Unread Atlas
CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 002 ? (P345778)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CDLI Literary 000343, ex. 002 ? |
|---|---|
| ID | P345778 |
| Museum no. | BM 096680 |
| 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 | [...] ⸢ša₃-ŋu₁₀⸣ zi-ga-am₃ | ... is rising(?) the eša-e23 |
| 2 | [...] ša₃-ŋu₁₀ zi-⸢ga-am₃⸣ | ... is a rising flood |
| 3 | [...]-⸢KA⸣ še zi-⸢zi-da⸣ | ... zi’ezida barley |
| 4 | [...] ⸢kur-kur⸣-ra ⸢mu-un-ti⸣-le-en-na | ... for the Ekurkur temple, for the Untie temple |
| 5 | [...] ⸢kur-kur-ra⸣ | ... the lands |
| 6 | [(x)] ⸢x-ŋa₂ ša₃⸣ [...] | ... of the ... temple |
| 7 | ⸢ki⸣-šu nu-de-⸢de⸣ [im-mi]-⸢gub⸣ | He did not go up to his temple, he stood up. |
| 8 | ki-sa₂ nu-de-⸢de igi⸣-ŋa₂ ⸢im⸣-mi-gub | (Sum) The one who does not go down to the ground, he stands before it (Akk) It is not to be seen, it is to be stood before it |
| 9 | me-e kur-ra ⸢x⸣ [(x)] za-e ⸢igi⸣-ŋa₂ im-mi-gub | I, the ... of the mountain, you stand in front of it. |
| 10 | ga-ša-an ⸢e₂ x-x-ke₄ mu-NE⸣-x-x-x | The lady of the temple ... |
| 11 | tir ⸢eren-na⸣ tir ku₃-ga [...] niŋin-e | The cedar forest, the pure forest |
| 12 | anše kur hur-⸢saŋ-ŋa₂⸣ [...] niŋin-e | The donkeys of the mountain range Hursae |
| 13 | ⸢uŋ₃⸣ kur-ra im-ma-an-⸢sag₃⸣-ge-⸢en⸣ [...]-zi-ge-en | I rise up high in the netherworld |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x⸣ im-ma-an-⸢sag₃-ge⸣-[en ...]-zi-ge-en | ... struck me, ... raised me |
| 15 | [unu₂ nam]-mi-in-la₂ ⸢šuba nam-mi-in⸣-la₂ | She filled the dining hall, she filled the throne room |
| 16 | [...] ⸢x šir₃⸣-re ⸢x⸣ [(x)] ⸢re⸣ | ... the en-priestess |
| 17 | [...] šu im-mi-du₃ | ... he built. |
| 18 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ šu im-mi-du₁₁ | ... he spoke |
| 19 | [ga-ša]-an-na-⸢ke₄⸣ [...-gub]-bu-nam | I stand at Gašanana |
| 20 | [x]-⸢ni⸣ AN ⸢im-il₂-il₂⸣ x-x-⸢e si⸣ ba-ni-ri | ... the ... of heaven and earth ... he erected. |
| 21 | [x]-⸢x-x im⸣-il₂-il₂ ⸢x-x⸣ an-ne₂ si ba-ni-ri | He raised ..., he made heaven tremble. |
| 22 | [x]-ŋu₁₀-še₃ an ba-ši-dub₂ | ... heaped up heaven |
| 23 | ⸢an ba-ši⸣-dub₂ ki ba-ši-sag₃ | The ean trembled, the earth shaked |
| 24 | ⸢an ba-ši-dub₂⸣-dub₂ ki ba-ši-sag₃-sag₃ | The ean trembles, the earth shakes |
| 25 | ⸢ku₆ ab-ba⸣ mu-un-hu-⸢luh⸣-e | The fisherman makes the sea tremble |
| 26 | mušen an-⸢na⸣ [(x)] mu-un-hu-⸢luh⸣-ha | The snake roared in heaven |
