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VS 02, 094 (P342902)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 094 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342902 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01419 |
| 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 | u₃ ga-am-⸢du⸣ | and I shall come up. |
| 2 | [u₃] ga-am-du | and I want to say |
| 3 | ⸢na⸣-me-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ⸢na⸣-me-ŋu₁₀-še₃ | In the evening, in the evening |
| 4 | na-aŋ₂ uru₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ | to the ... of the city |
| 5 | lu a-ŋu₁₀-a | be it a flood |
| 6 | nam-ta-ru-a | a gift |
| 7 | ⸢nam-ta-ra⸣ | |
| 8 | dam [an]-du-du | wife of Andudu |
| 9 | dumu ⸢a⸣-[nu]-du | son of Ea-enudu |
| 10 | šag₄ [...]-x | The field ... |
| 11 | uru₂ [...] | The city |
| 12 | x-[...] | |
| 13 | u₃-ki maš ur-re [...] | The ... of the enemy’s army |
| 14 | e-si₂-la | of Esila, |
| 15 | maš-gi eden | reed mat for the steppe |
| 16 | dumu ni-na KA | son of Nina |
| 17 | dumu si-sa KA | son of Sisa |
| 18 | e kaš e na-ta-re | “Ha! Beer! Ḫa! Drink! |
| 19 | {d}mu-ul-lil₂ | Enlil |
| 20 | e di-da-ka | in the house of judgment |
| 21 | su-ba-ra | of the Subarean |
| 22 | ig-e šu-ŋu₁₀ | The door is opened. |
| 23 | a-ia gu-ra nam-ta-ar | The father who bore me will die. |
| 24 | a-ia-ŋu₁₀ mi-en | I am father |
| 25 | {d}mu-ul-lil₂ | Enlil |
| 26 | ⸢i₃⸣-bi-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | “If he slips through the door pivots, |
| 27 | bar{ar}ŋu₁₀ | |
| 28 | lu₂ da-am-ra | for the man of the father |
| 29 | lu₂ dumu-ra dumu | the man who the child, the child |
| 30 | nam-ta-ar | received. |
| 31 | e nam-ta-ra | The house of fate |
| 32 | ki bi-la-ba | at the place of Bilaba |
| 33 | ki <mu>-lu-da ba-da-<(...)> | With the man ... |
| 34 | ma-da-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | Madaba, |
| r | ||
| 1 | nam-ta-ar | received. |
| 2 | na-ge-<le-em> da-ŋa₂ | the scepter of justice |
| 3 | i-ne-eš₂ aŋ₂-ma-le na-ma-da-be₂ šag₄ im-da-be₂-de | Now, one should not speak to the water, it is poured out. |
| 4 | i-bi na-ni-ba-re | He should not look at him. |
| 5 | ma e-re-da | the house of the servants |
| 6 | ku šu-ŋu₁₀-gi | reed bundle |
| 7 | za gu-ŋu₁₀-gi | |
| 8 | nam-ta-ar-ba i-gi | The fate of Igi |
| 9 | da-ma bi-id-du-du | he smote the father |
| 10 | dumu{mu} an-du-du | son of Andudu |
| 11 | nam-ta-ar-ba gi-bi ⸢nu⸣-[me]-na šu-še₃ ba-ab-tu-še₃ | The reeds of our enû-priests were taken away by hand |
| 12 | gi še₃ nu-ŋal₂-bi nu-me-⸢en⸣ | You are not a reed that is not carried off, you are not released |
| 13 | en-du-du-e en-⸢bu-ur⸣-bu-re | Endudu, the enbur priestess |
| 14 | i-tu-še₃ saŋ-⸢ŋa₂⸣ mu-ub-du šu-še₃ | At that time, the sa-e22-e23 (temple), the place where the foundations were laid |
| 16 | x-⸢la⸣ [...] | ... ... |
| 17 | mu-lu ⸢zu ba⸣-x-[...]-x ⸢mu-da⸣-ab-ha-la-ma | (Sum) The one who ... your temple(?) ... (Akk) I ... the one who destroyed your temple |
| 18 | nam-ta-ar ur-ŋa₂ i₃-⸢ma⸣-al | he will pay back the lead to Ur-ba. |
| 19 | na-ge-le-em-ŋu₁₀ | Nebuchadnezzar |
| 20 | i nu-zu-ŋu₁₀ e-bi ga-ku | I want to drink the water that I do not know. |
| 21 | šag₄ nu-⸢zu⸣-ŋu₁₀ še-bi ga-ku | I want to eat the food that is not available |
| 22 | kaskal nu-[zu]-ŋu₁₀ ga-ŋe₆ | I want to travel a road that I do not know |
| 23 | ki nu-zu-a-ŋu₁₀ za za-gi-na mi-mu-sa | The one who does not know the place, the lapis lazuli ... |
| 24 | a-⸢pa-ar⸣-gi mu-še₃ bu-ru{mu} ne₂ mu-sa-sa-re | The A-epa-e-gi song is sung by the būru drum. |
| 25 | ma ⸢nam⸣-ta-ar-ŋu₁₀ ma-ab-ki-ga-ta a ŋuruš-ša-am-du ŋuruš-ša-am-du | “As for the one who removes me from the place Abkiĝ, alas, it is raining down. |
| 26 | ama na-ŋu₁₀ nu-ta-ra-še₃ a-sa gaba-ni-maš | The mother who did not abandon her child, the asa priestess of Gabanimas |
| 27 | em-si na-še₃ la-ba-ŋe₆-na-ŋu₁₀ | The emsi drum was not played for him |
| 28 | a-ra ne₂-še₃ la-ba-ŋe₆-na-ŋu₁₀ | “Ara neše has not been said to him. |
| 29 | ki-ti-im gi-na inim mi-ni-ib-be₇ | She speaks a true word in the netherworld. |
| 30 | a-ia gu-ŋu₁₀ tur₃-ra gi-bi-da-ni aš na-ma-tar-re | Father Gubu, do not turn away from the cattlepen! |
Sources & licences
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