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PRAK B 048 (P343865)
Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PRAK B 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343865 |
| Museum no. | Ist — |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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 | ⸢ir₂⸣ na-mu-ma-al [...] | There is a lamentation song |
| 2 | [nu]-gig an-na ga-⸢ša⸣-[an-an-na] | I want to utter a nugig prayer to An |
| 3 | [kur] ⸢gul⸣-gul ga-⸢ša⸣-[an ...] | I want to destroy the mountain(?) so that it can be destroyed |
| 4 | ⸢an dub₂⸣ [...]-⸢ke₄⸣ | (Sum) The ean screams ... (Akk) ... the eagles tremble |
| 5 | lil₂-lil₂-[na ...] ⸢amaš⸣-ke₄ | The lilīna demon, the eamaš demon |
| 6 | ma-e ⸢e₂⸣ [...]-⸢ke₄⸣ | I am the one of the temple |
| 7 | ama₅-ŋu₁₀ ⸢eš₃⸣ [...]-⸢ke₄⸣ | In the chambers of the eše temple |
| 8 | ⸢erim₃⸣-ŋu₁₀ še-[eb ...]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ | “The enemy, the one who destroys(?) the city |
| 9 | ⸢ir₂⸣ na-⸢mu⸣-[ma-al] ⸢x na-mu⸣-ma-al | There is a lament, there is ... |
| 10 | {[kuš]}⸢ub⸣ na-mu-ma-al ⸢sem₅⸣ na-mu-ma-al | There is a leather bag, there is šem bag. |
| 11 | [...] li-li-is₃ ⸢na⸣-mu-ma-al | It is the lilis song of Enammal |
| 12 | [... na]-mu-ma-al | ... there is ... |
| 13 | [... e₂]-⸢šar⸣-ra na-mu-ma-al | There is ... in the Ešara temple |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ra na-mu-ma-⸢al⸣ | ... should not come out for me |
| 15 | [...]-x balaŋ nam-da-⸢du₁₂⸣ | ... the reign should not be interrupted |
| 16 | [... u₃]-⸢li⸣-la nam-⸢da⸣-[du₁₂ ...] | (Sum) ... did not speak to you(?) (Akk) The ... of the elila priestess did not sing to you |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] i-bi₂-na ⸢x x⸣ [...] | ... before ... ... |
| 3' | [...]-⸢ta⸣ NIG₂ ⸢x x mu-un-x⸣ | ... he ... |
| 4' | [...] i-bi₂ ⸢x-mu⸣-un-⸢x⸣ | ... before ... |
| 5' | [...]-⸢x⸣ ti x-x-x [...] | ... ... |
| 6' | [...]-ŋu₁₀ ma-an-[...] | ... he ... |
| 7' | [ama₅]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ e₂ zi-⸢da⸣ ba-gul-⸢gul⸣ ša₃-ba u₂ ba-mu | The Ama-e’e, the true house, was destroyed, in its midst grass grew |
| 8' | [eš₃] hur-saŋ-kalam-ma ba-gul-gul bar-ba KUG ba-mu | The shrine Ḫursa-kalama was destroyed, its outside was shattered |
| 9' | [...]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ e₂ gul-la a-gin₇ ⸢x⸣ [...] LIL₂-ta | Like a destroyed house, like a defiled house |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x x ti-ti⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ | ... Titi ... |
| 11' | [...] ⸢eŋ₃⸣-U-ŋu₁₀ a-ke₄ | ... the e’u-house, how |
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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