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CDLI Literary 000381, ex. 004 (P345359)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000381, ex. 004 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345359 |
| Museum no. | AO 05381 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | ki#-ru#-gu2# 6(disz)#-kam#-ma-am3# | It is the sixth song |
| 2' | [u4?] en3#-sze3 i3-kusz2-u3-de3-en | How long will you be exhausted? |
| 3' | gesz#-gi4-gal2-bi-im | It is its gešgigal |
| 4' | sze-eb en3-sze3 er2-ra a-sze-er-ra i-bi2 mi-ni-ib-zi-zi-zi | As long as the brickwork is weeping and lamenting, she looks at it. |
| 5' | a2#-sze u3-mu-un-zu kur gal {d}mu-ul-lil2-le an ki-a dirig-ga | Your lord, the great mountain Enlil, surpassing in heaven and earth |
| 6' | sze-eb-zu a-sze-er ib2-ta-an-e3 ur5-zu in-sa6-ga | Your brickwork has let out lament, your mood is good. |
| 7' | i3#-ne-esz2 iri u3-mu-un-zu sza3-ne-sza4 arhusz ma-ra-an-tuku-a | Now, the city, your lord, has cultivated kindness for you |
| 8' | a-a {d}mu-ul-lil2 u3-mu-un kur-kur-ra-ke4 gur-ru-za bi2-in-du11-ga | Father Enlil, the lord of all the lands, who had laid hold of you |
| 9' | ama gal {d}nin-lil2 a-ra-za-zu u3-gul mu-ni-in-gar-ra | Great mother Ninlil, in prayer and supplication she established for her. |
| 10' | nibru{ki} sag sag2-bi gar-ra-ab sze-eb in-na-an-du11-ga | Nippur, its head is set on the ground, the brickwork has been erected for him |
| 11' | e2-gu10 du3-ma-ab e2-gu10 sig9-ma-ab in-na-an-du11-ga | "Build my house, build my house!" he said to him. |
| 12' | sza3-ba-ni-a ad i-ni-in-gi4-esz-am3 e-ne-eg3-bi bi2-in-du11-ga | The word that he spoke to his heart was: |
| 13' | {d}mu-ul-lil2 e-ne-eg3 zi du11-ga-ba in-de3-a-gen-na | Enlil, when he went by the righteous command |
| 14' | e2 zi ag2 ha-lam-ma ba-ab-ak sa6-ga-asz i-ni-in-ku4#-ra# | The true temple, which was destroyed, was turned into a good place |
| 15' | ag2 ur5-ra-ra er2-ra-ni-ib-gi4-a e-ne ib2-ta#-an-zi-ga | When he is to utter a lament, how long will he be silent? |
| 16' | [sig9-ga-bi mu-un-du3-un-na-gin7 hul2 u4] x an-gar-ra# | Like one who built a good wall, he rejoices at the ... of the Angara. |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | adab#[{+bu}{ki} iri nin-bi nig2-zi-gal2 dim2-e u3-tud mu2-mu2-da] | Adab, the city whose lady has given birth to abundance |
| 2' | {d}a-[nun-na en nam tar-re-da du3-u3-bi bi2-in-ne-esz-am3] | The Anuna, the lord deciding fates, made it. |
| 3' | urim2[{ki} sza3-tum2-ma ki gar-ra me-bi me-ta suh] | Urim, the place where the divine powers were established, whose divine powers had been taken away |
| 4' | an-ne2 {d}en-lil2#-le# [ki-bi gi4-gi4-da ad-bi bi2-in-gi4-esz-am3] | An and Enlil have restored the place, their fathers have restored it |
| 5' | suhusz-bi gi-ne2 us2# [zi dab5-be2-da e-ne bi2-in-esz-am3] | Their foundations are firm, they have firmly established a life-giving foundation |
| 6' | unug{ki} kul-aba4{ki} iri# ku3 gesz#-kig2#-ti# [dingir-re-e-ne-ke4] | Uruk and Kulaba, the holy city of the wisdom of the gods |
| 7' | esz-bar kig2-bi im-mi-de3-esz-a ki-bi# bi2#-[in]-gi4#-am3 | After they had sworn by the decision, they returned to their place |
| 8' | ki zabala{ki} iri nu-gig an-na-gin7 usu-ni mu-un-til-la | The land of Zabalam, the city, like a mistress of heaven, has finished its strength. |
