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BM 023104 (P345736)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BM 023104 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345736 |
| Museum no. | BM 023104 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 i | ||
| 1 | ⸢x x⸣ [...]-ni ŋa₂-e nu-me-en ⸢mi-re-el-lu x⸣-am₃-ma mi-ri-⸢lu⸣ | ... his ... you are not! “Mirelu, ... mīri-elû |
| 2 | ⸢ur-saŋ⸣ {d}ne₃-iri₁₁-gal | Ursae, Nergal |
| 3 | {d}mes-lam-ta-e₃-a | Meslamtaea |
| 4 | mes-lam-e₃ mu₂-da | the Meslam grew, |
| 5 | am gal u₃-mu-un-ir₉-ra | Great wild bull Umunira |
| 6 | en gal diŋir gu₂-du₈-a mi-ra-am₃ | The great lord of the intertwined nets, the guduŋ priest, is your servant. |
| 7 | emeda{da}ke₄ ŋe₂₆-e u₃-mu-un-na-ŋu₁₀ | The nursemaid speaks to the lord |
| 8 | dam-a-ni hendur-saŋ ga-a ur₅ nu-mu-un-bu₇-bu₇-ne | His spouse Hendursa does not eat milk. |
| 9 | ama-zu di-di e-zu te-me-en nu-sig₃-ge | Your mother is wandering about, your house is not calm. |
| 10 | me-ri-lu i-me-a ur₅ nu-mu-un-bu₇-bu₇-ne | When she cries out, they do not soothe her. |
| 11 | me-ri-lu i₃-me-a ba-ni-in-dur₂-ru-ne-eš{du₈} | They sat down on the throne like a wild bull. |
| 12 | me-ri-lu i₃-me-a u₂-am₃ me-re-a | The merilu-demon that is there, oh, the meriŋ demon! |
| 13 | me-ri-lu i₃-me-a ur₅ nu-mu-un-<(bu₇-bu₇-ne)> sipad-ŋu₁₀ | When the merilu drums are playing, they do not ... the shepherd |
| 14 | {ŋeš}ŋiri₃ mu-un-de₆ dam(EL-)ni ama₅ mu-na₈-na₈ | He brought down the mountain goats and fed his wife to the women's quarters |
| 15 | ši-in-ni kur-re mu-un-de₆ dam(EL-)ni ama₅{am} mu-na₈-na₈ | He brought her food to the mountains, he made her wife drink it in her chamber. |
| 16 | igi-nim-ta am-e ŋi₆-par₄-ra šir₃ na-ŋa₂ bi₂-in-du₁₁ | From the high steppe the wild bull spoke to the Tigris: |
| 17 | am-e gudu₄-bi ŋi₆-par₄-ra šir₃ na-ŋa₂ bi₂-⸢in-du₁₁⸣ | The wild bull raised its gudu priest in the Ipar. |
| 18 | a naŋ a nu-naŋ-ni kur-ra a ga-⸢ša⸣-[an bi₂-in]-⸢du₁₁⸣ | He said “Alas, he who does not bathe, I want to bathe in the water of the mountain!" |
| 19 | e₂ lu₂-kur₂-re a nu-naŋ-ni kur-⸢ra a⸣ [ga-ša-an bi₂-in]-⸢du₁₁⸣ | The enemy’s house, where no water is available, poured out a libation for the mountain. |
| 20 | ki-bi kur EL DI ŠI ni-in-ni [...] x | (Sum) Its place is ... (Akk) It is the place of ... |
| 21 | a-ra-li su₃-da igi ⸢x⸣ [...] | In the deep Arali, before the eše temple |
| 22 | ma₂ nam-mi-in-tum₂ ma₂ [...] e-ne-eŋ₃ ⸢uru₂⸣ [...] ⸢BI⸣ [...] | did not bring a boat, the boat ... |
| 23 | ⸢ŋuruš⸣-e ma₂ nam-⸢mah⸣ [...] | The e’e-buruš-e-maḫ |
| 24 | ŋuruš-e ki-a ⸢ma₂⸣ ga-⸢mi-in-tum₂⸣ [...] | I want to bring a young male goat into the netherworld |
| 25 | ⸢x⸣ gi-ri-⸢iš⸣-ŋu₁₀ šu-mi-a e-ne-⸢eŋ₃⸣ [...] | “It is the girīšû-demon in my hand |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | ŋuruš uru₂ bar-ra i-in-di x x x [...] ⸢x⸣ IM ⸢buru₅{mušen} U₃⸣ x x [...] | The buruš-bird roamed the outer city |
| 2 | ur-saŋ {d}ne₃-iri₁₁-gal uru₂ bar-ra | Hero Nergal, outside the city |
| 3 | mes-lam-ta-e₃-a uru₂ bar-ra | Meslamtaea, outside the city |
| 4 | mes-lam-e mu₂-da uru₂ bar-ra | In the Meslam, a young man, outside the city, |
