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CT 36, pl. 45-46, BM 096691 (P345508)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 36, pl. 45-46, BM 096691 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345508 |
| Museum no. | BM 096691 |
| 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 i | ||
| 1' | ⸢u₄⸣ [...] | “When(?) ... |
| 2' | ⸢sa⸣ [...] | ... esa’e |
| 3' | [...] | |
| 4' | ⸢MU⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | u₈-ŋu₁₀ ⸢ki⸣ [...] | The ewes of the E-e- temple |
| 7' | sila₄-ŋu₁₀ ki ⸢kur₂⸣ [...] | The lambs in the place of the ekur temple |
| 8' | ud₅-ŋu₁₀ ki kur₂-ta gu₃ im-me [...] | The nanny goat calls from a hostile place |
| r i | ||
| 1' | ⸢su₈-ba⸣ [...] | The supa’e temple |
| 2' | sipa tur [...] | The young shepherd |
| 3' | su₈-ba i₃-me-a [...] | The shepherd who is there ... |
| 4' | sipa tur i₃-me-a [...] | The young shepherd who is there ... |
| 5' | ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | ga-gin₇ ⸢x⸣ [...] | Like milk ... |
| 7' | e ma-[...] | The house ... |
| 8' | NI bi [...] | That ... |
| 9' | ga [...] | milk |
| 10' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 11' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | e-lum mu-zu ni₂-ŋu₁₀ ma-⸢x⸣ [...] | Important one, your name ... fearsomely |
| 2 | {d}mu-ul-lil₂ šeš ban₃-da šeš gal [...] ma-ni-in-⸢x⸣ [...] | Enlil, the bright one, the great one ... |
| 3 | e-lum-e eš₃-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-[...] en₃ hu-mu-⸢x⸣ [...] | Honored one, ... may he inquire after you |
| 4 | šu niŋ₂-gur₁₁-ŋa₂ šu ma-⸢an⸣ [...] u₃-mu-un-e {d}mu-ul-⸢lil₂⸣-le | Hand of fearsomeness Hand of ... Lord Enlil |
| 5 | e₂ bar-ra-ŋa₂ mu-lu ma-an-dib | In the outer house, someone passed by. |
| 6 | al-e₃-ŋa₂ šu-ba mu-un-bar-re | He presented it to Al-eba. |
| 7 | sig-ta u₂-bil la₂ mu-da-an-gub | he stood with him in the lowland. |
| 8 | nim-ta simug-gal mu-da-an-tuš | From the east the chief smith sat down with him |
| 9 | PEŠ ⸢elam⸣{ki}ma sag₂ im-ma-ab-du₁₁ | He smote the E-Elam-temple |
| 10 | {d}utu muš₃-ŋa₂ i-bi₂ ma-ni-in-bar | Šamaš looked at my face. |
| 11 | na-aŋ₂ gel-le-eŋ₃ kur-ra-da inim-inim-ŋu₁₀ im-da-an-šub-šub-be₂ | He uttered a lament in the nether world |
| 11a | 49 ki-ru-gu₂ 15kam-ma | 49 (lines). It is the fifteenth song. |
| 12 | u₄ gig-ga-am₃ u₄ gig-ga-am₃ | It is a terrible storm, a horrible storm. |
| 13 | u₄ gig-ga-e u₄ še ša₄-e | On a bitter day, on a beautiful day |
| 14 | u₄ huš-e saŋ-gi₆ til-e | The furious storm, the end of the black-headed people |
| 15 | utu nu-e₃ ama-gan nu-zu-e | The utu-demon does not come out, the mother does not know. |
| 16 | u₄ i-bi₂ il₂ nu-ma-al-la-⸢e⸣ | When the eye does not see, |
| 17 | u₄ diri-e u₄ hul-a-⸢e⸣ | Extraneous storm, evil storm |
| 18 | u₄ dam sa₆-ga nu-zu-⸢a⸣-[e] | when a good spouse does not know |
| 19 | u₄ du₅-mu sa₆-⸢ga⸣ [...] | When the good son |
| 20 | u₄ ⸢ama⸣ [...] | When the mother ... |
| r iii | ||
| 1 | ⸢u₄⸣ til₃-la kur-ta il₂-la-ŋu₁₀ | “At that time, when life was brought to an end in the netherworld, |
| 2 | e₂-nun-na e₂ {ŋeš}banšur an-na-ŋu₁₀ | In the Enuna, the house where the table is set up for her |
| 3 | e₂ nun DI u₆ ze₂-ze₂-be₂-ŋu₁₀ | The princely house ... |
| 4 | ub-sahar-ra ub a-še-er-ra-ŋu₁₀ | Ubsahara, Ub of Ašarra |
| 5 | ka₂ kug e₂ na-aŋ₂-ga-ša-an-na-ŋu₁₀ | The holy gate, the house of Naya-ana |
| 6 | kisal bar-ra ki di ku₅-ru-ŋu₁₀ | The outer courtyard, the place of judgment, |
| 7 | ka₂ balaŋ-ŋa₂ am-gin₇ du₇-du₇-ŋu₁₀ | At the gate of the bala, like wild bulls, |
| 8 | abul mah {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ŋu₁₀ | the great gate of Enlil |
| 9 | abul ganzer i-bi₂ kur-ra-ŋu₁₀ | The gate of Ganzer, the eye of the netherworld |
| 10 | {ŋeš}hu-lu-pu₂ du₃-a ki ku₃ nun-na-ŋu₁₀ | Having built the Ḫulupu, the pure place, |
| 11 | RI-a i-bi₂ ma-al kur-kur-ra-ŋu₁₀ | ... the eyes of all the lands |
| 12 | hur-saŋ-kalam-ma ba-hul-a-ŋu₁₀ | Hursa-kalama was destroyed |
| 13 | a-ga-de₃{ki} e₂-ul-maš ga-ša-an-na-ŋu₁₀ | Agade, the Eulmaš temple of Gašanana |
| 14 | nin gel-le-eŋ₃-e ir₂ am₃-da-še₈-še₈ | Lady, he weeps with joy |
| 15 | ir₂ a-še-er am₃-da-ma-ma | The tears and laments are there for me |
| 16 | mu-lu hul₂-la-ni nu-mu-ni-in-dib-be₂ | The one who is happy will not pass by. |
| 17 | mu-lu li-ba-ni nu-mu-ni-in-dib-dib-be₂ | No one passes by without his consent. |
| 18 | mu-lu hul₂-la-ni nu-mu-un-ta-e₃-a | The one who was happy did not come out. |
| 19 | mu-lu zalag-ga-ni nu-mu-ni-in-dib-dib-be₂ | The shining one does not pass by. |
| 20 | za₃-dub-bi-ta ir₂ ba-da-gub | She stood in tears at the scribal gate. |
| 21 | e₂ a-suku₆-bi-ta a-še-er ba-da-tuš | She sat down in the house of the asuku priestess |
| 21a | 43 [ki]-⸢ru⸣-gu₂ 18kam-ma | 43 (lines). It is the 18th song. |
| 22 | [a dam]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ a dam-ŋu₁₀ | Woe, wife, woe, spouse |
| 23 | [...] ⸢x ga-ša⸣-an-KA | ... GašanKA |
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