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VS 02, 095 (P342903)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 095 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342903 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01367 + VAT 01409 |
| 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-u₈ ga-am₃-dug₄ ⸢u₃⸣-[u₈ ga-am₃-dug₄] | I want to say “Woe, I want [to say]: 'Ewe.' |
| 2 | u₃-u₈ ga-am₃-dug₄ ⸢bil₂⸣-[la₂-bi ga-am₃-dug₄] | I want to say “woe,’ but I also want to speak about its elalu-vessel |
| 3 | na-aŋ₂ e₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ u₃-[u₈ ga-am₃-dug₄] | I want to say “No to the house of the cattlepen!" |
| 4 | na-aŋ₂ uru₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ u₃-⸢u₈⸣ [ga-am₃-dug₄] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the gods of the city |
| 5 | lu₂ aŋ₂-ŋu₁₀-a igi ⸢bar⸣-[ra me-en] | I am the one who sees the flood |
| 6 | nam-tar-ŋu₁₀-a ⸢ud⸣-[...] | Namtar-ba |
| 7 | nam-tar gi-gub-gub-⸢ba⸣ [me-en] | I am the fate of the reed screen |
| 8 | dam an-tuku-tuku [dam-ŋu₁₀ nu-me-en] | You are not a spouse who has a husband |
| 9 | dumu an-u₃-[tu dumu-ŋu₁₀ nu-me-en] | You are not a son of Anutu, |
| 10 | ša₃-bi [...] | Its inside |
| 11 | uru₂ zid-⸢da⸣ [...] | The true city |
| 12 | u₈-gin₇ sila₄ [kur₂-ra mi₂ ba-...] | Like a ewe ... a different lamb |
| 13 | uzud-gin₇ maš₂ kur₂-[ra mi₂ ba-...] | Like a goat ... a strange kid |
| 14 | iškila eb₂-ba TUR i₃-[...] | The šukulla-plant, the small pomegranate |
| 15 | mušen-du₃ eden-na-ke₄ ⸢ga⸣ [...] | The gods of the steppe ... the ešuma temple |
| 16 | dumu nin₉-a KA mu-da-[KU-a ...] | The child of the sister ... |
| 17 | dumu šeš-a KA mu-⸢da⸣-[KU-a ...] | son of Šeša ... the mouth of Mu-e-KU |
| 18 | ⸢kisal⸣-e e₂ kaš ⸢e₂⸣ [...] | In the courtyard, the house of beer in the temple |
| 19 | {[d]}mu-ul-lil₂-da [...] | with Enlil |
| 20 | [e₂] di-da-ka e₂ [...] | In the house of judgment, the house ... |
| 21 | ⸢su⸣-bar-ra nam-lu₂-⸢ulu₃-ka⸣ [...] | The šu’ebara prayer of humanity |
| 22 | {⸢ŋeš⸣}ig-e šu-ŋu₁₀-še₃ im-⸢ma-an⸣-[us₂] ; nam-tar e₂ ⸢ŋal₂-lu⸣ | The door was opened in its hand. The fate of the house was decreed |
| r | ||
| 1 | a-a-ŋu₁₀-ra nam-tar e₂ ŋal₂-lu a-gin₇ mu-na-ab-dug₄ | How could fate be decreed for a father? |
| 2 | a-a-ŋu₁₀ me-en na-aŋ₂ e-tar-tar-re ŋa₂-e mu-na-tuš-en | I am the father, who decides matters, I sit down for him. |
| 3 | {⸢d⸣}mu-ul-lil₂-da na-aŋ₂ ⸢e-tar⸣-[tar-re ŋa₂-e mu-na-tuš-en] | When you enter with Enlil, you sit down for him. |
| 4 | [i]-⸢bi₂⸣-ŋu₁₀ ⸢al⸣-[tar-re ...] | “If he looks at him, if he inquires after him, |
| 5 | bar-ŋu₁₀ ⸢al⸣-[tar-re ...] | In the outer courtyards, in the courtyards |
| 6 | lu₂ dam [...] | A man who a wife |
| 7 | lu₂ dumu [...] | A man, a son |
| 8 | nam-tar [...] | Namtar |
| 9 | ⸢e₂ nam-tar-ra⸣ [...] | The temple of fate |
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