| 9' | lu2-erim2 lu2-kur2-ru-da kar-re-bi inim-bi# im-de6-a | The enemy and the enemy took away its quay |
| 10' | lagasz dim gal an-na e2# gir2-su{ki#} ul#-ta# gar#-ra-ba | Lagaš, the great light of heaven, in the temple of Girsu, established long ago |
| 11' | an-ne2 {d}en-lil2-le igi sa6-ga-ne-ne im-szi-ri-esz-am3 | An and Enlil looked at him with their good eyes. |
| 12' | e2-bi umma szeg12#-kur#-sza3-ga hul-bi ba-ab-ak-a | Its temple, the mother of the brick-carrying chariot, was destroyed |
| 13' | ugu-bi-ta ti-da-nu-um nu-gar-ra ib2-ta-an-zi-ge4-esz-a | If he raises a claim against Tidānum, |
| 14' | kisz{ki} za3 dab5-ba ki-en-gi ki-uri# nam-nun-bi dirig-ga | In Kish, at the border, Sumer and Akkad, whose princeliness is supreme |
| 15' | suhusz-bi gi-ne2-de3 bi2-in#-esz-am3 dingir gal!-gal!-e-ne | They established the foundations and the great gods |
| 16' | mar2-da# iri id2#-bi a zal-le a-sza3-ga sze gu-nu | The marda-priest of the city, the river, flowing water, in the field ... barley |
| 17' | {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne ib2-ta-an-kar#-re-esz-a ib2-szi-in-gur-re-esz-a | The Anuna turned away and turned away |
| 18' | i3-si-in{ki} u2-a {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne ul-ta ni2 il2-a | Isin, provider of the Anuna gods, raised from afar |
| 19' | an {d}en-lil2 {d}en-ki {d}nin-mah-a bala-bi in-su3-u4-da# | An, Enlil, Enki and Ninmaḫ have completed their reign |
| 20' | du11#-ga-ba szu zi bi2-in-gar-re-esz-am3 he2-am3 bi2-in-du11-esz-am3 | They placed the right hand on it, they shall say it. |
| 21' | [{d}]nin#-urta szul ur-sag kalag-ga szu-ni ba-an-szum2#-mu-[usz-am3] | Ninurta, youth and mighty warrior, gave his hand to him |
| 22' | [{d}]nin#-isin2{+si}-na dumu gal! an-[na] szim#-mu2 kalam#-[ma-ka] | Nininsina, the great daughter of An, the perfume maker of the Land |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | [ki-tusz] ku3# e2-gal-mah-ni-a ni2# [dub2-bu in-na-an-ne-esz-am3] | They have allotted to him a holy residence in his Egalmah. |
| 2 | {d#}da-mu kindagal2# {d}nu-nam#-[nir-ra a-zu zi-gal2-la-ka] | Damu, the chief tailor of Nunamnir, the wise physician |
| 3 | giri3 ama-na-sze3 a-a-na-sze3 kur gam-[gam]-e [in-na-an-ne-esz-am3] | to the feet of his mother, to his father, a hostile land they have now established for him. |
| 4 | ki-ru-gu2 8(disz)-kam-ma-am3# | 8th kirugu |
| 5 | an {d}en-lil2 {d}en-ki {d}nin-mah-a a2-bi ha-ba-an-ag2-esz-a | An, Enlil, Enki and Ninmaḫ have given orders to me. |
| 6 | i3-ne-esz2 a2-sze {d}en-lil2-le# [u4] zi# kalam#-ma# bi2-in-gub-ba-am3 | Now Enlil has set the righteous storm in the Land |
| 7 | u4 nibru{ki} gu2 an-sze3 zi-zi i3-ne-esz2 im-mi-in-du11-ga# | When Nippur raised its neck to heaven, he spoke thus: |
| 8 | u4 zi e2-kur-ra sag# mu2-mu2 e#-ne im-mi-in-tuku-am3 | The true storm that rages in the Ekur, he has no rival |
| 9 | u4 ki-ur3#-ra dalla mah e3-a e-ne im-mi-in-zi-ga | When the Ki'ur rises supremely, he rises. |
| 10 | u4 ki-en-gi ki-uri# dagal-e e-ne ib2-szi-in-gi4-a | When Sumer and Akkad widened their understanding |
| 11 | u4 e2 du3-du3 ga2-nun nigin2-e e-ne ib2-ta-an-la2-am3 | When he built a house and a storehouse, how long will he lie down? |
| 12 | u4 numun i-i zi-gal2 u3-tud e-ne ib2-ta-an-gar-ra | When he has given birth to a seed, a life-giving birth, |
