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CT 15, pl. 01-02, BM 087535 (P345443)
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| Designation | CT 15, pl. 01-02, BM 087535 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345443 |
| Museum no. | BM 087535 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | za#-ma-ar {d}be-le-et-i3-li2 a-za-ma-ar | I praise Bēlet-ilī, I praise |
| 2 | ib-ru us,-s,i-ra-ma qu2-ra-du szi-me-a | (Sum) The ibru priestess, the warrior, hears my utterance (Akk) The shephard, the herpiste, hear my prayer |
| 3 | {d}ma-ma za-ma-ra-sza-ma e-li di-isz-pi-i-im u3 ka-ra-ni-im t,a-bu | Mama, her praise is sweet above a cry and a lament. |
| 4 | t,a-bu-u2 e-li di-isz-pi u3 ka-ra-ni-i-im | “It is good, above a battle and a famine, |
| 5 | t,a-bu-u2 e-li ha-na-na-bi-i-ma ha-asz-hu-ri-i-im | Good over Hananabī and the ḫašhurim |
| 6 | e-lu u2-lu hi-me-e-tim za-ku-u2-tim | elu ūlu ḫimmētum zakûtum |
| 7 | t,a-a-bu e-lu ha-na-na-bi-im-ma ha-asz-hu-ri-i | “It is good, it is high on the horizon, and the ḫašhurû-plant’s |
| 8 | {d}ma-ma isz-ti-na-am u2-li-id-ma | “Mama together with me he smote, and |
| 9 | za#-ap-pa-a-am na-szi u2-wa-ri szar-ra-am | The šappām priestess is the one who bears responsibility for the king. |
| 10 | {d}ma-ma sze20-e-na u2-li-id-ma | “Mama, his sheepfold he filled, and |
| 11 | sze20-e-na ma-sza-am za-ri-qa2 _dingir e2-gal_-lim# | the šēnu-priest, the lady, the zāriqa-priestess, the god of the palace |
| 12 | {d}ma-ma sza-la-asz-ti! u2#-li#-id#-ma# | the goddess Mama, the second one, he led, and |
| 13 | [x x?] x sza/ta# x [...] | ... ... |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | isz-ti-i-nu-u2 a-na# [...] a-ta-al-lu [...] | Together I went to ... |
| 2 | {d}li-il5-lum a-na# [...] a-ta-al-lu szu [...] | Lilālum to ... I have sinned |
| 3 | i-nu-u2-ma {d}li-il5#-[lum ...] | When Lillum |
| 4 | qu2-ur-qu2-ur-ra-at [...] | (Sum) It is a storm that blows(?) ... (Akk) It blows ... |
| 5 | isz-tu qu2-ur-qu2-ur#-[ra?-tim?] | from the qurqurum(?) |
| 6 | ar-hi e-li ZU#-[...] | After ... ... |
| 7 | {d}li-il5-lum# [...] | Lillum |
| 8 | ma-sza-ak ri#?-[im?-tim?] | the guarantor of the land(?) |
| 9 | {d#}szakkan2#? x [...] | Šakkan |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | a? [...] | ... , |
| 2' | sza ma# [...] | Who ... ... |
| 3' | lu-usz-bi#? [...] | ... its dwelling(?) |
| 4' | ka-ka ma#? [...] | In the mouth ... |
| 5' | a-nu-um sza-a-szu#? [i-za-ak-ka-ar-szu?] | Herewith he will kill him. |
| 6' | a-li-ik-ma asz#?-[...] | I went and |
| 7' | i-na sze20-ri i-x-[...] | In the morning ... |
| 8' | a-na s,e-ri-ia [...] | to my country |
| 9' | a-a i-mi-i-ZI#? [...] | May ... not |
| 10' | {d}li-il5-lam li-x-[...] | May Lilamma |
| 11' | ka-ka il-qi2-a-am#? [...] | ... took from me(?) |
| 12' | szu-ka-al-lu-um u2-[...] | Šukallum |
| 13' | ar-ka-tim ur-da-a-am#? [...] | The scepter of Urdam(?) |
| 14' | il-li-ik muz-sa-am [...] | he marched, ... |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [x]-x-ma i-ri-x [...] x [...] | ... and ... |
| 2' | an#-nu-um sza-al-la-at szu-mi-ri#-[...] e-li-isz a-a i-li#-[x] | This is the totality of Šumīrī-..., above, may it not ... |
| 3' | szu-ba-ru-u2-um lu-u2 er-sze20-et ka-za-zi-im-ma# sza-at-ti-sza-am-ma szu-mi-ru-um li-ik-ta-za-as-si2 | May the šubarum-demon be a queen of the kazazimma-disease, and may the king, my lord, keep her safe. |
| 4' | isz-<tu>-um-ma it-mu-u2 {d}inanna u3 szu-u2 <<x>> pu-hu-ur ur-du-ni-i-im | When he heard this, Ištar and he, the assembly of Urdunīm |
| 5' | {d}inanna i-qa2-tu gi-ni-i-sza | Ištar, her regular offerings |
| 6' | u2-li i-pa-sza-ha-am a-na-a-ma {d}li-il-li | “If he screams, why does Lilli |
| 7' | i-hu-uz-ma qar-ra-di-i-sza | he defeated her hero |
| 8' | {i7}idigna i-na ku-ut-la-ti si2-pa-ri is-ke-e-er | the Tigris in the middle of the sippar canal he dug. |
| 9' | i-na ku-ut-la-ti si2-pa-ar-ri szi-ga-ri we-ri-im {i7}idigna is-ke-er | In the midst of the sipāru-tree, the šigarum-plant, the weir of the Tigris he dug. |
| 10' | i-lu i-zi-bu-ma a-li-szu-nu szu-ub-ti-szu-nu ma-szi-isz usz-bu | (Sum) The god stood by them and their city, their dwelling, he sat with them (Akk) They stood by (the gods and) their city and their dwelling as he did |
| 11' | _nu-ti_ | a gift |
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