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YOS 11, 88 (P305835)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 11, 88 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305835 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04602 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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 | en₂ e₂-nu-ru {d}dim₃-me-⸢en⸣ he₂-me-en | Incantation: You are Enuru, may you be Imme-ešme. |
| 2 | {d}kamad-ME-duru₅ he₂-me-en | May you be Mad-ME-duru. |
| 3 | [...]-ub-ba DU RI x he₂-me-en | ... may you be ... |
| 4 | [...] imin he₂-me-en ki-sikil-lil₂-la₂ imin he₂-me-en | May you be seven, may you be a young woman of seven. |
| 5 | [...]-la₂ imin he₂-me-en | May you be seven ... |
| 6 | [...] {d}dim₃-me ki-sikil nu-si-[...] | ... Lamaštu, the young woman does not ... |
| 7 | [...] {[d]}dim₃-me ⸢e₂⸣ tur₃-ra nu-si-[...] | ... Lamaštu does not fill the cattlepen |
| 8 | [...] x nu-zu x x nu-tuku he₂-me-en | ... you are one who does not know ... |
| 9 | [...] x ub-ba ba-gub gur-ru-da | ... standing in the corner, laid low! |
| 10 | [...] dug₄-ga x lu₂ geme₂ x me-en | ... you are a man who ... female workers |
| 11 | [...]-am₃ saŋ ilimmu he₂-me-en | ... you are a bundle of ilimmu-plant |
| 12 | lu₂ x x nu-til₃-la | a man who does not live |
| 13 | lu₂ danna nu-til₃-la | a man who does not live in the street |
| 14 | lu₂ x x x [...] | A man ... |
| 15 | lu₂ {d}asal TU ⸢eden-na⸣ ba-an-gaz-a he₂-me-en | May you be the one who destroys Asalla in the steppe! |
| 16 | ad-da dumu nu-tuku | the father who has no son |
| 17 | ama nu-tuku ki-sikil-lil₂-la₂ udug-ga ama nu-tuku | The one who has no mother, the young woman, the udug priestess, the one who does not have mother. |
| 18 | ŋuruš x-la₂ x x ki-nu₂ nu-tuku | a young male donkey that has no bedroom |
| 19 | {d}na-x {d}nin-tud ama {d}x x x DA sikil-la | Na-, Nintud, mother ..., ... of pure ... |
| 20 | {d}x x {d}en-lil₂-la₂ ad-da {d}en-lil-la₂-ka | the ... of Enlil, the father of Ea, |
| 21 | {d}en-lil₂ lugal gu-la-ka | of Enlil, the great king |
| 22 | {d}nin-lil₂ nin ki-ur₃-ra | For Ninlil, the lady of the Ki'ur, |
| 23 | {d}me-me sig₅ {d}KA-nu-gi₄-a | “Meme is good, KA-nugia |
| 24 | {d}ereš-ki-gal-la | Ereškigala |
| 25 | [...]-⸢na⸣ nam-erim₂ kud-da a-na x-ha-ra | ... a long-lasting curse to ... |
| 26 | [...] x-ra igi bar-ra diri | ... surpassing before |
| 27 | [...] x-na lu₂ nam-erim₂ kud-da a-na x-ha-ra | ... a man who a curse to ... |
| 28 | [...]-ra ki-nu₂ nu-tuku | ... has no bedroom |
| 29 | [...] x-ra babbar₂-ra-ka [...] | ... of the white ... |
| 30 | [x] an-na ⸢gi₄⸣ saŋ pa e₃ šul ka tar ⸢AN⸣ id₂-da nu-bal he₂-x | ... of heaven, a bride who makes the crown emerge, whose mouth is to be opened, may ... not cross the river |
| 31 | {d}ne₂-iri₁₁-gal {d}en-lil₂ kur-kur-ra-ka | Nergal, Enlil of all the lands |
| 32 | {d}nin-ŋiš-zid-da gu-za-la₂ kur-ra-ka he₂-pad₃ | May Nin-išzida choose the throne of the netherworld |
| 33 | {d}ŋiš-gibil-ga-mes lugal gidim-ma-ke₄ he₂-pad₃ | Išgibilgames, the king of the ghost, may he choose. |
| 34 | e₂ [x x x] ba-ra-mu-un-da-ku₄-ku₄ | He did not enter the house of ... |
| 35 | ba-ra-[x]-mu-un-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | Bara-...-mun-baba |
| 36 | šu-zu šu-ni-ta ba-ra-mu-un-da-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | Your hand cannot be grasped by his hand |
| 37 | ŋir₃-zu ŋir₃-ni-ta ba-ra-mu-un-da-ŋa₂-⸢ŋa₂⸣ | “If your arrows do not come out from his arrow, |
| 38 | u₂ nu-mu-un-da-⸢gu₇⸣-e | He does not eat food. |
| 39 | a nu-mu-un-da-a-nag-e | he does not drink water. |
| 40 | x x a-a-zu x {d}en-lil₂-la₂-še₃ | ... your father, ... of Enlil |
| 41 | ba-ra-al-su₈-su₈-ge-eš | they will not raise a claim |
| 42 | ka-inim-ma {d}kamad-ME-duru₅-kam | It is the wording of a kamadmeduru-prayer. |
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