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CT 15, pl. 23, BM 023584 (P345457)

Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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Designation	CT 15, pl. 23, BM 023584
ID	P345457
Museum no.	BM 023584
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	ul-e pa-pa-al-ta er₂ am₃-da-⸢ni⸣-[še₈-še₈]	The young man weeps from the cella
2	ku₃-zu-ŋu₁₀ nin ga-ša-an-gir-⸢gi₄⸣-lu	Kuzubu, lady Gašangir-elu
3	kur gul-gul mu-gi₁₇-ib ga-ša-an-an-na	Destroyer of mountains, mistress Gašanana
4	nin zid-ŋu₁₀ ga-ša-an e₂-muš₃-a-ra	For the true lady, the lady of the Emus
5	diŋir uŋ₃{u₂}ŋa₂ i-bi₂ ma-al ama ubur{u₂-bi-ur} zi-da	The dibir and the ubû trees are in front of me, the mother of the true ubur tree
6	la-bar e₂-e ga-ša-an munus sa₆	Labar of the temple, lady, beautiful woman
7	ul-e pa-pa-al-ta tuš-a-ta	After you have sat on the throne,
8	ul-e pa-pa-al-<(ta)> an ku₃-ga-ta	From the cella of holy An
9	ul-e pa-pa-al-<(ta)> uraš-a-ta	From the cella of Uras
10	ki aŋ₂-me-e-ŋa₂-ar ba-an-ak-an-na	where A’e-bar was established,
11	lu₂-di ama-ŋu₁₀-ra du₁₁-ga-na-ab me-na mu-un-du₈-e	Speak to my mother, when will you release him?
12	ga-ša-an-gir-gi₄-lu-ke₄ du₁₁-ga-na-ab me-na mu-un-du₈-e	Speak to Gašangirgilu, when will he release him?
13	la-bar e₂-e ga-ša-an munus sa₆-ga me-na mu-un-du₈-e	The labar priest of the temple, the lady, the beautiful woman, when will he release her?
14	{d}nanna-ra ŋeš-gi₄-ta du₁₁-ga-na-ab me-na mu-un-du₈-e	Speak to Nanna from afar, when will you release him?
15	ŋeš-gi₄ daŋal an(HAL) ku₃-ga-ta a-a-ŋu₁₀-ra du₁₁-ga-na-ab	Speak to Aya-būr-ahhe-iddina, the envoy of holy An!
16	me-na ku₃ mu-un-tu₉(ŠE₃){tu} mu-un-du₈-e me-na mu-un-du₈-e	When will he give birth to the pure one, when will you give birth?
17	me-na za mu-un-tu₉(ŠE₃){tu} mu-un-du₈-e me-na mu-un-du₈-e	When will he give birth to you, when will you give birth?
18	kug i₃-tuku-a kug-ŋu₁₀ ba-ti	If he has silver, he will receive silver.
19	za-gin₃ i₃-tuku-a za-ŋu₁₀ ba-ti	He who has lapis lazuli received it.
20	e₂-eš₃-da-ŋu₁₀ igi-ni-še₃ ba-gul	The E’ešdabu temple was destroyed before her
21	⸢e₂-eš₃⸣-da-ŋu₁₀ igi-ni-še₃ ba-hul	It was destroyed before E-eš-eda.
22	[kug] ⸢a⸣-a-ŋu₁₀ igi-ni-še₃ ba-pe-⸢el⸣	The silver of the eaštu-priestess was taken away before her
23	[za] ⸢a⸣-a-ŋu₁₀ igi-ni-še₃ ⸢ba⸣-[i-ra]	In front of Ea-ea-ira,
24	[ku₃-zu-ŋu₁₀] i-lu nu-a-še er₂ am₃-da-⸢ni⸣-[še₈-še₈]	He weeps because of the one who knows no lament
25	[ga-ša-an]-⸢gir⸣-gi₄-lu-ke₄ i-lu nu-a-še er₂ am₃-⸢da⸣-[ni-še₈-še₈]	Gašanegirilu wept because of the lamentation.
r
1	[...] ⸢i⸣-lu e₂-me-a [...]	... the elu-demon in our house
2	[...] ⸢NI⸣ [...]	... ešītu-plant
3	eden-⸢na⸣ a-še-er er₂-ra-ta ⸢x⸣ [...]	In the steppe, after weeping and lamentation
4	ama ugu-ŋu₁₀ er₂ hul ak-na me-⸢e⸣ [...]	The mother who bore me weeps bitterly when she enters
5	me-e {d}en-lil₂-še₃ ga-am₃-ši-ŋen a mu-⸢lu x⸣ [...]	I want to say to Enlil “Alas, the lord, ...
6	a uru₂ gul-a-ŋu₁₀ ga-am₃-ši-ŋen a mu-lu ⸢x⸣ [...]	I want to say: “Alas, the destroyed city, I will bring it to you! Ay, the one of the temple
7	e₂ gul-la uru₂ gul-la-ŋu₁₀ zi-de₃-⸢eš⸣ [...]	Destroyer of the temple, destroyer of the city
8	šu-ni sikil-ta im-ta-zur{su-ur}zur{su-ur} er₂ gig ⸢i₃-še₈⸣-[še₈]	His hand trembled, he wept bitter tears
9	gaba-ni {kuš}ub ku₃-ga al-gul-e er₂ gig i₃-⸢še₈-še₈⸣	His chest is destroyed by the holy ub drum, he weeps bitterly.
10	siki-ni {u₂}numun tir-ra i₃-dub₂-e er₂ gig i₃-⸢še₈-še₈⸣	She smears her hair with a bitter plant, she weeps bitterly.
11	u₄-bi-a e-ne-eŋ₃-bi ŋeš ba-an-tuku-a-ta	At that time, when this matter had been decided
12	en banda₃ {d}ereš-ki-gal-la-ke₄ nin₉-a-ni šu mu-un-na-ni-me-en	The young lord Ereškigal, his sister, you are his hand.
13	ku₃-zu-ŋu₁₀ nin ga-ša-an-gir-gi₄-lu kur-ta nam-ta-e₃	Kuzubu, lady Gašangirgilu, came forth from the netherworld.
14	er₂-šem₅-ma {d}nin-gir(HA-)gi₄-lu	Eršemma of Ningirgilu
15	munus zi ŋen i-lu ⸢bi⸣-nu lu₂ nam-mu-un-zi	True woman, lord of lament, do not raise a man!
16	ul-e ⸢pa⸣-pa-al-la bi-nu₂	The old man lies down in a reed bed.
17	ul-e ki kug-ŋu₁₀ bi-nu₂	The young man lies down in the pure place.
18	ki kug ki ⸢LU⸣-na bi-nu₂	The pure place, the place of the e’emena, he sat down.
19	ki aŋ₂-me-⸢ŋar⸣-ra-ŋu₁₀ bi-nu₂	I lie down at the place of A’ešbara.
20	kug a-a-ŋu₁₀ ba-til-la-ta	after the silver of the father had been paid
21	za a-a-ŋu₁₀ ba-til-la-ta	from the father who had died,

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