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CT 15, pl. 20-21, BM 015795 (P345455)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 15, pl. 20-21, BM 015795 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345455 |
| Museum no. | BM 015795 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [ŋuruš dab₅-ba] e-en [gig-ga-bi] | The captured young man, how sick he is! |
| 2 | {[d}dumu]-⸢zi dab₅-ba⸣ e-en ⸢gig-ga⸣-[bi] | Dumuzi, you are seized, how is it that you are so sick? |
| 3 | {d}⸢ama⸣-ušumgal-an-na dab₅-ba e-en gig-ga-[bi] | E-ama-e-usvumgal-ana, seized, how bitter it is! |
| 4 | a ŋuruš ŋuruš {d}da-mu-[ŋu₁₀] | “Woe, young man, young woman Damu-bū |
| 5 | a ŋuruš dumu u₃-mu-un-mu-zi-[da] | Woe, young female lamb, son of Umunmuzida |
| 6 | a ŋuruš {d}ištaran i-bi₂ ⸢šuba⸣ | “Alas, Ištaran, look at me! |
| 7 | a ŋuruš {d}alla u₃-mu-un ⸢sa⸣-[par₃] | Woe, young man, Balla, lord of the Esa’epar |
| 8 | a ŋuruš li-bi-ir u₃-mu-un-[šud₃-de₃] | Woe, young man, herald Umunšude |
| 9 | a ŋuruš mu-lu-sir₂-an-na-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | Woe, young woman Mulusiranna |
| 10 | tumu ib₂-be₂ nam-da-an-si-ig kur dib-be₂ ŋar-⸢ra⸣ [...] | (Sum) The wind that is blowing, the passing of the land(?) ... (Akk) The storm that was blowing(?) did not calm down, it swept the land |
| 11 | gi-gin₇ i₃-sag₃-ge saŋ-še₃ im-mi-ib₂-⸢du₇⸣-[du₇] | He struck like a reed, he made it perfect(?) |
| 12 | ŋuruš-e a ša₃-ba-ni a bar-ra-ni | Woe her heart, woe her body! |
| 13 | su₈-ba {⸢d⸣}dumu-zi-de₃ a su-mu-ug-ga-ni | The shepherd Dumuzi bathed. |
| 14 | ama-ni er₂-re e-ne-er dub₃ mu-un-na-TE [...] | His mother weeps, she ... for him |
| 15 | er₂-re a-še-re e-ne-er dub₃ mu-un-na-TE [...] | She ... tears and laments for him |
| 16 | i₃-gub-gub er₂ gig i₃-še₈-še₈ | Stand up, weep bitterly |
| 17 | i₃-tuš-<<en>> šu ša₃-bi-eš im-la₂ | He sat down, his hand stretched out |
| 18 | er₂ im-me er₂-bi gig-ga-kam | She weeps, her tears are bitter. |
| 19 | šir₃ im-me šir₃-bi gig-ga-kam | She cries, her heart is bitter. |
| 20 | nin₉-a-ni amaš-ta e₃-da-ni | His sister, when she leaves the sheepfold |
| 21 | {d}mu-tin-an-na nin₉ u₃-mu-un-na-ke₄ amaš-ta e₃-da-ni | When Mutinana, the sister of the lord, came out from the sheepfold |
| 22 | igi-du₈ lu₂ gal₅-la₂ gaba ri gid₂-da | the gatekeeper, the man of the galla demons stretched out on the chest, |
| 23 | ama {d}mu-tin-ra gu₃ mu-un-na-de₂-e | He spoke to mother Mutin: |
| 24 | ne-še₃ šeš-zu lu₂ er₂-re ba-an-ku₄-ku₄ | This man enters in tears. |
| 25 | ne-še₃ {d}dumu-zi lu₂ a-nir ba-an-ku₄-ku₄ | By means of this Dumuzi, the one who cried out a lament |
| 26 | gal₅-la₂-da kaskal im-ši-ŋen | With the galla demons you go on a journey. |
| 27 | zu₂ ab-gaz-e har-ra-an-na im-da-an-zu | The one who cuts the teeth knows how to travel the road. |
| 28 | lu₂ šu da-a e-ne-ra mu-un-da-ul₄-e | The one with the hand of Aya carries it with him. |
| 29 | lu₂ a₂ la₂-a e-ne-ra mu-un-da-ul₄-e | The one who is bound by arms carries it with him. |
| 30 | ⸢im⸣-da-šub{ub}ba-aš im-da-zi-ga-aš | “If he slips through the cracks, |
