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VS 02, 010 (P342818)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 010 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342818 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01438 + VAT 01529 + VAT 01530 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | u₃-mu-un ka-⸢na⸣-[ag₂-ga₂ e₂ dur-an-ki-ta] | Lord of the Eanna, from the house of Duranki |
| 2 | a-a {d}mu-ul-lil₂ [e₂ ga₂-nun-na-ta] | father Enlil, from the house of the Ganuna |
| 3 | u₃-mu-un ka-[na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ x-ta sal-a-ta] | Lord of the land, after you have ...ed |
| 4 | a-a {d}mu-ul-⸢lil₂⸣ [e₂ ga₂-nun-na-ta] | Father Enlil, from the house of the Ganuna |
| 5 | u₃-mu-un ka-⸢na⸣-[ag₂-ga₂ še-eb uru₂-sag-ga-ta] | Lord of the Ka'eanag, from the brickwork of Urusag |
| 6 | ⸢da ab-su⸣-a [ki di ku₅-a-ta] | from the Absû temple, the place of judgment |
| 7 | ⸢ganba mah⸣ [am gal du-du-ta] | from the supreme gate of the great wild bull |
| 8 | ⸢ganba tur⸣ [ki bur šu₂-a-ta] | from the small granary |
| 9 | [ka₂-gal mah {d}mu-ul-lil₂-le-ta] | from the great gate of Enlil |
| 10 | [maš₂ zi tur-tur gu₂ a-gar-RIN-na-ta] | from the small goats on the banks of the Agar River |
| 11 | [aš-te tu{mušen} ku₅-da du-x-(...)-ta] | From the place where the tumušven drum is cut |
| 12 | ⸢tu⸣-[ma-al unu₂ nisig-ma-ta] | from the dining hall of the Nisigma (temple) |
| 13 | ⸢i₇⸣-[pirig-ki-aga₂-sag-il₂-la-ta] | from the Epirig-kiagasagil canal |
| 14 | i₃-[si-in{ki}na bulug an-ki-ta] | In Isin, the gate of heaven and earth |
| 15 | ⸢dilmun⸣ [ku₃ kur me-e sikil-la-ta] | Holy Dilmun, from the mountain where I am pure |
| 16 | bara₂-si ⸢gal⸣ [me-e na-aŋ₂ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ta] | I am the throne-bearer of the palace, because of Enlil |
| 17 | a-a {d}mu-ul-[lil₂ kissa-ta] | father Enlil, from the kissa |
| 18 | a-a {d}mu-ul-lil₂ [še-eb zimbir-ki-ta] | Father Enlil, from the midst of Sippar |
| 19 | u₃-mu-un ka-[na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ eš₃ e₂-babbar-ra-ta] | Lord of the land, from the shrine Ebabbar |
| 20 | a-a {d}mu-ul-lil₂ [še-eb tin-tir-an-na-ta] | Father Enlil, from the brickwork of Babylon |
| 21 | u₃-mu-un [ka-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ še-eb e₂-sag-il₂-la-ta] | Lord of the land, from the E-sagila |
| 22 | uru₂-a tur-re [na-aŋ₂ ...] | In the city, the small ones ... |
| 23 | ⸢nibru⸣{[ki} ki] ⸢ze₂⸣-[eb-mu ...] | Nippur, the place of Zebmu |
| 24 | [nibru{ki} uru₂ dagal-zu a-a-zu saŋ-ŋe₂₆-eš mu-de₃-rig₇] | Nippur, your broad city, your father presented it to you |
| 25 | a-⸢a⸣ {[d}mu-ul-lil₂ {d}en-ki {d}nin-ki-da saŋ-<(ŋe₂₆-eš mu-de₃-rig₇)>] | Enlil, Enki and Ninki presented it (this statue) as a present. |
| 26 | u₃-mu-[un ka-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ an-mul {d}nin-lil₂-le-da saŋ-<(ŋe₂₆-eš mu-de₃-rig₇)>] | Lord of the land, An, the star of Ninlil, he presented it to you. |
| 27 | u₃-mu-⸢un⸣ [kur-kur-ra uru₂-bar 5(diš)-ta i₃-ki-ri-ma] | Umun-e’e, in all the lands, five times from Uribar he attacked, and |
| 28 | u₃-mu-⸢un⸣ [du₁₁-ga zi-da uru₂-bar 1(u)-ta i₃-ki-ri-ma] | Umun-e23, whose utterance is true, went from the inner city 10 times |
| 29 | e-lum ⸢uru₂⸣-[zu ta-ra-ab-du₁₁ ta-aš ba-da-gur-re] | Important one, praise your city! Why do you turn away? |