| 27 | ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢nin₉⸣ [...]-a | ... the sister ... |
| 28 | ⸢mu-lu⸣ [...] kur-še₃ ba-⸢u₅⸣ | The emulu-priestess went up to the netherworld |
| 29 | mu-ud-[na ...] kur-še₃ ba-u₅ | The spouse ... was carried off to the netherworld |
| 30 | [...] u₃-mu-un-da | ... with the lord |
| 31 | [...] | |
| 32 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ra-ŋu₁₀-ne | ... when they ... |
| 33 | ⸢ki-ru⸣-gu₂ 16⸢kam⸣-ma-⸢am₃⸣ | It is the sixteenth song |
| 34 | [ba-an-ir-ra]-⸢ta ba⸣-an-ir-ra-ta | After it had been plundered, after it had become dilapidated |
| 35 | ⸢x x x ba-an-ir⸣-ra-ta ba-an-ir-ra-ta | After the ... was carried off, after the .... had been carried off. |
| 36 | ⸢uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ba-hul-hul⸣ ir-ra-bi | “The city that has been destroyed has been plundered. |
| 37 | ⸢e₂-ŋu₁₀ ba-gul-gul⸣ ir-ra-bi | Its temples were destroyed, they were plundered. |
| 38 | ⸢x x x x erin₂⸣-e ba-an-ir | The ... of the workers was carried off. |
| 39 | ⸢x x x kur₂⸣-re ba-ab-⸢il₂⸣-e | The ... of the enemy was carried off. |
| 40 | a mu-un-gur₁₁-ŋu₁₀ a gi₁₆-sa-ŋu₁₀ im-me-ne | They say: “Alas, I want to lie down, alas, my treasure!" |
| 41 | ma-an-gur₁₁ kur₂-re ba-ab-ir-⸢ra-ŋu₁₀⸣ im-me-ne | They say: “The enemy has taken away the valuables.’ |
| 42 | gi₁₆-sa kur₂-re ba-ab-⸢il₂⸣-[la-ŋu₁₀] ⸢im⸣-me-ne | The enemy will take away its treasure, they will take it away |
| 43 | ⸢a⸣ e₂-ŋu₁₀ a uru₂-ŋu₁₀ gig-⸢ga-bi⸣ im-me-ne | They say: “Alas, the house, alas! The city! Its bitterness!’ |
| 44 | ki-ru-gu₂ 17kam-ma-am₃ | It is the seventeenth song. |
| 45 | ⸢u₃⸣-ma-ŋu₁₀ u₃-ma-ŋu₁₀ u₃-li-la-lu | “Oh, oh, ulilalu! |
| 46 | [x (x)] ⸢e₃⸣-a ga-ša-an-an-na an-na gur₄-gur₄-ra | The ... of the E-e-a temple, Gašanana, clad in heaven |
| 47 | ⸢ga⸣-ša-an-an-na ki-a gur₄-gur₄-ra | In the Egaešanana, the reedbed of the earth, |
| 48 | ⸢e₂⸣-a ga-kur₉ uru₂-a ga-kur₉ | Let me bring it into the house, let me bring (it) into the city. |
| 49 | [(x)] ⸢x⸣ ma-al-la-⸢ŋu₁₀ ma-al-la⸣-ŋu₁₀ ma-a ⸢gig⸣-ŋu₁₀ | “The ... of the temple is there, the ... is there; the egiptu-temple is there |
| 50 | a uru₂ a uru₂ a me-e ⸢mu-lu⸣-bi nu-ŋen | Woe city, woe city! Woe, I am not its eunuch! |
| 51 | ⸢ab⸣-lal₃-ab-lal₃-ba tum₁₂-gur₄{mušen}bi ⸢nu⸣-ŋen | In the E-lal-ablal, its tumgur bird is the e-nu-e-bird |
| 52 | ⸢a₂⸣-bur₂-a₂-bur₂-ba buru₅-⸢habrud⸣{mušen}bi nu-ŋen | The e’eburabura (temple) is not its locust. |
