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VS 02, 064 (P342872)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 064 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342872 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00610 + |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar |
| Coordinates | 33.0592, 44.2538 |
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 i | ||
| 1 | [... al]-⸢nu₂⸣-a-⸢še₃ al⸣-[nu₂-a-še₃ ...] | ... lying down, lying down ... |
| 2 | [...] ⸢e₂⸣ ŋi₆-par₄-a al-nu₂-a-še₃ | ... to the one who lies down in the E-e-par |
| 3 | [... e₂]-⸢gal⸣ keš₃{ki}a al-nu₂-a-še₃ | To the place where the ... of the Egal temple lies down |
| 4 | [e₂]-⸢mah⸣ še-eb a-ra₂-bu-ra-ka al-nu₂-a-še₃ | To the E’emaḫe temple, where the brickwork of Arabur lies down |
| 5 | [...] ⸢nu⸣-mu e₂-ki-si₃-ga al-nu₂-a-še₃ | ... to the one who lies down in the Ekisiga |
| 6 | ⸢ta⸣-am₃(|A.BAR|) er₂-ra-bi ta-am₃ a-a-bi | It is an eagle, its tears, what is its enemy? |
| 7 | ⸢a⸣-a-ŋu₁₀ ša₃-ba ta inim-ŋar-ra-a-bi | In that Ea-ea-bû, what does it say? |
| 8 | {uš-tug₂}uštug ku₃-ga-na ta gu₃-ri-bi | In his pure garment, what did he bring? |
| 9 | ⸢sa₂⸣ ib-si₃-si₃-ge sa₂-bi sa kur-ra | The esa₂-e-plants that he planted, its reed bundles of the mountains |
| 10 | ⸢gu₃⸣ e-de₂-de₂-e gu₃-bi gu₃ kur-ra | When he shouts, this voice is the voice of the netherworld |
| 11 | [x] ⸢im⸣-ni₁₀-ni₁₀-e ku₆ im-ta-ta-ke₄ | ... the fish left |
| 12 | [...]-⸢nu⸣-nu-e ⸢buru₅⸣ in-ga-bu-re | ... the ešēṣu-tree is to be sown(?) |
| 13 | [...] kur-ra i₃-de | ... he goes to the netherworld |
| 14 | [...]-⸢ra⸣ ki-gi-ra i₃-de | ... went to the netherworld |
| 15 | [...] kur-še₃ mu-nu₂ | ... laid down in the netherworld |
| 16 | [...] ⸢ki⸣-gi-⸢ra⸣-še₃ mu-nu₂ | ... to the Egi he laid down. |
| 17 | [...] ⸢mu⸣-KU-KU | ... emu-e-KU-KU |
| 18 | [...] ⸢e⸣-e₁₁(DU₆-)de₃ | ... to the “house-of-the-mound-temple"(?) |
| 19 | [...] ⸢x⸣ ab | ... ešû-plant |
| 20 | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | nin gu-la ⸢KA⸣ [...] | Great lady of the E-KA-E- |
| 2' | eš₃ gu₂-a-ba-⸢ka⸣ [...] | In the shrine Gu’aba |
| 3' | ga-ša-an-mar-ki ⸢eš₃⸣ gu₂-⸢a⸣-ba-⸢ka⸣ [...] | Gašanmarki, the eše temple of Gu'ebaya |
| 4' | du₆ saŋ u₃-ba-dug₄ KA [...] ⸢x⸣ | (Sum) The ... of the sand dunes(?), the ...(?) of the netherworld |
| 5' | e ŋuruš an-na mu-tin-an-na-ra dili-ni ⸢na⸣-me-⸢tuš⸣ | For the female lamb of heaven, Mutinana, his alone, |
| 6' | me e-re₇ me nu-re₇ | I go, I do not go. |
| 7' | ub-e gu₃ bi-de₂ ub-e ba-an-da-ab-ga | He shouted at the corner, he seized the corner. |
| 8' | da-e gu₃ bi-de₂ da-e ba-an-da-ab-ga | When he shouts at the side, the side is seized. |
| 9' | si-dug₄-ga gu₃ bi-de₂ urin bi-si-sa₂ | He shouted a lament, he made the urine sweet. |
| 10' | pa-rim₄(SIG₄) gu₃ bi-de₂ mur₈-gu₃ sur-ra | He shouted, he screamed: “It is raining on the roof!" |
| 11' | mur₈-gu₃ ŋar-ra teš₂-bi gu₃ mi-ni-ib-ŋar | He utters a shrill cry in the middle of the night |
| 12' | dam-ta nu-ar i-bi₂ mu-un-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | He looks at the spouse who lies down. |
| 13' | dumu-ta nu-ar i-bi₂ mu-un-kar-kar | She looks at the one who has no child. |
| 14' | e₂-saŋ ki-tuš-ba mi-ni-ib-dar-dar | The Esa temple trembles at its dwelling |
| 15' | erim₃-ma kaskal-a-še₃ mu-un-ŋar | He made the storeroom go on a business trip |
| 16' | ki-ru-gu₂ 12kam-ma | It is the 12th Kirugu. |
| 17' | {d}mu-tin-e na-aŋ₂ šeš-a-⸢ni⸣ [...]-⸢in⸣ | “Mutin, do not go out into the open country(?) |
| 18' | mu-tin-an-na [...] | Mutinana |
| 19' | du₁₁-ga ga-ša-⸢an⸣ [...] | The command of Gašaneana |
| 20' | ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ŋuruš-⸢e⸣ [...] | The ēšu-priestess |
| 3' | a-na bi₂-⸢x⸣ [...] | What did he do? |
| 4' | e₂ x-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | The temple of ... |
| 5' | ŋa₂-e zi-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | (Sum) The one who is to rise up, the one who rises(?) (Akk) ... rising(?) |
| 6' | siki saŋ-ki-na [...] | The wool of the sakina ... |
| 7' | ŋuruš-še₃(TUG₂) ga-ba-⸢an⸣-[...] | I want to bring you a young male goat |
| 8' | {ŋeš}tukul igi-na [...] | The weapon in front of him |
| 9' | {ŋeš}ha-<zi>-in igi-[na ...] | “Ḫazi-in before her |
| 10' | lu₂ buru₃-buru₃-da [...] | The one who is torn apart, ... |
| 11' | lu₂ i-bi₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | The one who the eye of ... |
| 12' | bar-na ⸢x⸣ [...] | Outside ... |
| 13' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | ⸢KU⸣ [...] ŋar-ŋu₁₀ [...] | “(If) he slips through the door pivots, |
| 2' | za [...] ŋar-ŋu₁₀ ⸢x⸣ [...] | “You(?) ..., you(?) |
| 3' | [ki-ru-gu₂] 20kam-ma | It is the twentieth song |
| 4' | 65 | 0;65 |
| 5' | 404 mu-bi-im [...] | 404 lines |
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