Unread Atlas
CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 018 (P342701)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342701 |
| Museum no. | MS 3228 |
| Collection | Schøyen Collection, Oslo, Norway |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. 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’ | ⸢ta-a-aš⸣ [...] | “If he slips through the cracks of the door, |
| 2’-3’ | u₅-mu ⸢sur⸣-[...] // inda₃ gu-lu-⸢a⸣ [...] | The storm of the esuru-house, the gulû-house ... food offerings |
| 4’-5’ | lu₂ kiŋ₂-sa₂ a-AK [(x)] // du₅-ŋu₁₀ du-lum-ma mu uku₂-⸢re⸣-[...] | The one who ... on the ground |
| 6’ | lu₂ nu-kal-la munus nu-ge-⸢na⸣ | A man who is not able to marry a woman |
| 7’ | u₄-da-am₃ lu₂-u₃ ba-an-ku₄-re-⸢en⸣ | “At that time, no one entered it. |
| 8’ | ša₃ ku₃ til i-bi₂-za e₂-a-na | The pure heart, finished before you, in her house |
| 9’ | kaš sa₁₀-sa₁₀ aŋ₂-šeŋ₆-ŋa₂ gu₇-gu₇ | to buy beer, to eat grain |
| 10’ | i-bi₂-za nu-um-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-an al-⸢ŋal₂⸣ nu-⸢ub-be₂⸣ | (Sum) He does not look at your face, he does not come out (Akk) You do not look, you do not go out |
| 11’-12’ | ⸢dam-zu⸣ tu₉ nu-um-⸢mu₄⸣ // ze₄-⸢e⸣ {tu₉}⸢niŋ₂-dara₂-e mu₄⸣ | (Sum) When you enter your temple, the garment does not come out (Akk) When your temple enters, it is not a garment that comes out |
| 13’ | gu-⸢du-zu⸣ am₃-ta-[...] | The guduzu-priest came out from the temple |
| 14’ | deš sila₃ ⸢še⸣-am₃ ab-pa₃-⸢de₃⸣-na-⸢zu⸣ | I will find the š. sila(?) that is to be found(?), so that you can find it |
| 15’-16’ | kaš sa₁₀-⸢sa₁₀⸣ aŋ₂-šeŋ₆-⸢ŋa₂ tum₃⸣-de₃ ; la-ba-⸢ni-ib⸣-la₂-⸢la₂⸣-e | The one who buys beer will not be able to bring it to an end. |
| 17’ | u₃ ze₄-e ⸢lu₂-lu₇{lu}u₃⸣-me-en | And you are the elulu priestess |
| 18’ | lu₂ saŋ ir-⸢ra⸣ munus ⸢sikil⸣ du₃-a | the man who erected the sa temple, the woman who built the silo |
| 19’ | ⸢e⸣-ne-⸢eŋ₃⸣ sig ⸢gu₇-gu₇⸣ | “If he eats low-quality emmer, |
| r | ||
| 1 | saŋ-du tibir₂ ra-ra | sa-du, tibir, ra |
| 2 | aŋ₂-kur₂ du₁₁-du₁₁ KA lul-la bala-bala | “Alas, I want to speak a false word! |
| 3-4 | e₂ e-ne zi₂-iŋ₃-zi₂-iŋ₃ // lu₂ e₂ lu₂-ka nu-tuš | The man who does not dwell in the house of a man |
| 5 | u₃ ze₄-e na-aŋ₂-lu₂ AŠ-e-eš | And if he does not give (him) back, |
| 6 | a si a lu₃-lu₃-a zi₃ ar₃-ar₃-ar₃-ar₃-ra | Woe, the horns, woe! The flour is heaped up. |
| 7 | in-us₂ in-tur-tur mu-na-ar₃-ar₃-ar₃-ar₃-ra | He has sat down, he has grown small for him. |
| 8 | i-ni-in-du₈ i-ni-in-bil₂-bil₂ | he smashed, he tore out. |
| 9-10 | aŋ₂ šu du₁₁-ga-⸢ni⸣ // a-ra₂-še₃ nu-mu-un-ŋar | Whose command is unrivalled |
| 11 | ma-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄-gi₄-in | I will send back to you. |
| 12 | ki-še-er nu-tuku na-aŋ₂-munus-e la-ba-DI | The one who does not have a spouse, she does not marry a woman |
| 13-14 | siki nu-mu-un-da-peš₆-e // {ŋeš}bala nu-mu-un-da-NU-NU | She does not cut hair, she does not weave a bala garment |
| 15-16 | kiŋ₂-e šu nu-mu-un-da-sa₂ // ku₄-ku₄ e₃-de₃ a-ab-⸢la₂⸣ | The one who enters the place will not be able to escape |
| 17-18 | e-sir₂-ra u₃-ba-⸢gub ; in⸣ al-⸢tub₂-tub₂-bu⸣ | (Sum) He stands in the street, he rises up (Akk) I stand in the streets, I rise up |
| 19 | [...]-⸢tar-re⸣ [...] | ...-etarrê |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | i-ri-im gu-⸢x⸣-[...] | The city Gu’e |
Sources & licences
- 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
- 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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.