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CT 15, pl. 12-13, BM 029623 (P345449)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 15, pl. 12-13, BM 029623 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345449 |
| Museum no. | BM 029623 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | dilmun{ki} nigin-u₃ uru₂-zu u₆{⸢u} bi₂⸣-[du₁₁] | In Dilmun, he made your city shine like the sun. |
| 2 | alim-ma dilmun nigin₂-u₃ uru₂-zu u₆ ⸢bi₂⸣-[du₁₁] | Bison, mighty Dilmun, look upon your city with pleasure |
| 3 | u₃-mu-un kur-kur-ra-ke₄ nigin₂-u₃ uru₂-[zu u₆ bi₂-du₁₁] | Lord of all the lands, go around, admire your city! |
| 4 | u₃-mu-un du₁₁-ga zid-da nigin₂-u₃ uru₂-[zu u₆ bi₂-du₁₁] | Lord whose speech is true, look at your city with pleasure! |
| 5 | {d}mu-ul-lil₂ a-a ka-na-aŋ₂-ŋa₂ [nigin₂]-⸢u₃⸣ [uru₂-zu] u₆ bi₂-[du₁₁] | Enlil, father of the land, look at your city with pleasure. |
| 6 | sipa saŋ-gi₆-ga nigin₂-u₃ uru₂-[zu u₆ bi₂-du₁₁] | Shepherd of the black-headed people, look around, admire your city! |
| 7 | i-bi₂ du₈ ni₂-te-na nigin₂-u₃ uru₂-[zu u₆ bi₂-du₁₁] | The one who looks at you by himself, admires your city. |
| 8 | am eren₂-na di-di nigin₂-u₃ uru₂-[zu u₆ bi₂-du₁₁] | Wild bull roaming about among the troops, observing your city |
| 9 | u₃ lul-la ku-ku nigin₂-u₃ uru₂-[zu u₆ bi₂-du₁₁] | Sleeping falsely, lying down, your city is admired. |
| 10 | uru₂-zu nibru{ki}zu nigin₂-u₃ [uru₂-zu u₆ bi-du₁₁] | Your city, your Nippur, all of it, your city is marveled at |
| 11 | še-eb e₂-kur-ra-ta nigin₂-u₃ [uru₂-zu u₆ bi₂-du₁₁] | From the brickwork of the Ekur he made your city shine like the sun |
| 12 | ki-ur₃ ki gal-ta nigin₂-u₃ [uru₂-zu u₆ bi₂-du₁₁] | From the Kiʾur, the great place, he made your city shine. |
| 13 | du₆-ku₃ ki ku₃-ta nigin₂-u₃ [uru₂-zu u₆ bi-du₁₁] | From the holy Dukug, the pure place, your city is marveled at |
| 14 | ša₃ e₂-dim₃-ma-ta nigin₂-u₃ [uru₂-zu u₆ bi₂-du₁₁] | From the midst of the Edima, he admired your city |
| 15 | e₂ ka₂ mah-ta nigin₂-u₃ [uru₂-zu u₆ bi₂-du₁₁] | From the house of the supreme gate, you have surrounded your city with splendor |
| 16 | e₂ ŋa₂-nun mah-ta nigin₂-u₃ [uru₂-zu u₆ bi₂-du₁₁] | From the great storehouse he departed, and your city he saw it. |
| 17 | ma-mu šu₂-a-ta nigin₂-u₃ ⸢uru₂⸣-[zu u₆] ⸢bi₂⸣-du₁₁ | From the hand of my own father I have admired your city, I have seen it |
| 18 | ma e₂-gal mah-ta nigin₂-u₃ ⸢uru₂⸣-[zu u₆] ⸢bi₂⸣-du₁₁ | From the house, the supreme palace, you have surrounded your city with splendor. |
| 19 | še-eb uri₂{ki}ma-ta nigin₂-u₃ uru₂-⸢zu u₆⸣ bi₂-du₁₁ | From the brickwork of Ur, he made your city shine like daylight. |
| 20 | še-eb larsa{ki}ma-ta nigin₂-u₃ uru₂-zu u₆ bi₂-du₁₁ | From the brickwork of Larsa, he made your city marvel. |
| 21 | uru₂ a du₁₁-ga a gi₄-a-zu | City, when you say "Alas, ay!", |
| 22 | a du₁₁-ga a-ta gar-ra-zu | When you pour out water from the water, |
| 23 | uru₂ še ku₅-da ki la₂-a-zu | Your city cut off from barley, abandoned place |
| 24 | [aŋ₂]-gu₇ nu-gu₇-a u₄ zal-zal-la-ri | The one who does not eat water, the one who spends the day wailing |
| 25 | dam tur-ra-ke₄ dam-mu mu-ni-ib-be₂ | The young wife says: "My spouse!" |
| 26 | dumu tur-ra-ke₄ dumu-mu mu-ni-ib-be₂ | The young child says: "My child!" |
| 27 | ki-sikil-e šeš-mu mu-ni-ib-be₂ | The young woman speaks my name |
| 28 | uru₂-ta ama-gan-e dumu-mu mu-ni-ib-be₂ | The child-bearing mother says to her child in the city: |
| 29 | dumu ban₃-da a-a-mu mu-ni-ib-be₂ | The young child says: "My father!" |
| 30 | tur-e al-e₃ mah-e al-e₃ | The young one comes out, the great one comes forth. |
| 31 | e-sir₂-e gub-ba mu-un-sar-re-dam | In the street he writes for you. |
| 32 | sal-la-bi ur-e am₃-da-ab-la₂ | Its flax is carried away by the dog. |
| 33 | sig₁₁-bi mu-bar-re am₃-da-ab-la₂ | Its brickwork is piled up with dust. |
| 34 | ešemen-ba lil₂ ba-e-su₃ | In its ešemena the wind blew. |
| 35 | 3(u) 4(diš) er₂-šem₅-ma {d}en-lil₂-a-kam | 34 (lines); it is an Eršemma of Enlil |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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