| 30 | {d}mu-ul-⸢lil₂⸣ [uru₂-zu ta-ra-ab-du₁₁ ta-aš ba-da-gur-re] | Enlil, what did your city say to you? Why do you turn away? |
| 31 | uru₂-zu ⸢nibru⸣{[ki} ta-ra-ab-du₁₁ ta-aš ba-da-gur-re] | Your city Nippur, you have been spoken to, what has been turned away? |
| 32 | še-eb e₂-kur-⸢ra⸣ [ta-ra-ab-du₁₁ ta-aš ba-da-gur-re] | The brickwork of the Ekur temple is trembling, what will be returned? |
| 33 | ki-ur₃ ki gal-⸢la⸣ [ta-ra-ab-du₁₁ ta-aš ba-da-gur-re] | The Kiʾur, the great place, you have spoken to me, what has been turned away? |
| 34 | še-eb zimbir{ki}ra-[ka ta-ra-ab-du₁₁ ta-aš ba-da-gur-re] | In the midst of Sippar you have spoken to me, what has been turned away? |
| r | ||
| 1 | eš₃ e₂-babbar-ra ta-ra-[ab-du₁₁ ta-aš ba-da-gur-re] | The shrine Ebabbar, which you love, what will be returned to you? |
| 2 | še-eb tin-tir-an-[na ta-ra-ab-du₁₁ ta-aš ba-da-gur-re] | In the brickwork of Babylon you are to be praised, what will be returned? |
| 3 | še-eb e₂-sag-⸢il₂⸣-[la ta-ra-ab-du₁₁ ta-aš ba-da-gur-re] | In the brickwork of the Esaŋeila temple, you speak to me, what will I return? |
| 4 | ab-i-ra me-⸢x⸣-[x i-bi₂-še₃ ab-i-ra] | In front of him, Me-e-..., in front of me |
| 5 | ir₂-ra mu-[du x x uru₂ er₂-ra mu-un-du] | He goes in tears ..., he goes in weeping. |
| 6 | {d}am-an-[ki am uru₂-ze₂-ba er₂-ra mu-un-du] | Enki, the bull of Uruzeb, goes there in tears. |
| 7 | ⸢ama⸣ [e₂-mah {d}dam-gal-nun-na-ke₄ er₂-ra mu-un-du] | The mother of the Emah, Damgalnuna, went there in tears |
| 8 | {[d}asar-lu₂-hi dumu uru₂-ze₂-eb{ki}ke₄ er₂-ra mu-un-du] | Asarluhi, the citizen of Uruzeb, went there in tears. |
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | na-an-šub-be₂ ⸢de₃⸣-[ra-ab-be₂ ki-ur₃ na-an-šub-be₂] | He should not speak to you, he should not say to you “It is the Ki'ur! |
| 3' | na-an-šub-be₂ de₃-[ra-ab-be₂ zimbir{ki} na-an-šub-be₂] | May he say to you "Send me to Sippar!" |
| 4' | na-an-šub-be₂ de₃-[ra-ab-be₂ e₂-babbar-ra na-an-šub-be₂] | Do not speak, may he say to you, do not speak to the Ebabbar |
| 5' | na-an-šub-be₂ ⸢de₃⸣-[ra-ab-be₂ tin-tir-an-ki na-an-šub-be₂] | He should not speak to you, he should not say to you: “Babylon, don’t speak to me! |
| 6' | na-an-šub-be₂ ⸢de₃⸣-[ra-ab-be₂ e₂-sag-il₂] | He should not speak, he should not say to you: “Esagil |
| 7' | na-an-šub-be₂ ⸢de₃⸣-[ra-ab-be₂ bad₃-si-ab-ba{ki} še-eb e₂-zi-da] | Do not speak!” he says. In Borsippa, in the Ezida |
| 8' | na-an-šub-be₂ ⸢de₃⸣-[ra-ab-be₂ e₂-mah-ti-la e₂-te-me-en-ki] | Do not speak!” E-maḫtila, Etemenki |
| 9' | na-an-šub-be₂ ⸢de₃⸣-[ra-ab-be₂ e₂-dara₃-an-na] | He should not speak, he should not say to you “It is the Edara’ana!" |
| 10' | na-an-šub-be₂ ⸢de₃⸣-[ra-ab-be₂ e₂-nam-bi-zi-da] | May he say to you, “Enambizida |
| 1'' | [na-an]-⸢šub-be₂ de₃⸣-[ra-ab-be₂ ...] | May he say to you, “Do not abandon me!’ |
| 2'' | za-e u₃-mu-un-[bi x-men₃ de₃-ra-ab-be₂ na-an-šub-be₂ de₃-ra-ab-be₂] | You, may the lord speak to you ..., may he say to you "sit down" |
| 3'' | za-e sipa-bi x [men₃ de₃-ra-ab-be₂ na-an-šub-be₂ de₃-ra-ab-be₂] | You, its shepherd ... may she say to you, may she speak to you |
| 4'' | u₄-de₃-ba gi-bi de₃-[ra-ab-be₂ na-an-šub-be₂ de₃-ra-ab-be₂] | At that time, may he say to you "this reed" - may it not approach him! |
| 5'' | uri₂{ki} gul-la-gin₇ er₂-ra mu-un-in-zal | Like a destroyed Urim, she was weeping. |
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