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VS 02, 021 (P342829)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342829 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01373 |
| 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' | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...]-ni | ... his |
| 3' | [...]-a-ni | his ... |
| o ii' | ||
| 1' | e₂ na-aŋ₂-⸢zu-še₃⸣ [an-na dub₂ x] | The house of Naya-ezuše, the ... of heaven |
| 2' | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ [...] | The word of Enlil |
| 3' | za-e e-ne-eŋ₃-zu [an]-e um-[ma-...] ; tu-ra [(x x)] | You, when you speak, heaven ... |
| 4' | za-e e-ne-eŋ₃-zu [ki]-e um-ma-[...] | You, when you speak to the earth |
| 5' | za-e e-ne-eŋ₃-[zu] na-aŋ₂-bi-še₃ [u₈ zi-de₃] ; sila₄-bi al-[šub] | You, when you speak, why does your true ewe abandon its lamb? |
| 6' | za-e e-ne-eŋ₃-zu na-aŋ₂-bi-[še₃] ; uz₃ zi-de₃ maš₂-bi al-[šub] | You, when you speak kindly, the true goat and its kid are set free. |
| 7' | ama-gan zi-da dumu al-[šub] | The true birth mother abandons her child |
| 8' | [x (x)]-a na-aŋ₂-bi x (x)-e a-[...] | ... no one ... |
| 9' | [x] x ama {d}nin-lil₂ a x [...] | ... mother Ninlil |
| 10' | [x x (x)] x-an-na-ke₄ a [...] | ... of An |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r i' | ||
| 1' | [x (x)] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | {[d]}mu-ul-⸢lil₂⸣ [...] | Enlil |
| 3' | [x (x)] DU ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the eša temple |
| 4' | [x] nu-kur₂-ru [...] | ... unchangeable |
| 5' | [x] eš-bar gal ⸢ša₃ x⸣ [...] | ... great decision |
| 6' | [x] ⸢x x⸣ la₂ e ⸢x x⸣ [...] | ... e’e23 |
| 7' | [x]-ni ŋar-ra [...] ; ša₃ ⸢zid⸣ [...] | ... of the ešid plant |
| 8' | [x]-⸢x⸣ bi šu₂ a [...] | That ... hand |
| 9' | [x] an ul ri e₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... of the distant heavens, the temple ... |
| 10' | [x] nu-uš im-me [...] | ... she cries ... |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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)
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