CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 005 (P345350)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345350 |
| Museum no. | AO 04603 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 | ⸢e₂⸣ kaš ŋal₂-la {ge}(A.ESIR₂-)bi-⸢im⸣ | “If he pours beer into the house, |
| 2 | ⸢e₂⸣ tu₇ ŋal₂-la {ŋeš}(UD.SAL.HUB₂-)bi-⸢im⸣ | “If he fills a house with soup, |
| 3 | e₂ inda₃ ŋal₂-la muhaldim gal-bi-im | The house of the flour-fed barley, its chief cook |
| 4-5 | e₂ šu-bi al-duru₅-duru₅{ru}a // ⸢en₃⸣ ab-tar-tar-re-en | The house, its hand trembling, you are to be smitten by the ešēen temple |
| 6 | lu₂-bi na-aŋ₂-ušur ba-an-da-ab-du₃-e | Its man has been made to tremble |
| 7 | ⸢e₂⸣-ba si-sa₂-bi ba-an-ku₄-ku₄ | In that temple, he entered in order. |
| 8-9 | e₂ sa a-ab-la₂-e // a ab-su₃-e | The house that he dug, he filled with water. |
| 10 | ⸢a₂ al⸣-aŋ₂-e ka al-sag₃-ge | (Sum) The eŋa temple rises, it shakes the mouth (Akk) The E<ba Temple rises and shakes its mouth |
| 11 | ⸢gi₄⸣-in agrig e₂-ge₄-a dumu e₂-e-ke₄ | The bride, the steward of the temple, the child of the Temple |
| 12 | ⸢ur₂⸣-bi al-tub₂-tub₂-be₂ | Its roof beams tremble |
| 13-15 | ⸢aŋ₂⸣ šu na-ab-tiŋ₄-ŋe₂₆-ze₂-en ; {[u]}⸢ugu₆⸣-ŋa₂-am₃ am₃-ŋal₂ // ⸢im⸣-me-ne-⸢eb₂⸣-be₂ | (Sum) It is an eagle, its tail is a raven (Akk) I am a lion, my tail is the raven |
| 16 | ⸢u₃ ze₄⸣-e na-⸢aŋ₂-lu₂-lu₇⸣-[me-en] | I am a young man who should not wander around. |
| 17-18 | [...]-⸢da⸣ e₂-a-ni-[im] // pa-pah-a-ni-[im] | ... his temple |
| 19 | [...] ⸢ig-ge₂ šal-la {ge}ig⸣ [...] | ... the door of justice, the door |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] mu-nu₂-⸢da⸣-[ni-im] | ... his bedchamber |
| 2-3 | [...]-⸢im⸣ // [...] ⸢dumu⸣-ni-⸢im⸣ | ... ... son of ... |
| 4 | [...]-⸢re-da aŋ₂⸣-[ur₂]-⸢ra gu₇⸣-gu₇ | ... devoured by the flood |
| 5-6 | [...] ⸢gu₇⸣-a gi₄-⸢in⸣-[x]-⸢ne⸣ // [...]-⸢du₂⸣-da e-re-⸢de₃-ne⸣ | ... the ones who eat, they shall ... with them |
| 7-8 | [...] ⸢gi₄⸣-in-e du₃-a // ⸢x⸣ e-re-da šu AK | ... built the bridegroom |
| 9 | [u₃] ze₄-e lu₂-lu₇-me-en | and you are a man |
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