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CT 44, 14 (P345523)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345523 |
| Museum no. | BM 078198 |
| 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)
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' | [...] ŋe₉-na-ŋu₁₀ | ... spoke to him |
| 2' | [...] ŋe₉-na-ŋu₁₀ | ... spoke to him |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ŋe₉⸣ im-te-le-na-ŋu₁₀ | ... the ešāṣu-temple has risen for him |
| 4' | [...] la-ba-na-ak-ši | ... I did not make firm for him |
| 5' | [... ne]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ la-ba-ne-gu-ul | ... they did not raise a claim. |
| 6' | [...] ⸢ne⸣-ŋu₁₀ la-ba-na-na-aŋ₂ | ... he did not give to him |
| 7' | [...]-⸢gin₇⸣ mu-na-ŋa₂-gin₇ ŋe₉ gu-mu-ra-te-le | Like a ... he made it for him, like a flood he brought it to you |
| 8' | [...]-⸢gin₇⸣ mu-na-ŋa₂-gin₇ ŋe₉ gu-mu-ra-te-le | Like a ... he made it for him, like a flood he brought it to you |
| 9' | ⸢dam⸣-ŋu₁₀ de-la dumu-ŋu₁₀ de-la | May he be a spouse, a son, and a grandchild |
| 10' | dingir-ŋu₁₀ ni₂ šu du-ga-ŋu₁₀ a-ši-ir mi-ki-šu | Ilum-būšu, whose fearsomeness is exalted |
| 11' | e-ŋu₁₀ e ši-ka mi-ne-ku | “The house, the house of your destinies, I am bathed. |
| 12' | mi ši la-bi ŋe₆-en ša-ba ŋe₉ mi-te-la | (Sum) I am the one who has no ... (Akk) You are the one whose ... is not ... |
| 13' | e-gi-en ki du-ŋu₁₀ nu-zu | The princess does not know the place of Dubu. |
| 14' | ma-gi-en ka-ar us₂-ŋu₁₀ nu-zu | I do not know how to approach the quay. |
| 15' | ba-šub-ba-ŋu₁₀ ba-zi-ga-ŋu₁₀ | “It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient! |
| 16' | ba-zi-ir-⸢zi-ra⸣ ŋen šu-ŋu₁₀ da-ba-ab | You are adjured by Bazir-Ezira. |
| 17' | e gu-ba-ka ŋe₉-sa₂-bi he-ŋe₆-en | May you be equal to the house of the throne. |
| 18' | e bu-ru-da-ka gi-mu-uš-ŋu₁₀ he-me-en | May you be a reed worker in the house of the harvest. |
| left_edge | diŋir-ŋu₁₀ ma bu-ru-da-zu-ne | When you go to the bīr-house, |
| 19' | ⸢dingir-ŋu₁₀⸣ me am₃-hu-lu u₃-da zi ba-da-gu-be₂ | The E-dingir-e-23, where the divine powers are destroyed, stands in the storm. |
| 20' | i-bi u₄-da gi | The eyes of the storm, reed |
| r | ||
| 1 | ša₃ u₃-da-ke₄ na-bi-kur-kur{ur₂} lu₂ <te-la-ŋu₁₀ ŋe₆-en> | The heart of the storm is “Nabi-kurkurbur, you are the one who makes man’s life greater |
| 2 | ša₃ u₄-da ba-ra-šu-ba-ŋu₁₀ lu₂ te-la-ŋu₁₀ ŋe₆-en | You are the one who is able to raise a claim against the storm |
| 3 | hu-la-hu-la-ŋu₁₀ nu-zu lu₂ te-la-ŋu₁₀ ŋe₆-en | You do not know the hulaḫula-demon, you are the one who carries (them). |
| 4 | i-gi-zu ba-ar i-gi ba-ba-ar i-bi-ib₂ bar-mu-ši ba-mu-ši | Your eyes are darkened, your eyes are dimmed, they look at each other. |
| 5 | i-gi ba-ra-zu lu₂-bi i-te | When you look, this man approaches. |
| 6 | ka-ta-a-zu lu₂ mu-un-sa₂-ga | (Sum) Your mouth is uttered by a man (Akk) The mouth of the man has been placed by another man |
| 7 | nam-⸢da⸣ lu₂-lu₂ u₃-me-en a-ra u₃-me-en | You are a man, you are an ara |
| 8 | e-ra na-aŋ₂-da-ne tu-ha | When he lies down, he is frightened |
| 9 | šeš-ku-re nam-te-la u₃-du | The scepter of life, the sheep |
| 10 | ša₃ dingir-ŋu₁₀ ki-bi ha-ma-gi-gi | May the heart of my personal god be reconciled for me |
| 11 | dingir-ŋu₁₀ nam{na-aŋ₂}da-ne tu-ha | The gods of his fathers were smitten |
| 12 | ka-ta-ar-zu he-si-le-em | May your ... be reconciled. |
| 13 | [...] x-⸢di-na⸣ | ... ...-dina’e |
| 14 | [...] | |
| 15 | [...]-x | |
| 16 | [...]-⸢mi⸣ | ...-emi’e |
Sources & licences
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