Unread Atlas
CT 36, pl. 35-38, BM 096933 (P345504)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CT 36, pl. 35-38, BM 096933 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345504 |
| Museum no. | BM 096933 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | ša₃-zu a-še-er-bi en₃-še₃ i₃-kuš₂-u₃ | How long will your heart be exhausted by its exhaustion? |
| 2 | ama mu-gi₁₇-ib ša₃-zu a-še-er en₃-še₃ i₃-kuš₂-u₃ | Mother, mugib priestess, how long until your heart is pacified? |
| 3 | mu-gi₁₇-ib ga-ša-an-na ša₃-zu a-še-er-bi | Mugib priestess, Gašanana, your heart is enraged |
| 4 | ga-ša-an e₂-an-na ša₃-zu a-še-er-bi | Lady of the Eana, your heart is pacified |
| 5 | ga-ša-an ŋi₆-par₃-ra ša₃-zu a-še-er-bi | Lady of the Ipar, your heart rejoices over it |
| 6 | ga-ša-an-an-na zabalam{ki} ša₃-zu a-še-er-bi | Gašanana of Zabalam, your heart is enraged |
| 7 | ga-ša-an-e eb-gal ša₃-zu a-še-er-bi | Lady of the Ebgal, your heart is enraged |
| 8 | ga-ša-an-igi-zi-bar-ra ša₃-zu a-še-er-bi en₃-še₃ i₃-kuš₂-u₃ | Gašanigizibara, how long will your heart tremble? |
| 9 | nin A-TU-LA₂-ZU-TUG₂ ša₃-zu a-še-er-bi en₃-še₃ i₃-kuš₂-u₃ | Lady, ..., how long will your heart be exhausted by its exhaustion? |
| 10 | mu-gi₁₇-ib ša₃ e₂-zu-še₃ am₃-ši-ma-al-la-zu-še₃ | Mugib priestess, your house is where there is abundance |
| 11 | mu-gi₁₇-ib ša₃ uru₂-zu-še₃ am₃-ši-ma-al-la-zu-še₃ | Mugib priestess, because of what is in your city |
| 12 | ša₃ e₂ hul-a-zu uru₂ hul-a-zu am₃-ši-ma-al-la-zu-še₃ | Because of the heart of your destroyed house, your destroyed city is there for you |
| 13 | ša₃ dam-bi nu-mu-un-til₃-la-zu am₃-ši-ma-al-la-zu-še₃ | Because your spouse who does not live there, is there for you |
| 14 | ša₃ dumu-bi nu-mu-un-til₃-la-zu am₃-ši-ma-al-la-zu | Your heart, whose child no longer lives, is there for you |
| 15 | mu-gi₁₇-ib ša₃ id₂-gin₇ a-ŋi₆ sumur-a-zu | Your mugib priestess, like a river whose waters are pure |
| 16 | ša₃-ab {ŋeš}ig kalag-ga ba-e-gub-ba-zu | When you stand at the door of the mighty door |
| 17 | si-ŋar kalag-ga ba-e-mar-ra-zu | Your strong horns that you set up, |
| 18 | e₂ tar-tar lu₂ nu-ku₄-ku₄-zu | You are the one who does not enter the house. |
| 19 | e₂-duru₅-duru₅-a-am₃ hu-ru-⸢hu-ru⸣-zu | It is the Durudurua temple, your hurû temple |
| 20 | en-nu ud kukku₂ ŋal₂-la-zu | Watch of the day when the kukku-demon is carried off |
| 21 | dam ib₂-tuku ki kur₂-ra ba-e-šub | The one who has a spouse, you enter a foreign place |
| 22 | dumu ib₂-tuku nim-nim-ma ba-⸢e-šub⸣ | The one who has a child, he enters the netherworld. |