| 53 | x-x-x-bi su-din{mušen}bi nu-ŋen | Its ... does not have a shady place. |
| 54 | [id₂]-⸢de₃⸣ še am₃-ša₄ ša₃-ŋu₁₀ še am₃-ša₄ | The E’ede canal wails, it wails! |
| 55 | [ud]-⸢re⸣ en₃-na ⸢id₂-de₃⸣ še am₃-ša₄ ša₃ ⸢am₃⸣-ša₄ | The storm, as long as the river is flowing, how long will it be flowing? |
| 56 | [id₂]-⸢de₃⸣ id₂ nun-e še am₃-ša₄ | The E’ede canal, the princely canal, wails |
| 57 | [id₂]-⸢de₃⸣ id₂ asila₃-e še am₃-ša₄ | The Tigris, the river of joy, wails! |
| 58 | [id₂] ⸢asila₃⸣-e id₂ ku₃-ge še am₃-ša₄ | The river “Asila'e, the pure river, wailed |
| 59 | [id₂] {id₂}kir₁₁-sig-e še am₃-ša₄ | The Kirsig River wails. |
| 60 | [id₂] {id₂}buranun-na še am₃-ša₄ | The river Euphrates wails |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | maš-tab-ba {⸢id₂⸣}buranun-na-ke₄ še am₃-ša₄ ša₃-ŋu₁₀ še am₃-ša₄ | The twin banks of the Euphrates are trembling, the šabû-disease is raging |
| 2 | ⸢x-x-x⸣-bi nu-zalag-⸢ga⸣-bi | Its ... does not shine. |
| 3 | ša₃-⸢ŋu₁₀ ki⸣ me₃-ka e-ne-⸢di⸣ du₁₁-ga-bi | Its ša-e-bû ritual in the place where battle is performed |
| 4 | ša₃-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ hul-ma-al [hul-ma]-al-la-bi | Its ša-e22-e23, which is evil, is evil |
| 5 | ⸢x⸣ [(x)] ⸢e₂-ŋa₂⸣ ma-ab-⸢be₂⸣ [...] uru₂-ŋa₂ ma-ab-be₂ | “The ... of the temple, the temple-house, he will bring out for me ..., the city-house will bring forth for me |
| 6 | ⸢x⸣ [(x)] ⸢dam⸣-ŋa₂ ma-ab-⸢be₂⸣ [(x)] dumu-ŋa₂ ma-ab-be₂ | “(If) he enters a house, he will be able to enter the house of a spouse, if he speaks a son, |
| 7 | [x (x)] ⸢hul⸣-a-ŋa₂ tuku-⸢am₃⸣ ma-ab-be₂ | He says: “It is an evil eše’a-demon, it is a e‘demon to me— |
| 8 | [x (x)] ⸢hul⸣-a-ŋa₂ tuku-am₃ ma-⸢ab⸣-be₂ | ... who has evil, he will be able to escape. |
| 9 | ga-⸢ša-an-an-na⸣ [e₂]-⸢tur₃⸣ gul-la-na gu₄ sag₂ du₁₁-ga-na | In his destroyed cattlepen, where oxen are struck |
| 10 | ga-ša-an-an-na ⸢ki⸣ [amaš gul]-⸢la⸣-na e-ze₂ sag₂ dug₄-ga-na | Gašanana of the E-house, her destroyed sheepfold, her scattered sheep |
| 11 | [... ba]-⸢e⸣-kar-ra-na | ... when he enters |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣-[...]-⸢bi⸣ [(x)] ba-e-hul-la-na | When he destroyed the ... of the temple |
| 13 | ⸢id₂⸣-de₃ še ⸢am₃⸣-ša₄ ša₃-ŋu₁₀ nu-gu₇-e | In order to enter the river, the fish will not eat the fish |
| 14 | ⸢u₄-re⸣ en₃-na id₂-de₃ še am₃-ša₄ ša₃-ŋu₁₀ nu-gu₇-e | As long as he lives in the river, he will not eat what there is to eat |
