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JAOS 088, 082ff (P305845)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | JAOS 088, 082ff |
|---|---|
| ID | P305845 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04620 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | {d}en-ki en za3 dib an-ki-a nam-ma-ni za3 nu-di | Enki, the lord who crosses heaven and earth, his fate is one that cannot be undone. |
| 2 | u3-na-a-du11 | he said to him |
| 3 | {d}nu-dim-mud nu gesztu2 dagal-la an-da nam ba-an-tar | Nudimmud, the one who has no wisdom, has decreed a fate with An. |
| 4 | me-zi hal-ha a-nun-ke4-ne a-ra2-bi sag2 [nu-di] | Mezi, the halḫa of the Anuna, its way is torn out. |
| 5 | gal-zu mah u4-e3-ta u4-szu2-usz igi-gal2 ba-ab-szum2-[mu] | Your supreme wisdom, from sunrise to moonset, is given attention. |
| 6 | en nig2-zu lugal engur-ra dingir sag-du-ga-mu-ur2# | Lord, your property, king of the deep, god Šagdugamur |
| 7 | u3-ne-de3-dah | he will add. |
| 8 | {d}suen-sza-mu-uh2 dub-sar dumu ur-{d}nin-[...] | Sîn-šamuḫ the scribe son of Ur-Nin- |
| 9 | ARAD-zu na-ab-be2-a | “Do not speak to your servant! |
| 10 | u4 szu mu-e#-du11-ga nam-lu2-ulu3-usz mu-e-ni-[...] | The storm that you have commanded, you have made mankind tremble |
| 11 | mu pa3-da-zu-sze3 im-szub li-bi2-ak ab-ba-gin7 [...] | He abandoned your chosen name, he did not do it properly like the sea |
| 12 | ezem siskur-zu-usz giri3-mu la-ba-ni-hasz lul-asz i3-du-un-na | The festival of your siskur offerings has not yet reached its normal course, it has become a false one. |
| 13 | e-ne-esz2 nig2-a-na bi2-ak-a-mu di nam-tag-ga-mu nu-[til?] | Because of what he has done, my case is not finished |
| 14 | u3 nam-tar-ra-ke4 mu-DU ki-lul-la il2-la-en giskim na-ma-ab-kin | and fate ... I shall raise the sign for him. |
| 15 | dingir kur2-ra nam-tag hu-mu-tum2 za3-bi nu-mu-da-pa3 | May a hostile god bring sin, but he will not find its source. |
| 16 | u4 la-la-ga2 e2-bi an-ne2 bi2-du11-ga | In my days of abundance, An commanded this house. |
| 17 | sag sag3-sze3 nam-tag-mu nu-me-a gaba im-ma-da-ri-en# | Because there was no sin, I was able to raise my chest. |
| 18 | bappir#-ra bala banda3#{da}-gin7 kiszib-e ba-ab-dab5-be2-en | You are seized by the sealed tablet like a small bala band |
| 19 | nig2#-szu# kaskal#-la# {gesz}szudul-bi ku5-a-gin7 bar-ra-an-na ba-gub-be2-en | As if you were the one who was cut off by the šudala weapon on the road |
| 20 | ki-nu2 u2-u8-a-a-e ba-nu2-en a-nir mu-un-si-il | In the bed of the ewes I lie down and sing a lament. |
| 21 | alan sa6-ga-mu gu2 ki-sze3 ba-la2 giri3-sze3 ba-tusz-en | My beautiful statue is stretched out on the ground, I sit at my feet. |
| 22 | [...]-ba-ah-mu ki ba-ni-in-il2 uktin-mu ba-kur2 | ... raised ..., he changed my counsel. |
| 23 | [...] u3-nu-ku giri3-mu-a ab-se3 zi-mu ba-da-zal | ... the unuku-demons were gathered at my feet, my life was scattered. |
| 24 | u4 zalag-ga u4 HI-da-gin7 im-ma-an-ak ki-tum2-mu ba-an-ze-er | Like a bright day, like a ... day, he did it and destroyed my foundation. |
| 25 | dub-sar-me-en nig2 mu-zu-zu a-na-ga2 ah-sze3 ba-ku4-re-en | I am the scribe, what do you know about me? |
| 26 | szu-mu sar-re-de3 ba-tum2 ka-mu inim bala-bala im-ma-an-la2 | He brought my name to the scribal art, he imposed my word on my mouth. |
| 27 | ab-ba nu-me-en gesztu2-mu ba-dugud igi-du8-mu ba-gi16-gi16 | I am not a sea, my ears have been strained, my eyes have been turned back. |
| 28 | gurusz ad-hal e2 lugal-a-ni ib2-ta-e3-a-gin7 sag ki-a mu-tum2-tum2 | As soon as the young man Adḫal has left his master’s house, he will bring him to the ground. |
