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VS 02, 034 (P342842)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 034 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342842 |
| Museum no. | VAT 06085 + |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢KA⸣ [...] | ... the E-KA-e-23 temple |
| o | ||
| 1 | ŋuruš ⸢tab⸣-ba [e-en gig]-⸢ga⸣-ŋu₁₀ | I am a young male kid, how sick I am. |
| 2 | a ŋuruš [ama-ušumgal]-⸢an-na⸣ | Woe, young woman Amaušumgalana |
| 3 | a ŋuruš [su₈-ba] ⸢en⸣ {d}dumu-⸢zi⸣-ŋu₁₀ | “Alas, burušsuba, ēene-priest of Dumuzi, |
| 4 | a ŋuruš u₃-mu-un-e a-ra-li | Woe, young woman, lord of Arali! |
| 5 | a ŋuruš u₃-mu-un-e du₆-suba₂ | Woe, young female lamb, lord of the Dusuba |
| 6 | a ŋuruš u₃-mu-un-e bad₃-tibira{⸢ki⸣} | The lord of Badtibira |
| 7 | a ŋuruš u₃-mu-un-e e₂-muš₃-⸢a⸣ | Woe, young woman, lord of the Emušea temple |
| 8 | a ŋuruš mu-ud-na ga-ša-an-an-ka | Woe, young woman, spouse of Gašanana |
| 9 | a ŋuruš ⸢šeš ama⸣ {d}mu-tin-na | Woe, young woman, mother Mutina! |
| 10 | a ŋuruš i-bi₂ lum-lum ka-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ | Woe, young man, the eye of the land! |
| 11 | a ŋuruš u₃-mu-un ki-ri ka-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ | Woe, young man, lord of the orchards of the land |
| 12 | ki-sikil-ra ⸢gu₃⸣-bi de₂ ka-na-⸢aŋ₂⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ ŋal₂-la | For the young woman, the yoke of the temple is ..., the temple ... is carried away |
| 13 | ŋuruš-ra ŋi₆-⸢par₄⸣-ta ⸢ša⸣-mu-na-dul-dul-ne | They cover him with a cloth from the ‘Bipar.’ |
| 14 | ŋi₆-par₄-ra ⸢x x⸣-bi u₄-šu₂-še₃ ša-mu-⸢na-ab-ŋa₂⸣-[ŋa₂-ne] | In the “Iparra, ..., whose ... is the day, may they ... for him |
| 15 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ma DU₈ ama-ra nu-⸢gi⸣-na ⸢mu⸣-na-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... descendant of Ištar, the one who does not return to his mother, ... |
| 16 | [...] ⸢mu⸣-un-⸢gam⸣ su₃-ga am₃-mi-in-u₅-ne | They ... the emû-un-egam-e23 in the dark. |
| 17 | [...] ⸢a UD⸣ su₃-ga am₃-[mi]-⸢in⸣-u₅-ne | ... they were bringing him out into the open country |
| 18 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [... am₃-mi-in]-u₅-ne | They ... the ... of ... |
| 19 | [... am₃]-mi-in-u₅-ne | ... they bring. |
| 20 | [... am₃-mi]-in-u₅-ne | ... they lie down. |
| 21 | [...] ⸢x⸣ ra za-e ⸢x⸣ | ... you(?) ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ niŋ₂ mi-ni-⸢x⸣-[...] | ... his own ... |
| 3' | [...]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ an-ga mu-⸢un⸣-[...] | ... rises in heaven |
| 4' | ⸢ki⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-ŋu₁₀ an-ga mu-un-zu [...] | He knows the ... of the E-e-šumi temple |
| 5' | ki ⸢nu⸣ [...]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ an-ga mu-un-zu še-er-⸢x⸣ [...] | He knows the place where he lies, he knows the way to heaven |
| 6' | ama-ŋu₁₀ ⸢a-ba⸣ dili-ni-a-re a-bi nu-na₈-⸢na₈⸣ [...] | The mother of the abaya temple, alone, does not drink its water |
| 7' | ama ugu-ŋu₁₀ a-ba dili-ni-a-re a-bi nu-na₈-na₈ | The mother who bore me, who is alone? Its father does not drink. |
| 8' | i₇ na-ni-⸢pad₃⸣-da a-ba dili-ni-a-⸢re⸣ [a]-⸢bi⸣ nu-na₈-na₈ | Who can escape the canal of Nanipad? Its canal inspector does not drink. |
| 9' | til₃-la-ŋu₁₀ nu-mu-un-u₅-na ⸢a⸣-bi nu-na₈-na₈ | Those who did not live there were not able to drink the ešāpu-house. |
| 10' | uš₂-a-ŋu₁₀-ne i-im-diri-ge-en-na ⸢a⸣-bi nu-na₈-na₈ | When they go down, they do not eat their ešāru-flour |
| 11' | uš₂-ŋu₁₀ gi tur-ba i-im-de₂ ⸢a⸣-bi nu-na₈-na₈ | The young reeds were gathered, but their terraces were not eaten. |
| 12' | gal₅-la₂ mu-ga-a-re ba-da-an-šub a-bi nu-na₈-na₈ | The galla demon has left, its water does not drink. |
| 13' | ⸢ŋeš⸣ šu ⸢x MU⸣ dub₂ ba-da-an-šub a-bi nu-na₈-na₈ | It is the hand of a ..., he sits down and does not drink its water. |
| 14' | mu-nu-tu-⸢x⸣-ra ba-da-an-šub a-bi nu-na₈-na₈ | He entered for the woman, but she did not drink her water. |
| 15' | u₂-bi u₂ lu-lu ma-da-te mu-da-gu₇-e | Its food, all kinds of food, he eats with me. |
| 16' | a-bi a lu₃-lu₃ ma-da-te mu-da-na₈-na₈ | Its water is plentiful water, he drinks it with me in the land. |
| 17' | ⸢u₂⸣ [lu-lu]-⸢a⸣-ŋu₁₀ nu-mu-un-gu₇-a-re me-e ba-ra-ba-gu₇-⸢e⸣ | The one who does not eat the food of the lulû-priestess, I cannot eat it. |
| 18' | [a lu₃-lu₃]-⸢a⸣-ŋu₁₀ nu-mu-un-naŋ-a-re me-e ba-ra-ba-na₈-na₈ | The one who does not drink the water of the lulû-house, I do not drink it. |
| 19' | [u₂ bi₂]-in-gu₇ ša₃-ŋu₁₀ gig-ga-am₃ me-e ba-ra-ba-gu₇-⸢e⸣ | He ate food, he was sick, I did not eat food |
| 20' | [a bi₂-in]-naŋ lipiš-ŋu₁₀ gig-ga-am₃ me-e ba-ra-ba-na₈-na₈ | He has poured water, it is bitter, I do not drink water |
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