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CT 44, 15 (P345524)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 15 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345524 |
| Museum no. | BM 078173 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [u₃ ga]-am₃-dug₄ u₃ ga-am₃-dug₄ | I want to say "Ouch!", I wanted to say. |
| 2 | [u₃] ⸢ga-am₃⸣-[dug₄] bil₂-la₂-bi ga-am₃-dug₄ | And I want to say “I want to make the e’edug-priestess happy! |
| 3 | na-aŋ₂ e₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ [u₃] ⸢ga⸣-am₃-dug₄ | “Naya, to her house and to her temple is good. |
| 4 | na-aŋ₂ uru₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ u₃ ga-am₃-dug₄ | I want to say “Oh, to the city!" |
| 5 | lu₂ aŋ₂-ŋu₁₀-a i-bi₂ ba-ra me-en | You are the one who sees the flood. |
| 6 | nam-tar-u-a ud-e gub-ba me-[en] | I am the one who stands daily in my fate. |
| 7 | ⸢nam⸣-tar-ra gi-e-gub-gub-ba me-en igi [...] | I am the one standing at the reed fence |
| 8 | ⸢dam⸣-ma an-du-du₁₁ dam-ŋu₁₀ nu-me-en [...] | You are not a spouse, you are a husband |
| 9 | ⸢dumu an⸣-nu-du₁₁ dumu-ŋu₁₀ nu-me-en igi [...] | You are not a son of An, you are a child |
| 10 | šag₄-ba šag₄-ŋa₂ ⸢ama⸣-x nu-me-en lu₂ nam-tar-⸢ra⸣ [me-en] | You are not the one who decrees fate |
| 11 | {⸢na₄⸣}iškila{la} eb₂-ba TUR x-dag-ge x ba-TE-x [...] | The ešānu-stone of the pure pond ... |
| 12 | maš-da₃-gin₇ eden-na-gin₇ ga bi-naŋ igi-bi ⸢IB₂⸣-[...] | Like a goat in the steppe he ... milk, its face ... |
| 13 | ⸢dumu{mu⸣} nin-na KA mu-da-KU-a nin₉-na-še₃ ga-ŋen | The daughter of the lady ... to her sister I want to say |
| 14 | dumu{mu} šeš KA mu-da-KU-a šeš-še₃ ga-ŋen | I want to say “My son, when he ... the mouth, let me speak ... |
| 15 | [x]-e e₂ kaš e₂ nam tar-re-da a-gin₇ mi-in-da-an-kur₉-⸢re⸣ | ... the house of beer, the house where fates are to be decided - how did he come out? |
| 16 | {[d]}⸢mu-ul-lil₂⸣-da e₂ nam tar-re-da a-gin₇ mi-in-da-an-kur₉-re | How did Enlil bring me into the house where fates are to be decided? |
| 17 | ⸢e₂⸣ [...]-x [...]-ka a-gin₇ mi-in-[da]-an-kur₉-re | How could he bring me into the house of ...? |
| 18 | [... nam]-⸢lu₂-ulu₃⸣-ka a-gin₇ mi-in-da-an-kur₉-re | How did he bring in the ... of humanity? |
| 19 | [... šu]-ŋu₁₀ ⸢im-ma⸣-us₂ nam-tar e₂ ŋal₂-lu | ... the hand of Ema-uš, the fate of the house that is to be carried off |
| 20 | x-x nam-tar e₂ ŋal₂-lu a-gin₇ mu-na-dug₄ | ... Namtar, how did he treat the house that was defiled? |
| 21 | {[d}mu]-ul-lil₂-ra na-aŋ₂ e-tar-tar-re ŋa₂ mu-na-tuš-e-en | For Enlil, he has chosen me, I sit down for him. |
| 22 | [...]-ŋu₁₀ al-tar-tar-re al-ma-ma ŋa₂ mu-na-tuš-e-en | I sit down for him in the “seizing-of-the-mouth’ (lamentation) and lamenting. |
| 23 | [...-ŋu₁₀] al-tar-tar-re al-ma-ma ŋa₂ mu-na-tuš-e-en | ... is to be determined, to be decided, I sit down for him. |
| 24 | [lu₂] ⸢dam⸣-ra dam mu-na-an-ze₂-ŋe₂₆-en ŋa₂-e mu-na-tuš | He gave me a wife to the man who was married, and I sat down for him. |
| 25 | [...] ⸢dumu⸣ mu-na-an-ze₂-ŋe₂₆-en ŋa₂-e mu-na-tuš-en | ... you give birth to a child for him, you sit down for him |
| 26 | [...]-ŋar-ra-ta i-bi₂ x-e | From ... the eye ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...-ŋa₂ mu]-⸢ŋa₂⸣-ŋa₂ | ..., the one who makes ... enter |
| 2' | [...]-ŋa₂ mu-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | ... he made it. |
| 3' | [...] šag₄ im-da-be₇-de | ... is to be smeared with ... |
| 4' | ⸢nam-tar⸣ [... ma]-da-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ šag₄ im-da-be₇-de | The namtar priestess, the ... of the land, was rushing towards me |
| 5' | [na]-⸢aŋ₂⸣-ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃ da-ŋa₂ ma-da-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ šag₄ im-<(da-be₇-de)> | (Sum) The one who is to go to the river bank, the one who was to be torn apart(?) (Akk) To the riverbank, to the one that is to be smashed(?) |
| 6' | [... aŋ₂]-⸢ma⸣-al-e na-ma-da-ab(DA-)be₂ šag₄ im-da-<(be₇-de)> | ... should not speak to me, it will make me tremble |
| 7' | [...] na-ma-da-ab-be₂ šag₄ im-da-be₇-<(de)> | ... does not speak to me, he is speaking to me |
| 8' | [... e]-re-da im-ma-al igi im-bar-⸢re⸣ | ... there is a servant, he looks at you. |
| 9' | [... e]-re-da im-ma-al [...] | ... there is a servant ... |
| 1'' | [...] x-ra | ... for ... |
| 2'' | [siki] saŋ [...] | ... wool |
| 3'' | [su]-bar-ŋa₂ bar-ŋa₂ ⸢mu⸣-[...] | (Sum) The šuba stones, the stones of the emû-dais (Akk) The sissu stone, the stone of the temple |
| 4'' | [...]-⸢LUM⸣-ge-en i-bi₂ nu-x-[...] | I am the one who does not see |
| 5'' | [mu-lu] ⸢zu⸣-a mu-x-x-x [...] | (Sum) The one of the temple ... (Akk) The man of the shrine ... |
| 6'' | nam-tar ur₂-ŋa₂ a-x-x [...] | Namtar of the lap ... |
| 7'' | [na]-aŋ₂-ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃ ⸢da-ŋa₂⸣ a-ne ma-al [...] | “Do not be negligent, (but) be present for me(?) |
| 8'' | ⸢id₂⸣ nu-zu-ŋu₁₀ [a-bi ga-na]-aŋ₂ eden-še₃ ga-da-<(ŋen)> | I want to go to the river that I do not know |
| 9'' | ⸢a⸣-šag₄ nu-zu-ŋu₁₀ ⸢še⸣-[bi] ga-gu₇ ⸢eden⸣-[še₃ ...] | I want to eat the food of a house that I do not know, I want [to eat] its food of the house of the steppe |
| 10'' | [kaskal] ⸢nu⸣-zu-ŋu₁₀ ga-{me}ŋen{en} eden-na [...] | I want to go on a business trip to the desert |
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