| 29 | lu2-zu-a-mu na-ma-te-ge26 inim-ma na-ma-ab-be2 | Do not approach my acquaintance, do not speak a word to me. |
| 30 | ku-li-mu ad nu-mu-da-gi4-gi4 sza3-mu la-<ba>-sed-de3 | He does not answer my prayers, he does not soothe my heart. |
| 31 | lu2 in-na su-lum-mar-sze3 ba-ku4-re-en nam-tar-mu ba-kur2-e-en | (Sum) You are the one who enters into a sanctum, my fate is changed (Akk) You have entered into sanctuaries of a man, your fate has changed |
| 32 | dingir-mu za-ra nir im-ta-gal2-en lu2-sze3 nam-mu | My god, you are a mighty one, no one can take it away from you. |
| 33 | gurusz-me-en a-gin7 ki-lul-la nam-ma-bara3-ge3#-en | I am a young man, how is it that you lie down in a false place? |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | gud3-us2 e2-mu la-la-bi nu-mu-gi#-gi# | The gud-uš-priest does not return the joy of my house |
| 2 | e2 du3-du3-a-mu sze12-e nu-ub-tag-ge4#-a | My built-up house, where no one touches(?) |
| 3 | {gesz}u3 tur-tur ki pel-la2 mu2-a-gin7 gurun la-ba-il2 | Like a small tree growing in a hollowed out place, its fruit was not carried off. |
| 4 | {gesz}suhuszx(TUR) gu2 ma2-da mu2-a-gin7 pa-mu la-ba-sag3-sag3 | Like a “finger’ that has grown thick on the boat, it will not be smashed. |
| 5 | tur-ra-me-en u4-mu nu-me-a ur5-sze3 nam-ba-du-un sahar-ra nam-bi2-ib-bala-e-en | I am a young man, I do not have a day (to spare), do not roam around in the dust! |
| 6 | ki ama a-a nu-gub-ba ba-e-dab-be2-en a-ba-a a-ra-zu-mu mu-ra-ab-be2-a | You have seized the place where the mother does not stand with her father, who will speak an arazu prayer to you? |
| 7 | ki im-ri-a-mu gu2 nu-si-si-isz za3 mu-e-tag-ge-en a-ba-a kadra-mu ma-ra-ni-ib2-ku4 | (Sum) The place of my supplication, where my neck does not tremble (Akk) Where my neck is not thumped, where am I to enter? |
| 8 | {d}dam-gal-nun-na gidlam ki-ag2-zu | Damgalnuna, your beloved spouse |
| 9 | ama-mu-gin7 ha-ra-da-tum2 er2-mu hu-mu-ra-ni-ib2-ku4-ku4# | May he bring me like my mother, may he enter my tears for you |
| 10 | {d}asal-alim-nun-na dumu abzu-ke4 | Asallimnuna, the son of the Abzu |
| 11 | a-a-mu-gin7 ha-ra-da-tum2 er2-mu hu-mu-ra-ni-ib2-ku4-ku4 | May he bring me like my father, may he enter into tears for you. |
| 12 | er2-sza3-ne-sza4-mu hu-mu-ra-[ab]-be2 er2-mu hu-mu-ra-ni-ib2-ku4-ku4 | May he speak to you tears, may he bring you tears. |
| 13 | u4-da nam-tag ga-mu-ra-tum2 erim2#-ta KU-mu-da | I want to bring the sin to you today, from the storehouse |
| 14 | ki gurud-da-<<da>>-ga2 igi u3-ba-e-ni-bar ama5-mu szu te-ba-ab | Look at me at the place of my <cutting-of-the-throat>, my chamber, enter! |
| 15 | ki kukku2-ga-mu u4-sze3 u3-mu-e-ni-ku4 | When I enter the place of my kukkug, |
| 16 | ka2 szul-a-lum du6-du6-za ga-tusz ka-tar-zu ga-si-il | I want to sit at your gate of well-being in your mounds, I want [to resound] your praises. |
| 17 | nam-tag-mu gu-gin7 ga-mu-ra-si-il nam-mah-zu ga-am3#-du11 | I want to bring my sin to you as if it were a neck-rope, (but) I am going to speak of your greatness |
| 18 | ki nam-tag dugud-da szu-nigin-zu ar2 ga-am3#-[...] | I want to lay your hands upon the place of heavy sin |
| 19 | ka-garasz-a-ka szu-bar zi sag-ki tum3-mu [...] | At the kagaraš temple, the righteous ‘hand’, fitting for the head |
| 20 | ug3-e pa ga-ni-ib-e3 kalam-e he2-zu-zu# | I want to make the people appear, may they know (it) in the land |
| 21 | dingir-mu ni2-te-ga2-zu ga2-me-en | My god, I am your own person. |
| 22 | u3-na-a-du11 mu-ra-gub-ba-mu arhusz tuku-ma-ra# | When I speak to you, you have compassion for me |
| 23 | sza3# dingir-mu ki-be2 ha-ma-gi4-gi4 | May the heart of my god be restored for me |
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