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TCL 16, 68 (P345412)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Susa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TCL 16, 68 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345412 |
| Museum no. | AO 06905b |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Susa ? |
| Coordinates | 32.1895, 48.2569 |
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' | [...] ⸢an⸣ bi₂-ib₂-⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... he made rise(?) ... (Akk) He made ... rise(?), ... |
| 2' | [... ba]-⸢an⸣-ze₂-eŋ₃-e-en ⸢x MIN u₂-še₃⸣ [...] | (Sum) ..., you are the one who makes ... grow (Akk) You make ... sprout |
| 3' | [...] ⸢hul⸣ ba-an-da-šub MIN ur šu ak-ga-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | ... turned into a ruin mound |
| 4' | [...] ⸢bi₂⸣-ib₂-ri-ri-ge MIN mušen-ŋu₁₀ ambar nu-zu-zu a₂ ⸢bi₂-ib₂-su₃-e⸣ | ... Ibbi-ibriige DITTO, snake that does not know the marshes, arm of Ibbisu'e |
| 5' | [...] ⸢ki⸣-ru-gu₂ 2kam-ma | It is the second ... of Erugu |
| 6' | [...]-re e₂ ki-ga-aŋ₂-ŋu₁₀ me-a | Where is the ... of the beloved temple? |
| 7' | [...]-a e₂ šaŋan-bi u₅ nu-x-ra | ... the house, its ša-ban-flour does not ... oil |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ga-ŋu₁₀ me-a ki-ru-gu₂ 3kam-ma | Where is ...? It is the third song |
| 9' | [...] ⸢na⸣-nam ša₃-sa-i-tum ri-gi-im-ša₃ a-na a-li-ša₃-ma | ... ša-sa-ītum (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) is its name. |
| 10' | [gu₃ im-me]-⸢a⸣-re gu₃ uru₂-na na-nam MIN nu-gig an-na ga-ša-an-an-na ŋen | The one who cries out, it is indeed the cry of her city. DITTO, mistress of heaven, Gašanana! |
| 11' | [... na]-⸢nam⸣ MIN dam-na na-nam dumu-na na-nam | ... indeed ... her spouse indeed, her child indeed |
| 12' | [...] ⸢am₃⸣-mi-in-du₈ MIN ša₃ u₄-da-ke₄ in-ga-am₃-du₈ | ... he built a house for me, ditto the heart of the storm has built it for me |
| 13' | [...] di-di-in MIN u₄-da e₂ ku₃-ga im-da-an-sig₃-ge | ... I am wandering about. DITTO, the storm battered the holy house. |
| 14' | [...]-x mu-un-til₃-la-ni MIN e₂ ku₃ e₂ šen-na ta-am₃ i-ni-gu-lu-⸢a⸣-bi | ... his life ... the holy house, the pure house, what has been destroyed there? |
| 15' | [...] ma-al-ma-al-la MIN mu-gi₁₇-ib an-na-ke₄ im-me bil-⸢la⸣-bi | The mugib priestess of heaven speaks ... |
| 16' | [x x x]-na ba-ra-gi₄-a ga-ša-an e₂ an-na-ke₄ ir₂-še₃ i₃-ši{min}ši{min} | The lady of the temple of heaven cried out a lament |
| 17' | [x (x)] ⸢x⸣-lu ma-ma-al-la im-me bil-la-bi MIN ta-pi | “The ... of the elu-priestess is there,’ she says. Its billabu-vessels DITTO ta-pi |
| 18' | [x (x)] ⸢unug⸣{ki}ke₄ er₂ gig i₃-ši{min}ši{min} MIN er₂ im-me er₂-bi gig-ga-bi | The ... of Unug wept bitter tears, ditto she was weeping bitter tears. |
| 19' | [x x (x)]-⸢bi⸣ ŋar-ra-bi MIN er₂-bi ki-gub-bi ga-nam mu-un-zu | ... its ..., ditto, its weeping, its standing place he knows. |
| 20' | [(x)] ⸢x⸣-bi ga-nam mu-un-zu MIN im-ma-al-e gu₃ im-me-a-re gu₃ uru₂ ⸢na⸣-nam | Its ... is indeed its ..., he knows it. It is there, it calls out, it is the cry of the city. |
| 21' | ⸢e₂⸣-a me-li-a ta-a šu ba-ši-ti | In the temple, woe, what did I receive? |
| 22' | ⸢uru₂⸣-ŋa₂-a ta-a šu ba-ši-ti | What did the E-ba’a receive? |
