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CanLament 732-36 (P308085)

Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationCanLament 732-36
IDP308085
Museum no.YBC 07096
CollectionYale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLiterary
Find spotunclear

Transliteration (ATF)

From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)

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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
1{[d]}⸢šul-pa-e₃⸣ x-x-ra mu-[un-si-ig]He silenced Šulpae in ...
2iri-a-ni mu-un-si-ig e₂-a-ni mu-un-si-igHe silenced his city, he silenced her house.
3ama-a-ni mu-un-si-ig dumu-a-ni mu-un-si-igHe silenced his mother, he silenced her child.
4e₂-gal keš₃{ki}a-na na-mu-un-si-igHe silenced the palace of Keš.
5e₂-mah adab-BU{ki}x-na na-mu-un-si-igHe silenced the Emah of Adab.
6še-eb iri adab-bu{ki}x-na na-mu-un-si-igHe silenced the brickwork of the city Adab
7še-eb ⸢iri⸣ adab-bu{ki}na na-mu-un-si-igHe silenced the brickwork of the temple of Adab.
8gu₂ {id₂}piriŋ-a-na na-mu-un-si-igHe silenced the bank of his Piri canal
9gu₂ [id₂] mah-a-na na-mu-un-si-igHe silenced the bank of his supreme river
10⸢x⸣-x tur-ra-na na-mu-un-si-igHe should not silence his small ...
11[x x] ⸢x⸣ NE-DIM₂ babbar-ra-na na-mu-un-si-igHe silenced the ... of his white ...
12⸢x⸣ x e₂ zi-ba-na na-mu-un-si-igHe silenced the ... of his true temple.
13[x] ⸢x⸣-ki eš₃ nam-U₄-ta na-mu-un-si-igHe silenced the ... of the E-e-ki, the shrine of daytime
14[x] ⸢x⸣ e₂ x babbar-ra-na na-mu-un-si-igHe silenced the ... of his white temple
15[x] ⸢x⸣ x x x-na na-mu-un-si-ig... did not silence ...
16[x] ⸢x⸣ x ra e₂ {ŋeš}ig-ga-na na-mu-un-si-igHe silenced the ... of his gate house
17[x] ⸢x⸣ e₂ tilla₂-ra-na na-mu-un-si-igHe silenced the ... of his house in the street.
18ki-ru-gu₂ 3(diš)-kam-ma3rd kirugu
19[x x (x)] x x x-ra-na hu-mu-un-si-ig... he silenced.
20[x (x)]-re ša₃-zu a na-an-ni-de₂ e₂ ki-si-ig-ga gu₃ mu-x-[(x)]... should not pour water into your heart, the house of silence ...
21[x (x)] x gi ri ša₃-zu ninda na-an-ni-ma-al... your heart should not eat bread
22⸢x⸣ x-ni x-u₃ bi₂-gul-gul x x x ga-⸢du₁₁⸣I want to utter an arazu prayer to him
23⸢x⸣-nu₂-a-še₃ a ga-na-du₁₁ x x x ga-[du₁₁]I want to say “Alas, I want [to say] ...
24bar x x teš₂-ba še-ga-am₃ e₂-[x] ⸢x⸣ x x x ga-[du₁₁]I want to say “to the house ..., to the house of ...
25ki-ru-gu₂ 4(diš)-kam-maIt is the fourth song.
26⸢mu⸣-lu e₂-gal gu₃ de₂-ra ša₃ su₃-su₃ mu-un-na-an-huŋThe elu priestess, when she calls out to the palace, calms her heart
27e₂-x-x-ra gu₃ de₂-ra ša₃ su₃-su₃ mu-un-na-an-huŋHe calmed the heart of the ... who calls out to the E-...
28x x x x x x gu₃ de₂-ra ša₃ su₃-su₃ mu-un-na-an-huŋ... he calmed the heart of the one calling out.
29ku₃ [...] bar in-na-ab-sed₄... calmed the liver
30ama ga-⸢ša⸣-[an ...] bar in-na-ab-sed₄I want to utter a lament to the mother, ... soothes the liver
31ama ga-ša-[an ...] bar in-na-ab-sed₄Mother, lady ... calmed the liver
32u₃-mu-un x x [...] x x ig-e šu bi₂-in-us₂Lord ... opened the door
33u₃-mu-un gu₂-gar₃ x [...] x x-e giri₃ bi₂-in-us₂The lord ... the threshing floor ...