| 15 | id₂-⸢de₃ id₂ nun⸣-e še am₃-ša₄ ša₃-ŋu₁₀ nu-gu₇-e | The river, the princely river wails, it does not eat well |
| 16 | maš-⸢tab-ba⸣ {id₂}⸢buranun⸣-na-ke₄ še am₃-ša₄ ša₃-ŋu₁₀ nu-gu₇-e | The extispicy of the Euphrates is raging, it does not eat well. |
| 17 | ša₃-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ u₂-gu₇ dug₃-ge gu₇-a gu₇-a | The ša-e22-e23, eating good food, eating bad food |
| 18 | ša₃-ŋu₁₀ ud-re-še₃ gu₇-a gu₇-a | In the morning, eating, eating |
| 19 | u₂ ba-ab-⸢ze₂-eŋ₃⸣-e u₂ na-⸢ma⸣-gu₇-e | He should not eat food, he should not drink food. |
| 20 | a ba-⸢ni-in⸣-de₂ a na-ma-na₈-na₈ | He brought water, he did not drink water. |
| 21 | i-bi₂ ⸢u₃⸣ nu-un-ti i-bi₂ ⸢u₃⸣ nu-ma-al | The eye of the e’e-house is not alive, the eye(s) are not there. |
| 22 | tuš-tuš-a-⸢ba⸣ u₄ ba-⸢an-ta-zal⸣ | When you sit down, the day passes by. |
| 23 | šu-dul-⸢šu-dul⸣-la ⸢u₄⸣ im-ma-ni-ku₄ | He entered the šudula-vessel |
| 24 | id₂-de₃ mi-ri ⸢gub⸣ ša₃-ŋu₁₀ nu-gu₇-e | The river does not eat grass, the ešabû-house is not fed. |
| 25 | u₄-re en₃-⸢na id₂-de₃⸣ mi-ri ⸢gub⸣ ša₃-ŋu₁₀ nu-gu₇-e | When he enters the river, he does not eat what he has eaten. |
| 26 | ⸢id₂-de₃ id₂ nun-e⸣ mi-ri gub ša₃-ŋu₁₀ nu-gu₇-e | The river, the princely river, standing at its banks, does not eat fish |
| 27 | ⸢maš⸣-[tab]-⸢ba {id₂}buranun-na⸣-ke₄ mi-ri ⸢gub⸣ ša₃-ŋu₁₀ nu-gu₇-e | The ēštab-priest of the Euphrates does not eat the grass of the standing edifice |
| 28 | ⸢a-ra⸣-li ⸢ŋen šeš-ta⸣ ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ ŋen | “I want to go down to the Arali temple, I want to enter into the deep. |
| 29 | ku₃ {d}inana ŋen a-ra-li ⸢ŋen⸣ šeš-ta ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ ŋen | Holy Inana, you are the one of the Arali, (you are) the one who has been taken away from the hand |
| 30 | ⸢ga⸣-ša-an-an-na šeš-ta ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ ŋen KU-KU | In Ega'ešanana, I want to utter an arazu prayer to him |
| 31 | [...]-ra [...] | ... ... |
| 32 | [...] na-aŋ₂ šeš-a [...]-ra ŋen | ... for the one who has ... |
| 33 | ⸢ŋuruš mu-lu⸣-[ŋu₁₀ i₃]-⸢me⸣-a-ŋu₁₀ | “If a man eats a buruš plant, |
| 34 | mu-lu mu-⸢ud-na-ŋu₁₀⸣ i₃-me-a-ŋu₁₀ | “Who is it that will come out for me?’ |
| 35 | mu-na-niŋin ⸢nu-mu⸣-na-ab-ze₂-eŋ₃-ŋen | I will give him to him. |
| 36 | ba-an-da-gam-ma-ni lu₂ e-ne-eŋ₃ ma-ab-be₂ | The one who spoke to me said: |
