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VS 02, 027 (P342835)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 027 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342835 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07032 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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' | [...] ⸢e-ne⸣ x-[...] ; ta ⸢x⸣ | ... eene23 ... what ...? |
| 2' | [x (x)] banda₃{da}zu e-ne zu-aš KA KU ; te-a-še₃ | ... your young man, when you speak ... |
| 3' | ama-zu zid₂-bi gu-ub gu₃ im-me ama-zu gu₃ im-me | "Your mother, stand up!" she says, "your mother," she says. |
| 4' | ama-zu ka-ši sur gu₃ im-me ama-zu gu₃ im-me | Your mother cries out with sweet reeds, your mother shouts. |
| 5' | ama ugu-zu zid₂ im-gu-ba-ni ; u₃-pa-šu-uš ha-pa-gu₇-e | May your birth mother who bore you eat the righteous food that is set for you! |
| 6' | ama ugu-zu ka-ši sur-ra-ni ; u₃-pa-šu-uš ha-pa-na₈-na₈ | May your birth mother, whose beer is sweet, pour it out for you. |
| 7' | ama-zu ma₂-gur₈(TE-)ta pe-eš-ta ha-ba-da-gu-ub | May your mother stand with you from the barge. |
| 8' | pe-eš ši-da-še₃ bar-siki he₂-me | May you be the one who opens your mouth to the supplication |
| 9' | hul dug₄ ur pe-eš-ta lu₂ he₂-me | May you be the one who destroys the dog’s paws, |
| 10' | maš₂ pa x-na-a-mu na-mu-gi-ri-da | May he not return my ... child to me! |
| 11' | ama-zu ga-am₃-ib-ga | I want to speak to your mother |
| 12' | nin₉-zu gi-gi-ra ha-ra-⸢ni⸣ ; um-ma-⸢te⸣-te | Your sister, may he return to the reedbed for you, |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ; [...] am₃-nu-a-ba | Where ... lies. |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ kug ka maš tur-ra-ka | ... the silver of the mouth of the young goat |
| 3' | {d}al-la u₃-mu-un sa-par₄ ; am₃-nu-a-ba | Where Alala, the lord of the net, lies. |
| 4' | e-sir₂ ki-su ir si-a-ba | Its brickwork, whose roots are filled with tears, |
| 5' | ki-sikil ama-šilamₓ(|NUN.LAGAR|) am₃-nu-a-ba | Where the maiden Amasvilam lies. |
| 6' | e-si eš₃ u₂-ri er si-a-ba | The esi, the shrine of the city, where tears flow, |
| 7' | a-zi-ma-a am₃-nu-a-ba | where Azima lies. |
| 8' | uru₂ še-eb e be₂-li-li-še₃ | The city, the brickwork of Belili |
| 9' | mu-ud-na ga-ša-an-an-ka ; am₃-nu-a-ba | Where the spouse of Gašanana lies. |
| 10' | e-sir₂ ga-la-ma saŋ gi-a-ba | In the reedbeds of the fuller, in their ... |
| 11' | lu₂ mi-nu-ur gu₄-ud pa-an-da ; am₃-nu-a-ba | Where a man lies down, where an ox lies down. |
| 12' | šu-na gi-a am₃-mu-ru-um šu-a-mu | In his hand a reed grows, in my hand |
| 13' | am₃ gal u₃-mu-un-ir₂-ra ; am₃-nu-a-ba | Where great wild bull Umunira lies. |
| 14' | KU ša-ab-še₃ saŋ gu₄-ru-da-a-ba | ... of the oxen ... |
