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ISET 1, 226 (pl. 168), Ist L 01500 (P343587)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Girsu · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ISET 1, 226 (pl. 168), Ist L 01500 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343587 |
| Museum no. | Ist L 01500 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Girsu (mod. Tello) |
| Coordinates | 31.5591, 46.1776 |
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' | [x]-⸢ta⸣ x-x [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | e₂-bi kal-kal [...] | Its house is a precious thing |
| 3' | uru₂-am₃ na-nam ⸢UD⸣-[...] | It is indeed a city |
| 4' | u₂ gu₇-re [...] | ... eating food |
| 5' | uru₂ sed₄(|A.MUŠ₃@g|)am₃ x-[...] | The city is cool ... |
| 6' | e-ze₂ ⸢ni₁₀⸣-ni₁₀ ma-[...] | The sheep ... their pastures |
| 7' | uru₂ sed₄(|A.MUŠ₃@g|)am₃ [...] | The city is a cool place |
| 8' | e-ze₂ ni₁₀-ni₁₀ ma-[...] | The sheep that roam around ... |
| 9' | [uru₂] sed₄(|A.MUŠ₃@g|)am₃ [...] | The city is a cool place |
| 10' | hul-ma-al-la e₃-a naŋ-tar ši [...] | The evil one coming out, fate ... |
| 11' | alim-ma hul-ma-al-la e₃ naŋ-⸢tar⸣ x | Bison, come out of the evil one! |
| 12' | alim-ma u₃-mu-un ur-saŋ gal | Important one, lord, great hero |
| 13' | alim-ma šu mah an-na-ŋu₁₀ | Bison, exalted hand of An |
| 14' | alim-ma an-gin₇ rib-ba-ŋu₁₀ | Bison, may it be poured out like heaven |
| 15' | ur-saŋ gal ki-gin₇ sag₃-ga-ŋu₁₀ | Great hero, struck down like earth |
| 16' | an-gin₇ ki-gin₇ rib-ba-zu-ne | When you are like heaven and like earth, |
| 17' | ur-saŋ ki-⸢bala⸣-a di-da-zu-ne | When you are going to the Ursa of the Ebala, |
| 18' | alim-ma hal-la nu-di-⸢da⸣ nu-e₃-da-zu-ne | Bison, when you do not go out and leave, |
| 19' | u₃-mu-un piriŋ dili-bi a-ba ši-sa₂-e | Lord, who equals you in rank and rank? |
| 20' | i-bi₂ il₂-la-zu a-ba-a ba-ra-e₃ | Who can escape your raised eye? |
| 21' | dub₃ bad-ra₂-zu a-ba-a ba-ra-⸢šub⸣-bu | Who can compete with you in battle? |
| 22' | e-ne-eŋ₃-zu sa-par₄ gal kur-kur-ra dul-la | Your word is a great net covering all the lands |
| 23' | mu-lu mu-un-gi₆-gi₆-ge mu-lu mu-un-⸢bu⸣-[bu-re] | The one who is to be forgotten, the one who has been forgotten |
| 24' | mu-lu ur₂ KU-a mu-un-gil-le-na | The one who ... the lap ... |
| 25' | ur-saŋ nu-me-a ni₂-ta di-di-in | Without a hero one can go by himself. |
| 26' | ur-saŋ gal nu-me-a ni₂-ta di-di-in | I, who am not a great hero, wander in fear. |
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