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VS 02, 017 (P342825)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342825 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01346 + |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | [...] [e]-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-⸢ni⸣ [...]-⸢bi⸣ [...] | ... he/she said ... |
| 3' | [e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni] ⸢mu⸣ u₈ mu-⸢ak⸣ [mu]-bi te am₃-ša₄ | His word brings forth a ewe, this name approaches. |
| 4' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni gi u₈ mu-am₃ gi-bi te am₃-ša₄ | His word is a reed of ewes, how does this young woman behave? |
| 5' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni tur₇-tur₇-bi ši-du kur i₃-gul-gul | His word is a flood that destroys the land |
| 6' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni gal-gal-bi ši-du ⸢uru₂⸣-am₃ ši-tu₁₁-tu₁₁ | His great word is a flood that sweeps through the city |
| ii | ||
| 1' | {ŋeš}i-ri₉-na [...] {ŋeš}tir [...] | The irina priestess |
| 2' | {[d]}a-nun-na me-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] x [...] | The Anuna gods |
| 3' | u₃-mu-un kur-kur-ra lu₂-[...] na-ra-x-x-[...] | Lord of all the lands, ... |
| 4' | ša₃-ŋu₁₀ ma-al-la-[gin₇ ...] | As if it were there for me |
| 5' | lipiš-bi u₂ [...] | Its incantation ... |
| 6' | [ur₅]-ŋu₁₀ ša₃-ba ši ba-[e-ne-gi] | In those days he returned to his own land |
| 7' | [nu]-mu-ra-tuk-a ŋeš x x [...] | we did not see ... |
| 8' | gi dili du₃-a-gin₇ a-lum-e gi dili du₃-gin₇ ni₂ mu-sag₃-sag₃-ge | Like a single reed planted, the important one trembles as if it were a one-eighth of a shekel. |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | e₂-e i-bi₂-bi-ta i-[si-iš] ⸢am₃-ta⸣-[la₂-la₂] | At the front of the house, a esīši elala |
| 2 | ša₃-bi a-še-er ⸢im⸣-[ši-la₂-la₂] | Its inside is an ašer emši-lala |
| 3 | lu₂ hul₂-la-ni nu-mu-ni-[in-dib-be₂] | The one who is happy will not pass by. |
| 4 | lu₂ li-ba-ni nu-mu-ni-in-[dib-be₂] | No one passes by without his consent. |
| 5 | lu₂ hul₂-la nu-mu-un-ta-e₃-a | The one who was happy did not come out. |
| 6 | e₂ zi lu₂ zalag-ga nu-mu-ni-in-dib-dib-be₂ | The true house, the shining one, does not pass by. |
| 7 | za₃-du₈-bi-ta er₂ ba-da-gub | From its gate she stood in tears. |
| 8 | e₂-e muš₃-bi-ta a-še-er ba-da-gub | The temple stood in prayer from its midst |
| 9 | x x KU₆-la₂-ba er₂ ba-e-x | ... weeping ... |
| 10 | [...] x a-še-er ba-⸢e⸣-[...] | ... the ašēr ritual ... |
| 11 | [...] x [...] | |
| r iii | ||
| 1 | u₃-mu-un e₂ zi mu-e-gul mu-lu e₂ zi mu-e-⸢tu₁₀⸣ | Lord, you destroyed the trusty house, you made the one who trusts in the house. |
| 2 | a-a {d}mu-ul-lil₂ i-bi₂ nu-kuš₂-u₃ | Father Enlil, whose eyes are unceasing |
| 3 | gu₂-zu nu-gi₄-gi₄ te ba-di-di-di-in | Your neck does not tremble, how do you roam around? |
| 4 | an-e ki-e de₃-ma₃-e-hun-e | May heaven and earth calm you. |
| 5 | an ki-a-bi-ta de₃-ma₃-e-hun-e | May heaven and earth calm you. |
| 6 | an uraš ki še gu-nu | An, Uraš, earth, clamor |
| 7 | {d}en-ki {d}nin-ki {d}en-mul {d}nin-[mul] | Enki, Ninki, Enmul, Ninmul |
| 8 | {[d}en-da-šu-ri]-ma {d}nin-da-[šu-ri-ma] | For Endašuri, for Nindaṣurima |
| r frg.a | ||
| 9 | [...] ⸢x NI x⸣ [...] | ... ... |
| 10 | [...] ⸢NE MU x⸣ [...] | ... eše-plant |
| 11 | [...] ⸢x NE x⸣ [...] | ... ... |
| 12 | [...] ⸢ZI⸣ [...] | ... ezi-e23 |
Sources & licences
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