| 15' | gu₄-ud-da u₃-mu-un-gu₄-ma-la-ga ; am₃-nu-a-ba | Where the bull Umungumalaga lies. |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x-ru⸣ ; [x (x)] ⸢x x⸣ ma-mu-ŋu₁₀ | ... the ... of Amubu |
| 2' | ⸢a⸣ diri-ŋu₁₀ gi e-re-da ; {ŋeš}taskarin ma-mu-ŋu₁₀ | “It is surpassing, the reeds of the cedar trees are surpassing. |
| 3' | u₂-ri-in ama-ŋu₁₀-ra ga-mu-na-ir ; i ti-in še ha-ma-ab-gu-be | I want to bring him to his mother - may he set up a libation bowl for him. |
| 4' | dam banda₃{da}ŋu₁₀-ur-ra ga-mu-na-ir ; ka-aš-bi ha-ma-⸢sur⸣-re | I want to bring a young spouse to the lion, may its beer be poured out for me |
| 5' | ka-aš-bi mu-naŋ mu-naŋ-ŋa₂-ta ; ul-bi hu-mu-ku-mu | May I be able to enjoy its beer for him, for him. |
| 6' | ama-ŋu₁₀ nu-ri-ma-na ; ama-ŋu₁₀ nu-ri-ma | “Alas, her nuʾrīma-disease, lamentation, |
| 7' | KA-KU-ra-ŋu₁₀ gam-ma-na ama-ŋu₁₀ nu-ri-ma | (Sum) The ... of his mother is a nugig priestess(?) (Akk) ..., the mother of his child is an adolescent woman |
| 8' | šu-ŋu₁₀ gi-ga ŋiri₃-ŋu₁₀ gi-ga ; ama-ŋu₁₀ nu-ri-zu | Hand-lifting, reed-bearing, “Baby-lifter, your nurig priestess! |
| 9' | saŋ ta-al-ta-la-ŋu₁₀ gi-gi-ga ; ama-ŋu₁₀ nu-ri-zu | (Sum) The reed screen is a ghost, your mother does not know (about it) (Akk) You are a widow, you do not know about it |
| 10' | uru₂-ta ga-e-ni-en ta ; ŋuruš ta im-ša | I want to go out from the city, what ...? |
| 11' | da-gur-ra amar-ŋu₁₀ {d}mu-zi-da ; ŋuruš ta im-ša | Dagurra, the calf of Muzida, what has he done? |
| 12' | ama-ŋu₁₀ an ki kur-še₃ ; šu-ni mu-ši-in-ti | The mother, heaven and earth, the netherworld, gave birth to him. |
| 13' | u₃ an ki kur u₃ ki-x ; šu-ni mu-ši-in-ti | And heaven, earth, ..., and earth ... |
| 14' | ⸢ŋuruš⸣-e eden-na TUR TUR x x el ; šu-da ⸢x⸣-ni-⸢x-x⸣ | The ešû-priestess in the steppe ... |
| r i | ||
| 1 | [...]-ni ku-da še egi₂ mu-⸢gi-na⸣ | ... his ... ... the princess ... for him |
| 2 | [...]-x ri-du-⸢ra mu-ud-na⸣ ; mu-gi-na | ... for Ridu, the spouse, the guarantor |
| 3 | [...] egi₂ mu-gi-na | ... the princess, the guarantor |
| 4 | ⸢šu⸣ me-⸢ri x x x⸣-du-ga-ši egi₂ mu-gi-na | (Sum) The one who ..., the princess, the en priestess (Akk) It is the one whose ... is ... the princess who established |
| 5 | šu ga-am₃-zu-uš mu-lu-ra egi₂ mu-da-mi-mi-⸢en⸣ | I want to know the hand of a man, the princess is with him |
| 6 | ŋuruš-še₃ ga-am₃-zu-uš mu-lu-ra egi₂ mu-da;-mi-mi-⸢en⸣ | I want to know how to raise a baby for a man, the princess is coming up for him. |
| 7 | za mu-lu₂-zu u₄-zal ŋa₂-zu NI ; egi₂ mu-da-mi-mi-en | You, when you spend the day ... with your spouse. |
| 8 | ama ugu-zu-še₃ x-še₃ ki-bi mu uš ni ru ra | The mother who bore you ... |
| 9 | ama ugu-zu im-me šu-ri-ŋa₂ im-me en i-gu-be₂ | The mother who bore you, she says, the lord stands by her. |
| 10 | ki-ŋa₂ uru₂-e er mu-ub-ta-⸢x⸣ [x x]-ŋu₁₀ ba-gul | The place where the city weeps, ... is destroyed. |