| 37 | šeš-ŋu₁₀ {ŋeš}ig kur-ra ⸢ŋa₂⸣-la ba-ab-dag | The shepherd, the door of the netherworld, was pushed away |
| 38 | a-ra-li ŋen šeš-ta ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ ŋen | I am the Arali, I am one who has been seized by the hand |
| 39 | mušen ambar-ra sug lil₂-la₂ i-bi₂-zu nu-uš-ni-ma-al | The snake of the marsh, the ghostly swamp, is not before you |
| 40 | ⸢mu⸣-gi₁₇-ib ga-ša-an-an-na i-bi₂-zu mu-e-ši-ma-al | I, Gašanana, have seen you. |
| 41 | nin ga-ša-an e₂-an-na i-bi₂-zu nu-uš-ni-ma-al | Lady, lady of the Eana, your eye should not be on me |
| 42 | nin ga-ša-an ki unug{ki}ga i-bi₂-zu nu-uš-ni-ma-al | Lady, lady of the land of Uruk, your eye should not be on it |
| 43 | nin ga-ša-an ki zabalam{ki} i-bi₂-zu nu-uš-ni-ma-al | Lady, lady of the land of Zabalam, your eye should not be on it |
| 44 | ⸢ga⸣-ša-an diŋir igi zi bar-ra i-bi₂-zu nu-uš-ni-ma-al | I am the one who looks at you with a righteous face |
| 45 | ga-ša-an diŋir ir₉ mah-a i-bi₂-zu nu-uš-ni-ma-al | Lady of the Ibir temple, your face is not high |
| 46 | ⸢i⸣-am₃-ma e-la-lu | It is Elalu |
| 47 | ki-ru-gu₂ 18kam-ma-am₃ | It is the eighteenth song. |
| 48 | ⸢igi⸣-ŋu₁₀ am₃-ši-ma-al dim₃-ma kur-ra-ke₄ | “It is there for you, the god of the netherworld, |
| 49 | ⸢a⸣-e₃-a u₄-⸢a⸣ i₃-di-di-di-⸢in⸣ | I keep wandering about day and night |
| 50 | me-e ⸢ga-ša⸣-an-an-na ŋen i₃-di-di-di-⸢in⸣ | I, I keep wandering about in the Eana temple |
| 51 | ⸢ga⸣-ša-⸢an⸣ e₂-an-⸢na⸣ ŋen i₃-di-di-di-⸢in⸣ | I keep wandering about in the Eanna temple |
| 52 | ⸢ga⸣-ša-an ki ⸢unug{ki}ga ŋen⸣ i₃-di-⸢di⸣-di-⸢in⸣ | I keep wandering about in the sanctuaries of Uruk |
| 53 | ga-ša-an ki zabalam{ki} ŋen i₃-di-di-di-⸢in⸣ | Lady of the place Zabalam, I keep wandering about. |
| 54 | ga-ša-an diŋir igi zi bar-⸢ra⸣ ŋen i₃-di-di-di-⸢in⸣ | Lady of the Ibir temple, look favorably upon me, I keep wandering about. |
| 55 | ga-ša-an diŋir ir₉ mah-a ŋen i₃-di-di-di-⸢in⸣ | Lady of the ziggurrat, supreme dragon, lord, I keep wandering about. |
| 56 | ⸢ga⸣-ša-an ŋen a-še-er-re mu-kuš₂-u₃ | The lord of the ašēru canal is tired |
| 57 | ⸢er₂⸣-re a-še-er-re mu-kuš₂-u₃ | The ereš priestess is exhausted by the ašēru ritual |
| 58 | a-še-er e₂-⸢ŋa₂⸣-ke₄ mu-kuš₂-u₃ | The ašer of the E-ba-e- temple is exhausted. |
| 59 | a-še-er uru₂-⸢ŋa₂⸣-ke₄ mu-kuš₂-u₃ | The ašer of Uru’eba is exhausted |
