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VS 02, 029 (P342837)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 029 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342837 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01339 |
| 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 | ⸢eden-na⸣ eden-na ta ul₄-li mu-ni-ib-DU | In the steppe, what did I bring to him in this steppe? |
| 2 | mu-gi₁₇-ib ga-ša-an-an-na eden-na | Mugib priestess Gašanana of the steppe |
| 3 | egi₂ mah kur gul-gul eden-na | Exalted princess, destroyer of mountains in the steppe! |
| 4 | ⸢ga⸣-ša-an šur-sag kalam-ma eden-na | The lord, hero of the Land, in the steppe |
| 5 | ⸢ga⸣-ša-an e₂-tur₃ kalam-ma eden-na | The lord of the cattlepen of the Land, in the steppe |
| 6 | [ga]-ša-an-e nam-⸢gala-e⸣ eden-na | The lady of the palace of the steppe |
| 7 | [e₂]-⸢an⸣-na-e nam-gala-[...] | In the Eane temple, the gala priesthood |
| 8 | [ta] ⸢ul₄⸣-li mu-ni-ib-⸢DU⸣ [...] | “What did he bring out of the eli-vessel? |
| 9 | ⸢x⸣-e-AŠ mu-ni-ib-DU am-gal-gal-⸢e⸣ [...] | (Sum) He ... the ešû temple, the great temple |
| 10 | [a₂]-la₂-da mu-da-dur₂-ru-ne-eš nam-ur-sag-e [mu-ni]-ib-DU | When they sit with the ala drums, he ... the heroism |
| 11 | [nam]-ur-sag-da mu-un-da-dur₂-ru-ne-eš nam-ur-sag-e mu-ni-ib-DU | When they sit with the hero, he ... the role of hero. |
| 12 | {[giš]}⸢tukul⸣ saŋ ku₅-da mu-un-da-dur₂-ru-ne-eš ti mar-uru₅-e mu-ni-ib-DU | They sit with him in a “cutting-of-the-throat'' weapon, and he goes to the river bank. |
| 13 | [kur]-⸢gar⸣-ra-da mu-un-da-dur₂-ru-ne-eš giri₂ ba-da-ra-e mu-ni-ib-DU | When they sit with the kur-egar-eša temple, he ... the path for them. |
| 14 | in-nin lu₂ sa₆-ga lu₂ sig₇-ga he₂-en-du₃-en amaš-še₃ | Lady, may you be the one who makes a good man and a beautiful man in the sheepfold |
| 15 | {d}inanna lu₂ sa₆-ga lu₂ sa₇-ga he₂-en-du₃-en amaš-še₃ | Inanna, may you be the one who makes people happy, the beautiful one, in the sheepfold |
| 16 | a im-ma-an-tu₅ ZU im-ma-an-su-ub | He bathed, he wiped his hands. |
| r | ||
| 1 | a šen-dili₂ ku₃-ga im-ma-an-tu₅ | He washed himself with water from the pure šendili vessel. |
| 2 | naga bur babbar-ra im-ma-an-su-ub | He smashed the potash in a white bowl. |
| 3 | u₅ ze₂-ba ⸢bur⸣-ra im-⸢ma⸣-an-šeš₂ | He poured sweet oil into the e’ebur-vessel |
| 4 | tug₂-tan₂-na-ni im-ma-an-⸢mu₄⸣ | he made his garment shine. |
| 5 | ki nig₂-⸢ku₂⸣ e₂-e-še₃ | to the place Nig-eku-eše |
| 6 | ⸢ninda⸣ šu sikil-la ze₂-em₃-ma₃-še₃ | “It is the ninda-bowl with pure hands, |
| 7 | ⸢e₂⸣ lu₂ zi-de₃ šu e-ba-še₃ | The house where the righteous man blesses |
| 8 | ⸢u₃⸣-mu-un {d}am-an-ki-ke₄ šu e-ba-še₃ | The lord, Enki, to the hand of Eba |
| 9 | {[d]}⸢dam⸣-gal-nun-na-ke₄ šu e-ba-še₃ | Hand of Edamegalnuna |
| 10 | {[d]}⸢x⸣-ri-ZU-ke₄ šu e-ba-še₃ | The hand of Erizu |
| 11 | {[d]}⸢pa₅⸣-nun-an-ki-ke₄ šu e-ba-še₃ | The hand of Epa'e-nunanki |
| 12 | {[d}mu-du₁₀]-⸢ga⸣-sa-ke₄ šu e-ba-še₃ | “Mudugasa, hand of Eba |
| 13 | [dingir] ⸢lu₂⸣-lu-ke₄ šu e-ba-[še₃] | The god of the elu priestess, hand of Eba |
| 14 | ⸢lu₂⸣-di ama-mu-⸢ur₂ du₁₁⸣-ga-na-ab nu-⸢di⸣-[de₃] amaš ku₃-⸢še₃⸣ | “If a man goes out, say to his mother-in-law that he should not go out to the pure sheepfold |
| 15 | {[d]}⸢ušumgal-an-na⸣-[ra] du₁₁-ga-na-ab nu-di-de₃ amaš ku₃-še₃ | Speak to Eušumgalana, so that she does not go to the pure sheepfold |
| 16 | ⸢mu-un⸣-[ti]-⸢la⸣-ba-ba mu-⸢un-ti⸣-la-ba ta mu-ma-al ⸢amaš ku₃-še₃⸣ | When he rises up, when he sets up his rise, what is there? The pure eagle rises. |
| 17 | [...] ⸢nu⸣-mu-un-ti-la-ba ta mu-ma-al amaš ku₃-še₃ | ... what is there in the pure sheepfold? |
| 18 | [...] mu-un-ti-la-ba ta mu-ma-al amaš ku₃-še₃ | ... who lives, what is there? ... to the pure sheepfold |
| 19 | [ga₂-e nu]-me-en ga₂-e nu-me-en | I am not, I am no longer. |
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