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VS 02, 019 (P342827)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342827 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01423 |
| 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)
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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 | ||
| 1' | [...] me-en | I am |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ me-en | I am the ... of the temple |
| 3' | [...] me-en | I am |
| 4' | [...] ⸢DU⸣ me-en | I am the ... of the temple |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ x a ⸢NE⸣ [(x)] me-en | ... I am |
| 6' | [x (x)] ⸢x DI/KI⸣ x ama ugu-ŋa₂ x ŋeš-hur-ra-bi me-en | I am the ... of the mother who bore me. |
| 7' | lipiš i₃-ma-al a₂-nun-ŋal₂ me-en | You are the one who has a lustration ritual |
| 8' | egi₂-re arhuš-mu lipiš nu-ŋal₂ me-en | I am a princess who does not carry a slanderer |
| 9' | u₃-mu-un-na e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni ma-da-te mu-lu-da i₃-ma-te | The word of the lord approaches the land, the man approaches. |
| 10' | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}gu-la-ke₄ ma-da-te | The word of Gula is a tribute. |
| 11' | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ ma-da-te | The word of Enlil approached me. |
| 12' | e₂ zid-⸢mu⸣ uru₂ a mu-ni-in-gul mu-lu-[da] ⸢ma⸣-te | The true temple, the city he destroyed with water, the one who approached it |
| 13' | mu-[x x] ⸢x⸣-mu uru₂ a mu-ni-in-[gul] ; mu-lu-da ⸢ma-te⸣ | The ... of my ... destroyed the city, the one who was with me |
| r | ||
| 14' | e₂-mu zid gal-gal-bi ba-gul mu-[lu-da ma-te] | My true temple, its great walls are destroyed - who can know of it? |
| 15' | e-ŋa₂ mu-lu aš₂-e GAM-GAM-bi ba-til mu-lu-⸢da⸣ [ma-te] | The house, the one who requests it, has finished its scribal art, it is called "Mullu-eda-e" |
| 16' | ama-gan du-ud-da-bi(GA) ba-da-zah₂ nam-mu-⸢un⸣;-pad₃-de₃ | The child-bearing mother flees, she should not find me! |
| 17' | ud-de₃ e₂ kug-ga-bi ba-da-zah₂ lu₂ nam-<(mu-un-pad₃-de₃)> | The storm chases away its pure house, no one should find it |
| 18' | e₂ kug e₂ šen-na-bi ba-da-zah₂ lu₂ nam-<(mu-un-pad₃-de₃)> | The pure house, the pure house is plundered, no one should find me! |
| 19' | mu-lu-ne ki-ŋa₂ ur₄-ur₄ aka-de₃ de₃-mu-un-pad₃-de₃ | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the men of the earth. |
| 20' | e₂-ri-a [(x)] ur₄-ur₄ aka-de₃ de₃-mu-un-<(pad₃-de₃)> | In order to ... in the cedar ..., may he ... |
| 21' | [e]-ne-ra ⸢x⸣ [(x)]-ni ezen mu-na-ra i-lu mu-na-<ab>-be₂ | For him, he ... the festival for him and cried out a lament for him. |
| 22' | {[d]}⸢gu⸣-la ⸢x-x⸣ gi-gi-mu i-lu mu-na-ab-be₂ | The Egu’ela uttered a lament for the Egimu. |
| 23' | [x (x)] ⸢x⸣ ga-ša-an-mu za-e ud-da ba-da-si GAN-na-ta | ... Gašanmu, you are the one who ... the storm. |
| 24' | [...] {⸢d⸣}gu-la ⸢x⸣ za-e ud-da ba-da-si GAN-na-ta | ... Gula, the ... of the E-house, you, when the day has arrived, |
| 25' | [... {d]}⸢mu⸣-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ za-e ud-da <ba-da>-si GAN-na-ta | ... of Enlil, you are the one who ... the storm. |
| 26' | [...]-⸢zu⸣ da-gi-u₃ x-zu da-gi-u₃ | (Sum) ..., the one who is angry, your ... is angry |
| 27' | [...]-ga ba-za ŋa₂ ki-še₃ mu-la₂ | ... in your ... he stretched out the arms to the ground |
| 28' | [...] ⸢x⸣-e-zu u₂ eden-e ba-na₂ | ... your ... planted grass in the steppe |
| 29' | [...] ud-de₃ ga ⸢x x⸣ ri | ... the storm ... milk |
| 30' | [...] e₃ bar x [...] | ... coming out ... |
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