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VS 02, 003 (P342811)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342811 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00604 + VAT 00614 + VAT 01350 + VAT 01370 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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 i | ||
| 0' | [u₃-ne-mu i ma-he gi-bi₂-di-tu] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to him. |
| 1' | [i ma-he e₂-a]-⸢aš₂-tu⸣-[ub hu-mu-ra-u₃-du] | May the great water of the Eaštub be brought to you. |
| 2' | [u₃-ne]-⸢mu⸣ ga-ne-ši ⸢gi-bi₂⸣-[di-tu] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to him |
| 3' | [ga-ne] ⸢x⸣ ši du₇-nu hu-mu-ra-⸢u₃⸣-[du] | May he build for you a beautiful temple |
| 4' | [u₃-ne]-⸢mu⸣ ap-pa-re gi-bi₂-⸢di⸣-[tu] | “Seize the window, open the door!’ |
| 5' | [ap-pa]-⸢re⸣ ku-da-hu-ur₂ hu-mu-ra-⸢u₃⸣-[du] | May he go up to the netherworld for you. |
| 6' | [u₃-ne-mu] mu-gi-a gi-bi₂-di-tu | Umunmuzida, the mugia priestess, the young woman |
| 7' | [mu-gi-e] {mu}hi-bu-ur₂ hu-mu-ra-u₃-du | May the mugī-priestess bring forth the ḫibur-plant for you |
| 8' | [u₃-ne-mu] {mu}te-er-te gi-bi₂-di-tu | “Unemu, the extispicy of the scepter |
| 9' | ⸢te-er⸣-te-re dara₂ ši-bar hu-mu-ra-u₃-du | May he bring forth the wild bull and the wild goat for you. |
| 10' | ⸢u₃⸣-ne-mu an-di-ne gi-bi₂-di-tu | I am the one of the lords of heaven and earth. |
| 11' | ⸢an-di⸣-na {mu}maš-ku-nu-um hu-mu-ra-u₃-du | May your maškug plant grow for you there. |
| 12' | u₃-ne-mu pu-ki-ri gi-bi₂-di-tu | The lord of the pukīru canal, the reed guard, |
| 13' | [pu-ki]-ri la-al ne-ti-in hu-mu-ra-u₃-du | May the marshes bring forth abundance for you. |
| 14' | [u₃-ne]-mu sa₂-ar-sa₂-re gi-bi₂-di-tu | I want to utter an arasa prayer to him |
| 15' | [sa₂-ar-sa₂]-re ha za-hi-li hu-mu-ra-u₃-du | May the saŋarsa prayer be uttered to you. |
| 16' | [u₃-ne-mu] ⸢e₂⸣-gal-la gi-bi₂-di-tu | The lord of the palace, the reed screen |
| 17' | [e₂-gal-le zi] ⸢šu-ud-ŋal₂⸣ hu-mu-ra-u₃-du | May the palace bring forth for you a life of abundance |
| 18' | [...] ⸢nin⸣-a-ŋu₁₀ egi₂ re-a | ... Nin-Ea, this princess |
| 19' | [...] ki-sikil {d}inana egi₂ re-a | ... the maiden Inana, the princess |
| 20' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u₃-nu-la zu-bi₂ la egi₂ re-a | The ... of the unutu-house, where the princess is not present |
| 21' | [...]-ne dili {d}utu egi₂ re-a | ... alone, Utu, this princess |
| 22' | [...] an-di lu₂-ga-la egi₂ re-a | ... the ... of the king, this princess. |
| 23' | [...]-le ama-u₃-šu-gal-la-na-ra egi₂ <re>-a | ... for Amaušugalana, the new princess |
| 24' | [...]-x ama ma-du egi₂ re-a | ... the mother is much, this princess. |
| 25' | [...] ŋeš ama ma-ku egi₂ re-a | ... mother, I am the princess |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | [...]-e-niŋin {d}mu-ul-lil₂ | ... Enlil |
