YOS 11, 24 (P305850)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 11, 24 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305850 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04643 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | [...]-tim# sza-tim a-ri-a-tum it-ba-la hi-ib-szi | ... year after year, he carried off the debts. |
| 2 | [x x]-ma-am zi-ib-ba-su2 il-te-qe2 mu-di-tum | ... he took his ... |
| 3 | [...]-it-mu-rum hi-ta-pu-ut e-li-ia | (Sum) ... the sin that I committed against me (Akk) .... the sin which I commit against me |
| 4 | [...] me-hi-ir! s,i2-ha-ti-ia i-na su2-pi-im i-li-a-ni-ma | ... of my ṣiḫātu, in the street he came to me and |
| 5 | ta-ma?-s,i2 ra-mi la ta-qi4-ip-pi2-szu | You will see my love, you will not approach him. |
| 6 | da-an-ni-isz ta-ma-hi la ta-ta-ka-li-szum at-ti | You are very merciful, do not be negligent towards him! |
| 7 | lu-ma-an isz-ti-ti te-esz15-me-ma ra-i-mi ta-qu2-lam | May you be the one who hears my prayers. |
| 8 | te-el-qe2 un-ne!-ni-ia li-ib-ka li-ip-pa-asz-ra-am | Take my prayer, may your heart be glad. |
| 9 | i-na pu2-uh2-ri-im a-li u3 ni-szi# ba-asz-tim | in the assembly of the city and the people of the settlements |
| 10 | szu-mi dam-qa2-am ta-az-kur-ma | you have changed my good name, and |
| 11 | qa2-qa2-di tu-ka-ab-bi-it# be-li2 | You have seized my lord's head. |
| 12 | ki ma-s,i2-ma-an tu-sza-[x x]-an-ni | When you have ...ed me, |
| 13 | i-na i-in ta-ap-pa-ti-[x x] sza# pa-na e-qi2#-ir# da#-an#-ni-isz | In the eye of the ..., which is in front of me, I am very strong. |
| 14 | an-na ni-sa-nu-um sza ni-nu{nu} ni-ik-ta-na-ra-bu-szum | This is the nisānum that we have sealed for him. |
| 15 | a-na a-ma-ri-szu ni-za-me-ru isz-tu ul-lam | We will praise him from the beginning. |
| 16 | u2-mi ma-du-tim a-na da-ar ba-la-t,u2-t,am | a long time for the preservation of life |
| 17 | na-szi me-le-es, li-ib-bi-im a-na {d}ri-im-{d}_suen_ {d}_utu_-szi-ni | to Rīm-Sîn and Šamaš |
| 18 | a-na sza-tim esz-sze20-tim ka-ra-nam | To the new year, the karānum |
| 19 | i-qi2-a-szi-im-ma sza ta-s,a-ru-ra im-ni | he presented to her, and that which you stored, this tablet |
| 20 | al-kam lu-un-ne-ed-ra-am ki-ma li-ib-bi iq-bi-a-am i ni-pu-usz | Come, let me go, so that I can do as my heart commands. |
| 21 | szi-ip-ra-am sza mu-ur-ta-mi ka-al mu-szi-im e ni-is,-la-al | The work of the urtām priestess, all of it, we will do. |
| 22 | lu-uh-ta-al-s,a s,u2-hi-isz i-na ma-a-a-li-im ki-la-al-la-ni | (Sum) I want to pacify the heart of the land (Akk) Let me calm the heart, let me keep calm in the land |
| 23 | i-ta-ab-la-al e-li in-bi u3 da-di ba-la-t,am et-pi-ir | (Sum) He has slain (Akk) The one who slackens (is) the one who breaks the bond of life |
| 24 | i-na s,e-ri-ia s,u2-ru-up la-la-ka | In my steppe, I want to shine brightly, |
| 25 | ta-bi-ik-kum ra-mi ta-ap-t,a-ra-am li-qi2 ma-la ha-asz-ha-ti | “Your love has been released, may he take as much as you desire. |
| 26 | ia-tam u3 sza ra-i-mi-ia ku-usz-di-im | my own and that of my love, the kušdim |
| 27 | sza-li szar-ra-tum {d}na-na-a | the kingship of Nanaya |
| 28 | u2-ta-ak-al-ki-la-an-ni u2-ul i-li-kam | he kept me alive, he did not come. |
| 29 | e#-re#-esz-szu | his servants |
| 30 | [x x]-mi-i! at-ta ra-ma-a ka-szi ni-a-tu | ... you are the one who loves us. |
| 31 | [x x x x x x]-i-ka u3 i-in-bi-i-ka | ...... your ... and your eyes |
| 32 | [...]-e-pi-ra-ni szu-la-a-[...] | ... his ... |
| 33 | [...] x [...] x [...] | |
| top col 2 | ||
| 1 | lu-usz-te-mi-iq-szum-ma-an | let me make it pass by for him. |
| 2 | a-na be-li-ia | To my lord |
| 3 | [...] | |
| 4 | da-an-ni-isz kam-szat u3 qu2-ud-di x x LI i-sza-ak-ka-na-an-ni a-hi-tam | “He is strong, he is strong and he will give me a companion’s . |
| 5 | at-ta at-tu-li-im ma-ah-ri-am ta-s,a-al-ma | You, Tullim, have gathered before me, and |
| 6 | tu-sza is,-s,e2-ri-ia su2-up-pa-am te-li-ia | “You are the one who has seized my limbs, you have risen up against me, |
| 7 | ma wa!-asz-ra sza-ap-ta-sza ub-lam t,e2-e-ma U3 LI u3 le-'u5-tam szu-uk-lu-la-at | “She brought her lips (lit. her lips) and gave instructions, and she was full of wrath and fear. |
| 8 | zi-mi-i-ka it,-t,u2-ul | Your name has been praised, |
| 9 | ir-te-da-du-kum la ta-ka-asz-szi-t,a-an-ni | Do not let me be deprived of you! |
| 10 | in-na | Inna |
Sources & licences
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- 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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