| 5 | en gal diŋir gu₂-du₈-a uru₂ bar-ra | Great lord of the intertwined, gudu priest of the outer city, |
| 6 | am gal u₃-mu-un-ir₉-ra uru₂ bar-ra | Great bull Umunira, outside the city. |
| 7 | {ŋeš}ildag₂ {d}bil₄-ga-mes uru₂ bar-ra | Ištar of Gilgamesh, outside the city |
| 8 | su₈-ba {d}dumu-zi uru₂ bar-ra | Shepherd Dumuzi, outside the city |
| 9 | {d}alla u₃-mu-un sa-par₃ uru₂ bar-ra | Balla, lord of nets, outside the city |
| 10 | li-bi-ir u₃-mu-un-šud₃-de₃ uru₂ bar-ra | The herald Umunšude, outside the city |
| 11 | a in-di tum-ma li-a li-a u₂-a u₂-a u₂-a | “Woe the young man, turn back! Woe, woe! |
| 12 | ŋuruš e-lum e-lu-lim {gu}gu₃ he₂-em-ma-⸢al⸣ še ib }} si im-da-al-lu si im-da-al-lu [...] | The important one, the elulum one, may he raise his neck there. The še’ib priestess, the one who fills the reed-beds with a lament |
| 13 | til₃-la u₃-a u₂-za-la-gin₇ ŋuruš me-en la-⸢bar-ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | I am a young male donkey that is not to be sown like a pasture, |
| 14 | ŋuruš lu₂-kur ki ŋuruš me-en la-bar-ŋu₁₀ mu-da-[...] | I am a liar, a foreigner, with a labar priest |
| 15 | ŋuruš-bi lu₂-kur ki ŋuruš me-en la-bar-ŋu₁₀ mu-da-[...] | Its young woman: “I am a young woman in a foreign land,’ |
| 16 | a in-di tum-ma li-a li-a u₂-a [u₂-a u₂-a] | Woe, the young man, oh, woe! ... |
| 17 | u₃-re me-am₃ di ia-am₃-ma [...] e-la-lu šir₃-⸢e⸣ [...] | The storm, where is the judgement? ... Elalu, the Šire’e temple |
| 18 | ⸢ur-saŋ ne₃-iri₁₁⸣-gal | “House of Ursa, Nerigal |
| 19 | [...] x | |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢bar⸣ x [...] | ... ebar ... |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x ZE₂ x⸣ [...] | ... the gall bladder |
| 4' | [...] x IA mu-⸢un⸣-[...] | ..., the one who ... |
| 5' | [...] ši-in-ni ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... my skin ... |
| 6' | ⸢i-di-di⸣-nam ⸢ša₃⸣ i₃-ma-al [...] | “I am going around, I am in the middle of the house(?) |
| 7' | ⸢i-di-di⸣-nam ⸢ša₃⸣ i₃-ma-al su₈-[ba] [...] | The Ididīnam temple is there, the shepherd ... |
| 8' | ⸢e⸣ kur-⸢še₃⸣ i-di-di-nam ša₃ i₃-ma-al su₈-⸢ba⸣ [...] | (Sum) The e’e temple, the temple of the netherworld, where he goes, where is he? (Akk) In the temple, at the mountain, he roams around, the shepherd ... |
| 9' | ⸢kur-še₃ ki nu-zu i-di-di-nam⸣ | I keep wandering about in a place unknown to me |
| 10' | ⸢dumu kur-še₃⸣ <(i-di-di-nam)> x-⸢ra ama ugu⸣-ni | The child of the netherworld, who (is) his mother who bore him |
| 11' | ⸢ša₃⸣ i₃-ma-al ⸢ur₅⸣-za-a de₃-⸢ma⸣-al | There is a mound, may it be in your lap. |
| 12' | ⸢ša₃⸣ i₃-ma-al ⸢saŋ-zu⸣-še₃ ⸢de₃-ma-al⸣ ša₃ i₃-ma-al | There is the ša-e’e-house, there is the sala-e'e-shrine, there are the waters and the water. |
| 13' | ⸢ŋuruš dur₂-ra za šub-ba⸣ ši-na-ni-mu₂-mu₂ | “I want to utter a supplication to you in the living quarters. |
| 14' | ⸢ur-saŋ⸣ {d}⸢ne₃-iri₁₁-gal x⸣-ra {u₂}⸢harub⸣-ba | For Ursa, the ... of E-ne’irigal, the Ḫabu-plant |
| 15' | {d}⸢mes-lam-ta-e₃-a⸣ | Emeslamtaea |
| 16' | ⸢mes-lam-e₃ mu₂-da⸣ | he built the Meslam temple. |
| 17' | ⸢am gal⸣ u₃-⸢mu-un-ir₉-ra⸣ | Great temple, Umunirra |
