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YOS 11, 49 (P308615)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 11, 49 |
|---|---|
| ID | P308615 |
| Museum no. | YBC 07689 |
| 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)
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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢lu₂-ulu₃⸣ niŋ₂-na-a niŋ₂-si-sa₂-am₃ | (Sum) ... is filled with fear and terror (Akk) The ... of the humankind fills itself with fear |
| 2 | x x x lu₂-ulu₃ niŋ₂-na-a šag₄ ŋar-ra-am₃ | ... the man, in his own skin it is an empty wind |
| 3 | x ⸢ba-tuku⸣ inim zid {d}en-lil₂-la₂ | ... the righteous word of Enlil |
| 4 | lugal kur-kur-ra-ke₄ u₂-da he₂-em-ši-gu₇-e | May the king of all the lands eat grass! |
| 5 | id₂ he₂-em-ši-gu₇-gu₇ | may he drink the river |
| 6 | diŋir gana₂-e nin gana₂-e nin gana₂-e-ke₄ | The intertwined field, the lady of the field, [the lady of] the field |
| 7 | an-gin₇ he₂-em-kug-ge ki-gin₇ he₂-em-sikil-e | May he shine like heaven, may he purify like earth. |
| 8 | šag₄ an-na-ke₄ he₂-em-dadag-ge | May the heart of An be brightened. |
| 9 | niŋ₂-na sikil-la niŋ₂-na sizkur₂-re | In his pure radiance, in his pure aura |
| 10 | x lu₂ x x sila₃-ŋar zid dim₂-dim₂-ma | ... the one who fashioned a good ... |
| r | ||
| 11 | [...] x x daŋal-x-e | ... rebellious |
| 12 | [...] mu-sa₄-a me-en | ... you are the one who makes ... shine. |
| 13 | NIŊ₂ {d}gu-la-me-en ⸢tur-tur⸣ sikil-la he₂-gu₇-e | I am the ... of Gula, I shall eat pure ešturtur plant. |
| 14 | eme hul-ŋal₂ [bar-še₃] he₂-em-gub | May the evil tongue stand outside. |
| 15 | niŋ₂-na kug-ga na kug na-de₅-ga | In his pure radiance he poured out a purification rite. |
| 16 | šag₄-ga mu-un-uš | In the field he is a woman |
| 17 | diŋir lu₂-ulu₃ {d}en-ki-ke₄ [x]-eš₃ an-na | The ... of An, the man Enki |
| 18 | sila₃-ŋar zid dim₂-dim₂-ma | a kind of roasted barley |
| 19 | ⸢ir⸣-bi mu-dug₃-ga šag₄-zu hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ | Its ruins he made perfect, your field is the mountain range |
| 20 | mu-ni-in-pad₃-da me-en | I am the one who found him. |
| 21 | niŋ₂-na diŋir-re-e-ne sikil-la-am₃ | In his own radiance, the intertwined ones are pure |
| 22 | diŋir lu₂-ulu₃ nam-tag-ga du₈-a-ni | His “distortion-of-justice" (song) of a man whose sin is sung |
| 23 | an-gin₇ he₂-em-kug-ge ki-gin₇ he₂-em-sikil-e | May he shine like heaven, may he purify like earth. |
| 24 | ⸢šag₄⸣ an-na-gin₇ he₂-em-dadag-ge | May it be brightened like the šag-e23 of heaven. |
| 25 | 3(diš) ka-inim-ma niŋ₂-na-[...]-kam | It is the incantation of ... |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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