JCS 25, 149-150 (P305515)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 25, 149-150 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305515 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04216 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
Machine English (draft)
Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 7 | Who has determined my fate, who has determined my destiny? |
| obverse 2 | give to me the power of the apsû. |
| obverse 6 | may it be good for you in the scribal school. |
| reverse 25 | your zarah priestess sat down |
| reverse 27 | and the way |
| reverse 37 | I raised up (them) from where you are. |
| obverse 19 | (If) he is a snake, he will seize him |
| reverse 41 | In order to restore the shrines, in order to restore it |
| obverse 18 | Your throne enters into your holy sanctum |
| top 47 | of the judges of their fathers |
| reverse 38 | In the future he will not make a claim concerning the oxen |
| reverse 43 | Like a person who has sat on the ground, |
| obverse 20 | The saggida demon has sinned, the saggida demon has sinned |
| reverse 45 | If he sees a young man in his hand, |
| reverse 35 | to raise a reed basket for the jegi reeds he shall not return to its place. |
| reverse 28 | he brought to you. |
| obverse 10 | more than before, I am able to stand over you |
| obverse 21 | I am one who is to be brought out from/on behalf of(?) the... |
| reverse 42 | In order to eat food, in order to eat food |
| obverse 8 | Because of the power of humanity, you have not known your name |
| obverse 13 | Like one who does not know a scribal art, you are not a man |
| reverse 33 | ......... |
| bottom 22 | from the midst of awe-inspiring womb that is exalted, |
| obverse 11 | no one stood over his son |
| reverse 30 | before Libi-duri |
| reverse 26 | in the year in which he spoke to the heart |
| reverse 34 | from the threshing floor of Al-men |
| obverse 5 | and if you are to smite (them) |
| reverse 44 | his father, his mother, eats bread |
| top 48 | he gathered together 10 kor of barley |
| obverse 3 | As long as he lives, when he lives, |
| reverse 36 | The reed fence(?) was raised (to be) raised for the small ones |
| top 46 | As for them, they have gathered together 10 kor of barley. |
| obverse 14 | at the threshing floor of the Gme’aju temple |
| reverse 40 | In order to restore my field to its place, |
| obverse 12 | Like the one who does not heed your command(?) |
| reverse 29 | and he brought down the sajû-vessel |
| reverse 32 | May your humanity not be forgotten |
| left 49 | The one who his father made good barley, barley, oil, and sheep(?) were making good |
| left 50 | 51 |
| obverse 9 | Your fetus, your name, the sabu priest(ess) who smites(?) your body(?) |
| obverse 15 | he smote that man |
| obverse 16 | the one who enlarges you shall not be negligent. |
| obverse 17 | When you are to strew(?) the rites of the courtyard |
| obverse 1 | he binds the arms of the apsû. |
| reverse 31 | he brought down the evil heart. |
| reverse 24 | did not cast down a zarah net at your own disposal. |
| bottom 23 | he sat down with my neck. |
| obverse 4 | You are the one who establishes the cult centers |
| reverse 39 | In order to restore my field to its original place |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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