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CT 15, pl. 24-25, BM 023117 (P345458)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 15, pl. 24-25, BM 023117 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345458 |
| Museum no. | BM 023117 |
| 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' | [e₂-a nu-mu-un-til₃-en ŋa₂-la nu]-⸢mu⸣-[un-til₃-le-en] | You do not live in the house, you do not dwell at home. |
| 2' | [dam-ŋu₁₀ nu-mu-un-til₃-en dumu]-a nu-mu-[un-til₃-en] | I do not live with my wife and children, |
| 3' | [i₃-niŋin-de₃-en] ⸢i₃⸣-šu₂-šu₂-[de₃-en] | Let us go, let us go! |
| 4' | [gud₃ gig-ga-bi] u₄ šu₂-a [ŋen] | Its bitter gud drum in the daytime |
| 5' | [šilam amar-bi] ni₁₀-ni₁₀-⸢na⸣ [ŋen] | I am the one who keeps watch over its calf |
| 6' | [ga-ša-an ŋen mu-lu im₂-ma] uru₂-a ku₄-[ra ŋen] | Lady, you are the one who ..., enter the city! |
| 7' | ⸢dilmun⸣{ki} ⸢sug-ga {ŋeš⸣}ma₂ su-a [ŋen] | The E-dilmun temple, the Sug-temple, the boat of the lord |
| 8' | ⸢šu⸣-ku₆ ambar-ra ma₂ niŋin₂-na [ŋen] | The fisherman in the marshes, the boat of the nibin canal |
| 9' | ⸢uru₂⸣-ŋa₂ ur-re ŋen sila-ŋa₂ gir₅ [ŋen] | In the city a dog is going around in the street, a snake is going about in the streets |
| 10' | ⸢ki⸣-ulutim₂ e₂ ama ugu-ŋa₂-ka e₂-ur₅-ra-[bi] ⸢ŋen⸣ | In Eulutim, the house of the mother who bore me, its threshing floor is the E-Ur-a. |
| 11' | lipiš i₃-ma-al a₂-nu-ma-al ŋen | There is lamentation, there is supplication |
| 12' | egi₂ ŋen ama₅-ŋa₂ lipiš nu-ma-al-la ŋen | Princess, if only there were tears in the chambers! |
| 13' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni ba-da-ul₄-e-en-na di in-ga-mu-ub-du₁₁ i-bi₂-ŋa₂ sahar i-ni-ib-duh | When he brought his case to an end, he said: "Look at me!" |
| 13a' | 27 | 27 (lines). |
| 14' | u₄-ba ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋen-na-ŋu₁₀ u₄-ba me-li-e-a | At that time, I was enraged, at that time there was radiance |
| 15' | balaŋ-di u₄-ba ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋen-na-ŋu₁₀ u₄-ba me-e-li-e-a | At that time, when I was enraged, at that time |
| 16' | u₄ e-ne-eŋ₃ an-na ma i-ir-a-bi | When the word of An ... |
| 17' | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ ma-ra i-ir-a-bi | The word of Enlil is a flood for me. |
| 18' | e₂-ŋu₁₀-a mu-ši-in-ŋen-na-ba | In the storehouse where he resides |
| 19' | har-ra-an kur-ra mu-ši-in-ku₄-ra-ba | When he had brought the road to the netherworld |
| 20' | ma₂ [...] ⸢a⸣ [...] mu-ši-in-ŋen-na-ba | When the boat ... the ea-e-šumi |
| 21' | ma₂ [...] mu-ši-in-us₂-sa-ba | The boat that he had moored |
| 22' | mu-[lu e₂]-a mu-ši-in-ku₄-ra-ba | When the man entered the house |
| 23' | mu-⸢lu⸣ {kuš}e-sir₂-ŋa₂ i-ni-in-ku₄-ra-ba | When the elû-priest brought the sandals, |
| 24' | šu nu-luh-ha-ni ⸢mu⸣-[ši]-⸢in⸣-ir-ra-ba | Hand of Nuḫani of Emuši-Irraba |
| 25' | zi-ga u₅-a-ba [...]-a-ba | When it rises, when it ... |
| r | ||
| 1 | ma-an-gur₁₁ ma₂ saŋ-ŋa₂ [...] | The valuables of the good boat |
| 2 | ga-ša-an ŋen ma₂ egir-ra ba-e-u₅-a-ba | When the lady, the lord of the boat, went behind |
| 3 | ni₂ te du₇-a-bi ba-e-te-a-ba | When he approached with a fearsomeness, |
