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VS 10, 179 (P342987)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 10, 179 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342987 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01421 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| ⸢ŋeš⸣-nu ŋi₆-mu-na-ŋu₁₀ a-ši-ir-ra ⸢si-a⸣ en-še im-ra-am-⸢x-mu⸣ | (Sum) The en priestess, the lord of the sceptre(?) ... (Akk) I am the king who engendered me(?) (var.) I have been entrusted to you(?) | |
| i-[na ma]-ia-al mu-ši-ti-ia ša ta-ni-ha-<tim> [ma]-⸢lu⸣-u₂ ad ma-ti ka-le-ku | In the place of my birth mother, the one who loves me, the mighty one, father of the land, is strong. | |
| ⸢dim-me⸣-[er ...]-x mu-si ama-ŋu₁₀ [mu]-⸢si⸣-si | (Sum) The ... of the gods ... (Akk) The gods of the netherworld ... | |
| a-na ša DINGIR [i]-⸢ša-at⸣-a-ta-ah-[...]-aʾ-[...]-ni | For the one whom the god ... | |
| u₃-šu-ra gi-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [arhuš-ŋu₁₀ mu]-⸢si⸣ ama-ŋu₁₀ ⸢mu⸣-[si-si] | In the future, may there be rejoicing and awe-inspiring radiance for you, may the mother may she have a retinue. | |
| ši-a-tu i-ši-ta-pu-ri i-ši-ta-pu-ri i-⸢ta⸣-ah-da-ra-ni-ni AMA i-ta-ah-da-ra-ni | (Sum) The one who screams, he shouts, the mother shouts (Akk) The mother who shouts shouts and shouts(?) | |
| ma-la-ra gi-ŋu₁₀ arhuš-ŋu₁₀ mu-si ama-ŋu₁₀ mu-si-si | For Alara, he fills the reed-beds with compassion, his mother fills them with joy. | |
| ru-a-tu i-ši-ta-pu-ri i-ši-ta-pu-ri i-ta-ah-da-ra-ni-ni AMA i-ta-ah-da-ra-ni | (Sum) The ruʾātu priestess, the šitāru priestesses, (Akk) The princesses who have been smitten, they have been struck, the mother who has been struck | |
| ⸢nin₉⸣-ŋu₁₀ šeš-ŋu₁₀ šu im-mi-si-⸢si⸣ | “Sister-in-law, turn your hand towards him!’ | |
| [a]-⸢ha⸣-ta-ia i-ša-ad-⸢da⸣-[ad] [ri]-⸢it⸣-ta-ša | (Sum) My watercourse is filled with awe (Akk) The watercourses of my watercourse are filled with joy | |
| ⸢gu₂⸣-ŋu₁₀ ub im-mi-si-[si] | he filled the corner of the temple | |
| ki-ša-di i-ṣi-ṣi i-ṣi-ṣi i-ta-[na]-šu-šu | The kišvadi-demon cried out a lament. | |
| nam-tar-ŋu₁₀ u₃-ra bi-si ama-ŋu₁₀ mu-si-si | The fate of the mother trembles in the storm, | |
| ši-ma-ti-ia a-lu i-ta-ah-da-ar AMA i-ta-ah-da-ra-ni | (As for) the one who erases my inscription (and) removes my mother's inscription | |
| e-ŋu₁₀ kur-kur-ra bi-si ama-ŋu₁₀ mu-si-si | The house fills the lands, the mother fills them. | |
| pi₂-iš-ti ma-ta-tu i-ta-ah-da-ra AMA <i>-ta-ah-da-ra-ni | The fate of the land will change, the mother will change. |
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