| 2 | [...] ⸢na⸣-aŋ₂ im-du-du | ... went down to the horizon |
| 3 | [...]-⸢dug₄⸣-ga nu-kur₂-ru | ... is not changed |
| 4 | [...]-un-me eš-bar gal | ... great decisions |
| 5 | [...] ⸢x⸣ kur-še₃ la₂ | ... descendant of the netherworld |
| 6 | [...] ⸢x⸣ ŋar-ra | ... the outer ... |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x⸣-bi šu₂-a | Its ... is its ... |
| 8 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ra am₃-mi-in-us₂-sa | ... he imposed it on the ... of the temple |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ nu-ta im-me | She says ... without ... |
| 10 | [...] [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ra kur [...] | ... the mountain |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ra KA mu-[...] | ... to the ... of ... |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ mi-ni ⸢x⸣ [x] | ... what is this ...? |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣-a kur šub [x] | ... the mountain |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ŋen-na bi₂-ŋar | ... the en priestess of Enlil |
| 7' | [...] ⸢lu₂⸣ za-ga tu-šu-a | ... a man who has given birth to you |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ku₃ ŋa₂-ra-am | ... the holy ešum temple |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u₃-bu-ur₂ zi-da(GA-)na mu-na-la-e | ... his righteous ... he stretched out for him. |
| 10' | [...] i-ku hi-i diri | ... surpassing |
| 11' | [...] ⸢u₃⸣-bu-ur₂ ga-bu-na mu-na-la-e | ... he spreads out the ebur plant for him. |
| 12' | nin-e₂-gal ⸢e₂-gal⸣-la du₇-du₇-bu-de | Ninegal, to make perfect the palace, |
| 13' | na-mu ma-ha-ši ⸢x⸣ [...] ; {d}mu-⸢ul⸣-[lil₂ ...] | The fate of the shrine ..., Mudug-Eulil |
| 14' | {d}mu-ul-lil₂-le ⸢x⸣ [...] | Enlil ... the eša temple |
| 15' | ka-ša mah-di [...] | The supreme beer |
| 16' | ka-ša mah-di [...] | The supreme beer |
| 17' | ka-[ša ...] | The beer ... |
| 18' | ka-ša-an-na-na ⸢ki⸣ [za-ba-la (...)] | Gašanana of E-e-zabala |
| 19' | am-ma-di ab-⸢zu⸣ [...] {d}nanna | The wild bull ... Nanna |
| 20' | {d}nanna ab-ur₂ [...] ; {d}utu e₂-⸢babbar₂⸣ [...] | Nanna, the throne-bearer, ... Utu, the Ebabbar temple |
| 21' | {d}utu e₂-babbar₂-ra-na ⸢x x x (x) ; ka-ša-an-eri₁₂-ga-la ku-la-ba | Šamaš, in his Ebabbar temple, the ... of Kašan-Erigala, in Kulaba |
| 22' | ka-ša-an-eri₁₂-ga-la ku-la-ba(NA) ma-ha-ši ; ka-ša-na-na ki za-ba-la | Kašan-Erigala, Kulaba, the maši priestess Kas&dvanana, in the place Zabalam |
| 23' | ka-ša-na-na ki za-ba-la na-mu ma-ha-ši ; lugal gal-e-saŋ UR di-ŋa₂ | Kašanana, the place of Zabalam, the birth mother, the great king, the dog of Iba |
| 24' | lugal-e gal-e-saŋ UR di-ŋa₂ na-mu ma-ha-[ši] ; am-mu-ra-bi na-ti-la-bi | The king, the great one, the dog of the diŋa drum, the one who is present in the cult centers, his life is prolonged. |
| 25' | am-mu-ra-bi na-ti-la-bi(GA) | Its young woman did not live there anymore. |
