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TMH NF 4, 84 (P345721)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TMH NF 4, 84 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345721 |
| Museum no. | HS 1431 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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' | [x x (x) (x)] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [x x (x) (x)] i-lu-bi [...] | ... its lament ... |
| 3' | [x x (x)]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ ama ⸢ga-ša⸣-[an ...]-⸢še₃⸣ | ... mother of the egašan temple ... |
| 4' | [x x]-ma-ma ku₃-ba ⸢nam⸣-[...] ⸢x⸣ | ... the holy ... |
| 5' | [... {d]}⸢mu⸣-ul-lil₂ ⸢ba-e-a-gu-la⸣-am₃ | It is the ... of Enlil and the Ebayula temple |
| 6' | [x x (x)] ⸢x⸣ {d}mu-ul-lil₂ ba-e-a-⸢gu⸣-la-am₃ | It is the ... of Enlil that was destroyed. |
| 7' | [x x (x)] ⸢x⸣-da-bi a-na ba-ga-ga | ... its ... to be carried away |
| 8' | [x x x x] niŋ₂-gur₁₁-⸢ta ga-ša-an⸣-an-na-⸢ke₄⸣ x-da ba-an-da-kar | ... Gašaneana turned away from ... |
| 9' | [x x] {[d]}⸢mu⸣-ul-lil₂-⸢le⸣ li-bi₂-in-du₁₁-ga-gin₇ | Like the ... that Enlil had said |
| 10' | [x x] ⸢x šu⸣ hul ba-ni-in-ak | ... he performed evil ... |
| 11' | ⸢er₂⸣ [a-še]-⸢er še⸣ x mu-un-ša₄ i-si-iš-⸢bi⸣ mu-un-⸢šeš₂⸣ | (Sum) The one who ... a lament, he ... praise for him (Akk) The lamenter, the lamentation priest, the še’e priest, prayed to him |
| 12' | ⸢erim₃-bi⸣ [x]-x {d}ezina₂ nu-un-[...] | Its storeroom did not ... Ezina |
| 13' | tur₃-⸢bi⸣ ba-an-gul ab₂ ⸢mu⸣-un-⸢di⸣-[di ...] | The cattlepen was destroyed, the cows ... |
| 14' | amaš-⸢bi⸣ u₈ e-⸢ze₂⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | The sheepfold where ewes are pastured ... the sheepfold |
| 15' | e₂ ⸢uŋ₃⸣ [...] ⸢x x x-ma⸣ ba-[...] | The temple ... the temple |
| 16' | ⸢abul-bi⸣ ki di ku₅-ru x-⸢ma x⸣ [...] | The abulbî-house, the place of judgment, ... and ... |
| 17' | ka-inim-ma-bi si nu-⸢mu⸣-un-sa₂ [...] | The wording of this incantation is not correct |
| 18' | gudu₄ dim₃-mi-ir šum₂-mu gu₄ šu ZA MUŠ₃-ra-NE [...] | The gudu priest, the god, the wild ox ... |
| 19' | {ŋeš}gu-⸢za⸣-na in-šub sahar-ra ba-an-da-tuš | She left her throne and sat in the dust. |
| 20' | EZEN ⸢NE⸣ dim₃-mi-ir-⸢re⸣-e-ne-ka taka₄ im-ma-la₂-la₂ | He sat down at the festival of the gods. |
| 21' | unu₂ kiŋ₂-sig₇-bi ki-in-dar ba-⸢an⸣-haš | In the dining hall, its terrace was made into a mound |
| 22' | x-x-⸢na⸣ saŋ a ⸢tu₅-gin₇⸣ siki ba-an-da-bur₂-bur₂ | ... like a flood swept away her hair. |
| 23' | [x x (x)]-bi ⸢nam⸣-um-ma nu-un-⸢ak⸣ | Its ... does not go out |
| 24' | [x x (x)]-bi nam-ab-ba nu-un-⸢ak⸣ | Its ... did not go out to the sea. |
| 25' | [x x (x)] hi-li-a-ni ⸢nu-un⸣-x | ... his allure ... |
| 26' | [...]-la-ni [x]-⸢un⸣-[x] | ... his |
| 27' | [...]-⸢ma mu-bi MI⸣ [...] | ... its name ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...]-x si-ga-ni ⸢he₂⸣-[...] | ... his ..., may he ... |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ zabar [...] | ... bronze ... |
| 4' | [...]-⸢ra ab₂⸣ [...] | ... the cow |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣-na UŠ-[...] | ... the length |
| 6' | [x x x (x)] ⸢x sahar⸣-ra u₂-⸢il₂ x⸣ [...] | ... the ... of the earth, the reed-beds, ... |
| 7' | [x x] ⸢i₃⸣-ib₂-ri en-na [...] | ... eibri, as long as |
| 8' | [ga-ša-an]-⸢tin⸣-lu-ba i₃-ib₂-ri [...] | Gašan-etin-eluba ... |
| 9' | [ga-ša-an-in]-si-na i₃-ib₂-⸢ri⸣ [...] | Gašaninsina went out |
| 10' | x-x [x (x)] ⸢x⸣ mu-lu i₃-DU [...] | ... the one who ... |
| 11' | i-⸢bi₂⸣ [...] šu-du₈-a-aš i₃-⸢tum₂⸣ [...] kam/⸢te⸣ | (Sum) ... he brought out the šudu-vessel (Akk) He brought out ... the reed bundle |
| 12' | i-⸢bi₂⸣ [...] ⸢a₂⸣ la₂-a-aš ⸢i₃-tum₂⸣ [...] ⸢lil₂⸣ kam/⸢te⸣ | (If) he enters a house, he will be seized by a demon. He will be brought out into the Eili temple |
| 13' | AN ⸢x x x da x⸣ [...] | ... next to ... |
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