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AOAT 025, 214ff (P305869)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AOAT 025, 214ff |
|---|---|
| ID | P305869 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04705 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
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 | ||
| 1 | {d}nin-isin2{si}-na dumu ki-ag2 an mah nin gal mah-ra u3-na-a-du11 | Nininsina, beloved child of exalted An, great lady, he spoke to her. |
| 2 | gu-za-la2 ki!-{d}utu-e3-a na-de5 a-ra-li | the throne bearer of Ki-Utu-ea, the provider of Arali |
| 3 | nitalam ki-ag2 ur-sag {d}pa-bil-sag-ga2-ke4 e2-gi4-a mah ki-ur3-ra | beloved spouse of hero Pabilsag, supreme bride of the Ki'ur |
| 4 | sag-DUN mah an {d}en!-lil2-la2-ke4 sag-il2 nin-e-ne | The supreme sagdu-priest of An and Enlil, the queen |
| 5 | nibru{ki} dur an-ki-ka me-bi szu du7-du7 | Nibru, the seat of heaven and earth, whose divine powers are perfected |
| 6 | e2-gal-mah e2# nam-nin-a-ka-ni nam-mah-bi pa#-e3# | The greatness of Egalmaḫ, her queenly house, is revealed |
| 7 | la-ra-ak{ki} nigar{gar} asz-ti e2-sa-bad e2 sa-szum2!(U4)-ma bara2 mah-bi ri-a | Larak, the nigar-priestess of the Esabad temple, the house of sašuma, its supreme dais |
| 8 | a-zu# gal tu6{tu} du11#-ga nam-ti-la bi-sze3? [tu-ra ba-ni-ib-gi4-gi4] | Great physician, in the “incantation of life"(?) he turned back to you |
| 9 | ama kalam-ma arhusz# szud3-de3 ki-ag2 a-ra#-[zu gesz-tuku] | The mother of the land, who reveres prayer and supplication, who listens to prayers |
| 10 | nin#-mu#-ra u3-ne-de3#-[dah] | For my mistress, I will bring it with her |
| 11 | x? {d}suen-i-din-nam lugal larsa{ki}-ma-ke4 arad#-[zu na]-ab#-be2-a | Sîn-iddinam king of Larsa your servant should say |
| 12 | u4 tu-da-mu-ta {d}utu-ra u3-ne-du11# nam-sipa kalam-ma-ni ma-an-szum2 | When he had sworn by the life of Utu, he gave me the shepherdship of his country. |
| 13 | zi sze3 sze-bi-de3#-en [ga2]-e# u3 du11# [nu]-mu#?-da#?-ku-ku# nam-ti-la#? i3-kin-[kin] | I want to eat the righteous barley, but I do not know how to speak and speak, I establish life |
| 14 | dingir-re-e-ne-er mah-bi KA sa6-sa6-ge#-mu-da | May the great gods ... with me |
| 15 | siskur2-ra nidba-ba? x e3?-a nig2-na-me nu-mu-ne-kesz3 x x | He did not bind the offerings(?) of the scepter, which came forth(?) |
| 16 | [{d}asal-lu2-hi lugal ka2-dingir]-ra#? en dumu {d}i7-lu2-ru#-[gu2] x x u4 zal | Asalluhi, king of Babylon, lord, son of Ilurugu, spent the day |
| 17 | iri-bi iri#-[mu-sze3 u4-szu2-usz]-e# sa2 si3-si3-ge | Its city, to my city, is set in order daily. |
| 18 | lugal-bi lugal larsa{ki}-sze3 nig2-hul i3?-kin-kin | Its king, the king of Larsa, did evil. |
| 19 | sipa kalam-bi nu-me-en-na nidba-bi-sze3 la-ba-[an-x] | I am not a shepherd of the land, I do not ... food offerings. |
| 20 | szul x-ra ge6-a IM ma-mu2-da-ke4 giri3-ni ma-an-dib-be2 | Young man ... in the night ... his foot ... |
| 21 | sag-ga2 im-ma-gub igi husz-bi ga2-e igi-mu-ni-du8 | He stands at the head, I look at him with furious eyes. |
| 22 | [{gesz}gisal i7?-da tum3 tu6 hul-bi si3-ga] | The “wood-of-the-river"(?) brought to an end, its evil incantation ceased |
| 23 | u4-bi-ta x-x-mu si nu-sa2 kiszib#-ni ba-ha-dab5-be2-en | At that time ... was not in order, his sealed document was seized |
| 24 | ni2-tuku-mu-ta ni2-mu la-ba-ra-e3 tu-ra gig# ba-an?-dab5?-be2-en | Because of my fear, my fear has not come out, I am seized by a bitter curse |
| 25 | tu-ra-mu kukku2 nu-zalag gar-ra lu2 igi nu-mu-un-ni-in-du8-a# | The turāmu-demon does not shine, the one who does not see it |
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- 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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