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NFT p. 204, AO 4330 (P315472)
Old Babylonian, Girsu · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | NFT p. 204, AO 4330 |
|---|---|
| ID | P315472 |
| Museum no. | AO 04330 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
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 i | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢la₂ x⸣ [...] | ... elalu-plant |
| 2' | {[d}en]-⸢lil₂⸣-la₂ e₂-kur-⸢ra⸣ ⸢x⸣-ŋa₂ ša₃ ab-za-za hu-ŋe₆ | Enlil, may the Ekur, the Ebaba, and the Abzaza rejoice. |
| 3' | e₂-kur e₂ {d}en-lil₂-la₂;-a-⸢ta⸣ ša₃ ab-za-za ⸢hu⸣;-ŋe₆ | In the Ekur, the temple of Enlil, the heart of the Abzaza temple is a ḫu’e. |
| 4' | i-ki-tum-ma {d}en-lil₂-la₂-a-ta ša₃ ⸢ab⸣-za-za hu;-ŋe₆ | From the Ikitum of Enlil may the Eabaezaza be filled with joy. |
| 5' | dumu an-na ⸢ir-bi⸣ bi-ib-⸢ku⸣-le i-ra gi₄-⸢ga-a⸣ | (Sum) The child of An, the irbi priestess, the one who is crying out in tears(?) (Akk) The son of An who was crying out to you in tears |
| 6' | ⸢a-e⸣ a-u₂ ⸢i⸣-ra ⸢nu⸣;-[hu-ul] ⸢i-ra⸣ nu-hu-ul | “Alas, alas! For the one who goes out, he will be destroyed, for the one whom he is not destroyed. |
| 7' | [...] ⸢i-ra i-ku⸣ ⸢x x⸣ [...] | ... entered, ... |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x da⸣ | ... the daugther |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 1'' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢a-ta x x⸣ [...] | ... from the temple ... |
| 2'' | i-⸢ki-tum-ma⸣ [x x] a-ta ⸢x bi x x⸣ ⸢a-ab⸣ | Ikitumma’e |
| 3'' | ⸢a a-u₂ x ša₃-bi-ŋu₉⸣ | “Woe, ..., |
| 4'' | ⸢x x x x ša₃-bi⸣ ⸢ša₃-bi-ŋu₉⸣ | “The ... of the ..., the šabībû-house, |
| 5'' | ⸢ša₃-bi kur-kur-ra ša₃-bi⸣ ⸢x x⸣ | Its inside is the ... of all the lands. |
| 6'' | ⸢im-da x x x x;-bi⸣ | “If he slips through the door pivots, |
| 7'' | ⸢ŋeš-šub lu₂ ŋeš-šub sa-a⸣ ⸢x⸣ | “Hand of a man’s, hand of ..., |
| 8'' | ⸢a-ŋi₆-i dumu x im x⸣ ⸢ma lu₂ ŋeš-šub sa-a x⸣ | Ea-bî, son of |
| 9'' | ⸢dumu⸣ mu mu-zi mu-⸢zi⸣ ⸢i⸣-ku-lu-te | (Sum) The young man, the young woman, rises (Akk) Young man, rise, rise! |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | ⸢e-di⸣ [...] šu pa ⸢šu mu⸣ [...] | (Sum) The one who looks at the hand, the one who sees the eye |
| 2' | ⸢a-u₂ ama⸣ nu-⸢mu-da;-ti-la⸣ | “If only I could live with my mother! |
| 3' | a-a-⸢zu⸣ nu-mu-da-ti;-la | My father did not live with me. |
| 4' | ⸢e₂⸣ e-⸢še⸣-ra nu-mu-da;-ti-⸢la⸣ | He did not go out to the house, he did not enter the house. |
| 5' | [x] ⸢x ra hu-du-a⸣ | ... the ... of hoeing |
| 6' | [x x x] ⸢hu-du-a⸣ | ... ḫudû-plant |
| 7' | [x x] ⸢x hu-du⸣-a | ... ḫudû-plant |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 1'' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2'' | ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢bi x x⸣ [...] | ... its ... |
| 3'' | ⸢x ri na⸣ [...] ⸢mu ša₃-bi⸣ [...] | “I want to go up to the ... temple, I want to enter the midst of the temple |
| 4'' | ⸢e ru na me-en⸣ [...] ⸢x ru na x x x⸣ [x] | You are the one who ... the ... of the netherworld |
| 5'' | ⸢e ŋa₂ me-en⸣ [(...)] ⸢e ŋa₂-gin₇ x ku x⸣ [...] | I am the e’e-priestess |
| 6'' | di-ŋi₆-⸢ir⸣ na-me-⸢en⸣ [(x)] a-na gi nu-du [(x x)] | I am not a diŋire priestess, I do not go to the reed bed |
| r ii' | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x-ba-gin₇⸣ [...] ⸢mu⸣-ku-ul [...] | ... like a ... temple ... a temple of ... |
| 2' | ⸢x ša₃⸣ mi-i-⸢ri⸣-[a] a-a-ŋu₉ ri-na ⸢a lu₂ mu-ra⸣-na-na | “The ... of the heavens, the one who ... for you |
| 3' | ⸢x ri⸣ lu₂ kur-ra ša₃ ⸢mi-i⸣-ri-a en-še mu-sa-re | The en priestess, the man of the netherworld, the lord of the Enšemi temple |