34{d}šul-pa-e₃ lu₂ a-ra-[zu] a-ra-zu mu-un-na-gub-be₂Šulpa’e, the one who utters an arazu prayer, stands for him.
35{d}šul-pa-e₃ lu₂ sizkur₂-⸢ra⸣ [...]-un mu-na-du₁₁-du₁₁Šulpa’e, the one of the sizkur prayer ... spoke to him
36u₃-mu-un lu₂ a x x gi₄ a za [a-ra]-zu de₃-ra-ab-be₂May the lord, the one ... say an arazu prayer to you
37x x x x nu-un-zu [...] de₃-ra-ab-be₂... does not know ... may he say to you
38x x x x nu-un-zu [...]-x-ti-ti... did not know
39lugal (x) a x x an-ki-a lu₂ x x x [...]-šub-be₂The king ... in heaven and earth
40lu₂-ti-la x x x (x) lu₂ x na [...](Sum) The man ... (Akk) The one ...
41dam x a-ra-zu x x x ki-a lu₂ x x x x [...]... prayer ... on earth ...
42dumu x a-ra-zu a la x x x e lu₂ da na ⸢an⸣ [...]The son of arazu prayer ...
43x x x x x ama-a-tu x [...]... the sheepfold
44u₃-mu-un lu₂-a-x-x me-ri-la₂ saŋ-e x [...]The lord ... the foot ...
45[...] x e em₃ x na NE x [...]... shouted ...
46[...] x [...] na [...]... sunrise to moonset: ...
47[ki-ru-gu₂ 5(diš)-kam-ma]5th kirugu
48x x [...]
49x x x x [...]
50{d}a-ru-ru dam-a-ni [...]Aruru, his spouse
51dumu x lu₂-ra x [...]The child ... for the man
52x x x x x a-[...]... ...
53x x x x x x [...]
54x x x x x x [...]
55x x x x x x [...]
56x x x x x x [...]
57lu₂-x-x x x x [...]Lu-...
58e₂-gal keš₃{ki}a-ta x [...]From the palace of Keš
59e₂-mah x-x-ki-a-ta x [...]From the Emah ...
60še-eb uru adab-BU{ki}ka-ta x x x [...]From the brickwork of the city of Adab
61še-eb uru adab-BU{ki}ta x x x [...]The brickwork of the city of Adab
62x x x x x x [...] x x x-en... ...
63x x [...] x x x ba-ab-x-en... you ...
64ki-ru-gu₂ 6(diš)-kam-maIt is the sixth song.
65[...]-DU...-DU
66[...]-am₃ [...]-DU... ...
67[...]-DU...-DU
68[...]-DU...-DU
69[...]-DU...-DU
70[...] im-DU... ...
71[...] im-DU... ...
72[...] im-DU... ...
73[...] im-DU... ...
74[...] im-DU... ...
75[...] im-DU... ...
76[...] im-DU... ...
77[...] im-DU... ...
78[...] NE-gurum-gurum... ...
79[...] x ⸢x⸣ x x tuš-a... sitting
80[...] e-lum i₃-na₂-a... honored one, lying down
81[...]-x-a-tafrom ...
82lu₂-x [...] x x x x x x-ta-ri-a-ta... from ...
83ki-ru-gu₂ 7(diš)-kam-maIt is the seventh song.
84{d}a-ru-ru [(...)] bar-x am₃-da-gubAruru stands outside
85{d}a-ru-ru x x x bar-x am₃-da-gubAruru stands with ...
86x (x) u₄ mu-un-zal-la-ri... spent the day.
87e₂ {d}mu-ul-lil₂ mu-un-zal-la-riand the house of Enlil passed by.
88x x x-na mu-un-zal-la-ri... passed by.
89uru-na nibru{ki}na mu-un-zal-la-riIn his city, in Nippur he passed by.
90še-eb e₂ x x x mu-un-zal-la-riThe brickwork of the temple ... is being carried away.
91ki-ur₃ ki gal-la mu-un-zal-la-riHe made the Kiʾur, the great place, pass by.
92x x ku₃-ga mu-un-zal-la-ri... passed by in the pure ...
93x mu bad-e in-bad-e... he has smashed it.
94⸢tur₃⸣ in-gul-e amaš in-bu-reHe destroyed the cattlepen, he destroyed the sheepfold
95tur₃ in-gul-gul-e amaš in-bu-bu-reHe destroys cattlepen and destroys sheepfold
96[...] x ki x an ba-ab-gi₄-gi₄... answers heaven
97[...] x x x x x [...]
98x a x mi-DU x x x [...]... ...
99gi-a en-mi-DU x x x [...]Reed, EnmiDU
100[...] x x x x x x [...]
101[...] x x x x [...]

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