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CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? (P342881)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary needed, ex. nn ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P342881 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01323 + VAT 03538 |
| 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 | [...] ⸢e₃⸣ [...] {d}utu-ŋu₁₀ ⸢he₂⸣-me-en | ... you are the e’eš temple ... Utu-bu, may you be eḫe em. |
| 2 | {[d]}⸢utu⸣ dumu {d}nin-gal e₃-ma-ra | For Shamash, son of Ningal, came out. |
| 3 | ur-saŋ šul {d}utu e₃-ma-ra | hero, spear of Utu, come out for me! |
| 4 | am e₂-babbar₂ e₃-ma-ra | Wild bull of the Ebabbar, come out for me! |
| 5 | su₆ mu₂ dumu {d}nin-gal e₃-ma-ra | The young sheep, the son of Ningal, come out for me! |
| 6 | bara₂ za-gin₃-na-ni e₃-⸢ma⸣-ra | May his lapis dais go forth for me |
| 7 | dumu {d}nin-gal-e ša₃ ⸢ku₃⸣ [...] | son of Ningal, in the E-kug-e- temple |
| 8 | {d}utu {d}nin-gal-e du₆ ku₃-⸢ta peš-a⸣ | Šamaš, Ningal, descendant from the Holy Mound |
| 9 | ur-saŋ di-ku₅ e₂-babbar-ra di si-sa₂ ku₅-ku₅ | Ursa, judge of the Ebabbar, who renders just judgments, |
| 10 | ⸢am su₆⸣ za-gin₃ la₂ di ku₅-ku₅ saŋ-gi₆-ga-kam | It is an esame tree, a lapis lazuli tree cut down in the dark. |
| 11 | {d}utu e₂-babbar-⸢ra⸣ [...] še-er-zid il₂-la-am₃ | Šamaš, the Ebabbar temple is a raised šēzid priest |
| 12 | šul {d}utu en tir ha-šu-ur₂-ra lugal ⸢šim {ŋeš}eren⸣-na | head of Utu lord of the Hašur forest king of the cedar trees |
| 13 | a₂-ur₂ an-na a₂-ur₂ <u₆> di-di | The wings of heaven, the wings of the eagles that are to be seen |
| 14 | am dubur an-na si-muš₃ ⸢gun₃⸣-am₃ | Wild bull with a burrow in heaven, clad in brilliance, |
| 15 | am e₃-na-ni a₂-ur-ru-⸢x⸣ | Wild bull, when he comes out, ... |
| 16 | šul {d}utu si-si e-na-ni ⸢hub₂-hub₂ x⸣ [...] | The head of Šamaš, the horn of his voice, the hubhub plant |
| 17 | eridu{ki} di-⸢x ga⸣-[...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | Eridu, I want to go up to the eše temple |
| 2' | [... eren]-na kur ha-šu-ur₂-še₃ kur-re | ... cedar, the mountain of the Hašur mountains |
| 3' | [...] kur za-gin₃-na-še₃ kur-re | ... to the lapis mountain, the mountain |
| 4' | [...]-x-mu ŋa₂-ŋa₂-dam kur-re | ... being brought down to the netherworld |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] kur-re | ... of the mountain |
| 2 | [...] su-ra₂-še₃ kur-re | ... to the desert, the mountains |
| 3 | [...] hu-bu-ra kur-re | ... to the mountain of Ḫubur |
| 4 | [...]-⸢gi⸣-le kur-re | The ... of the mountain |
| 1' | ⸢di-gu⸣-[ul ...] | “It is enough, I want to go out(?) |
| 2' | ga-ra-ni ⸢x⸣ [...] | His body ... |
| 3' | ur-ru-ra-ni ⸢x si x⸣ [...] | His limbs ... ... |
| 4' | nin₉-a-ni am-ta-si-ŋar-ŋar ⸢nu⸣-[...] | His sister, Amtasi-barbar, ... |
| 5' | pa₄-nun-ŋu₁₀ inim am-ta-si-ŋar-ŋar ⸢nu⸣-[...] | (Sum) The one who utters a supplication, the one who shouts out (Akk) He shouts at the man who is shouting out |
| 6' | NI-NI-in-ta gi-su-KU ba-da-ab-be₂ mu-[...] | ... said to him ... |
| 7' | su HUR du-ge zi-ba-ra-ab saŋ mu-un-da [...] | (Sum) He ... the ... (Akk) The ..., the roaring ... |
| 8' | šeš-ŋu₁₀ an mu-un-u₃-tu ab-še₃ gi-bi ⸢x⸣ | The one who gives birth to heaven, the sea, this young woman |
| 9' | {d}utu-ŋu₁₀ an mu-un-u₃-tu ab-še₃ gi-bi | Šamaš, you have given birth to heaven, the sea has returned its reeds |
| 10' | nin₉-ŋu₁₀ ab sikil-la da-da munus mu-ni-dib-be₂ | The sister, the pure sea, passes by the woman. |
| 11' | a-ab-ba sikil-la da-da munus mu-ni-dib-be₂ | In the pure sea the woman passes by. |
| 12' | lu₂ ku₆ gu₇-a nu-mu-ni-in-dib-be₂ munus mu-ni-in-dib-be₂ | The one who eats fish does not pass, the woman passes. |
| 13' | lu₂ ga-raš{sar} gu₇-a nu-mu-ni-in-dib-be₂ munus mu-ni-in-dib-be₂ | The one who eats sour milk does not pass by, the woman passes by |
| 14' | ⸢munus⸣-ŋu₁₀ me-en za-e munus-ŋu₁₀ me-en ga-ša-an a-ab-ba me-en | I am the woman, you are the woman! You are the queen of the sea! |
| 15' | ⸢ga⸣-ša-an a-ab-ba ku₆ nu-gu₇ me-en ga-ša-⸢an a-ab⸣-ba me-en | You are the one who does not eat fish in the sea, you are the lady of the sea. |
| 16' | [ga-ša-an] ⸢a-ab⸣-ba ga-raš{sar} ⸢nu-gu₇⸣ me-en ga-<(ša-an)> a-ab-<(ba me-en)> | I am the lady of the apsû-house, the one who does not eat food in the esu-house. |
| 17' | [...] ⸢x⸣ igi ŋal₂ hu-mu-ri-en | ... may he look at me with awe |
| 18' | [...] ⸢x⸣ igi ŋal₂ hu-mu-ri-en | ... may he look at me with awe |
| 19' | [...] ⸢ma⸣-e gu mu-ri-ib{ri-⸢ri⸣} gub-ba-bi | The ... of the ešuma temple, its ... that stands ready for you |
| 20' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ra ma-e gu mu-⸢ri⸣-[ib ...] igi ŋal₂ hu-mu-⸢ri⸣-[en] | ... I shouted to the ..., may I shout before you |
| l.e. i | ||
| 1 | [inim-bi ka]-⸢ka⸣-na um-ma-da-ŋa₂-la | Its words have been uttered in his mouth |
| 2 | [...]-a-ra i-ma-ti-a-ra | For ..., for Imitiara |
| l.e. ii | ||
| 1 | ur-saŋ šul ⸢bi⸣-[...] | Hero, king of the four quarters |
| 2 | ur-saŋ nu-um-ši-ma-al [...] e-ri-ma ⸢x⸣ | The hero is not present(?) |
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