| 4' | a-a-ŋu₉ lu₂-lu₂-ŋu₉ ša₃ mi-i-ri-a en-še mu-sa;-re | The father, the man, the heart of the en priestess is trembling |
| 5' | ŋeš-bi la-e ⸢ab⸣ me ma-ra en-še mu-sa-re | Its one who does not enter the Eaba temple, the divine powers of the lord are established for me. |
| 6' | ⸢i⸣-im-di i-im-⸢di⸣ gaba kur-ra-še ⸢en⸣-[še] mu-sa-[re] | (Sum) The one who screams, the one who shouts at the edge of the mountain(?) (Akk) He shouted at the boundary of the mountains |
| 7' | im-di gaba kur-[ra-še] en-še mu-[sa-re] | He smote the lord at the edge of the mountain. |
| 8' | am mu-⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | Wild bull ..., ... |
| 9' | ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r iii' | ||
| 1 | i-ri-ma ⸢x ta⸣ [x] ba-da-ab-de₆ ⸢en⸣-[še] mu-⸢sa-re⸣ | he entered, and ... took away ..., he brought down the esares. |
| 2 | ⸢e x ŋi₆⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ | “The ... of the river ..., the ... (of) the river |
| 1' | [ša₃-ŋu₉ {d}ba-u₂-ŋu₉] [za di]-⸢di-el za ku nu-zu;-zu⸣ | The šabû priestess Baubu is the one who makes the edīl priesthood known, he does not know the holy za. |
| 2' | [ša₃]-⸢ŋu₉ {d}ba⸣-u₂-ŋu₉ [za gal]-⸢gal⸣ za ma-la-ga-zu | The ša-e-û-priestess, Baba-eubu, you are the one of the great palace, your one of abundance |
| 3' | ⸢ša₃⸣-ŋu₉ {d}ba-u₂-ŋu₉ e-si-ir ku₃-ge suhub₂ za-gin₃-zu | The eša-e-bu (temple) of Bau, the pure e-sir, your lapis lazuli roof |
| 4' | ša₃-ŋu₉ {d}ba-u₂-ŋu₉ sila₃-amar-ra ⸢uš-tu⸣ du-ru-⸢na⸣-zu | The šabû-priest Baubu, the sila-amara priest, the euštu’e priest, your uruna priest |
| 5' | ša₃-ŋu₉ {d}ba-u₂-ŋu₉ tu-⸢di⸣-da saŋ-ŋa₂;-li-ma-zu saŋ-ŋa₂;-li-ma-zu | The šabû priestess, Baubu, when you descend, your sa-li-ma-zu |
| 6' | ša₃-ŋu₉ {d}ba-u₂-ŋu₉ ša₃-na-lu₂ za-ba-bar lu₂;-du-zu | The šabû priestess Baubu, the Šanalu priest, the zabar priest |
| 7' | ⸢ša₃⸣-ŋu₉ {d}ba-u₂-ŋu₉ ⸢di⸣-li-im-da ni-bi ⸢ga⸣-aš te-⸢zu⸣ | The eša-ebû (temple) of Bau, the edi-elumda temple, its zenith |
| r iv' | ||
| 1 | [ša₃]-⸢ŋu₉⸣ {d}ba-u₂-ŋu₉ ⸢nu⸣-nu gi bi-⸢ri;-ku⸣-nu-zu | The reeds that Bau had planted, the vines that he had planted |
| 2 | ša₃-ŋu₉ {d}ba-u₂-ŋu₉ ⸢bur gal⸣-gal a-ni šu-ga;-⸢zu⸣ | The šabû-priest of Bau, the great ebur priestess, his hand, |
| 3 | ša₃-ŋu₉ {d}ba-u₂-⸢ŋu₉⸣ ⸢bur⸣ tur-tur bur ⸢šu⸣ [nu-zu-zu] | The šabû-priest Bau-e’e, the small bur-e3-vessel, the little bur of the e-shrine, did not know |
| 4 | ša₃-ŋu₉ {⸢d}ba⸣-[u₂-ŋu₉] a-ŋe₆ ⸢e⸣-[...] [...] | The šabû-priest of Baba-e’u, the a<priest> of the temple ... |
| 5 | ša₃-⸢ŋu₉⸣ {[d}ba-u₂-ŋu₉] e-[...] ⸢ma⸣ [...] | The ša-e’e-priestess, Baubu, the e-ma-e-[..., ...] |
| 1' | [...] ⸢ri x⸣ [x x] [...]-⸢ŋu₉⸣ lu-⸢lu-le⸣ [nam]-⸢ra⸣-še ba-⸢na⸣ | ... the ... of the king, the lord, the one who makes the lû-priestess rise, he made him rise. |
| 2' | [... nam]-⸢ra⸣-še [ba]-⸢na⸣ | ... he made it rise up for you |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r v' | ||
| 7' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x ur₂⸣ am [(...)] me-en | ... ... I am the bull |
| 8' | [x x] ⸢ma⸣ e ma ku ⸢zu⸣ [x x] e gi zu [x] ⸢ri⸣-la ⸢e₃⸣ | ... a reed fence, a boat fence, an e’ela fence |
| 9' | [x] gi₄-⸢ne⸣ me-⸢bi⸣ ⸢bi⸣-du₁₁-ga-ŋu₉ ⸢ku-ra na-gi₄-ni⸣ | The ... of the female workers, the women of the women’s quarters, the female laborers, the male laborers of the prisons, did not return. |
| 10' | dumu-⸢gi-ra⸣ ku-ra na;-gi₄-⸢ni⸣ saŋ nu-mu-da;-us₂-⸢se⸣ | (Sum) The scepter of the netherworld does not reach (the land)(?) (Akk) The one of the Netherworld is not able to reach (it) |
| 11' | ⸢ku⸣-ra na-gi₄-[ni] [x]-ri-ke₄ ⸢saŋ⸣ [nu-mu];-[da]-⸢us₂-se⸣ | For the ... of the saga temple I did not bring down the esa temple |
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