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VS 02, 032 (P342840)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342840 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01412 |
| 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' | [...] gu₃ ni₂ ⸢ga⸣-[ni-ri] | ... shouts in fear |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x si⸣-sa₂ dili-ni na-⸢me⸣-[...] | ... he alone should not ... |
| 4' | [...] gu₃ ni ga-ni-ri | ... I want to terrify |
| 5' | [...] ⸢la₂⸣-la₂ ni₂ ga-di-⸢da⸣-be₂-eš | I want to utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 6' | [...] ⸢gu₃⸣ ni₂ ga-ni-ri | ... I want to terrify |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x nam⸣-e-⸢gul-gul⸣ | ... do not destroy |
| 8' | [(x)] ⸢uru₂⸣ [...] ⸢gu₃⸣ ni₂ ga-ni-ri | I want to terrify the ... of the city |
| 9' | [(x)] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢na⸣ [...]-⸢ka⸣ šu mi-ni-ib-du₁₁-ga | When he has spoken to the ... of ..., |
| 10' | [...] ⸢gu₃⸣ ni₂ ga-ni-ri | ... I want to terrify |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ra ⸢ka⸣ dili-ni na-me-KU | ... in the ... of the house, in your house ... alone. |
| 12' | [...]-ka gu₃ ni₂ ga-ni-ri | ... I want to utter a scream of fear |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣ mud-gin₇ šu im-tag-ga-⸢ta⸣ | ... touched the hand like blood |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x⸣ gu₃ ni₂ ga-ni-ri | ... I want to utter a scream of fear |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x⸣ hul-a-ŋu₁₀ ga-ša-an-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ ge-le-ŋa₂-ŋu₁₀ | ... the evildoer, Gašaneš, Gelaba |
| 16' | 6 | (times) 6 is |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢ur⸣ [...] | ... ur-e23-plant |
| 2' | ⸢u₃⸣-[mu-un ...] | The lord |
| 3' | ⸢u₃⸣-mu-⸢un⸣ x-x [...] | “Emu-e-une-e3 ... |
| 4' | u₃-mu-un du₆-su₈-be₂-⸢ke₄⸣ [...] | Lord of the Dusuba temple |
| 5' | u₃-mu-un e₂-muš₃-ke₄ [...] | Lord of the Emus |
| 6' | u₄ su₈-ba-da-ka [...] | When the shepherd ... |
| 7' | u₄ mu-nu₁₀-da-ka ⸢x⸣ [...] | At the time of the herdsman |
| 8' | mu-nu₁₀ u₂ si-si ⸢ga⸣-[...] | The herdsman ... the grasses and the ewes |
| 9' | sipa tur ga si-si ga-[...] | Young shepherd, I want to ... milk and cream |
| 10' | su₈-ba i-mi-a u₂ mu-⸢x⸣ [...] | The shepherd in front ... grass |
| 11' | sipa tur i-mi-a ⸢ga mu-x⸣ [...] | The young shepherd in front ... |
| 12' | ⸢eŋ₃ šu še-eb x⸣ mu-[...] | The hand of the šeb priest ... |
| 13' | ⸢nu-zu ba-ni⸣-eš [...] ⸢mu⸣-[...] | When your limbs are shattered |
| 14' | ⸢x⸣ zi/me-še-⸢gin₇⸣ ba-ni-eš [...] | They made the eše-priests rise like a lion |
| 15' | 63 | 63 (lines) |
| r i | ||
| 1 | dam i₇-gin₇ a mu-⸢un⸣-[i-ra-a-ŋu₁₀] | The spouse, like a river, woe to you! |
| 2 | dumu a-ša₃-gin₇ še [mu-un-i-ra-a-ŋu₁₀] | son of Manira’a |
| 3 | i₇ ma₂-gur₈-ra ⸢x⸣ [...] | The canal of the barge, the e-house |
| 4 | mur-ra ša₄ a-ba [...] | Who ... the murra-demon |
| 5 | e₂-kaš-a-ka ⸢zabar gu₂ x⸣ [...] | In the beer house the bronze ešabar vessel |
| 6 | e₂-gal-e za₃-ba ⸢gu₃⸣-ŋa₂-ka [...] | The palace, at the edge of the Egu’eba temple |
| 7 | u₄ dam-ŋu₁₀ ⸢ba⸣-dab₅-a-ta [...] | When the spouse was seized by the e’edab |
| 8 | mu-ud-na-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [ba]-⸢ug₅-ta x⸣ [...] | After the man has died, ... |
| 9 | kiri₃-zal ⸢x⸣ [...] | joy of the eša temple |
| 10 | ⸢ka ur₂⸣ [...] | In your house, in your midst |
| 11 | [e]-⸢sir₂-ra⸣ [...] | E-sirra-e-... |
| 12 | sila ni₁₀-ni₁₀ [...] | In the street, he is wandering about |
| 13 | a HAR-ra ⸢x⸣ [...] | “Water of the HAR-ra canal, ... |
| 14 | ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | [...] a gi-sa-zu | ... your reed bed |
| 2 | [x x x] ⸢x⸣ ga-ša-an-an-na | ... Gašanana |
| 3 | [ma-an]-⸢gur₁₁⸣ kur-re ba-bi₂-ra-bi | The land that had been plundered |
| 4 | ⸢gi⸣-sa kur-re ba-ab-ga-ma₃-zu | Your emesa-tree that was carried off to the netherworld |
| 5 | za tur-tur za gu nu-zu-zu | The small beads, the beads that do not know clasps. |
| 6 | za gal-gal za ma-la-ga-zu | Your large beads, beads of allure, |
| 7 | tu-di(KI-)da saŋ alim-a-zu | You are adjured, your important one |
| 8 | aš-ti mu-nu gal ku₃-ga-zu | Your hand, your great holy scepter |
| 9 | e-sir₂ kas₄ suhuš za-gin₃-a-zu | Your fastened bolt with a lapis lazuli base |
| 10 | sila₄-amar-ra ⸢za⸣-gin₃-du-ru-zu | Your lambs in the egindur plant |
| 11 | balaŋ ban₃-da am mu-ru-um šu-a-zu | Your exalted reign, wild bull, your name |
| 12 | balaŋ ku₃ mu-ud-nu-bi za-gin₃-zu | Your silver bala and lapis lazuli spouse |
| ad-gi₄-gi₄-zu sur-ru ga-zu | Your counselor, you are a surfer, | |
| ⸢ad⸣-gi-gi {d}⸢igi⸣-zi-bar-ra-zu | Your Abdi-Egi, Eigi-Ezibara | |
| 15 | [...] ⸢x DU sig⸣ alim-ma-zu | ... your important one |
| 16 | [...] ⸢x bi x zu⸣ | ... to be ... |
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