| 60 | a-še-er dam-ŋa₂-ke₄ mu-kuš₂-u₃ | The wailing of the spouse is exhausting |
| 61 | a-še-er du₅-mu-ŋa₂-ke₄ mu-kuš₂-u₃ | The ašer of the son is tired |
| r i | ||
| 1 | nu-nuz ŋen i₃-di-di-in me-ri gaba ⸢mu-x-x-x⸣ | I, the woman, I keep wandering about. |
| 2 | gu₃ de₂-de₂-da ad mu-mar-a-am₃ | It is a shouting storm, a roaring storm. |
| 3 | lu₂-ra nu₂-a-gin₇ mu-na-te-ŋe₂₆-de₃-en | Like a man lying down, we will approach him. |
| 4 | lu₂-ra pa₄-hal-la nu₂-a-gin₇ mu-na-te-ŋe₂₆-de₃-en | Like one lying down in the marshes, we will approach him. |
| 5 | a lu₂-bi i-im-ŋen-kam-ma-ŋu₁₀-ur₂ mu-un-ši-ib₂-us₂ | “Woe, that man, he sat down for me in the middle of it. |
| 6 | am₃-mu-uš-kam-ma-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-ši-ib₂-us₂ | It is the second time he has sat down. |
| 7 | ⸢ga⸣-ŋen ga-ŋen-ŋen me-e ga-ša-an-an-na ŋen me-e mu-lu ta-ŋu₁₀ me-en | I, I, Gašanana, I am the one who ... |
| 8 | i-bi₂ imin gaba imin ga-ŋen-⸢ŋen⸣ | I want to utter an arazu prayer to seven eyes, seven chests |
| 9 | nu-gig gal-zu ni₂-te-ni mu-un-pe-el | The great nugig priestess defiled herself. |
| 10 | me-e ga-ša-an-an-na ŋen me-e mu-lu ta-ŋu₁₀ me-en | I am Gašanana, I am the one who ... |
| 11 | ⸢x e₂⸣-ŋa₂ si-muš₃-bi ⸢ga-x⸣ | The ... of the E-ba temple is its simus |
| 12 | ⸢x⸣ ambar-ŋa₂ mu-gi₄-bi ga-an-ku₅ | I want to cut down the mugib priestess of the marshes. |
| 13 | ⸢x-x⸣-a mu-lu ⸢nam⸣-mu-un-e₁₁-de₃ | “If he goes up to the ..., no one will bring him up. |
| 14 | ⸢a-a-ŋu₁₀⸣ kar-ra a-a ma-ni-in-ma-al | “Aya, he is at the quay, his father is there. |
| 15 | ⸢x x x⸣-ŋu₁₀ a-a ma-ni-in-ma-al | “Alas, my ..., there is no father. |
| 16 | [...] a-a na-ma-ab-be₂ | ... should not say "Alas!" |
| 17 | [...] a-a ma-ab-e₃ | ... father came out for me. |
| 18 | [...] ma-ab-gurum | ... he will inspect it. |
| 19 | [...] ma-ab-gurum | ... he will inspect it. |
| 20 | [... {d]}⸢mu-ul-lil₂⸣-le ša₃ su₃-ud mu-un-ak-e | ... Enlil made a long life |
| 21 | [ki-ru-gu₂ 19⸢kam-ma-am₃⸣ | It is the nineteenth song |
| 22 | [...] ⸢al⸣-di-di | ... wandering about |
| 23 | [...] ⸢amalu⸣ al-di-di | ... the eagle roaming around. |
| 24 | [...] al-di-di | ... is wandering about. |
| 25 | [...] ⸢e₂-an-na⸣ al-di-di | I am wandering about in the Eanna temple |
| 26 | [...] al-di-di | ... is wandering about. |
| 27 | [... al]-⸢di⸣-di | ... you go around. |
| 28 | [... al-di]-⸢di⸣ | ... I am wandering about. |
| 29 | [... al-di]-⸢di⸣ | ... I am wandering about. |