| 23 | e₂-tur₃ mu-e-gul ab₂ sag₂ ba-e-⸢dug₄⸣ | He destroyed the cattlepen and scattered the cows. |
| 24 | ki amaš mu-e-hul e-ze₂ sag₂ ba-e-dug₄ | You destroyed the sheepfold, you struck down the sheep |
| 25 | ša₃-zu dumu ama-gan zi-de₃ ur-re-eš ba-tu₁₀-be₂-eš | Your heart, child of a true mother, has been seized by the enemy |
| 26 | ud re-ta ud su₃-ra₂ re-ta | From distant days, from distant days. |
| 27 | ŋi₆ re-ta ŋi₆ su₃-ra₂ re-ta | In those distant nights, in those remote nights, |
| 28 | ud dam kur₂-re ba-an-ze₂-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-⸢ta⸣ | The day that a stranger gave birth to a spouse |
| 29 | ŋi₆ dumu kur₂-re ba-an-ze₂-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-[ta] | After the enemy's son has been given over to the river |
| 30 | ma-la-⸢gin₇ e₂ lul⸣-la dam i₃-ug₅-[ga-ta] | Like a woman who has been killed in a false house |
| 31 | ⸢dam⸣ i₃-⸢ug₅⸣ dam i₃-ug₅-[ga-ta] | After the wife is killed, the spouse is killed |
| 32 | ⸢dumu i₃⸣-ug₅ dumu i₃-ug₅-[ga-ta] | after the son was killed, the son of was killed |
| su₃-ra₂-bi bad-ra₂-bi ga-⸢ša⸣-[an-an-na (x) (x) (x) (x)] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to him | |
| ii | ||
| 2 | ga-ša-an-an-na ⸢eš₃⸣ [...] | Gašanana, the eše-priest |
| 3 | nin-ŋu₁₀ ma gi-gun₄-na-ta nin-ŋu₁₀ ⸢x⸣ [...] | “My lady, after you enter the house of the Giguna, my lady ... |
| 4 | nin mah-e e₂-ib-gal [...] | The supreme lady of the Eʾibgal temple |
| 5 | dam-ta šu mu-un-⸢da-x⸣ [...] | The hand of the spouse ... |
| 6 | dumu-ra mu-un-da-da-⸢ra⸣ [...] | (Sum) The one who goes up to the child(ren) ... (Akk) For the child, he goes up |
| 7 | al-su₃-ga šu mu-un-gi₄-[gi₄ (x)] | The one who is ill will return his hand to him |
| 8 | ki-nu₂ su₃-ga ud mi-ni-in-zal-⸢la⸣ [...] | He spent the day in a secluded bedroom |
| 9 | lu₂-di i-lu ⸢nam⸣-mu-⸢un⸣-[...] | The one who utters a lament, “Ename-mu-e-une-[...] |
| 10 | ga-ša-an-an-na lu₂-di du₁₁-ga-[na-ab ...] | Speak to Gašanana, the messenger ... |
| 11 | i-bi₂ lum-⸢lum ka⸣-na-⸢aŋ₂ x x⸣ [...] | The eye of Lum-elum, the mouth of ... |
| 12 | sipa sa₆-ga ⸢x⸣ mu-⸢un-x⸣-[...] | The good shepherd ... |
| 13 | su₃-ud-bi bad-ra₂-bi [...] | Its short side, its far side ... |
| 14 | ki-⸢ru⸣-[gu₂ x-kam-ma] | It is the xth song |
| 15 | a du₁₁-⸢du₁₁⸣ [...] | “Oh, I want to utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 16 | im-ma-al ⸢x⸣ [...] | There was ... in the temple |
| 17 | egi₂-re ⸢im⸣-[...] | The princess ... |
| 18 | ama mu-gi₁₇-ib [...] | Mother, mistress |