| 31 | [...] ⸢x⸣ ŠE₃ GA im-ši-su₃-ge-eš | ... they stand in the corner |
| 32 | [...] ⸢x⸣ im-gi-im-gi-⸢me⸣-eš | ... they will return to me |
| 33 | [...] ⸢x im⸣-di-⸢di⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... he goes around(?) (Akk) The ... of the ..., he roams around |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢KU⸣ [...] ⸢x ge⸣-eš [...] | ... e’e-ku-e-šu-plant |
| 2' | [...] DU/⸢DA⸣-zu ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-be₂-eš me-e gu₃ ba-⸢ab-ra-ra⸣ | ... your ... ... their ... I cried out to you |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣-zu ⸢LAGAB x x-sag₃⸣-ge-eš me-e gu₃ ba-⸢ab⸣-ra-ra | ... your ... the esangab-vessels ... I cried out to you |
| 4' | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-zu im-mi-in-sag₃-ge-ne me-e gu₃ ba-ab-ra-ra | ... they struck your ..., I cried out. |
| 5' | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-zu im-mi-in-sag₃-ge-ne me-e gu₃ ba-ab-ra-ra | ... they struck your ..., I cried out. |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ {d}dumu-zi-da e-ne-eŋ₃ nin₉-a-ni mu-ni-in-du₁₁-⸢ga ša₃⸣-še₃ ba-ra-an-gid₂ | ... Dumuzi, when he spoke to his sister, he did not accept it |
| 7' | ⸢x⸣ [... gu-nu]-⸢ra-ra⸣ gu₃ mu-un-na-de₂-e | He called out to the ... of Gunura. |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ gaba-ra-e₃ me-e-še₃ ga-ba-e-da-ŋen | I want to go with you to the ... temple |
| 9' | ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ mu-da [gaba]-⸢ra⸣-e₃ me-e-še₃ ga-ba-e-da-ŋen | I want to go with you to the ... temple |
| 10' | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x-mu-ke₄⸣ um-mi-gi₄-gi₄ ama-ŋu₁₀-ra hu-mu-ni-in-ne₂-eš | May the ... of my ... return to their mother |
| 11' | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ ia₂-ŋu₁₀ gu₃ he₂-em-me | “May the ešēṣu-temple, the ... temple, cry out a lament |
| 12' | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ u-ŋa₂ gu₃ he₂-em-me | “If he shouts at the e’e23 temple, |
| 13' | ⸢NUN⸣ [...]-⸢ni⸣ he₂-em-du ša₃ tur gu₃ he₂-em-me | “May he build a palace for you, may he utter a shrill voice for you |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ MU me-e kin-kin | ... I want to establish |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ha-ma-da-hur kiri₃ ha-ma-da-hur | ... may ... be sown, may he be adorned with a face |
| 16' | ⸢ŋeštug₂⸣ ki u₆-da ha-⸢ma⸣-da-hur | May he turn back to the place of light for me. |
| 17' | [...] ⸢lu₂⸣-da nu-u₆ [...] ⸢x x⸣-ta ⸢ha⸣-[ma]-⸢da⸣-hur | ... without a man |
| 18' | ⸢e₂⸣ diŋir-ra-ni [...] ha-ma-da-[...]-e | May he ... the temples of the intertwined world for me |
| 19' | ŋuruš me-en gal₅-la₂-ta mu-ni ha-ma-da-[...]-e | I am a young male goat, from the galla demons may his name be known |
| 20' | er₂-šem₅-ma {d}dumu-⸢zi⸣-[da] | Eršemma of Dumuzi |
| 21' | ⸢x⸣ {d}ze₂-da-[...] | the temple of Zeda |
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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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