| 30 | [...] | |
| [...]-⸢ta⸣ la-ba-ra-e₃ | ... did not come out | |
| 33 | [...]-ul-ta la-ba-ra-e₃ | ... did not come forth from ... |
| 34 | [...] dur₂-ru-dur₂-ru-am₃ | It is the ... that dwells there |
| 35 | [...]-na dur₂-ru-dur₂-ru-am₃ | ... sitting in his ... |
| 36 | ⸢e₂⸣ [...] dur₂-ru-dur₂-ru-am₃ | It is the house where ... dwells |
| 37 | u₃-⸢u₈⸣ [...] lil₂-a-⸢na⸣ šu ba-ni-ti | The ewe ... the lila-eš temple, hand of Baniti |
| 38 | e₂-ŋu₁₀ u₃-⸢mu-un-bi ama⸣ mar-ra | The lord of the house, the mother who bore him, |
| 39 | u₃-u₈ u₃-u₈ ⸢x⸣-[...] ⸢u₃⸣-mu-un-bi ba-ug₅ | Woe, woe, ... its lord is dead. |
| 40 | ma-an-gur₁₁-ŋu₁₀ ⸢TE-x⸣ [...] ⸢u₃⸣-mu-un-bi ba-u₅ | ... its lord was killed. |
| 41 | u₃-u₈ u₃-u₈ e [... ma]-ba-ba ga-ga-da | Woe, woe ... he brought it to me. I want to bring it with me. |
| 42 | ma-ba-ba ⸢x⸣ [x (x)] ⸢x x⸣ a-e | Ababa ... |
| 43 | u₃-u₈ u₃-u₈ e ⸢x⸣ [(x)] ⸢ma-ba-ba ga⸣-ga-da | Woe, woe, ... I want to bring it with me to the ... house. |
| 44 | ki-ru-gu₂ 20kam-ma-am₃ | It is the twentieth song. |
| 45 | aŋ₂ ni₂-zu a-gin₇ bi₂-ak aŋ₂ ni₂-zu a-gin₇ bi₂-ak | How have you yourself done this, how have you yourselves done this? |
| 46 | mu-gi₁₇-ib ga-ša-an-an-na ni₂-zu a-gin₇ bi₂-ak | Mugib priestess Gašanana, how have you yourself done this? |
| 47 | egi₂ ga-ša-an e₂-an-na ni₂-zu a-gin₇ bi₂-ak | Princess, lady of the Eanna, how have you yourself done this? |
| 48 | egi₂ ga-ša-an ki unug{ki}ga ni₂-zu a-gin₇ bi₂-ak | Princess, lady of Uruk, how have you yourself done this? |
| 49 | egi₂ ga-ša-an ki zabalam{ki} ni₂-zu a-gin₇ bi₂-ak | Princess, lady of the land of Zabalam, how have you yourself done this? |
| 50 | ga-ša-an diŋir igi zi bar-ra ni₂-zu a-gin₇ bi₂-ak | Lady of the Ibir temple, look favorably upon yourself, how have you yourself done this? |
| 51 | ga-ša-an diŋir ir₉ mah-a ni₂-zu a-gin₇ bi₂-ak | Lady of the intertwined chambers, how have you yourself done this? |
| 52 | aŋ₂ ni₂-zu a-gin₇ nu-zu-a-e | How do you not know your own strength? |
| 53 | aŋ₂ dam sa₆-ga nu-zu-a-e | The labor of a good spouse that does not know |
| 54 | uru₂ i₃-du₃ mu-lu-ŋu₁₀ nu-un-tuš | City built, man did not dwell there |
| 55 | e₂ i₃-du₃ mu-lu-ŋu₁₀ nu-un-ku₄-ku₄ | He built the house, he did not enter the man. |
| 56 | {a}addir₃{dir}ra mu-lu si-si-a-ba nu-mu-ni-bal-e | The “baddirdira-boat’, the one of the sisi-drum, will not carry it off. |