| 19 | mu-gi₁₇-ib [...] | The mistress ... |
| 20 | gal [...] | Great ... |
| 21 | [...] | |
| 22 | a [...] | ... water |
| r i | ||
| 1' | ⸢ŠI ur₅ x⸣ [...] | ešû-plant |
| 2' | ga-ša-an-⸢an⸣-[na ...] | Gašaneana |
| 3' | ŋuruš lu₂ ⸢i₃⸣-[me-a-ŋu₁₀] | “Burus, the man of Iemea |
| 4' | lu₂ mu-ud-na-ŋu₁₀ [i₃-me-a-ŋu₁₀] | a man who has a spouse |
| 5' | nu-mu-un-na-niŋin [nu-mu-na-ab-ze₂-eŋ₃ ŋen] | He did not lie down, he did not give him to him |
| 6' | lu₂ al-e₃ kur-ra-⸢še₃⸣ [...] | The one who came out, the ... of the mountain |
| 7' | ba-an-da-gam-ma-ni lu₂ ⸢e-ne⸣-[eŋ₃ ma-ab-be₂] | he has been taken away, the one of the ešemen says to me |
| 8' | ki-ru-gu₂ 24[kam-ma] | It is the twenty-fourth song |
| 9' | id₂-de₃ ŋiri₃ gub ša₃-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [nu-gu₇-e] | The river stands in the middle of the river, it does not eat grass |
| 10' | mušen ⸢ambar⸣-ra sug lil₂-la₂ i-bi₂-⸢zu⸣ [nu-uš-i₃-ma-al] | For the snake of the Ambar temple, a haunted marsh was not there before you |
| 11' | ga-ša-an-an-na i-bi₂-zu nu-uš-i₃-⸢ma⸣-[al] | Gašanana, do not look at me |
| 12' | ki-ru-gu₂ 25[kam-ma] | It is the 25th Kirugu |
| 13' | igi-ŋu₁₀ im-ši-ŋal₂ dim₃-ma ⸢kur⸣-[ra-ke₄] | The one who sees, the god of the Ekur temple |
| 14' | e a-u₃ i₃-di-di-⸢di⸣-[in] | Oh, woe! I keep wandering about. |
| 15' | me-e ga-ša-an-an-na i₃-di-di-⸢di⸣-[in] | I, Gašanana, I keep wandering about. |
| 16' | ga-ša-an e₂-an-na-ŋa₂ i₃-di-⸢di⸣-[di-in] | Lady of the Eanna temple, I keep wandering about. |
| 17' | ga-ša-an ŋi₆-par₃-ra-ŋa₂ i₃-di-⸢di⸣-[di-in] | Lady of the Ipar, I keep wandering about. |
| 18' | ga-ša-an-an-na zabalam{ki} i₃-di-⸢di⸣-[di-in] | Gašanana of Zabalam, I keep wandering about. |
| 19' | ga-ša-an-igi-zi-bar-ra i₃-di-⸢di⸣-[di-in] | I, Gašanigizibara, keep wandering about. |
| 20' | ga-ša-an ir₉ mah-a i₃-di-⸢di⸣-[di-in] | Lady, exalted one, I keep wandering about. |
| 21' | nin A-TU-LA₂-ZU-TUG₂ i₃-di-⸢di⸣-[di-in] | Lady, I keep wandering about. |
| 22' | ga-ša-an-ŋu₁₀ e-ne-eŋ₃ mu-ma-al i₃-di-di-[di-in] | Gašanbu, there is a word, I keep wandering about. |
| 23' | ša₃ ku₃-ŋu₁₀ e-ne-eŋ₃ mu-ma-al i₃-di-di-[di-in] | The holy heart is there, I keep wandering about. |
| 24' | nu-nuz me-en i₃-di-di-di-in me-ri gaba mu-⸢x⸣-[...] | I am a woman, I keep wandering about, I ... my foot on the ground |
| 25' | gu₃ de₂-de₂-da ad mu-ma-⸢ra⸣-[a-am₃] | The one who shouts, the voice is a voice for you |
| 26' | ga-ŋen-ŋen ga-ŋen-[ŋen] | Let me speak, let me speak! |
| 27' | me-e ga-ša-an-an-na ŋen uru₂-a ta [...] | I, Gašanana, lord of the city, what ...? |
