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BM 054315 + BM 054698 + BM 072969 (P345741)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BM 054315 + BM 054698 + BM 072969 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345741 |
| Museum no. | BM 054315 + BM 054698 + BM 072969 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 i | ||
| 1 | [...] še-en-bun₂-na-am₃ | ... is a šēnbuna |
| 2 | [...] ⸢ma⸣ še-en-bun₂-na-am₃ | ... is a šēnbunna |
| 3 | [...] {⸢d}da⸣-mu še-en-bun₂-na-am₃ | It is the ... of Daemu, the šēnbuna |
| 4 | [še-en-bun₂]-na-am₃ še-en-bun₂-na-am₃ | It is the šēnbuna, it is the Šenbuna |
| 5 | [še]-⸢en⸣-bun₂-na-am₃ mu-lu ma-ma-[...] | It is a še’ebunna, the one who ... |
| 6 | ⸢še-en⸣-bun₂-na-am₃ mu-lu du-du-[...] | It is a šēnû-tree, a man who goes around |
| 7 | ⸢šu bar⸣ uru₂ ša₃-ab še-en-bun₂-na-am₃ | The outside of the city is a šēnbunnu |
| 8 | šu bar uru₂ li-la gi-gi-gi-⸢de₃⸣ [...] | Hand of a city that trembles, may it be restored for you |
| 9 | šeš e₂ u₃ ku e₂ ⸢mu⸣-un-⸢di⸣-[di] | The house and the pure house, the house that is to be built |
| 10 | ŋeš-i₃ he₂-ak šu mu-un-gur-⸢re⸣ [...] | May he act with kindness, may he turn to you |
| 11 | u₃-mu-un-bi-ra de₃-en-na-an-[...] | I want to ... for this lord |
| 12 | {d}am-an-ki-ra aŋ₂ šu-ta [...] | To Enki, by means of his own hand |
| 13 | {⸢d}am⸣-an-ki-ra aŋ₂ šu-ta [...] | For Amēl-Anki, from his hand |
| 14 | [e]-⸢a⸣ u₄-de₃ e-a u₄-⸢de₃⸣ [...] | “Ea, storm, come out, storm |
| 15 | ⸢x⸣ bala-bala e₂-⸢e⸣ [...] | The balabala ritual of the temple |
| 16 | ⸢x⸣ du-du ⸢e₂-e na-KA x⸣ [...] | The ... of the temple ... |
| 17 | ⸢gi⸣ tur-tur e₂-e ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] | The small reeds of the temple |
| 18 | ⸢uru₂⸣-na mu-un-lah₅ e₂-na mu-un-[lah₅] | He brought it into the temple, he brought it in his temple |
| 19 | me-ni-še₃ ⸢e₂-na mu-un-ri⸣ | He brought out his divine powers into his house |
| 20 | ki-sikil {d}inana ⸢e₂-na mu-un-ri⸣ | The maiden Inana went up to her temple. |
| 21 | unu₂-la₂ ⸢šuba la₂ e₂-na mu-un-ri⸣ | The šuba plant, the elalu-plant, came out from her house. |
| 22 | nin₉ dili {d}⸢utu-am₃ e₂-na mu-un-ri⸣ | The single sister of Utu entered her house. |
| 23 | ⸢suh⸣ dub-dub-be₂ ki-sikil-la-⸢a-re⸣ | The supplication of the young woman |
| 24 | ⸢a₂⸣ gur-gur-ra ⸢ŋuruš-a-re⸣ | “House that is torn out, house that has been plundered, |
| 25 | ⸢me⸣-ni am₃-da-niŋin₂-na me-⸢ni am₃-da-niŋin₂-na⸣ | When he enters, when he exits, |
| 26 | ⸢am⸣ uru₂-ze₂-⸢ba{ki⸣} [me-ni] am₃-da-niŋin₂-na | Where is the house Uruzeb? Where is it? |
| 27 | uru₂-ze₂-eb{ki} ki ze₂-eb-ba [me-ni] ⸢am₃-da-niŋin₂-na⸣ | Uruzeb, the sweet place, her name is e’e. |
| 28 | e₂ ama-ra si-si-ga-ba ⸢am₃⸣-[da-niŋin₂]-⸢na⸣ | When she enters the house of the mother, |
| 29 | am₃-ma gi gul-la am₃-ma-gub-⸢ba⸣ | The bull stands at the destroyed reeds. |
| 30 | a-tu ga-ša-an ama-ŋu₁₀ am₃-ma-gub-ba | Atu, the lady who stands with her mother |
| 31 | egi₂ gu₂-bar edin-na am₃-ma-gub-ba | The princess, standing in the open country, |
| 32 | ⸢ama⸣ mu-gig ni-ir šu nam-mi-in-ir | The mother, the mistress, took her hand away. |
