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VS 02, 079 (P342887)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 079 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342887 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00603 |
| 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)
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' | ur-⸢saŋ⸣ [...] | Ur-esa'e |
| 2' | {d}mes-lam-⸢ta⸣-[e₃-a ...] | Meslam-eta'ea |
| 3' | ur-saŋ u₃-mu-un x-[...] | Hero, lord |
| 4' | kal-la-ga-ŋu₁₀ mu-lu aŋ₂-gi-⸢ra⸣ [...] | The kallaga priestess, the one of the aŋi-erab temple |
| 5' | aŋ₂-gi-ra ŋešba₂ gi-ra na-an-⸢u₃⸣-[...] | In the reedbeds, do not go out to the riverbank |
| 6' | ŋešba₂ {ŋeš}tukul-bi-da gi-ra na-an-u₃-[...] | Do not ... with its weapons |
| 7' | u₃-mu-un ŋi₆ am₃-di-di ama ugu-na šag₄ tu₁₅-⸢ma-al gi₄-bi₂⸣ | Lord, he roams the river. The mother who bore him, turn back the wind! |
| 8' | ur-saŋ mu-lu ŋi₆-a ni₂-ta di-di-na | Hero, one who goes by himself in the river |
| 9' | {a-li}alim-ma ur-saŋ u₃-mu-un uru₂-gal šag₄ tu₁₅-ma-al gi₄-bi₂ | Alima, Ursa, lord of the great city, turn back the storm! |
| 10' | šag₄ tu₁₅-ma-al ur₅-zu-a de₃-ma-al šag₄ tu₁₅-ma-al | The storm is there, may it be in your lap, the storm is here! |
| 11' | šag₄ tu₁₅-ma-al saŋ-za-a de₃-ma-al šag₄ <(tu₁₅-ma-al)> | The storm is there, may it be in your lap, the storm is here |
| 12' | gud lu-lu-a-ba na-an-ni-ku₄-ku₄-de₃ | Do not bring oxen in its abundance! |
| 13' | gud-a gud saŋ-tuku nam-ma-ra-ab-e₃ | Do not bring out the oxen and the saŋtuku-ox for you! |
| 14' | e-ze₂ lu-lu-a-ba na-an-ne-ku₄-ku₄-de₃ | Do not bring in the many sheep! |
| 15' | e-ze₂-ta e-ze₂ saŋ-tuku nam-ma-ra-ab-e₃ | From the sheep, do not bring out the sa-tuku-sheep. |
| 16' | u₃-mu-un e₂-kaš-a-ka na-an-ne-ku₄-ku₄ | Do not enter the lord of the storehouse! |
| 17' | um-ma zag kaš-e tuš-a-ra aŋ₂ nam-mu-un-gi₄-gi₄ | For the mother who sits on the side of beer, do not turn back! |
| r | ||
| 1 | u₃-mu-un ki eš₂-dam-ma-ka na-an-ni-ku₄-ku₄ | Lord, do not enter the place of the granary! |
| 2 | ab-ba inim{⸢i⸣-nim} zu-bi tuš-a-ra aŋ₂ nam-mu-un-gi₄-gi₄ | Do not turn away the elder who knows words, who dwells with you |
| 3 | u₃-mu-un ešemen-da na-an-ne-ku₄-ku₄ | Lord, do not enter with a rope! |
| 4 | di₄-di₄-la mu-lu e-ne di nam-ma-ra-ab-e₃ | The little ones, the one who says “Why do you not come out?" |
| 5 | ki sa ŋar-ra-ba ⸢na-an⸣-ni-ku₄-ku₄-de₃ | When he enters the place of the net, |
| 6 | nar tur šir₃ zu-ba [nam]-ma-ra-ab-e₃ | The young singer who knows the širuŋ drum should come out for you |
| 7 | e₂-tur₃ nam-bu-re ab₂-e sag₂ nam-e₃ | Do not abandon the cattlepen, do not scatter the cows! |
| 8 | ur e-tur-ra hul-u₃ nu₂-a-ba lag nam-ba-e-šub-e | Do not let the evil dog lie down in the stall! |
| 9 | ab-ba e-tur tuš-a-ra aŋ₂ nam-mu-gi₄-gi₄ | Do not turn away the elder who dwells with the child! |
| 10 | dagan-na mu-lu saŋ-tuku e₂ dur₂ nam-bi-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | The Dagan, who has no rival, should not build a house there. |
| 11 | eden-na šakkan{ša-ga} i-lu dug₄-dug₄ nam-bi₂-ib₂-ra-ra | In the steppe the šakkan priest does not sing a good song. |
| 12 | mušen šakkan₂ i-lu gud₃-bi-a nam-bi-in-hu-⸢luh⸣-[e] | May the snake of the šakkan temple, the lament of its nest, not be frightened |
| 13 | {a-lim-ma}alim-zu x-[...] | Your ‘balim’ |
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