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ISET 1, 227 (pl. 169), Ist L 01501 (P343588)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Girsu · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ISET 1, 227 (pl. 169), Ist L 01501 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343588 |
| Museum no. | Ist L 01501 |
| 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 | tu{mušen} a-še-er su tu{mušen(ri)} a-še-er-⸢gin₇⸣ | “Tu-mušen, ašēr-su-disease, tu-uṣur, like a stormwind, |
| 2 | {d}en-a₂-nun ama kurku₂ ŋen | Enanun, mother of desire, |
| 3 | ga-ša-an-niŋar{ŋar}ra ki ku₃-ga ŋen | Gašannibara, the pure place, |
| 4 | ama e₂ mah-a ama e₂ gal-la ŋen | Mother of the supreme house, mother of the great house, |
| 6 | aŋ₂-dam mu-lu-ra dam-ŋu₁₀ di-de₃-⸢en⸣ | I want to kiss the spouse of a man |
| 7 | aŋ₂-dumu mu-lu-ra dumu-ŋu₁₀ di-de₃-⸢en⸣ | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the son of a man |
| 8 | šu tur-tur-re mi₂ zi di-de₃-⸢en⸣ | You should kiss the young man's hand |
| 9 | šu gal-gal kin ⸢šu⸣ gi-gi-de₃-⸢en⸣ | May you be able to turn back the great hand of work |
| 10 | šu zi-da-ŋu₁₀ ki bala-e-de₃-[en] | You will bring the righteous hand to the rebel land |
| 11 | šu gab₂-bu-ŋu₁₀ nam-šul ak-ak-⸢de₃⸣-[en] | Hand of a wild bull, you are to be smitten by it |
| 12 | ul peš(HA-)peš ⸢x⸣ ama-bi i₃-gi₄-gi₄-⸢de₃⸣-[en] | (Sum) You are the one who is not able to reconcile with his mother (Akk) I am the one that is not capable of reconciling with her mother |
| 13 | ama-ŋu₁₀ e₂ ma-an-du₃ te-e-am₃ dam [...] | The mother built a house for me, why does she marry a spouse? |
| 14 | ga-ša-an-ni₉-mar-ra ŋen e₂ ma-[an-du₃ ...] | Gašannimara, the lord built me a house |
| 15 | dam ma-an-ze₂-eŋ₃ [...] | The spouse of Manzê |
| 16 | mu-gib₃ ŋen e₂-bi e₂ gi-⸢x⸣ [...] | The mugib priestess, this house, the house of the reed worker |
| 17 | ama-gan-na ŋen dam-bi dam ⸢sikil⸣ [...] | The child-bearing mother, its spouse, the spouse of the maiden |
| 18 | e₂-bi e₂ šu-peš ki-da du₃-a KA ⸢x⸣ [...] | Its temple, a temple built with šupesu-offerings on the ground |
| 19 | ⸢mu⸣ peš DU TUL₂ a i-bi₂ i-ni-in-⸢bar⸣ [...] | (Sum) The one who looks at me, ... (Akk) He looked at me with a ... eye |
| 20 | [...] ⸢ma-a-a DU TUL₂⸣ a i-⸢bi₂⸣ [...] | ... my ... ... the reed screen ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x x x⸣ [...] ⸢AN KA⸣ ki ⸢saŋ⸣ [...] | “The ... of the Eana, the mouth of the Šamaš temple |
| 2' | mu-gi₁₇-ib aŋ₂ ni₂-zu ni₂ bi₂-[...] | Mugib priestess, your own strength ... |
| 3' | aŋ₂ ni₂-zu šu-ta ⸢ni₂⸣ [(x)] ⸢bi₂⸣-[(x)]-⸢AK⸣ | By means of your own hand, ēni-e23 |
| 4' | me ⸢al⸣ nu-di ⸢ama⸣ NE bi₂-⸢du₁₁⸣ | The divine powers that are not known, the divine powers of mother and child are revealed |
| 5' | me šu nu-di ⸢ama NE⸣ bi₂-⸢du₁₁⸣ | The one who does not know the divine powers, the mother, he will be able to ... |
| 6' | šembi₂-zid-da elam{ki}⸢ma⸣ LU [(x)] ⸢ama NE⸣ bi₂-du₁₁ | The šembizida priestess of Elam ... said: |
| 7' | unu₂ šuba ⸢ma₂-gan{ki} bi₂⸣-du₁₁ | He erected a šuba stone statue in the Emagan temple |
| 8' | UD-UD kur ⸢dam x⸣ a [...] ⸢ta KA⸣ [...]-⸢x⸣-ta AK-⸢de₃⸣ | (Sum) ... (Akk) From the ... of the mountain(?) ... |
| 9' | mu-gib₃ ⸢ŋen mu⸣-[...] ⸢a⸣-x | The mugib priestess, the lord of the ... temple |
| 10' | ga-ša-an x [...] | Lady ... |
| 11' | ama ⸢mu-gi₁₇-ib⸣ [...] | The mother of the mugib priestess |
| 12' | šul-⸢la-gin₇ šul-la⸣ [...] | Like a lion, like a raven |
| 13' | ama mu-⸢gi₁₇-ib x⸣ [...] | Mother, mistress, ... |
| 14' | mu-gi₁₇-⸢ib⸣ [...] | Mugib priestess |
| 15' | an ku₃-ge [...] | Holy An |
| 16' | ma-a ⸢ni₉⸣-mar-[ŋu₁₀ ...] | saying: “The emar plant |
| 17 | mu-gib₃ gi ⸢er₂ a⸣-[...] ⸢er₂⸣ [...] | The mugib priestess, the reeds of the lamentation priests |
| 18' | er₂-šem₅-[ma diŋir]-⸢mah⸣-kam | It is an Eršemma of the Great One. |
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