| 13 | u4 tur3 du3-du3 amasz ga2-ga2-e ib2-ta-an-e3-a | When the cattlepen is built and the sheepfold is brought out, |
| 14 | u8# sila4-bi# im#-mi-ib-tu#-u4-da tur3#-e bi2-ib#-si#-a | When the ewe gave birth to its lamb, it filled the cattlepen |
| 15 | ud5-de3 masz2-bi# im-mi#-ib-tu-u4-da amasz#-e bi2-[ib]-si-a | When the goat gave birth to its kid, it filled the sheepfold |
| 16 | [u8 sila4]-bi# im-da#-ab-lu-a e2 tur3# im-pesz11#-am3# | The ewes and their lambs have been carried off, and the cattlepen has been defiled |
| 17 | [ud5-e masz2-bi im-da-ab-lu-a] amasz# dagal# bi2-ib-tag#-ga# | The nanny goats and their kids have been carried off, and the sheepfold has been ruined wide |
| 18 | [u4 nig2 ha-lam-ma sa6-ga ku4-ku4 e-ne] ib2-ta-an#-gar#-ra# | The storm that brought about the destruction of the good things, he established for him. |
| 19 | [u4 nig2-si-sa2 kalam-ma ga2-ga2 a2-tah-a mi-ni]-in#-ku4-ra# | When justice was established in the Land, he brought in reinforcements |
| 20 | [ki-ru-gu2 9(disz)-kam-ma]-am3# | It is the ninth song |
| 21 | [u4 ki-en-gi ki-uri lu2-erim2-e szu hul bi2]-ib#-du11#?-[ga] | When the enemy seized Sumer and Akkad |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | [u4 dumu gal-la dumu ban3]-da#? [umun2] ak# inim#-[ma-ni-sze3 tusz-u3] | When a great child is born, a small child, the lord acts according to his word |
| 2 | [u4 sig9-ga] kalag-ga sze29-esz2 nu-di nig2 sa6-ga#? gal# gub#-[bu] | The strong and mighty storm that does not cease(?), the great good thing(?) stationed |
| 3 | [u4 kaskal] suh3# giri3 ga2-ga2 hul# mu2-a bur12-re | When the road is narrowed, the path is twisted, the evil wind is blown |
| 4 | [u4 lu2]-u3 ki sza3-ga-ni-sze3 du-u3 edin#-na ni2 sun5-ni nig2-gig-ga nu-ak | When a man goes to the place of his heart, he does not do evil in the steppe. |
| 5 | u4# lu2-u8 lu2-ra inim kur2 nu-di nig2-gig#-ga nu-ak | When a man does not speak a strange word to another man, he does not do evil |
| 6 | u4 kalam-ma nig2-gig-ga e3-a sza3-ba u4 ga2-ga2 | The storm that brought out evil in the Land, the storm set in its midst. |
| 7 | u4 nig2 ku10-ku10 kalam-ma zi-zi nig2-zi-gal2 hul2!-le | The storm that darkens everything, rejoices over the Land |
| 8 | a-a {d}en-lil2 en du11-ga nu-kur2-ru nun kur-kur-ra-ke4 | Father Enlil, unchangeable lord, prince of all the lands |
| 9 | ug3 sag-ge6-ga bi2-in-gub-ba sa6-ge-ba# bi2-in-du11-ga | He set up the black-headed people and spoke good things about them |
| 10 | ki-ru-gu2 1(u) 1(disz)-kam-ma-am3 | It is the 11th kirugu |
| 11 | i3-ne-esz2 a2-sze u4-da-ta {d}en-lil2 nun sza3-la2 sug4#-ga | At that time, when Enlil, the prince who is enraged by the storm |
| 12 | [szul] szeg12# TU-ra gar-ra-ni er2 in-na-an-sa6-a | The young man whose brick was placed weeps for him |
| 13 | [me] erim2#-e szu hul bi2-in-du11-ga si in-na-an-sa2-a | The evil me that he had spoken to the enemy, he set straight for him |
| 14 | [garza szu] pel2# bi2-in-la2-bi mu-na-an#-ku3#-ku3-ga-am3 | He made the rites which he had performed purified for him holy for him |
| 15 | [gi-gun4]-bi# mu-na-an-sikil-la# [dalla mu-na]-an#-e3-a | Its terrace he purified for him, Alla came out for him |
| 16 | [sza3-ba he2-gal2 mi]-ni#-in-szar2-[szar2-ra-am3 kurun lal3 bi2]-ib#-si#-a# | In its midst there was abundance, and the beer and honey were mixed up. |
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