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VS 02, 038 (P342846)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342846 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01420 |
| 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)
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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 | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢si mu ba-ra⸣ [...] | ... the esi-tree, year: “..., |
| 2' | ⸢in⸣ ki-e šu-ta al-⸢x⸣ [...] ni-su-ŋu₁₀ ba-ra-⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) The lord of the netherworld, the one who is encircled by the earth, ... (Akk) The herald of heaven and earth, from his hand ... |
| 3' | mu i₃-ba-ar gi mu-bu-lu-[...] zu₂-lum-ŋu₁₀ bar-ra-[...] | Year: “The reeds that he ..., the date palms that I ... |
| 4' | ama-am mu e diri-ge na-⸢ŋe₆⸣-[en] | Mother, you should not go up to the house of the exalted one |
| 5' | ama-am mu a-ša še diri-ge ⸢na⸣-[ŋe₆-en] | The mother, year: “You are the one who surpasses (them) in the world— |
| 6' | i e-zu na-ga-ma-da-⸢x⸣ [...] e mi-na-gi [...] | Do not look at your house, do not return to your house |
| 7' | a-ša₃ še-zu še na-ma-da-⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢e⸣ mi-na-⸢gi⸣ [...] | You should not ... your field, you should not return it to its place for me |
| 8' | lu₂ di lu mu-ra-aš-KA a ⸢x⸣ [...] di gu-⸢la⸣ [...] | The one who judges, the one who invokes you ... the water of the eše temple, the waters of the Gu'ela temple |
| 9' | lu₂ u₄-ku lu₂ mu-ra-⸢aš⸣-[KA ...] na-aŋ₂ nu-mu-[...] | The man of the storm, the man of Uraš ... did not ... |
| 10' | a-u₃-ur ama-za ⸢a⸣ [...] ša₃-ab ⸢hul⸣ [...] | The flood of your mother ... the heart of the evil ... |
| 11' | lamma ama-⸢za x⸣ [...] | Lamma of your mother ... |
| r | ||
| 1 | gu₄-dam ⸢x⸣ [...] | The ox-driver of the e-house |
| 2 | u₃-mu-un ⸢mu⸣-x [...] ⸢gi⸣-x [...] | The lord of the ... temple, the bride |
| 3 | u₃-mu-un ⸢su⸣ mu-x-[...] | Lord Suen |
| 4 | su-ku-da-ŋu₁₀ ⸢ki ga-ab⸣-[...] | I want to go up to the Sukuda temple |
| 5 | su-ku-da-a ⸢an⸣ la-ba-⸢da⸣-[la₂-la₂] | The šukuda priest does not go up to the eana priest |
| 6 | da-ŋa₂-lu da-ŋa₂-lu ⸢ki⸣ la-ba-ab-⸢šu⸣-[šu] | “Alas, alas! E-mukī-ēriš will not be able to erect it!’ |
| 7 | UR-šu za-⸢za⸣-ŋu₁₀ a-za-⸢gi⸣ [...] | His dog, Za-eza-ebu, Aza-egi-e23 |
| 8 | du-li ša₃-a-ŋu₁₀ a-za-⸢gi⸣ [...] | The work of Ša-abu, Aza-egi |
| 9 | gi-di-ir KA mi-la DU ⸢ši⸣ [...] | (Sum) The reed mat(?) ... (Akk) The pole ... |
| 10 | MAR mi-la ⸢x LU⸣-ta KA ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... from the man’s mouth ... |
| 11 | a-u₃ ma-la di-ri ma-⸢gi⸣-[...] | Oh, as much as I want to ... |
| 12 | ma bi₂-il mu-zu lu ma-e-[...] | You have filled the house, your name ... |
| 13 | ma la-ba-sa₂ an saŋ eŋ₃-⸢ga x⸣ [...] | (Sum) The one who does not have a house, heaven is filled with tears(?) (Akk) In heaven, there is no house, ... |
| 14 | gu₄-da ma-a ak šu a-za-⸢gi⸣ [...] | The oxen ... Hand of Azagi |
| 15 | a dam-ra nu-mu-ni-dab₅-⸢be₂⸣ [...] | Woe, the spouse did not seize him |
| 16 | dumu-ŋu₁₀-ra nu-mu-ni-dab₅-⸢be₂⸣ [...] | ... did not seize him as a child |
| 17 | gu₄-dam ma-za i-⸢lu⸣ di-⸢bi⸣ [...] ama ⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) The ox, the lord, goes out into your house (Akk) The one who goes out in your house, the judge ... mother ... |
| 18 | [x (x)] ⸢x⸣ mi-ri ⸢x⸣ [...] [...] | ... the courtyard of the temple |
| 19 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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