| 57 | uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ir-ra-bi mušen-du₃-e sa ba-an-gi₄ | The mušendu priest returned to the ruined city. |
| 58 | mušen-du₃ šir₃-ra ga-nam na-nam ul₄-ul₄ sa bi₂-in-du₃ | The mušendu priestess, in the midst of heaven, indeed, he built it. |
| 59 | ša₃-ba na-aŋ₂-tar-ŋu₁₀ ga-nam na-nam e₂-gi₄-a ma-ni-in-du₃ | In its midst, I, indeed, built a bride. |
| 60 | me-e aŋ₂ ni₂-ŋu₁₀ ba-ra-mu-un-ak a-a-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-ak | I did not do it myself, I did it myself. |
| 61 | a-a-ŋu₁₀ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-le mu-un-ak | Father Enlil did it. |
| 62 | su₃-ra₂-aŋ₂ ku₄-ku₄-de₃ mu-un-ak a-a-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-⸢ak⸣ | (Sum) He made the ... enter, he made the father enter (Akk) The ... entered, the father entered |
| 63 | še mu-un-ku₅-ku₅ buru₅{mušen}ŋu₁₀ mu-un-dal-dal | He cut the barley, he swept the locusts |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | [a-a-ŋu₁₀ aŋ₂]-⸢gig-ga⸣ mu-un-gu₇ | The father ate the a’egiga meal. |
| 2 | {[d}mu-ul]-⸢lil₂⸣-le-⸢e⸣ mu-un-ak | Enlil did it. |
| 3 | [a]-⸢a⸣-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-ak | Aya-ea did it. |
| 4 | [ki]-⸢ru⸣-gu₂ 21kam-ma-am₃ | It is the twenty-first song |
| 5 | [id₂ sed₄]-⸢de₃⸣ me-na sed₄-de₃ | When will I be able to cool the river? |
| 6 | {[id₂}idigna {id₂]}⸢buranun⸣-na me-na sed₄-de₃ | How long until the Tigris and Euphrates are calm? |
| 7 | [ša₃ buru₅{mušen}gin₇] ba-e-gub-ba-zu | When you stand like a flock of sparrows |
| 8 | {[ŋeš}si-ŋar kalag-ga] ba-e-mar-ra-zu | When you have placed your mighty horns |
| 9 | [u₂ ba-ab-ze₂]-⸢eŋ₃⸣-e u₂ na-ma-gu₇-e | He should not eat food, he should not drink food. |
| 10 | [a ba-ni-in-de₂] a na-ma-na₈-na₈ | She pours water, she does not drink water. |
| 11 | [i-bi₂ u₃ nu]-⸢un⸣-ti i-bi₂ u₃ nu-ma-al | The eye does not see it, there is no eye. |
| 12 | [tuš-tuš-a-ba] u₄ ba-⸢an-da-zal⸣ | When he dwells there, the day passes by |
| 13 | [šu-dul-šu-dul]-la u₄ im-ma-⸢ni-gu₇⸣ | He eats the food that he has covered. |
| 14 | [id₂ sed₄]-de₃ me-na sed₄-de₃ | In order to cool the river, when will it cool? |
| 15 | [...] me-na mu-un-[...] | ... when ...? |
| 16 | [...] e₂-a u₄ [...] | ... in the house ... |
| 17 | [ki]-šu₂-bi-[im] | It is its foundation |
| 18 | [balaŋ] {d}inana-[kam] | it is the reign of Inana |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.