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VS 10, 182 (P342990)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 10, 182 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342990 |
| Museum no. | VAT 04596 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 | dumu-ŋu₁₀ he₂-sa₇-gen₇ he₂-sa₆-ge-⸢en⸣ er₂-ra a-na-bi me-en | May you be as beautiful as a child, may you be beautiful! What are those tears to me? |
| 2 | u₃ he₂-sa₇-gen₇ u₃ he₂-sa₆-gen₇ | So be it, so be it! |
| 3 | i-bi šembi₂-zid ŋal₂-la-mu-a | The eye of my balaŋ drum |
| 4 | tug₂ gin₇-gin₂-na-zu he₂-mi-mu₂ | May he make your garment shine like the sun! |
| 5 | unu₂(|TE.AB@g|) šuba{bi} dab₅-be₂ ha-ra-la₂-la₂ | May the šuba stone be seized in the groats for you |
| 6 | el-lu kur₂-re nam ma-tar-re za nam ma-tar-re | Ellu! The enemy determines fate, you determine fate! |
| 7 | dim₃-me-er kur₂-re na ma-tar-re | The enemy god decides fate. |
| 8 | ša₃-ab ba-hul a-ŋu₁₀ er₂-<<x>>-ŋa₂ nam ma-tar-re | The heart is destroyed, a weeping ... determines a fate |
| 9 | en-du-ŋu₁₀ er₂-ra mu-ni-in-kur₉ | Endubu brought forth tears. |
| 10 | inim-ŋu₁₀ a-še-ra mu-ni-in-kur₉ | He brought the word into the water |
| 11 | šag₄ ba-hur ša₃-ab-ŋu₁₀ ša₃-ab-⸢zu⸣ di dug₄ x-a ba-da-dam | He received the šag-offering, he was able to make the eŋzû-disease disappear from his body. |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša₃-ab u₂ lul-la ma-gu₇-a-ŋu₁₀ | The heart eats false food |
| 2 | ša₃-ab a lul-la ma-naŋ-a-ŋu₁₀ | In the midst of a false flood, for how many minas? |
| 3 | kug-gin₇ kug-ga-ni im-⸢ma⸣-da-A-KU DI-a ma-ma-DAM | Like gold, his gold ... |
| 4 | za-gin₇ za-ni-da im-⸢ma⸣-da-KU-a DI-a ma-ma-DAM | ... like a lapis lazuli ... |
| 5 | x-a na-aŋ₂-tar ta im-da-tuš-en na-aŋ₂-tar nu-di-da | ... fate, what did I sit with him, fate that cannot be determined? |
| 6 | uru₂ hul-a-ke₄ | of the destroyed city |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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