| 28' | igi imin gaba imin me-e ga-ša-an-na ŋen uru₂-a ta [...] | Seven eyes, seven chests, I, Gašanana, lord of the city, what ...? |
| 29' | munus gal-zu ni₂-te-ni mu-un-[pe-el] | The wise woman defiled herself. |
| 30' | lu₂ nu-a-gin₇ mu-na-te-⸢ŋe₂₆⸣-[de₃-en] | Like a man without a husband, we approach him. |
| 31' | pa-hal-la nu-me-a-gin₇ mu-na-te-⸢ŋe₂₆⸣-[de₃-en] | Like one who is not a pahal priest, we approach him. |
| 32' | a-a-ŋu₁₀ kur-ra a-a-ŋu₁₀ kur-ra a-a-ŋu₁₀ ⸢DU⸣-[...] | (Sum) The enemy, the enemy in the netherworld (Akk) The enemies of the Netherworld ... |
| 33' | a-a-ŋu₁₀ kur-ra mu-ni-in-ŋar-⸢ŋar⸣ [...] | The fathers of the netherworld ... |
| 34' | a-za-lu-lu-ŋu₁₀ kur-ra mu-ni-in-[ŋar-ŋar] | The azallû-demon roamed the netherworld |
| 35' | uru₂-a tur-tur-e da-ri ba-da-⸢an⸣-[...] | In the city, the small ones ... forever |
| 36' | uru₂-a di₄-di₄-la₂ ud da-ri-e ba-ab-[...] | In the city, the tiny ones, forever ... |
| 37' | uru₂-a hul i-ni-in-si mi-ni-⸢in⸣-[...] | He filled the city with evil, he made it tremble |
| 38' | ki-ru-gu₂ 26kam-ma | It is the twenty-sixth song. |
| 39' | al-di-di amalu al-di-di-⸢in⸣ | You are wandering about, the amalu priestess is wandering around. |
| 40' | u₃-u₈ u₃-u₈ e-la-lu amalu al-di-di-⸢in⸣ | Woe, woe Elalu, the amalu priestess, you are wandering about. |
| 41' | ama lul-la ga-ša-an-an-na al-di-di-⸢in⸣ | The false mother, Gašanana, you are wandering about. |
| 42' | ga-ša-an-e e₂-an-na al-di-di-⸢in⸣ | Lady, you are wandering about in the Eanna |
| 43' | ga-ša-an ŋi₆-par₃-ra al-di-⸢di⸣-[in] | Lady of the Ipar, you are wandering about. |
| 44' | ga-ša-an-an-na zabalam{ki} al-⸢di⸣-[di-in] | Gašanana of Zabalam, you are wandering about |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [ga-ša-an] ⸢zabalam{ki} aŋ₂⸣ [ni₂-zu] | Lady of the Ezabalam temple, your fearsomeness |
| 2' | [ga-ša-an-igi-zi]-⸢bar⸣-ra aŋ₂ ni₂-zu | For Gašanigizidbara, your own strength |
| 3' | [ga-ša-an] ⸢ir₉⸣ mah-a aŋ₂ ni₂-zu | Lady of the supreme iri irrigation canal, your fearsomeness |
| 4' | [...] nu-un-zu-a-gin₇ | Like one who does not know ... |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣-e am₂-mu-uš |LAGAB×U|e | ... he is the one who ... the lagar priest |
| 6' | [x] ⸢dam⸣ sa₆-ga nu-zu-a-e | ... does not know a good house |
| 7' | [x] ⸢dumu⸣ sa₆-ga nu-zu-a-e | ... the good son who does not know |
| 8' | [uru₂ i₃]-du₃ mu-lu-ŋu₁₀ nu-un-tuš | The city was built, but the man did not dwell there |