| 26' | mu a-ma-du mu am-mu-du u₃-di-bi ma-du | I have sworn by name, I have confirmed by name. |
| 27' | gi am-ma-du gi am-mu-du u₃-di a-ma-du | She carries reeds, she carries [ree]ds - the storm carries it. |
| 28' | šu pa₃-re am-ma-du ka-an-si-ga ; ka kur-ra am-si-ga-a | The hand of the one who was chosen was smeared with blood, the mouth of the netherworld was filled with tears. |
| r i | ||
| 1 | ur-saŋ-e ki-sa-la pa ni-in-gu-mu-ri-di-en | The hero made the courtyard resplendent. |
| 2 | maš-tab-ba ki-sa-la ki us₂-sa | Twins, the kisala, the foundation |
| 3 | lugal um-ki-ne₂ šu-du di-du₃-a | king of the Umkian, who makes the hand tremble |
| 4 | i-la-ab i-la-ab a-zu an-še | He will praise, he will praise the physician of heaven |
| 5 | me-ri-zu ki da-ma-al-la a-bi ma-al-la | Your feet are on a place of abundance, its father is there. |
| 6 | u₃-mu-un in-si {d}mu-ul-li-la še-en ⸢ku₃⸣-a | The lord, the one chosen by Enlil, is the one of the holy shrines |
| 7 | {d}nin-urta i-la-ab a-zu an-še bi-du₃-a | Ninurta, you are the one who makes the medical knowledge available to the sky |
| 8 | me-ri-zu ki da-ma-al a-bi ma-al-[la] | Your feet are on the ground, its father is there. |
| 9 | u₃-mu-un in-si {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ ⸢še⸣-[en ku₃-a] | Lord, the one who binds Enlil, holy ešēen temple |
| 10 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 11 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | [...] | |
| 14 | a₂ ⸢zi-da⸣ [...] | labor of the ezida plant |
| 15 | a₂ gab₂-bu ⸢x x⸣ [...] | The total labor of ... |
| 16 | ur-saŋ gu₄-dam [...] | Ursa, the bull |
| 17 | {d}nin-urta gu₄-dam [...] | Ninurta, the bull |
| 18 | {d}pa-bil₂-saŋ gu₄-dam [...] | Pabilsa, the bull |
| 19 | {d}nin-ŋir₂-su gu₄-dam [...] | Ninbirsu, the bull |
| 20 | si dili-ni ku₃-sig₁₇-ga si [...] | His single horn is gold, his horn |
| 21 | a-u₂-ra-ni a a-u₂-⸢ra⸣ [...] ; ku₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] | His flood, woe to the flood, holy ... |
| 22 | e dumu lugal-ŋu₁₀ |SAL.X| [...] | ... son of Lugal- |
| 23 | en {d}nin-urta-ra [...] | For the lord Ninurta |
| 24 | en {d}pa-bil₂-saŋ-ŋa₂-ra [...] | For the lord Pabilsa |
| 25 | en {d}nin-ŋir₂-su-ra [...] | For the lord Ninbirsu |
| 26 | ur₂-zu-um gu-um-gu-um ⸢lu₂⸣ [...] | Your lap is a throne, the eloquent one |
| 27 | ŠE ša₃ bar gi₆-gi₆ ša₃ bar-ra [...] | Hand of a black-headed man, a dark-headed person |
| 28 | {[d}nin]-⸢ŋir₂⸣-su dumu {⸢d⸣}nibru{⸢ki⸣} [...] | Ninbirsu, son of E-e-nibru |
| 29 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 30 | [x x (x)] e₂ du-du-da-ka ⸢kur⸣ [...] | In the ... of the Dudu temple, the Ekur temple |
| 31 | [...] {d}nin-sumun₂-na(BA-)ka kur he-na-du-du-da | ... of Ninsumun, may the mountains be piled up for him |
| 32 | [x x ga]-ra-ra-e dumu {⸢d⸣}nibru{ki} ša₃-ba kur he-na-du-du-da | I want to bring ... to you, son of E-e-Nibru, in this place may the mountains be scattered for him |
