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CT 15, pl. 30, BM 088384 (P345461)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 15, pl. 30, BM 088384 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345461 |
| Museum no. | BM 088384 |
| 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' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | a ⸢u₃⸣-[...] x u₃-a u₃-a | Woe, the eša temple ... woe, woe! |
| 3' | i₃-da ⸢i₃⸣-[da] i₃-sag₃-ge-da | In the river, in the ditches that are to be struck |
| 4' | ma-a du₅-⸢mu⸣ i₃-[da] i₃-sag₃-ge-da | saying: “Dumu-emu’e is to be struck in the river |
| 5' | {d}da-mu-ŋu₁₀ i₃-da i₃-sag₃-ge-da | Damu-bu, when he strikes in the river, |
| 6' | gudu₄ i₃-da i₃-sag₃-ge-da | The gudu priest who was struck in the river, |
| 7' | {d}ištaran i₃-da i₃-sag₃-ge-da | Ištaran, when he strikes in the river, |
| 8' | zag-ŋu₁₀ {ŋeš}eren-na gaba-ŋu₁₀ {ŋeš}šu-ur₂-min₃-na | In the middle of the cedar groves, on the other side of the cypress trees |
| 9' | um-me-da za₃-si-ŋu₁₀ {ŋeš}eren duru₅{ru}am₃ | The nursemaid is Zasibu, the cedar of Uruk. |
| 10' | {ŋeš}eren duru₅{ru}am₃ ha-šu-ur₂-ra-kam | It is cedar, it is a šurru-plant |
| 11' | i-bi₂-ŋu₁₀ šim-bi-zi-da mi₂ um-ma-ni-du₁₁ | After he had treated Šimbizida well |
| 12' | saŋ-ki-ŋu₁₀ men dalla e₃ mi₂ um-ma-ni-du₁₁ | I adorn myself with a beautiful crown. |
| 13' | a₂ 1 kuš₃-ŋu₁₀ u₅ šim {ŋeš}eren-na-zu mi₂ um-ma-ni-du₁₁ | I adorned your arms with 1 hide of cedar oil. |
| 14' | murgu₂-ŋu₁₀ tug₂ du₈ gada du₃-a mi₂ um-ma-ni-du₁₁ | I adorned my neck with a clean garment and a made-up linen garment. |
| 15' | me-e du₅-mu-bi ne-eš₂ ne-da | I, its children ... with us |
| 16' | am u₂ lu-lu ne-eš₂ ne-da | Wild bull with numerous grasses ... |
| 17' | {d}da-mu u₂ lu-lu ne-eš₂ ne-da | Damu, the one who carries food and drink(?) |
| 18' | me-a du₅-mu-bi {u₂}numun₂-a i₃-nu₂ šu-mu-e am₃-si | Where is this child lying down in the grasses? |
| 19' | ŋuruš {d}da-mu-ŋu₁₀ šu-mu-a i₃-nu₂ šu-mu-e am₃-si | The young man Damubu lies down in the dead man's body |
| 20' | {ŋeš}asal₂-a i-in-nu₂ wu-wu mu-un-ši-ib-zal | She lies down in a pile of reeds and roams around. |
| 21' | {ŋeš}šinig-a i-in-nu₂ u₃-a mu-un-ši-ib-zal | He lies down in a stupor, he spends the night |
| 22' | du₅-mu-bi-ir an-eden-na šu mu-un-na-ni-ib-bar-e | Its child smites his hand in the high steppe |
| 23' | an eden ki eden-na šu mu-un-na-ni-ib-bar-e | Heaven, the steppe, earth, and steppe ... |
| 24' | eden ki en-nu-uŋ₃ mu-un-da-ab-du₁₁ | The steppe, the place of watch, he commanded. |
| r | ||
| 1 | mu-nu₁₀-gin₇ ki ab₂-a-na de₃-mu-un-da-ab-du₁₁ | May he say to him "like a herdsman at the place of his cow." |
| 2 | su₈-ba-gin₇ ki e-ze₂ lu-a-na de₃-mu-un-da-ab-du₁₁ | May he say to him "like a shepherd at the place where sheep are pastured" |
| 3 | ki-ru-gu₂ 6kam-ma | It is the sixth song. |
| 4 | mah-am₃ mah-am₃ u₃-mu-un mah-am₃ | It is magnificent, it is magnificent! The lord is magnificent. |
| 5 | u₃-mu-un mu-lu mah-am₃ u₃-mu-un mah-am₃ | Lord, who is magnificent, lord, who (is) magnificent. |
| 6 | {d}da-mu mu-lu mah-am₃ u₃-mu-un mah-am₃ | Damu is one who is magnificent, the lord is magnificent. |
| 7 | gudu₄ mu-lu mah-am₃ u₃-[mu]-⸢un⸣ mah-am₃ | The gudu priest is one who is magnificent, the lord of the lands is magnificent. |
| 8 | {d}ištaran mu-lu mah-am₃ ⸢u₃⸣-[mu]-⸢un⸣ mah-am₃ | Ištaran is a magnificent man, he is magnificent. |
| 9 | e₂-a-ni e₂ mah-am₃ ⸢u₃⸣-[mu]-⸢un⸣ mah-am₃ | His temple is a lofty temple, it is the lofty emû-house. |
| 10 | uru₂-a-ni uru₂ mah-am₃ [u₃-mu]-⸢un⸣ mah-am₃ | His city is a magnificent city, Umun-ešum is magnificent. |
| 11 | i-bi₂ il₂-la-ni [...] ma-al-ma-al | His raised eyes are there |
| 12 | ka ba-ni mu-x [...] ⸢sag₃⸣-ge | His mouth ... the esag temple |
| 13 | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni mu-x [...] an-u₃-tu | His word ... Anutu |
| 14 | ama u₃-tu-da-ni [diŋir an] uraš-a | The mother who bore him, the ... of heaven and earth |
| 15 | ab-ba-ni [... am uru₂]-⸢ze₂⸣-ba-zu | His father ... wild bull of your city |
| 16 | zikum-ma-ni kiri₃-zal-am₃ [u₃]-mu-un mah-am₃ | His voice is joy, the lord is magnificent. |
| 17 | mah-am₃ mah-am₃ [u₃]-mu-un mah-am₃ | It is magnificent, it is magnificent. The lord is magnificent |
| 18 | [ki-ru-gu₂ 7⸢kam⸣-ma | It is the seventh song |
| 19 | mah-am₃ ⸢mah⸣-[am₃ te-ŋe₂₆]-e-de₃-en-huŋ-e | It is magnificent, it is magnificent! How can you soothe it? |
| 20 | u₃-mu-⸢un⸣ [...] ⸢mah-am₃⸣ [... te]-⸢ŋe₂₆⸣-e-de₃-en-huŋ-e | The lord ... the great E-maḫ |
| 21 | x x x [...] ⸢mah⸣-am₃ te-ŋe₂₆-e-de₃-en-huŋ-e | ... is the great temple, how can you calm it? |
| 22 | [...] te-ŋe₂₆-e-de₃-en-huŋ-e | ... you should calm down |
| 23 | [ki-ru-gu₂] 8kam-ma⸣ | It is the eighth song |
| 24 | [...] ⸢e-de₃⸣-en | I want to ... to you(?) |
| 25 | [...] x-en | ... ... |
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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