YOS 11, 71 (P306699)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 11, 71 |
|---|---|
| ID | P306699 |
| Museum no. | YBC 05632 |
| 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 | [igi gud dil-am₃] igi udu dil-am₃ | It is a single ox's face, it is an individual sheep's eye |
| 2 | [igi lu₂ šar₂]-am₃ KA lu₂ šar₂-am₃ | It is the eye of a king, it is the mouth of king |
| 3 | [...] niŋ₂ im-hul-hul | ... destroyed himself |
| 4 | {d}[asal-lu₂]-hi igi im-ma-an-sig₁₀ | Asalluhi looked at it |
| 5 | [a-a-ni {d]}en-ki-ra e₂-e ba-ši-in-kur₉ | for his father Enki he brought into the house. |
| 6 | ⸢gu₃⸣ mu-na-de₂-e | he poured out a libation bowl for him. |
| 7 | a-a-mu igi gud dil-am₃ igi udu dil-am₃ | My father, the one with the single ox eyes, the single sheep eye, |
| 8 | a-ra₂ min-kam-ma-aš u₃-ub-dug₄ | It is the second time that I have listened. |
| 9 | a-na ib₂-be₂-en-na-bi nu-e-zu a-na ba-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄ | What is it that you do not know? What does he answer? |
| 10 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ dumu-ni {d}asal-lu₂-hi | Enki, his son Asalluhi |
| 11 | mu-na-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄ | he will reply to him. |
| 12 | dumu-mu a-na nu-e-zu a-na a-ra-ab-dah-e | My son, what do you know? What can I learn from you? |
| 13 | {d}asal-lu₂-hi a-na [x x] a-ra-ab-[dah]-e | Asalluhi to ... I shall accompany |
| r | ||
| 14 | niŋ₂ ŋa₂-e zu-a-mu u₃ za-e in-ga-zu | “You know my fear, and you know it! |
| 15 | ŋa₂-na dumu-mu sig₂ babbar sig₂ gig₂ | Bana, son of white wool, wool of a weaned woman |
| 16 | saŋ-ŋa₂-ni u₃-me-in-keš₂ | he bound him. |
| 17 | igi hul lu₂ niŋ₂-hul-dim₂-ma | the evil eye of a man who is evil |
| 18 | gud-gin₇ he₂-em-ta-gaz | may he kill him like a wolf. |
| 19 | ka-inim-ma igi hul-a-kam | It is the wording of a cursed eye |
Sources & licences
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