| 33 | [x x ki]-bala-a-še₃ ka-sa mi-in-du | He poured beer on the ... of the rebel land |
| 34 | [x x] ki-bala-a-še₃ ka-sa mi-in-du | He poured beer on the ... of the rebel land |
| 35 | {[d}pa-bil₂]-⸢saŋ⸣ ki-bala-a-še₃ ka-sa mi-in-du | Pabilsae poured beer on the rebel land. |
| 36 | {[d}nin-ŋir₂]-⸢su⸣ ki-bala-a-še₃ ka-sa mi-in-du | Ninbirsu poured beer on the rebel land. |
| 37 | [x x] ⸢nu⸣-še-ra ka-sa mi-in-du | He poured beer into the ... of the enu’eše. |
| 38 | [...]-ra nu-še-ra ka-sa mi-in-du | He poured out beer for the one who does not know ... |
| 39 | [...] ⸢x⸣ si-na še-na | ... the horns of the ešû-house |
| 40 | [...] ⸢x⸣ si-na še-na | ... the horns of the ešû-house |
| 41 | [...] ⸢x⸣ si-na še-na | ... the horns of the ešû-house |
| 42 | [...] ⸢x⸣ si-na še-na | ... the horns of the ešû-house |
| 43 | [...]-mi ŋal₂ ma-du₃ [...] | ... my ... was carried away for me |
| 44 | [...] ⸢x⸣ du₃-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... building a house(?) |
| 1' | [...]-us₂ | ...-us2 |
| 2' | [...]-⸢x⸣-ŋa₂ | ...-eba |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x-x⸣-ku | ... eku-plant |
| 4' | [...]-ku bi₂-ri-a-di ga;-an-nu | ... I want to lie down ... |
| 5' | [...] an-⸢x⸣ | ... An-e23 |
| 6' | [...]-la-ku | ...-laku |
| 7' | [...]-e x mu-ru-te | ... the young man |
| 8' | [...]-un ur₂-saŋ-ba | ... of Ursa |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢x me-en⸣ | I am the ... of the temple |
| 3 | [...] ⸢ga⸣-la | ... of the ela temple |
| 4 | [...]-bi ki lu₂ | ... where the man |
| 5 | [...] ⸢ga⸣-la | ... of the ela temple |
| 6 | [...]-ra-bi | ... its |
| 7 | [...]-⸢ra⸣-bi | ... its |
| 8 | [...] DI | ... ... |
| 9 | [...]-nam | ...-nam |
| 10 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 11 | [...] | |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ga ⸢an⸣-na [...] ; mu-[...] | ... in the ... of heaven and earth ... |
| 14 | [x (x)] ⸢ama⸣-u₃-šu-um-gal-an-na-ra ; gu mu-na-de-e | ... spoke to Ama-eušumgal-ana: |
| 15 | [...] gi-bi-di-a-še₃ e₂-me e₂-an-na-še₃ | ... to the reedbeds, our house, our Eanna |
| 16 | [...]-še₃ gi-bi-di-še₃ e₂-ub-imin-še₃ | To the ..., to the reedbeds of the E-ub-imin |
| 17 | [x (x)] ⸢x⸣ gi-bi-di-a-še₃ e₂ sa₂-ha-ab 15 | The ... of the reed screen is the house of Sahab. The 15th |
| 18 | [x]-su-su a zi-ga an ba-zal-a-še ; u₃-ma i₃-ri-ma-al | ... rising water, when heaven has been cleared ... is there. |
| 19 | [x (x)] ⸢x⸣-ak ki-in-ki-in mu-ŋu₁₀ na-nam | The ... of the ... is indeed a dwelling place. |
| 20 | [x x (x)]-la mu-ni na-nam | ... is indeed his name |
| 21 | [...]-x-hi mu-<(ni na-nam)> | ... is indeed his name |
| 22 | [...]-x-hi mu-<(ni na-nam)> | ... is indeed his name |
| 23 | [...]-⸢x-x⸣ mu-<(ni na-nam)> | ... is indeed his name |
| 24 | [...] mu-<(ni na-nam)> | ... is indeed his name |
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