| 23' | [...] ⸢la⸣-ba-ra-ab-e₃-ta-ŋu₁₀ | ... did not come out for you |
| 24' | [...] ⸢uru₂⸣-ŋu₁₀ sag₂ im-ma-ab-du₃ | ... destroyed the city |
| 25' | i-bi-ŋu₁₀ sag₂ im-ma-ab-du₃ | He set his eyes on it. |
| 26' | [aŋ₂]-⸢ma-al⸣-la-gin₇ ⸢ši-im⸣-ma-ba-ba-e | As if it were water, when it was to be poured out |
| 27' | [...] ⸢sim⸣-gin₇ ku₄-ku₄-a-ŋu₁₀-ne lu₂-lul-bi ba-an-ul₄-e-⸢en⸣ | ... when they enter like a reed fence, the criminals keep coming up. |
| r | ||
| 1 | [x] [kur]-⸢ra⸣-ke₄ ba-an-ul₄-e-en lu₂-la-ga ba-an-ul₄-e-en | ... of the netherworld he cried out, he shouted at me |
| 2 | [x (x)] ⸢x⸣ a-hi di-dam MIN mu-gi₁₇-ib an-na-ke₄ a-gin₇ ba-⸢an⸣-[...] | ... the mugib priestess of heaven, how did he escape? |
| 3 | [x] ⸢x⸣ sag₃-ge-dam ⸢emeda⸣{da} sila i-lu šu₂-šu₂-de₃ | The ... that is to be destroyed, the emāda-priestess who is to perform laments in the streets |
| 4 | [tug₂ mu-un-da-si]-⸢ig⸣ en₃-na mu₄-mu₄ MIN me-ri-ŋu₁₀ mu-da-ab-du₃-en | He made me wear a garment, as long as I live, I will build it for you. |
| 5 | [... ku₃-ŋal₂]-⸢e⸣ dug ma-ra-gi₄ MIN a-ša₃-ŋu₁₀ mu-gar₃-e gur ma-ra-an-⸢gur⸣ | ... Kubal-e’e returned the vessel for you, ditto Ašabu, the builder returned it for you |
| 6 | [... li-bi]-ir kur-ra-ke₄ aŋ₂ mu-ni-in-gi₄-ra | ... the herald of the netherworld answered: |
| 7 | [... li-bi]-ir ŋi₆-u₃-na-ka {ŋeš}gag-si ba-ni-in-du₃ | He built the scepter of the city wall in the midst of the river |
| 8 | [e₂-ŋu₁₀ e₂ šeš-a]-⸢ne-ne⸣-gin₇ KU-KU mi-ni-ib₂-dar-dar MIN erim₃-ma-ŋu₁₀ kur-re ⸢sa₂⸣ u₃-bi₂-du₁₁ ŋa₂-e mu-lu-bi nu-me-en | The storehouse, the house of their fathers, trembles like a stormwind. Ditto, the enemy's storehouse! He says: “You are not this man!" |
| 9 | [... uru₂]-ŋu₁₀ ga-am₃-du₁₁ mu-lu na-⸢nam⸣ mu-da-ab-be₂ | I want to say “I want to go to the city!", one should not say. |
| 10 | [... e₂]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ ga-am₃-du₁₁ mu-lu ⸢na-nam⸣ mu-un-da-ab-be₂ | I want to say “I want to go to the house of the house,’ he says to him. |
| 11 | [...] ga-am₃-du₁₁ mu-lu mu-un-da-ab-be₂ | I want to say ... to someone |
| 12 | [...] mu-lu nam | ... the one who ... |
| 13 | [...] mu-lu nam mu-un-da-ab-be₂ | ... he decreed a fate for him |
| 14 | ⸢ki⸣-ru-gu₂ 4kam-ma | It is the fourth song. |
| 15 | [...] ⸢x⸣ NE ⸢SI⸣ ga-ša-an e₂-e el-lu a-še-er | ... the esi temple, the lady of the pure temple, |
| 16 | [... a-še]-⸢er⸣-ra-am₃ dam a-še-er-ra-am₃ dumu a-še-er-[ra-am₃] | ... it is an ašēru-disease, it is a spouse of aşrra, (it is) a child of assafari. |
| 17 | ⸢ki⸣-ru-gu₂ 5kam-ma | It is the fifth song. |
| 18 | [...] ⸢x⸣ MIN ga-ša-an-na me-en ŋa₂-e u₂-re me-en | ... I am Gašanana, I am the farmer |
| 19 | [...] ⸢x⸣ MIN ga-ša-an e₂-an-na me-en ŋa₂-⸢e⸣ | ... I am the lady of the Eanna temple |
| 20 | [...] MIN ga-ša-an ki zabalam₂{ki} | ... lady of the land of Zabalam |
| 21 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ta-am₃ ŋen-na me-en | I am the ... of the ešum temple |
| 22 | [...]-⸢bi⸣ bar-ta ŋen-na me-en | I am the one who ... from outside |
| 23 | [...]-⸢ta⸣ me-en | I am ... |
| 24 | [...] ⸢x⸣-bi me-en | I am the ... of that temple |
| 25 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
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