| 4 | ur-re me-ri {kuš}e-sir₂ ma-al-la-ni ama₅-ŋa₂ mi-ni-in-ku₄ | The enemy entered the chamber with his foot in the sandals. |
| 5 | ur-re-bi šu nu-luh-ha-ni ma-še₃ mu-ši-in-ir-ir | Its heroes, his nuḫaḫa-gifts, he brought to me. |
| 6 | šu mu-ši-in-ir ni₂ mu-un-te-ŋe₂₆-e ni₂-bi ma-te | He seized his hand, he approached with fear, his fear reached me |
| 7 | ur-re-bi šu-ni mu-ši-in-ir me da-mu-un-gam-ŋen | Its warrior, he brought forth the divine powers, Amungamen |
| 8 | ur-re-bi ŋa₂-⸢e⸣ ni₂ ba-da-an-te e-ne nu-mu-da-an-te | Its warriors approached with fear, but they did not approach. |
| 9 | ur-re-bi tug₂-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-kar dam-a-ni ba-ni-in-mu₄ | Its warriors threw a cloth on his spouse. |
| 10 | ur-re-bi za-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-ku₅ dumu-ni ba-ni-in-la₂ | Its warriors cut off the zabû-flour and carried away his child. |
| 11 | ki-gub-ba-bi am₃-zukum-me | Its standing-place is shattered. |
| 12 | dim₂-ma ni₂-ŋa₂-še₃ ki am₃-ši-kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂ | Because of this, the earth trembles. |
| 13 | u₄-ba ni₂ ba-te šu e₃-ta ⸢na⸣-e₃ | At that time, fear came forth from the hand, |
| 14 | e₂-ŋa₂ ba-an-ul₄-le-en e₂-gar₈-ŋa₂ ba-ab-hu-luh-e | You have filled the house, you have ruined the wall. |
| 15 | tu{mušen} ni₂ te-a-gin₇ {ŋeš}ur₃-ra u₄ ba-e-zal | Like a snake whose fearsomeness has been carried off, the day has passed. |
| 16 | su-din{mušen} dal-la-gin₇ habrud-de₃ al-gi-re | Like a flying snake, it is twisted like a snake. |
| 17 | me-e e₂-ŋu₁₀-da mušen-gin₇ im-ma-ra-dal-en | I go around like a snake in the storehouse. |
| 18 | ga-ša-an ŋen uru₂-ŋu₁₀-da mušen-gin₇ im-ma-ra-dal-en | I, the lady, am going about in the city like a snake |
| 19 | egir-ŋu₁₀-a e₂-ŋu₁₀ egir-ŋu₁₀-a gu₃ mu-un-de₂-de₂-e | After the house, after the house he shouts. |
| 20 | egi₂ ŋen uru₂-ŋu₁₀ egir-ŋu₁₀-a gu₃ mu-un-de₂-de₂-e | The princess, the lord of the city, shouted after the city |
| 21 | še-eb i₃-si-in{ki}ŋu₁₀ egir-ŋu₁₀-a gu₃ mu-un-de₂-de₂-e | The brickwork of Isin shouted after it. |
| 22 | eš₃ e₂-gal-mah-ŋu₁₀ egir-ŋu₁₀-a gu₃ mu-un-de₂-de₂-e | He shouted after him in the shrine Egalmah. |
| 23 | še-eb la-ra-ag{ki}ŋu₁₀ egir-ŋu₁₀-a gu₃ mu-un-de₂-de₂-e | The brickwork of Larag shouted after it. |
| 24 | ŋi₆-par₃ imin-ŋu₁₀ egir-ŋu₁₀-a gu₃ mu-un-de₂-de₂-e | He shouted at the seven ŋipars, after them. |
| 25 | me-e e₂-ŋu₁₀ e₂-ŋu₁₀ nu-me-en a-gin₇ in-na-du₁₁ | I am not a house-builder, how can I say to him: |
| 26 | me-e uru₂-ŋu₁₀ uru₂-ŋu₁₀ nu-me-en a-gin₇ in-na-du₁₁ | I am not a city, how can I speak to him? |
| 27 | na-an-ni-ku₄-ku₄-de₃ um-mi-du₁₁ a-la-bi mu-gu₇-e | "Do not enter!", she says, he eats its ala. |
| 28 | ⸢na-am₂⸣-da-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-de₃ um-mi-du₁₁ ⸢i⸣-si-iš-bi mu-ša-ra-⸢ge⸣ | He said to her “It is enough, it is enough! Its i’esiš temple is to be erected for you. |
| 29 | [a-gin₇ i₃-gul a-gin₇ i₃-gul-gul] ⸢ni₂-zu a-gin₇⸣ [mu-un-pe-el] | How did it destroy, how did it demolish? How did your temple defile it? |
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