| 33 | e₂ aŋ₂-ma-al-la šu nam-mi-in-ir | The house of abundance has been given over. |
| 34 | erim₃ aŋ₂-ma-al-la šu nam-mi-in-ir | He has handed over the treasury of abundance |
| 35 | gu₄ tur₃-ra gub-ba šu nam-mi-in-ir | The oxen stationed in the cattlepen have received it. |
| 36 | e-ze₂ amaš-a gub-ba šu nam-mi-in-ir | The sheep stationed in the sheepfold has received it. |
| 37 | ša-ra-ni-ib-tuku-am₃ ša-ra-ni-ib-tuku-am₃ | It is a ša-ra-ni-btuku-demon, (it is) a silt. |
| 38 | gu₄ tur₃-bi-a ša-ra-ni-ib-tuku-am₃ | It is an ox that has been seized in its stall |
| 39 | e-ze₂ amaš-bi-a ša-ra-ni-ib-tuku-am₃ | The sheep of the sheepfold have been given over to you |
| 40 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ta gi x x [...] ⸢ba-da⸣-an-ti | ... from the ... of the ešabāti temple |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | e-la-lu am₃-ma {d}da-mu ⸢am₃⸣-[ma {d}ištaran-na] | Elalu, Damu, eštaran |
| 2 | am₃-ma {d}da-mu aŋ₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | “Why, Damu, father of the temple |
| 3 | [...] ⸢li⸣-bi-ir-si-ŋu₁₀ ⸢kurun⸣ [...] | ... elī-ebirsibu-plant, ekurun-plant |
| 4 | [u₃]-mu-un e₂-e ⸢kurun⸣ [...] | Lord of the temple, ekurun temple |
| 5 | [me]-⸢e⸣ bahar₂-e ma-a mu-un-⸢da-a⸣ | The potter, saying: “I will go out with you!’ |
| 6 | [e]-la-lu me-e bahar₂-e ma-a mu-un-da-a | Elalu, I, the potter, ... |
| 7 | bahar₂-e bahar₂ u₄-da-ke₄ kurun sa₁₀-sa₁₀-ŋu₁₀-a | The potter, the potter of the storm, buying beer, |
| 8 | am₃-ma {d}da-<mu> ša₃-bi de₃-šeš₄ | The wild bull, Damu, may his heart be appeased |
| 9 | ⸢ša₃⸣-bi de₃-šeš₄ gaba-bi de₃-daŋal | May he find its sanctuaries, may he cross their borders |
| 10 | ⸢ša₃⸣-bi ša₃ mu-ud-na-ŋa₂ de₃-ba-an-⸢sa₆⸣ | I want to make the heart of the spouse pleasant |
| 11 | [... i]-im-ŋen-kam-ma kaš-ba nin ga-⸢x⸣ | ... it is the eponymy of ..., the lady of beer. |
| 12 | [...]-⸢bu⸣ 10kam-ma kaš i₃-da-ni-[...] | ... the tenth time beer was given to him |
| 13 | [...] x uru₂ bar-ra im-da-⸢niŋin₂⸣-[na] | ... the outer city that he had brought forth |
| 14 | [e]-⸢la-lu⸣ me-e uru₂ bar-ra im-⸢da⸣-[niŋin₂-na] | Elalu! I, when I enter the outer city |
| 15 | [...] x ⸢uru₂⸣ [...] x x x x | ... the city |
| 16 | [...] x x im-da-niŋin₂-⸢na⸣ | ... he smote |
| 17 | [...] me-e uru₂ ša₃-ba im-da-niŋin₂-na | ... I, when she entered the city |
| 18 | [...] ⸢di⸣-di mu-ub-du₁₁ | ... spoke to me |
| 19 | [...] ⸢u₃⸣ lum-ma lam-ma | ... ešuma lumma lama |
| 20 | [...]-⸢x⸣-na u₃ lum-ma lam-ma | ... he is bright and bright. |
| 21 | [...] imin kaš-de₃ | ... to pour out seven beers |
| 22 | [...] x {d}⸢dam⸣-gal-nun-na-ke₄ kaš-e ba-ni-in-de₂ | ... Edamegalnuna pours beer |
| 23 | x [...] [mu-un]-ze₂-eb kurun₂ mu-un-ze₂-eb-ba-ra | ... sweetens ..., sweetening sweets. |
| 24 | e-⸢la⸣-[lu] ⸢mu⸣-un-ze₂-eb kurun₂ mu-un-ze₂-eb-ba-ra | The elu priestess, the emû-priest, for the one who makes the liquor sweet, |
| 25 | ⸢šeš⸣-a-ni {d}utu-⸢ur₂⸣ lu₂ mu-un-zu-ra ši-in-gi₄ | His son, Šamaš-eur-e23, the one who knows him, returned. |
| 26 | šeš-ŋu₁₀-ra ka-ga na-ab-ga-ga he₂-naŋ-naŋ | May he be the one who opens the mouth to speak. |
| 27 | {d}utu-ra ka-ga na-ab-ga-ga he₂-naŋ-naŋ | For Utu, may he be the one who opens the mouth. |
