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VS 02, 069 (P342877)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 069 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342877 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01509 |
| 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' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ur-⸢saŋ šul⸣ [...] | Ur-esa |
| 3' | am e₂-babbar-ra ⸢na-NE⸣ [...] | Wild bull of the Ebabbar temple ... |
| 4' | su mu dumu {d}⸢nin⸣-[gal ...] | the name of the son of E-nin-egal |
| 5' | u₃-mu-un zimbir{[ki]} [...] | Lord of Sippar |
| 6' | {d}utu u₃-mu-un ⸢x⸣ [...] | Šamaš, lord of |
| 7' | bara₂ za-gi-na [...] | The lapis dais ... |
| 8' | ⸢su₆⸣ za-gin₃ la₂ ⸢KA⸣-[...] | The lapis lazuli shrine |
| 9' | ⸢su₆⸣ za-gin₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] | lapis lazuli esû-tree |
| 10' | gu-ba ⸢eŋ₃⸣ [...] | Standing in the E-e- temple |
| 11' | tu-ša ⸢x⸣ [...] | The one who ... the eša temple |
| 12' | ⸢x du⸣-bu-ra-na du⸣-bu-ra-na ⸢si-mu-uš x x⸣ | “The ... of Urana, the .... of Simuš |
| 13' | ⸢am-me⸣-na-ni ⸢am-me⸣-na-ni a-u₃-re NE | His temple, his temple, the ... of the lord |
| 14' | si šul {d}utu si-si en-na-na ⸢ra-bi⸣ u₃-NE | The horn of Utu, the horns of the en-priestess, |
| 15' | u₃ de₃-de₃-il-bi sa-ha ⸢x-x⸣-u₃ | And its ... is a pile of dust. |
| 16' | {d}utu gal-gal-bi sikil-le u₃-⸢x⸣-a | The great Utu, pure and pure, |
| 17' | {d}utu ama-ne-ta₈ nu-me-a kur sa-aŋ₂ ⸢ba-šu⸣ | Without Utu's mother, the land would be scattered. |
| 18' | ama ⸢ne-x⸣-il-ta nu-me-<a> kur sa-aŋ₂ ⸢ba⸣-šu | Without the mother of ..., the land would be deserted |
| 19' | a-a-⸢ne su⸣-en-ta nu-me-a kur sa-aŋ₂ <(ba-šu)> | Without fathers, the land would be scattered |
| 20' | [ga]-ša-⸢an-ki-ku₃⸣-ga-ta nu-me-a kur-⸢re sa⸣-aŋ₂ ba-šu | Without Gankikug he entered the netherworld. |
| 21' | [kur šim]-⸢ma⸣-še kur e-⸢re⸣-[na ...] ⸢ba⸣ | The land of Šim-eše, the land of E-re-e-na |
| 22' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... e]-⸢re⸣-na [x] x-e ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the en priestess |
| 3' | [... e]-ri-⸢im-ma⸣ e-ri-im-ma ⸢TE-x⸣ [...] | ... erīma ērima |
| 4' | ⸢ši-ŋu₁₀ ku₃-ga⸣-ŋu₁₀ ku₃-ga-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ ku₃-ga mi-⸢ni-ib-za⸣-[za] | “The holy shrine, the holy shrine I shall make shine for you. |
| 5' | ši-ŋu₁₀ za-ŋu₁₀ za-ŋu₁₀ za ⸢A-NU⸣ mi-ni-ib-za-za | “I want to utter a šibû-lament, I want to make an arazu prayer to you. |
| 6' | šu-ku du-tu-be₂ ki-sikil-a-ra | Hand of Utu, for the maiden |
| 7' | a gu-ur-gu-re ŋuruš-a-ra | For the one who pours water into the gugurgur canal |
| 8' | {d}utu ama-bi <me>-en ⸢x {d}utu a⸣-ia-⸢bi⸣ [me]-en | Šamaš, you are their mother, Utu is their father. |
| 9' | {d}utu nu-uš-ki-ki {d}utu nu-mu-ku-⸢si⸣ | Šamaš, do not abandon you, Ṣābu, don’t abandon you! |
| 10' | {d}utu nu-⸢uš-ki-ki a⸣-ia-ni mu-na-gub | Šamaš, the one who does not abandon you, his father stood by him. |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ku₄-ra-ni DI {d}utu-ŋu₁₀ he₂-me-en | ... when he enters, may you be Utu! |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u₃ di igi-ŋu₁₀ na | ... ... and before |
| 13' | [...] ⸢u₃⸣ di igi-ŋu₁₀ na | ... the ešû-district judge, |
| 14' | [... igi]-ŋu₁₀ na | ... sunrise to moonset: |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 16' | še-eb-⸢bi x⸣ [...] | Its brickwork ... |
| 17' | še-eb-bi ⸢saŋ⸣ [...] | Its brickwork is a sa-e3 temple |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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