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CT 15, pl. 22, BM 085005 (P345456)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 15, pl. 22, BM 085005 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345456 |
| Museum no. | BM 085005 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | iri a gi₁₆-sa bar-ŋu₁₀ ba-e-ga-am₃ | City, woe its treasure! You have been carried away. |
| 2 | iri-ŋu₁₀ ŋir₂-su{ki} a gi₁₆-sa bar-ŋu₁₀ ba-e-ga-am₃ | The city, Birsu, alas, its treasure has been carried away. |
| 3 | še-eb ki lagaš{ki} a gi₁₆-sa bar-ŋu₁₀ ba-e-ga-am₃ | The brickwork of the land of Lagaš, woe its treasure, was taken away. |
| 4 | eš₃ e₂-ninnu-ŋu₁₀ a gi₁₆-sa bar-ŋu₁₀ ba-e-ga-am₃ | The shrine Eninnu - woe its treasure! - was taken away. |
| 5 | ki niŋin₆{ki}na-ŋu₁₀ a gi₁₆-sa bar-ŋu₁₀ ba-e-ga-am₃ | The place of Nibin, woe its treasure, was taken away. |
| 6 | še-eb sirara₃{ki}ŋu₁₀ a gi₁₆-sa bar-ŋu₁₀ ba-e-ga-am₃ | The brickwork of Sirara, woe its treasure! It was carried away. |
| 7 | eden bar lagaš{ki}a a gi₁₆-sa bar-ŋu₁₀ ba-e-ga-am₃ | In the outer steppe of Lagaš, woe its treasure, it was carried off. |
| 8 | iri-ŋu₁₀ gi₁₆-sa-bi ba-bir-bir-re | The treasures of the city are scattered. |
| 9 | ŋir₂-su{ki} za-gin₃ tur-tur ba-suh₃-suh₃-e | Birsu was covered with small lapis lazuli. |
| 10 | iri ša₃-bi-ta u₄ in-ga-am₃-du₁₁ | In that city he has spoken a storm |
| 11 | ŋir₂-su{ki} bar-bi-ta {d}lamma ki ku₃-ga-ŋu₁₀ | From the outer Birsu, the protective deity of the holy place |
| 12 | ša₃-ba bara₂ babbar-ra na-mu-un-ma-al | In its midst there is no white dais |
| 13 | mu-dur₂-ru-na-ŋu₁₀ šu na-mu-un-ma-al | There is a hand for him to hold. |
| 14 | am₃-mu-uš ⸢hul₂-la⸣-še₃ mu-un-ma-al | The wild bull is there for the rejoicing. |
| 15 | dam ur-saŋ gal-a-še₃ mu-un-ma-al | The spouse of the great hero is there. |
| 16 | ga-ša-an <iri>-bi-ta nam-ba-ra-e₃ | Lady, do not leave this city! |
| 17 | ga-ša-an gu-la e₂-bi-⸢ta⸣ ba-ra-⸢e₃⸣ | Great lady, you cannot leave the house! |
| 18 | {e-gi}egir₂ iri me-a gu₃ ga-⸢am₃⸣-[ra] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the princess of the city, where is she going? |
| 19 | ama ga-ša-an-sumun₂-na gu₃ ga-⸢am₃⸣-[ra] | Mother Gašansumun, I want to utter a lament |
| 20 | ⸢im⸣{im}še₃ de-de im du₈ ⸢x⸣-[...] | “I want to strew a reed fence, I want to build a wall(?) |
| 21 | [iri]-ŋu₁₀ a-a-ŋu₁₀ sa₁₂-rig₇-⸢eš⸣ [...] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to you |
| r | ||
| 1 | [kur] gal {d}mu-ul-lil₂-e mi₂ ⸢x⸣ [... du₁₁] | Great Mountain Enlil ... |
| 2 | uru₂-ŋu₁₀ gu₂-gu₅-a mu-ni-⸢ib⸣-[ha-lam]-⸢a⸣ | In the city he destroyed it like a flood. |
| 3 | ŋir₂-su{ki} gu₂-gu₅-a mu-ni-ib-ha-[lam]-⸢a⸣ | Birsu was destroyed in battle. |
| 4 | lagaš gu₂-gu₅-a mu-ni-ib-ha-lam-⸢a⸣ | In Lagaš he destroyed the cattlepen |
| 5 | sirara₂{ki} gu₂-gu₅-a mu-ni-ib-ha-lam-a | Sirara destroyed in a flood. |
| 6 | nina{ki} gu₂-gu₅-a mu-ni-ib-ha-lam-a | In Nineveh, which had been destroyed in battle |
| 7 | sipa šub-be₂ ba-ni-ib-te-en | The shepherd approached with his hand |
| 8 | sipa šub-šub-be₂ u₂ ba-ni-ib-te-en-te-en | The shepherd eats food in the stall |
| 9 | mu-lu šir₃-ra a iri-ŋu₁₀ a e₂-ŋu₁₀ a-na ŋal₂-lu-bi | The one of the ‘virtualler’: Woe the city, woe the house! |
| 10 | er₂-šem₅-ma {d}ba-u₂-kam | It is an Eršemma of Bau. |
| 11 | ⸢x⸣ diŋir-ad-da-ŋu₁₀ | “House of the Bīr-adda’s, |
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