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CT 44, 13 (P345522)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345522 |
| Museum no. | BM 078193 |
| 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' | ⸢ama⸣-ni₅ ⸢lu-li⸣-[ŋu₁₀ ...] | His mother, the luli temple |
| 2' | ama-ni₅ lu-li-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | His mother Lulli-e |
| 3' | ama-ni₅ lu-li-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | His mother Lulli-e |
| 4' | ama-ni₅ lu-li-ŋu₁₀ ⸢ŋa₂⸣-x-[...] | His mother, Lulibu, the ... temple |
| 5' | ama-ni₅ lu-li-ŋu₁₀ u₃-mu-un ⸢x⸣-[...] | His mother, Lulibu, the lord of the ... temple |
| 6' | ama-ni₅ lu-li-ŋu₁₀ mu-lu tu-ra-na nu-mu-un-na-mu | His mother is a lulî-demon, she does not have a child. |
| 7' | ama-ni₅ lu-li-ŋu₁₀ mu-lu a-ma-sa₂-na nu-mu-un-na-mu | His mother, Lulibu, the one of her sheepfold does not grow. |
| 8' | er im-ma-pad₃ si-si i-ma-ma | She weeps, she cries. |
| 9' | er da-ar-da-ra-bi i-bi-ni mu-un-sa₂-ge | She sets her eyes upon its long-lasting tears. |
| 10' | er mu-da i-re ba-an-ga er ši-ši nu-sa₂ | She sheds tears with the man, she does not sleep because of the tears. |
| 11' | er tu-ra i-re ba-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ ši-ša nu-nu-gu-le | She weeps over the wind, she does not sleep. |
| 12' | uru₂ i-ra nu-gub i-re ba-ni-ma-al | City that does not stand in tears, there is tears. |
| 13' | a-ši-ra nu-gub a-ši-ir ba-ni-ma-al | The one who does not stand in prayer, there is prayer. |
| 14' | er nu-zu-a er i-ši-ši-e | The one who does not know tears sheds tears |
| 15' | a-ši-ir nu-zu-a a-ši-ir i-ma-ma | The one who does not know a curse, the curse will come up. |
| 16' | ŋi₆ ba-da-gu-be₂ mu-lu gu-ba bi-be₇-ne | They stand at the riverbank, they say to the one standing. |
| 17' | ŋi₆ ba-da-tu-ši mu-lu gu-ba bi-be₇-en | I am the one standing at the riverbank. |
| 18' | ba-da-gu-ba mu ba-da-gu-be₂ | It stands ready, it stands ready. |
| r | ||
| 1 | ba-da-tu-uš mu ba-da-tu-uš | “You are the one who sits down, you are the man of the sitting down,’ |
| 2 | u₃-ga-gi-en sa₂-ha-ar nu-ta <u₃>-ga-gi-en ma-da ma-da-an-de₆ | (Sum) I want to bring (them) down, (but) I don’t know (what it is) about the saŋar-payment. (Akk) You want to send me down, but I do not know how to bring it down. |
| 3 | a-lu-li-ŋu₁₀ a-lu-li-ŋu₁₀ | Woe, woe! |
| 4 | a-lu-li-ŋu₁₀ u₃-mu-un ka-nu-na | Alulibu, lord of Kanuna |
| 5 | a-lu-li-ŋu₁₀ u₃-mu-un e-mu-ša | Alulibu, lord of his father |
| 6 | a-lu-li-im lu-li-im ama-ni₅ ama-ni₅ | Woe, woe! His mother, his mother! |
| 7 | ama-ni₅ ama i-re al-ku-šu-a-re | His mother, the mother who is exhausted by tears |
| 8 | i-re a-ši-re al-ku-šu-a-re | The tears, the ašīru-disease, the exhaustion |
| 9 | a-ši-ir a-ši-re al-ku-šu-a-re | The ašir priestess, the alkušu priest |
| 10 | ama-ni₅ nu-di-de₃ bi-in-du-ga-ŋu₁₀ | His mother did not go to him, she cried out. |
| 11 | ⸢x⸣-da sa₂-ga-na la-ba-an-ši-ta-ba-na | When he did not return to his place of residence |
| 12 | [...]-da ka-la-⸢na la⸣-ba-an-ši-ta-ba-na | If he does not give it back to him all the time |
| 13 | [...] ⸢x-a⸣ e-⸢bi⸣ [...]-ka la-ba-an-ši-[ta-ba-na] ⸢x⸣-NE-DI | ... did not bring your ... into the house(?) |
| 14 | [...] ta/⸢ša⸣-ka [...] ⸢im-DI⸣ | ... what you have done(?) |
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