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PRAK C 118 (P344991)
Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PRAK C 118 |
|---|---|
| ID | P344991 |
| Museum no. | AO 10734 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| 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 i | ||
| 1' | [...]-gul [...]-BAD | ... destroyed ... |
| 2' | [...]-gul [...]-⸢dam⸣ | ... destroyed ...-edam |
| 3' | [...]-na [...]-bu-bu | ...-na |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ga ba-[...]-⸢ni⸣ | ... went out into the open country |
| 5' | [...]-⸢TU⸣ [...] | ...-e’e23 |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣-ga-ŋu₁₀ [...] {d}mu-ul-lil₂-le mu-⸢un⸣-[...] | ... Enlil ... |
| 2' | ŋa₂-e mu-⸢un⸣-dim₂ x-x-da mu-x a-na-gin₇ mu-un-sag₃-ge | The one who fashioned it ..., how does he shake it? |
| 3' | u₃-mu-un lu₂-ta gal-la [...] x x mu-un ⸢x⸣ [...] | Lord, from a man’s side great ... lord ... |
| 4' | [...] u₃-na-nam [...] | ... is indeed ... |
| 5' | [... u₃]-na-⸢nam⸣ [...] | ... he made it ... for him |
| 10' | [...]-e [...] | ... ... |
| 12' | [...] gi-bi me-⸢en⸣ | ... I am its young woman |
| 13' | [...]-ŋu₁₀ x [...] | ... ... |
| 14' | [...]-⸢me⸣ [...] | ...-eme-e23 |
| 15' | [...] kur-ra ŋen ⸢x⸣-ta x-[...] | ... from the mountain |
| 16' | [...] ⸢gi⸣-ra ab-lu-ga/ta x-[...] | From the ... of the reed-beds that are piled up |
| 17' | [...] bad₃-e nam-ta ⸢an⸣-ta ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the wall, from above, from below |
| 18' | [...] ⸢x⸣-e-nam ⸢x x⸣-ga [...] | ... the ešum temple, the ... temple |
| 19' | [...]-nam [...]-ga [...] | ... ... |
| 20' | [...] ⸢me-x⸣ [...] | ... me-x-e-23 |
| [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | ||
| o iii | ||
| 9' | x-e [...] | ... ... |
| 10' | x-gub-be₂ | ... stands. |
| 11' | ⸢NE⸣-[...] | |
| 13' | ⸢mu⸣-[...] | |
| 17' | ta-x-[...] | You ... |
| 18' | ⸢ta⸣-[...] | From east to west |
| 19' | ⸢ta⸣-[...] | From east to west |
| r i | ||
| 1' | KA ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢er₂⸣ [...] | ... ereš temple |
| 2' | ama-a-ni a gu₂ [...] | His mother ... |
| 3' | ga-ša-an-mah ⸢x⸣ [...] | Gašanmah |
| 4' | du₆-kug abzu [...] | The Dukug of the Abzu |
| 5' | ga-ša-an [...] | Lady |
| 6' | ama-ŋu₁₀ gi₄-⸢in⸣ [...] ŋa₂-e ⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) My mother, turn back to me(?) (Akk) The mother of the rejoicing ... |
| 7' | šubur-ŋa₂ šubur ⸢x na x⸣ [...] | The šubur-ba priest |
| 8' | ama-ŋu₁₀ i₃-lu-⸢lu⸣ i₃-lu-[lu] | Mother, ilulu elulu |
| 9' | ma-[an]-gur₁₁-ŋu₁₀ keš₂-da [...] | The treasures that were bound |
| 10' | bulug kug kišib {na₄}za-[gin₃] | a silver bowl, a sealed document of lapis lazuli |
| 11' | lu-lu-ŋa₂ la-x lu-lu-⸢ŋa₂⸣ [...] | Woe, ..., woe ... |
| 12' | gud tur₃ kug-e pel₂-la₂ [...] | The oxen of the pure cowshed, carried away |
| 13' | e-ze₂ amaš-a pel₂-la₂ [...] | The sheep in the sheepfold, stripped away |
| 14' | gud tur₃-e lu-a-ŋu₁₀ nu-[...] | The oxen of the cattle pen did not ... |
| 15' | e-ze₂ amaš-a lu-a-ŋu₁₀ [...] | The sheep in the sheepfold ... |
| 16' | igi-ni tab-tab-NI du₆ ⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) His eye ... a mound (Akk) He ... the mound |
| 17' | x x x x x-na [...] | ... ... |
