CT 15, pl. 15-16, BM 029631 (P345451)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 15, pl. 15-16, BM 029631 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345451 |
| Museum no. | BM 029631 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
English translation
By King, Leonard W. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] 11–11 | Magnificent bull, when you appear your name reaches to the horizon! |
| Obverse [1:2] 22–22 | [Bison], Iškur, magnificent bull, when you appear your name reaches to the horizon! |
| Obverse [2:3] 33–33 | Iškur, son of An, magnificent bull, when you appear your name reaches to the horizon! |
| Obverse [3:4] 44–44 | Lord of Karkar, magnificent bull, when you appear your name reaches to the horizon! |
| Obverse [4:5] 55–55 | Iškur, lord of abundance, magnificent bull, when you appear your name reaches to the horizon! |
| Obverse [5:6] 66–66 | Twin brother of lord Amanki, magnificent bull, when you appear your name reaches to the horizon! |
| Obverse [6:7] 77–77 | Father Iškur, lord riding the storm, your name reaches to the horizon! |
| Obverse [7:8] 88–88 | Father Iškur, riding the great storm, your name reaches to the horizon! |
| Obverse [8:9] 99–99 | Father Iškur, riding a great lion, your name reaches to the horizon! |
| Obverse [9:10] 1010–1010 | Iškur, lion of heaven, your name reaches to the horizon! |
| Obverse [10:11] 1111–1111 | Your name continually gores the nation. |
| Obverse [11:12] 1212–1212 | your splendor covers the land as if with a cloth. |
| Obverse [12:13] 1313–1313 | At your cry great mountain father Enlil trembles. |
| Obverse [13:14] 1414–1414 | At your roar great mother Ninlil is frightened. |
| Obverse [14:15] 1515–1515 | Enlil instructed his son Iškur: |
| Obverse [15:16] 1616–1616 | My child ready the storm, hitch the storm |
| Obverse [16:17] 1717–1717 | Iškur, when you ready the storm, hitch the storm, |
| Obverse [17:18] 1818–1818 | the seven storms should be hitched for you as with reins - hitch the storm! |
| Obverse [18:19] 1919–1919 | Your roaring storm should open its mouth for you - hitch the storm! |
| Obverse [19:20] 2020–2020 | Lightning, your deputy should go before you - hitch the storm! |
| Obverse [20:21] 2121–2121 | My child, quickly, go, go! Who is like you when you approach? |
| Obverse [21:22] 2222–2222 | Against the rebel land, hated by your own father! Who is like you when you approach? |
| Obverse [22:23] 2323–2323 | Take the small hail stones - Who is like you when you approach? |
| Obverse [23:24] 2424–2424 | Take the large hail stones - Who is like you when you approach? |
| Obverse [24:25] 2525–2525 | Rain upon them your small stones, your large stones. |
| Obverse [25:26] 2626–2626 | Destroy the rebel land to your right and flatten it to your left. |
| Obverse [26:27] 2727–2727 | Iškur listened to the words of his own father. |
| Obverse [27:28] 2828–2828 | Father Iškur, when leaving his house, is indeed a roaring storm. |
| Obverse [28:29] 2929–2929 | When he leaves his house, his city, he is indeed a wild lion. |
| Obverse [29:30] 3030–3030 | When he raises his voice from the city to heaven, he is indeed a howling storm! |
| Obverse [30:31] 3131–3131 | 30 (lines): Eršema of Iškur. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [gu₄ mah pa] e₃-a mu-zu ⸢an-za₃⸣-[še₃] | |
| 2 | [alim-ma] {d}iškur gu₄ mah pa e₃-a mu-zu ⸢an⸣-[za₃-še₃] | |
| 3 | {[d]}iškur dumu an-na gu₄ mah pa e₃-a mu-zu an-⸢za₃⸣-[še₃] | |
| 4 | ⸢u₃⸣-mu-un karkar{ki}ke₄ gu₄ mah pa e₃-a mu-zu an-⸢za₃⸣-[še₃] | |
| 5 | {d}iškur u₃-mu-un he₂-ŋal₂-la gu₄ mah pa e₃-a mu-zu ⸢an⸣-[za₃-še₃] | |
| 6 | maš-tab-ba u₃-mu-un {d}am-an-ki-ga gu₄ mah pa e₃-⸢a⸣ <(mu-zu an-za₃-še₃)> | |
| 7 | a-a {d}iškur u₃-mu-un ud-da u₅-a mu-zu an-za₃-še₃ | |
| 8 | a-a {d}iškur u₄ gal-la u₅-a mu-zu an-za₃-še₃ | |
| 9 | a-a {d}iškur piriŋ gal-la u₅-a mu-zu an-za₃-še₃ | |
| 10 | {d}iškur piriŋ an-na gu₄ mah pa e₃-a mu-zu an-za₃-še₃ | |
| 11 | mu-zu kalam-ma mu-un-du₇-du₇-du₇ | |
| 12 | me-lam₂-zu kalam-ma tug₂-gin₇ im-mi-in-dul | |
| 13 | za-pa-aŋ₂-zu-še₃ kur gal a-a {d}mu-ul-lil₂ saŋ im-da-sag₃-ge | |
| 14 | mur ša₄-zu ama gal {d}nin-lil₂ ba-e-de-hu-luh-e | |
| 15 | {d}en-lil₂-le dumu-ni {d}iškur-ra a₂ mu-un-da-an-aŋ₂ | |
| 16 | lu₂-tur-ŋu₁₀ u₄ um-me-ši-si-si ud um-me-ši-la₂-la₂ | |
| 17 | {d}iškur-re u₄ um-me-ši-si-si u₄ um-me-ši-la₂-la₂ | |
| 18 | u₄ imin zib₂-gin₇ he₂-re-la₂ u₄ um-me-ši-la₂-la₂ | |
| 19 | u₄ gu₃ di-zu ka-bi ha-ra-ab-ba u₄ um-me-ši-la₂-la₂ | |
| 20 | nim-ŋir₂ sukkal-zu igi-še₃ mu-ra-du u₄ <(um-me-ši-la₂-la₂)> | |
| 21 | lu₂-tur-ŋu₁₀ ul ŋen-na ŋen-na a-ba ze-ge-en te-ba | |
| 22 | ki-bala hul-gig a-a ugu-zu-še₃ a-ba za-e-gin₇ te-ba | |
| 23 | {na₄}im tur-tur-e šu um-me-ti a-ba za-e-gin₇ te-ba | |
| 24 | na₄ gal-gal-e šu um-me-ti a-ba za-e-gin₇ te-ba | |
| 25 | na₄ tur-tur-zu na₄ gal-gal-zu ugu-ba u₃-me-šeŋ₃ | |
| 26 | ki-bala-a zid-da-zu u₃-mu-e-gul gab₂-bu-zu u₃-mu-e-si₃ | |
| 27 | {d}iškur-re inim du₁₁-ga a-a ugu-na-še₃ ŋiz-zal ba-gi-in-ak | |
| 28 | a-a {d}iškur e₂-ta e₃-a-ni u₄ gu₃ di na-nam | |
| 29 | e₂-ta uru₂-⸢ta e₃-a⸣-ni piriŋ ban₃-da na-nam | |
| 30 | uru₂-ta ⸢an-še₃ gu₃⸣ ŋar-ra-ni u₄ gu₃ mur-ra na-nam | |
| 31 | 3(u) er₂⸣-šem₅-ma {d}iškur |
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- 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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