| 28 | kaš-a-ni ŋar ŋa₂ ba-ra-me-a | His beer is a barley-beer, it is not mine |
| 29 | ⸢e-la⸣-lu ⸢kaš⸣-a-ni ŋar ŋa₂ ba-ra-me-a | “When he pours out beer, he is not equal to me. |
| 30 | x e-⸢la-lu⸣ lu₂-ne ga-ba-e-da-an-ku₄ | ... Elalû, I want to enter with you. |
| 31 | kaš-a-[ni] ŋar ŋa₂ ba-ra-me-a | His beer is a libation vessel that cannot be opened |
| 32 | e-⸢la⸣-[lu kaš]-⸢a⸣-ni ŋar ŋa₂ ba-ra-me-a | “Ela-elu, his beer is a libation vessel, it is not mine! |
| 33 | [...] lu₂-ne ga-ba-e-⸢da⸣-[an-ku₄] | ... let me enter with you |
| 34 | kaš-⸢a-ni⸣ [...] x ŋa₂ ba-ra-⸢me⸣-[a] | His beer ... did not come out |
| 35 | mu-un-gur₁₁ x [...] ⸢mu⸣-un-da-[...] | The possessions ... I did not |
| 36 | kaš-a-ni kiŋ₂ ŋa₂ ⸢ba-ra⸣-[me-a] | his beer at the place of the barāmea temple |
| 37 | su₈-ba u₃-mu-un li-bi-ir-si [...] | Shepherd, lord of the libirsu-festival |
| 38 | u₂-ni tuku ŋa₂ <(ba-ra-me-a)> še-ni tuku [ŋa₂] <(ba-ra-me-a)> | If he has a wife, if he does not have children |
| 39 | e-la-lu u₂-ni tuku ŋa₂ <(ba-ra-me-a)> še-ni [tuku ŋa₂] <(ba-ra-me-a)> | Elalu, he has ..., his hand ... |
| 40 | u₃-mu-un-zu x-ra-naŋ a naŋ [...] | Your lord ... |
| 41 | u₃-mu-un-zu x-ra-du₇ ni-ti-bi [...] | Your lord, the ... is perfect for you |
| 42 | u₄ me-na-ke₄ ma ŋa₂ a-ba mu-un-[...] | The storm, when/how long, who ... the boat? |
| 43 | ama e₂-mah-a {d}dam-gal-nun-na-ke₄ [...] | The mother of the Emah, Damgalnuna |
| 44 | u₃-mu-un-zu x-ke₄ u₃-na-a [...] | Your lord ... |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | [...]-ga-tu-ud x [gurum]-mu | ... ... inspections |
| 2' | [...]-ga-e₃-a [gurum]-mu | ..., inspections |
| 3' | [...]-nin-u₄-da-bi [gurum]-⸢mu⸣ | ... its ... inspections |
| 4' | [...]-eren-ga-bi gurum-mu | ... its cedar ... |
| 5' | [...] gurum-mu | ... inspections |
| 6' | [...] x | |
| 11' | x [...] | |
| 12' | x MU x [...] | ... ... |
| 13' | lu₂-lal₃ x [...] mu-un-dib₂-be₂ | The honey-bearer passed by |
| 14' | ama lugal-la mu-un-dib₂-be₂ | The mother of the king passed by. |
| 15' | ama gudu₄-ga mu-un-dib₂-be₂ | The mother of the gudug priest passes by. |
| 16' | ama u₃-mu-un-a-zu mu-un-dib₂-be₂ | The mother of your lord passes by. |
| 17' | ama u₃-mu-un-mu-zi-da mu-un-dib₂-be₂ | The mother of Umunmuzida passes by. |
| 18' | ama {d}da-mu-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-dib₂-be₂ | Mother Damu passed by. |
| 19' | ama {d}ištaran mu-un-dib₂-be₂ | Mother Ištaran passed by. |
| r iv | ||
| 1' | emeda{⸢da⸣} [...] | The nursemaid |
| 2' | emeda{⸢da⸣} [...] | The nursemaid |
| 3' | u-gur-⸢am₃⸣ [...] | Ugur-eam |
| 4' | egir₂ am₃-ma AN [...] | The princess ... |
| 5' | u₈ am₃-ma [...] | Where the ewes are ... |
| 6' | i₃ am₃-ma [...] | ... oil ... |
| 7' | imin-bi [...] | Its seven |
| 8' | ia₂ x-[...] | My ... |
| 9' | emeda{⸢da⸣} [...] | The nursemaid |
| 10' | a ⸢el-lu⸣ [...] | “Alas, ellu! ... |
| 11' | emeda{⸢da⸣} [...] | The nursemaid |
| 12' | emeda{⸢da⸣} [...] | The nursemaid |
| 13' | emeda{⸢da⸣} [...] | The nursemaid |
| 14' | ⸢emeda{da⸣} x [...] | The nursemaid ... |
| 15' | [emeda]{⸢da⸣} AN [...] | The nursemaid ... |
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