| 11 | tu-ša-a-ŋu₁₀ gal₅-la₂ hul-du-e nu-mu-da-du-ru-ne₂-eš | If only the evil galla demons would come to an end |
| 12 | a mu el-da-ak uru₂ gi ⸢x x⸣ ; nu-mu-un-da-[du-ru-ne₂]-eš | They did not ... the city reeds |
| 13 | |GA₂×SAL| kal-kal en-nu ⸢ha⸣-[...]-ga TU-re | The mighty gatekeeper, the guardian of the Eha’ega temple ... |
| 14 | nin-ŋu₁₀ an-ra ŋuruš [...] | Lady, for An ... a young male goat |
| 15 | nu-gig-ga nu-⸢x⸣-[...] | The nugig priestess does not ... |
| 16 | mu-ki-bi mu-ki-⸢ra⸣ [x]-da | whose name is “Mukibi-muki-era-e-ra'e-da |
| 17 | ša₃-ga a-še-er nu-ga-li-da ŋen | In the midst of a storm that cannot be dispersed |
| 18 | ŋa₂ er₂ nu-ma ama-ŋu₁₀ in-ti ŋuruš mu-lu NE-DU₈-na ŋen | “It is not a lament, it is a mother-in-law, a young woman, you are the one who is to take it away. |
| 19 | ŋa₂ a-u₃ na-da-za-ga nu-ŋa₂ er₂ nu-x ; UR ama ugu-ŋa₂-še₃ | There is no water to drink, there is no weeping ... |
| 20 | i-lu ŋal₂ na saŋ-ba-še₃ ga-am₃-ši-re-eš ; ŋa₂ er₂ nu-ur₂ UR ama ugu-ŋa₂-še₃ | I want to utter an ilu prayer to the one who carries a šabatu prayer. |
| 21 | [x]-x gu-gu-ub eden-na gu-gu-ub ; an-eden-na a-da-gu-ub | ... standing, standing in the steppe - I want to stand in the high steppe. |
| 22 | [...] ⸢x⸣ kaskal-la-ta ma mu-da-ma-⸢al⸣ | ... from the road he came out |
| 23 | [...]-ta-ŋu₁₀ me-en | I am ... |
| 24 | [...]-⸢ma⸣-al | ... is there for me |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢su tuk⸣-a [...] | He who trusts in him |
| 2 | nin₉ gaz-a si-ba-a ⸢x⸣ [...] | The sister who was killed, the one who ... the eša temple |
| 3 | a₂ ŋuruš ŋuruš {d}⸢da⸣-[mu ...] | labor of a young male kid, the young female kid of Ea-emu |
| 4 | a₂ ŋuruš du₅-mu {d}mu-⸢zi⸣-[da ...] | labor of the female laborers, sons of Mu-Ezida |
| 5 | dumu e₂-gal-na nu-mu-⸢su₃⸣-ga-a-ŋu₁₀ | son of the palace, he did not bring forth |
| 6 | ra-gaba-ba x-x li-x-x-ŋu₁₀ | The courier ... |
| 7 | nin₉-ŋu₁₀ ama-ŋu₁₀ ši-ga-ŋe₆-in-na | The sister, the mother of Šiĝina |
| 8 | ⸢x⸣ {an}usan ama-ŋu₁₀ ši-ga-ŋe₆-in-na | The ešû-priestess, the mother who bore me, in the Šigabeina |
| 9 | er₂ lu₂-tur-gin₇ ŋa₂-e ba(KU-)še-še | She weeps like a child. |
| 10 | a-še-er lu₂-tur-gin₇ ŋa₂-e ba-ši-ma-ma | Like a young man he has been taken away |
| 11 | šeš i-bi₂ lum-lum-ŋu₁₀ šeš i-bi₂ la₂-la₂-ŋu₁₀ | (Sum) The one with a beautiful face, the one with beautiful eyes |
| 12 | nin₉-zu a-ba-am₃ ŋa₂-e nin₉-zu me-en | Who is your sister? You are your sister. |
| 13 | ama-zu a-ba-am₃ ŋa₂-e ama-zu me-en | Who is your mother? You are your mother. |
| 14 | u₄ za-ra e₂-a ma-ra e₂-a gi | For you, in the house, for me - the house is a reed. |
| 15 | u₄ za-ra ši-ŋa₂ ma-ra ši-ŋa₂ gi | The day of your birth, for me, for you, the birth-year reed |
| 16 | na-x-x-eš igi su-da x ; na-an-na mu-na mu-bi-pad₃-a | ... the one who sees him ..., he named it for him. |
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