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CT 44, 12 (P345521)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345521 |
| Museum no. | BM 078175 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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 | ||
| 1 | [...] ia eŋ₃-ba ia i-re-eš ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... a house, a temple ... |
| 2 | ⸢eŋ₃⸣ ia eŋ₃-ba ia i-re AŠ [...] | “House, my house, my tears ... |
| 3 | e₂ zi še-eb zimbir{ki}ra [...] | The true house, the brickwork of Sippar |
| 4 | e₂ zi-de₃ e₂-babbar [...] | The true temple, the Ebabbar |
| 5 | e₂ zi-de še-eb TIN AN ⸢x⸣ [...] | The true temple, the brickwork of heaven and earth |
| 6 | e₂ zi-de še-eb il₂-MU ⸢x⸣ [...] | The true temple, the brickwork of Ili-iddin |
| 7 | ⸢uŋ₃⸣ tu-tu-ur-zu u₃ gal-gal-zu | Your young ones, your older ones, |
| 8 | tu-tu-re šu-ta du-ka-zu | The one who has given birth from his hand is your servant. |
| 9 | gal-gal me-ri-ta la-ha-zu | (Sum) You are the great one, your limbs are swollen from the feet (Akk) Large ones, your feet are strained from the foot |
| 10 | i-zi mu-ti-en a gu a gu-zu | Izi, the man, woe your neck! |
| 11 | maš mu-ti-en su-um-la-su-la-zu | Your young man, Sūma-sulazu |
| 12 | kir₁₁ siki gu₂-e₃-gu₂-e₃-zu | Your female lambs, whose wool is torn out |
| 13 | u₂-nu su-bi-a mi du-ga-zu | Your utensils of the street that are well cared for |
| 14 | ⸢su-bi za-gin₃⸣-gi ša-ša-ra-zu e(GIŠ-)ne ba ta-re | Your lapis lazuli esu plant, when you enter, is taken away. |
| 15 | [... mu-lu]-⸢zu⸣-ba na-ba-gub e-ne ba ta-re | ... does not stand in the presence of your servant, what is to be done about it? |
| 16 | [...] zu-ba na-ba-gub e-ne ba ta-re | ... did not stand there, how is he treated? |
| 17 | [... ad]-gi-gi-zu na-ba-gub e-ne ba ta-re | ... your adviser should not stand, how is he treated? |
| 18 | [...] ⸢na⸣-ba-bi-ir e-ne ba ta-re | ... the eba-priestess, who can know of you? |
| 19 | [...] na-ba-bi-ir e-ne ba ta-re | ... should not be scattered - what will be taken away? |
| 20 | ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ re-eš na-ba-bi-ir e-ne ba ta-re | (Sum) The ... of the temple ... (Akk) The E-e-23 ... the head ... |
| 21 | ⸢am-ni-ni-x⸣-[x] am-ni-ni me-na mu-da-zu | Where are you coming from? When do you know it? |
| 22 | e₂-ga-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ e₂-ga bi-šu-ub me-na mu-da-zu | The house, the house, where is it that you know? |
| 23 | pa-ra-ŋu₁₀ pa-ra bi-šu-ub me-na mu-da-⸢zu⸣ | “If he slips through the thresholds, when will he emerge? |
| 24 | [...] ⸢x⸣ ŋe₆-na-ŋu₁₀ ba-da-de₆ me-na mu-da-[zu] | ... brought ... with him, when does he learn? |
| 25 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ŋu₁₀ ba-da-de₆ me-na mu-da-[zu] | ... was carried away, when is there someone who knows me? |
| 26 | [...] ⸢u₃⸣ mu-⸢lu⸣-ši ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the e’ešu-priestess, the lû-priest |
| 27 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢ba⸣ ŠE [...] | ... ešabâ-plant |
| 2' | ⸢e₂⸣ [...] ⸢šu⸣ gi-gi ta ⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) The temple, the reed bed, what ...? (Akk) What ... the temple, what does it have? |
| 3' | e₂ [(x)] ⸢nibru⸣{ki}re-še₃ in-[...] | He ... the temple of Nippur |
| 4' | e₂-zu ⸢ku⸣-tu-uš-zu ni-DU i-bi [...] | Your house, your ekutušu-house ... |
| 5' | im-zu abzu-bi-eš i-gi-gi i-bi [...] | Your clay in the Abzu is trembling, its eye ... |
| 6' | gi-zu ne₂-eš-ki-bi-eš i-gi-gi i-⸢bi⸣ [...] | Your reeds are their neški offerings, the igi and the ēbi offerings |
| 7' | ⸢mu⸣-su-ur-zu te-te-er-be₂-eš i-gi-⸢gi⸣ [...] | (Sum) When you return your scepter to its place(?) (Akk) You have returned your esu-priestess to its position |
| 8' | ⸢a⸣ zi gu ki-ki a gu-ub i₃-na-ŋa₂-e aŋ₂-⸢x⸣ [...] | “At the right and left of the throne he poured water, at the left and right |
| 9' | ⸢gu⸣ a-ba-ka isiš-ni-šu er₂ am₂-gu-⸢le-de₃⸣ | (Sum) The egû demon of the sea is weeping over his enemy (Akk) He weeps over his enemies |
| 10' | ⸢x⸣-za-ba de e-re-eš na-gu-le na-mi-am₂-⸢gu⸣ | When you enter, do not abandon the cedar tree! Do not abandon it! |
| 11' | ⸢dim₃⸣-me-re-ge ir-si-im na-gu-le na-mi-eŋ₃-gu | “Did you see the emerige dragon? Do not fear, do not fear! |
| 12' | u₃-mu-un-na na-aŋ₂-u₃-mu-un-na ma-ra-ni-hu-ŋe₆ | In the lord's presence, he ... for you. |
| 13' | ga-ša-na na-ga-ša-na ma-ra-ni-hu-ŋe₆ | In her heart, in her womb she is pacified for you |
| 14' | {d}nin-lil₂ ki-u₃-ra ma-ra-ni-⸢hu⸣-ŋe₆ | For Ninlil he made it surpassing in the earth. |
| 15' | ga-ša-mah ke-eš-ša ma-ra-⸢ni⸣-hu-ŋe₆ | The great lady is indeed a queen for you |
| 16' | KU-da ha-LI ma-ra-ni-hu-ŋe₆ | ... Araniḫu |
| 17' | ma-kar-ra ma-kar-ra ⸢gu⸣ ki ⸢he⸣-ma-al | “The boat is a boat, the boat is an egû-vessel, the place of abundance. |
| 18' | i-ne-eŋ₃ <an> gu-la ma-kar-ra gu ki ⸢he⸣-ma-al | <When> the great ... is torn out, it is a place of abundance. |
| 19' | i-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂ ma-kar-ra gu ki he-ma-al | Now, Enlil, when he enters, may there be clamour on the ground. |
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