| r ii | ||
| 2' | šir₃-ra ⸢x⸣ [...] | In the midst of the ešû-house |
| 3' | sipad KU-⸢x⸣ [...] | Shepherd ... |
| 4' | u₃-mu-un šu [...] | Lord, hand ... |
| 5' | u₃-mu-un šu ⸢x⸣ [...] | Lord, hand of ... |
| 6' | lu-lim lu₂ ama-ra bar KA ⸢x⸣ [...] | The lilīma priestess, the one of the mother ... |
| 7' | en dara₃ an-na muš₃-⸢gal⸣ [...] | Lord, wild goat of heaven, ... snake |
| 8' | am KU zi ša₃ {ŋeš}balaŋ tur₃ kug banda₃{[da]} | Wild bull, true ..., bull stall, big silver |
| 9' | u₃-mu-un ama {d}nin-lil₂-le ab₂-u₂ er₂-e ba-ab-⸢gu₇⸣-a-re | Lord, mother Ninlil, when the cows are weeping, |
| 10' | u₃-mu-un gu₂ ma-da sipa amaš-a-na aŋ₂ gi₄-ra-re | Lord of the border of the land, shepherd of his sheepfold, turn back! |
| 11' | ⸢a⸣ ŋuruš sipad-bi amaš-a-na ba-ra-ab-e₃-a-re | “If the shepherd’s goat does not come out from his sheepfold, |
| 12' | mes niŋar{ŋar} i₃-si-in{ki} lu₂ eden-na u₄ zal-la-re | Isin, the one who spends the day in the steppe |
| 13' | an-ši su₃-ra₂-aŋ₂ idim-ma kur-e u₄ su₃-ra₂-a-re | Anši, the distant one, the wind that blows in the mountains, a distant time |
| 14' | dumu bar lu₂-⸢x⸣ za₃-e₃ nu-mu-un za₃-ga nu-un-su₃-ga-re | The outside child of Lu-e23 is not lord, it is not balanced on the outside. |
| 15' | ŋuruš an-ki-ta uru₂-⸢ta⸣ e₃-a-re | The young woman who came forth from heaven and earth from Uru’e, |
| 16' | uru₂-ta ŋi₆-par₃-ta e₃-a-ri en-nu-uŋ₃-⸢ŋa₂⸣-re | From the city out of the Ipar, watch over it! |
| 17' | ŋuruš-e a-lu-lim lu-lim ama-a-ni ama-a-ni | The young man, alulu, lululu his mother, his mother |
| 18' | ama-a-ni ama er₂-e mu-un-kuš₂-u₃-ni | His mother, the mother who weeps, |
| 19' | er₂-e a-še-er-⸢e⸣ mu-un-kuš₂-u₃-ni | She who is tired of weeping and wailing |
| 20' | ⸢balaŋ⸣ de₃ šir₃ ⸢di⸣-da mu-un-kuš₂-u₃-ni | May the bala prayer be uttered with the ešdi prayer. |
| 21' | [...] ama ugu-na ŋa₂-e te-⸢x⸣ [... ŋen]-na | ... the mother who bore him ... |
| 22' | [...]-du₈ ama ugu-na ŋa₂-e te-[... ŋen]-na | ... the gate of his birth mother ... |
| 23' | [...]-⸢x⸣-a ama ugu-na ŋa₂-e te ŋen-na | ... the mother who bore him, how does she fare? |
| 24' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ a-x-x IN tur-ra ŋen | ... small ... |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | [...]-re | ... the ... |
| 2' | [...] am₃ | ... he shouted. |
| 3' | [...]-AN | ...-AN |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x-x⸣-e | ... the e’e-plant |
| 5' | [...]-⸢x⸣ me-en | I am ... |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ x lugal-ra | for the king |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x⸣-an ba-an-dug₄ | ... was good |
| [...]-re ba-x-x-x | ... ... | |
| 10' | [...] ŋar | ... <...> |
| 11' | [...] x-x | |
| 12' | [...] KA | ... ... |
| 13' | [...] gig tab-tab | ... afflicted with pain |
| 14' | [...] |KA×X|e | ... ... |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x-x⸣ | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢x⸣-AN-SI | ... eta ešû-lišir |
| 17' | [...] ⸢x⸣-AN | ... ešû-plant |
| 18' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 19' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 20' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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