸢gu₃-nun⸣ si₃-⸢ga⸣-ni mu-un-zu | The emusven-bird knows the face of the egununnu-bird |
| 14 | ⸢enim-še₃⸣ [x x] ⸢nu⸣-mu-⸢un⸣-na-ab-šum₂-mu enim-ba nu-un-ta-an-;-e₃-a | The enimše plant, the ... plant, does not come forth from its seed. |
| 15 | ⸢ku₆⸣-ra ⸢im-ma⸣-gub gu₃ mu-un-na-de₂-e | He calls out to the emāma-ešum-plant, the fisherman. |
| 16 | ⸢ib₂-bu-uš⸣ du₁₁-ga-ne enim mu-na-ni-ib-be₂ | When they speak to him, he speaks to him |
| 17 | ⸢is⸣-hab₂ tugul(|NAGAR.AD₄|) (x) ku₅⸣ a-aš-ŋiri₃ ⸢x gu₂ bi⸣-li-za | “The ešḫab-plant, the turban (and) the kug-e23-plant(s) of the riverbank of the ...-house, your neck |
| 18 | ⸢ir⸣ nu-du₁₀-ga ha-ni ši-du-du {u}⸢ugu₆-zu⸣ giri₁₇ ur₄-ur₄ | The one who does not enjoy good irrû-offerings, the šidudu-offeršu-ē23-birds, whose noses are swollen |
| 19 | gu₇-zu si ⸢sa₂⸣ [x (x)] {ge}{gu}guninₓ(|A.ENGUR|) [nu]-tum₃-me-en | When you eat, you are the one who does not bring the throne. |
| 20 | lu₂ de-da-⸢zu su-na šu-na nu⸣-ub-⸢ta-ak⸣-ke₄ | (Sum) The one who is to smite(?), his hand does not let go (Akk) The man who has smote(?) his hand, his hand cannot let go |
| 21 | {a}abbar-{a}abbar ⸢daŋal⸣-la-ba ŋe₂₆-e ŋu₁₀-ul-[x]-⸢zu⸣-me-en | I am the one who carries away the whiteness of the black-headed people |
| 22 | ⸢a⸣ du₁₀-ga-bi nu-⸢mu-šu⸣-gu₇(KA-)e uš-ŋu₁₀ me-⸢te⸣-en-te-en | You do not eat good food, you do not calm down. |
| 23 | ⸢i₇⸣-da ⸢nir⸣ [x]-⸢bi⸣ nu-(DU.DU) u₄-nu-uŋ₃-ŋu₁₀ me-dal-dal | The nirŋītu-house, the ... of the river, was not ..., the storm was sweeping it away. |
| 24 | igi-ŋu₁₀-⸢ta⸣ [x]-⸢ke⸣-am₃ mu-un-gi₄-ir-gi₄-re-ta-am₃ | After he has returned to the front of the house |
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