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PRAK D 001 + D 040 (P345017)
Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PRAK D 001 + D 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345017 |
| Museum no. | AO 10760 + AO 10799 |
| 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)
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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⸣ mu-mi-a | ... the ... of my name |
| 2' | [...] ⸢mu⸣-mi-⸢a⸣ | ... emu-emi-ea-e3 |
| 3' | ⸢a⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-a | “Ea, ..., ea, |
| 4' | e₂ gi [...] ⸢mu⸣-mi-a | In my house of reeds |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x ra⸣ [...] ⸢mu-e⸣-gul [...] | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) The ... of the ... temple ... I want to destroy ... |
| 6' | ⸢x ŋeš ra⸣ [...] ⸢mu⸣-mi-⸢a⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) The ... of the ...(?) ... |
| r | ||
| 1 | me-ni gi-ri-lu še-en-ne₂ ba-zi-qa [...] | His divine powers, whose radiance is exalted |
| 2 | ki-iš-ki-il₂ i₃-na-na ⸢gi⸣-ri-lu še-en-ne₂ ⸢ba⸣-[zi-qa] | The kiškīl plant is now the egirilu plant, the ṣa’eziqa plant |
| 3 | dumu-saŋ na-na a-ia gi-⸢ri⸣-lu še-en-ne₂ ⸢ba-zi-qa⸣ | The daughter of Nanaya, the father of the reed-beds, the šēnnu of the baziqa temple |
| 4 | gi-ri-lu-e mu-še-⸢en⸣ [...]-ra-še en-ni ba-si₂-tar{ar} | The ĝirilu priestess, the one who has entrusted himself to the ... of the netherworld, has determined his fate |
| 5 | aŋ₂-sa-ta ga nu-kuš₂ ⸢an⸣-še en-ni ba-si₂-tar x-x-x | From the water the milk is not cold, the en-priestess has determined ... |
| 6 | lu-bi lu-ra nu-kuš₂ ⸢ki⸣-še en-ni ba-⸢si₂⸣-tar ⸢x⸣ | This man is not a man, he is a lord in Ekia. |
| 7 | saŋ ga ⸢x⸣-ŋa₂ ⸢AN⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-ra-re en-ni ba-zi-tar | (Sum) The saŋ lamentation priest, the ešû-priestess, and the en priest(ess) of the E-e-ra-temple ... (Akk) The lady of the ... lamenting priest, ... |
| 8 | mu ⸢x x x⸣ DI NI LU ni-ga-a i-ra-na-bi i-ra-na-bi me-en | I am the one who loves ..., I love ... |
| 9 | aŋ₂ NI-x šu-ta ni-ga a i-ra-na-bi i-ra-na-bi gig₂ me-en | You are the one who ... from his hand, you are bitter. |
| 10 | me nu KI-a-ni ga-du i-ra-na-bi i-ra-na-bi gig₂-bi me-en | I want to utter an arazu prayer to him, to him I am sick. |
| 11 | me šu nu-du-ni ga-du i-ra-na-bi i-ra-na-bi gig₂-bi me-en | I want to say “I want to speak to him about the divine powers that I do not know.’ Its tears are bitter, it is bitter. |
| 12 | e-zu lu-ra zi hu-mu-ŋar i-ra-na-⸢bi⸣ i-ra-na-⸢bi⸣ me-en | (Sum) Your house is indeed a true man, you are indeed an ecstatic (Akk) May your house be true to a man, I am |
| 13 | ⸢uru₂-zu⸣ lu-ra x hu-mu-ni-ŋar i-ra-na-bi i-ra-na-bi me-en | “May your city ... for the man, it is there for you! It is there, you are there for him! |
| 14 | mi-ni mu-⸢x x⸣ [...] mu ⸢hu⸣-mu-[...] | What ...? |
| 15 | a-ia-ŋu₁₀ mu-lil₂ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] MU ⸢BAR⸣ [...] | Aya-uballiṭ, Mullil |
| 16 | u₂-mu-eŋ₃ kur-kur-ra [...] hu-mu-na a-ia-ŋu₁₀ ⸢hu⸣-[mu-na] | (Sum) I want to utter an arazu prayer to the gods of all the lands (Akk) May a namuna prayer be uttered to the fathers |
| 17 | u₂-mu-eŋ₃ du-qa zi-da hu-mu-na a-ia-ŋu₁₀ ⸢hu⸣-[mu-na] | “May he be the one who carries the righteous scepter, may he not be the father who makes the eḫūmû-demon flourish! |
| 18 | ⸢mu⸣-li-li na KA ⸢ba⸣-la a-ia-ŋu₁₀ hu-mu-na [...] | “May the emû-lili-demons, the mouth of ela-disease, ayya-būna |
| 19 | ⸢še⸣ muš ŋa₂-⸢ar e₂⸣-ŋu₁₀ da/a₂ gi a-ia-ŋu₁₀ hu-⸢mu⸣-[na] | “If a snake crawls into a house, if a reed grows on the side of the house, may he build it for me! |
| 20 | [...] ⸢i⸣-a ba/ma-ar e₂ ⸢la-ba⸣-an-ši HU li la-ba-ši [...] | ... the e’ea-house, the house of the laba-eanši-house ... not ... |
| 21 | [u₂]-mu-eŋ₃ kur-kur-ra DI la-ba-an-an-⸢ši⸣ li UR la-ba [...] še [...] | (Sum) The lord of all the lands did not release him(?) (Akk) He was not released(?) by all the foreign lands |
| 22 | [...] ⸢x⸣ še e₂ la-ba-an-ši tu-ud tul₂ ki/⸢di da x⸣ ši [...] | (Sum) ... he did not build a temple (Akk) The ... of the temple was not built, it was not given birth (to) a canal (i.e., the canal was not opened) |
| 23 | ⸢e₂ MU x MU x⸣ [...] li ⸢e₂⸣ na HU ⸢x⸣ [...] | “House ... ... house ... |
| 24 | u₂-mu-eŋ₃ [...] si-sa₂-ni RA-da ⸢x⸣ [...] la [...] | (Sum) The lord(?) ... his ... (Akk) The one who ... its ..., ... not |
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