| 18' | en gal diŋir gu₂-⸢du₈-a⸣ | Great lord of the Ibir temple, Gu-edua |
| 19' | šir₃ mah balaŋ-di(KI) dab₅-⸢ba ap-pa-ra za⸣ šub-ba ši-na-ni-[mu₂-mu₂] | In the exalted midst of the bala, in the appara shrine, the ši-nani-mumu shrine |
| 20' | mušen-du₃ sa-par₃ ⸢mi⸣-ni-in-⸢nu₂-e x mušen⸣ ba-an-[...] | The mušendu-bird lies down in the net, the ... bird ... |
| 21' | ma-an-du₃ ama ⸢idim-ma an-ne₂ ki-bi-še₃ uru₂ x⸣ [...] | The mother of the idima temple, heaven and earth, the city ... |
| 22' | {d}nin-sun₂-⸢na idim-ma an-ne₂ ki-bi-še₃ uru₂⸣ [...] | Ninsun, creator of heaven and earth, ... the city |
| 23' | {i₇}⸢idigna⸣-a ⸢la-ba-x⸣ [...] ⸢ki⸣-bi-še₃ [...] | The Tigris, the Labaši canal, the ... canal, and the Ebiš canal |
| 24' | bi₂-za-za ⸢U₂⸣ [...] ⸢x x x x x x⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... the temple, the temple ... (Akk) The temple of ... |
| 25' | i₇ an-ne₂ ⸢x x x x x⸣ [...] x [...] | The An canal ... |
| 26' | a du₁₀ ama-za ⸢x x x x x x x⸣ [...] | Sweet water, your mother ... |
| 27' | u₂ ama-za ⸢x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | The food of your mother ... |
| 28' | ga-ša-an-⸢sun₂-na-ke₄ x⸣ [...] | Gašanesuna |
| 29' | ga-ša-an ⸢x x x x x x x x⸣ [...] | Lady ... |
| 30' | ša₃ ama-za ŋuruš ⸢x x x x x⸣ [...] | In your mother’s womb ... |
| r iv | ||
| 1 | [...] x ⸢su₃⸣-ru-zu ŋeš-nud lum-ma ku₃-ba-⸢bar⸣ [...] | ... your šu’e-ru-vessel, the light of Kubaba-ebar |
| 2 | [...] x x E ⸢x⸣ el-lu lum-ma GI [...] | ... elalu ellu reed |
| 3 | u₃-mu-un-ir₉(AG₂-)⸢ra⸣ {d}mes-lam-⸢ta⸣-e₃-a [...] | Umuniraea, Meslam-ea |
| 4 | u₃-mu-un-⸢iri₁₁-gal⸣ mes-lam-e₃ mu₂-da [...] | Umun-irigal ... the Meslam with him |
| 5 | a₂ ⸢gur-ra⸣ u₃-mu-un hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ | labor of Egurra, lord of the mountain range |
| 6 | {d}alla <(u₃-mu-un)> <(sa)>-par₃ u₃-mu-un-⸢šud₃-de₃⸣ | Balla, lord of the net, Umunšude |
| 7 | a-ra-li ⸢su₈-ba en x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ | The Arali temple, the lord of the ... shrine |
| 8 | ⸢x x⸣ en ⸢e₂-nun⸣-na x [...] | The lord of the Enun temple |
| 9 | ⸢lu₂ DU x x⸣ [...] | A man ... |
| 10 | AN [...] | ..., |
| 11 | x [...] | |
| 18' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 19' | ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 20' | ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 21' | {d}mes-⸢lam-ta⸣-e₃-⸢a⸣ [gurum-mu] | Mes-elamta-ea'ea, inspection |
| 22' | mes-lam-e₃ mu₂-da [gurum-mu] | The Meslam-eŋ-plant grows with me. |
| 23' | am gal u₃-mu-un-ir₉-ra gurum-mu | Great wild bull Umunira, inspection, |
| 24' | en gal diŋir gu₂-du₈-a gurum-mu | Great lord of the intertwined lands, guduŋ priest, inspection, |
| 25' | {d}x-x-x-nun gurum-mu | ... inspections |
| 26' | ⸢x⸣ [...] nu-gi₄-a-ba | When the ... did not return |
| 27' | ⸢x⸣ [...] {d}utu šu₂-še₃ | ... Šamaš in his hand |
| 28' | [...] {d}utu šu₂-še₃ | ... Utu in his hand |
| 29' | [...]-a-ba | ... of that |
| 30' | [...] x x-⸢ga⸣-a-ba | ... in ... |
| 31' | [...] balaŋ {d}ne₃-iri₁₁-gal | ... the reign of Nergal |
| 32' | [...] [mu]-⸢bi⸣-im | ... its name |
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