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VS 02, 066 (P342874)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 066 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342874 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01416 |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | ⸢e₂ {d}x⸣ [...] | The temple of the god |
| 2' | e₂ {d}pa₅-⸢nun⸣-[an-ki ...] | The temple of Pa’e-nun-Eanki |
| 3' | e₂ {d}namma{na-am-ma}ke₄ [...] | The temple of Namma |
| 4' | e₂-e {d}a-ra₂-⸢ru⸣-e ⸢x x⸣ [...] | The temple of Ara'eru, the ... temple |
| 5' | abzu uru₂-ze₂-eb-ba na-mu-un-di | He should not go to the Abzu of Uruzeb. |
| 6' | e₂-engur(|LAGAB×A|)ra-ka na-mu-un-di | He should not go to the E-engura. |
| 7' | ma ⸢su⸣-a ma su-a uru₂-ta di-da-ni | When I was going from the city to the quay of the sea, |
| 8' | ma-ra-ni ma-ra-ni ma-ra-ni ma i₃-ni₁₀-ni₁₀ | His sheepfold, his sheepfold - he roams around. |
| 9' | NI-si kal-la abzu ma i₃-⸢ni₁₀-ni₁₀⸣ | The precious ... of the Abzu, he lights up. |
| 10' | ⸢BA⸣-ba-da kur-ra-ke₄ ma i₃-[ni₁₀-ni₁₀] | The Ebaba temple of the netherworld trembles |
| 11' | [(x)] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ma-x⸣ [...] | “Ema-..., ..., |
| 2 | ma-ra-⸢ni ma⸣-[ra-ni ...] | His bride, his bride ... |
| 3 | {d}am-an-ki u₃-DU ma-⸢ra-ni⸣ [(x) (x) (x)] | Enki, when he goes out, he ... for you. |
| 4 | me-e NE abzu-še₃(KU) u₄-u₃ | I, ... of the Abzu, woe! |
| 5 | uru₂-ze₂-eb{ki} ze₂-eb-še₃ u₄-⸢u₃⸣ | In order to make sweet Uruzeb shine, |
| 6 | e₂ gu-ra-zu u₄-⸢u₃⸣ | Your throne house, the storm |
| 7 | an-na mušen-zu u₄-⸢u₃⸣ | In heaven, your light shines brightly |
| 8 | ki-a mušen-zu u₄-⸢u₃⸣ | On earth, your snake rises. |
| 9 | abzu-ta ni₂ gur₃ u₄-⸢u₃⸣ | from the Abzu carried fearsomeness, |
| 10 | ⸢e₂⸣-si-zu e₂-ba-ra du-a-gi | Your esizu temple, for the Ebara temple, is destroyed. |
| 11 | ⸢ab⸣-ka-le ⸢siki ba-ra⸣ du-a-gi | The ekale temple, the esiki temple, was destroyed, the Duagi temple |
| 12 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [(x)]-še u₃-ra ⸢du⸣-a-⸢gi⸣ | ... the eše temple ... for you |
| 13 | [...] ⸢si-sa⸣ [...] | ... sisa ... |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
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