| 9' | [e₂] ⸢i₃⸣-du₃ mu-lu-ŋu₁₀ mu-ku₄-ku₄ | He entered the house of the e’edu-priest, the man entering. |
| 10' | ⸢addir⸣ mu-lu si-a-ba nu-mu-ni-bal-e | The addirû-priestess does not let anyone cross over it. |
| 11' | [uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ir-ra]-ba mušen-du₃-e sa ba-an-gi | In its inner city, the mušendu priest turned away |
| 12' | [mušen-du₃ šir₃-ra] ⸢ga-nam⸣ na-nam ⸢ul₄-ul₄⸣ sa₂ bi₂-in-gi₄ | The mušendu priestess of the inner sanctum, indeed, the ešulû-temple, returned it. |
| 13' | ša₃-ba nam-⸢tar-ŋu₁₀⸣ ga-nam na-nam e₂-gi-a ma-ni-in-du₃ | In this place fate, indeed, he built a bride. |
| 14' | me-e aŋ₂ ni₂-ŋu₁₀ ba-ra-an-ga a-a-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-ak | I, the one who has no fear, he did it for me. |
| 15' | a-a-ŋu₁₀ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-le mu-ak a-a-ŋu₁₀ mu-ak | Father Mullil did it, father he did it. |
| 16' | kur gal {d}mu-ul-lil₂-le mu-ak a-a-ŋu₁₀ mu-ak | Great Mountain Enlil did it, father did it. |
| 17' | su₃-ra₂-aŋ₂ ku₄-ku₄-de₃-en a-a-ŋu₁₀ mu-ak | I want to enter into the deep, my father did it. |
| 18' | a-a-ŋu₁₀ aŋ₂-gig-ga mu-un-du₃ kur gal {d}mu-ul-lil₂-le | He built the Aya-bigiga, the great mountain Enlil. |
| 19' | ki-ru-gu₂ 28kam-ma | It is the twenty-eighth song |
| 20' | id₂ sed₄-de₃ me-na sed₄-de₃ | In order to cool the river, when will it cool? |
| 21' | {id₂}idigna {id₂}buranun-na me-na sed₄-de₃ | How long until the Tigris and Euphrates are calm? |
| 22' | ša₃ buru₅{mušen}gin₇ ba-e-gub-ba-e | You stand like a flock of sparrows |
| 23' | {ŋeš}si-ŋar kalag-ga ba-e-mar-ra-še₃ | Because you have placed a mighty horn on it |
| 24' | u₂ ba-ab-ze₂-eŋ₃-ŋen u₂ na-ma-gu₇-e | (Sum) He eats food, he does not eat food (Akk) The food is eaten, the food is not eaten |
| 25' | a ba-ni-in-de₂ a na-ma-na₈-na₈ | She pours water, she does not drink water. |
| 26' | i-bi₂ a nu-un-de₂ i-bi₂ a nu-ma-al | The eye does not see, there is no eye. |
| 27' | tuš-tuš-a-bi u₄ ba-an-da-zal | Its dwelling became distant from the day |
| 28' | šu-dul-šu-dul-la u₂ im-ma-ni-gu₇ | He eats grass in the shade of the shade |
| 29' | id₂ sed₄-de₃ me-na sed₄-de₃ | In order to cool the river, when will it cool? |
| 30' | ama mu-gi₁₇-ib id₂ sed₄-de₃ me-na sed₄-de₃ | Mother, mistress, to calm the river, when will it be calm? |
| 31' | ki-šu₂-bi-im | It is its whole |
| 32' | balaŋ {d}inana-kam | It is the reign of Inana |
| 33' | ka {d}šamaš-mu-ba-li₂-it dumu arad₂-{d}nanna | from the mouth of Šamaš-muballit, son of Warad-Nanna |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.