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BM 120100 (P345781)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BM 120100 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345781 |
| Museum no. | BM 120100 |
| 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' | [...] x | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢u₃ nu⸣-mu-da-⸢ku⸣-[ku] | ... does not enter with me |
| 3' | [...] ⸢eŋ₃-ŋa₂-su⸣-na ⸢er₂⸣-ra ; ša₃ si-⸢ni⸣ | ... in the e’esû-temple, the errand, his heart |
| 4' | [...] im-ma-⸢gu-bu-na⸣ er₂-ra ; ša₃ si-ni | ... stands before him in tears, his heart is pure |
| 5' | lu₂ ⸢uru₂⸣ hul-a lu₂ e ⸢gu⸣-la ; er₂-re ša₃ si(BA-)ni | The one who destroys the city, the one who goes up to the throne, his heart is filled with tears. |
| 6' | ⸢lu₂⸣ x ⸢dab-ba⸣ lu₂-tur-bi er₂-ra ; ša₃ si-ni | “Its young man is in tears, his heart is pure. |
| 7' | ⸢ga-ša-an-ŋu₁₀⸣ lu₂ gi tur gu-la ; er₂-ra ša₃ si-ni | Egašanbu, the one of the great young reeds, his heart filled with tears |
| 8' | ⸢er₂-ra e₂⸣-zu i₃-ra-pa-de er₂-ra ; ša₃ si(BA-)ni | In tears, when you open your house, in tears, her heart rejoices. |
| 9' | er₂-⸢ra⸣ uru₂-zu i₃-ra-pa-de ; er₂-ra ša₃ si-ni | Tears are pouring out over your city, her heart fills with tears. |
| 10' | [er₂-ra] ⸢tur₃⸣ ku-la-zu i₃-ra-pa-de ; er₂-ra ša₃ si-ni | The tears of your stall are to be sung for you, the tears of his heart are pure. |
| 11' | [er₂-ra] ⸢amaš⸣ bu-ra-zu i₃-ra-pa-de ; er₂-ra ša₃ si-ni | In tears, when you bring out the eagle, his heart is filled with tears. |
| 12' | ⸢er₂-ra⸣ ur nu-bi-šu-šu-be₂ ; ⸢er₂-ra⸣ gi-ga-a | The erra-e3-demon does not have a dog, the eršû-e2-demon is an empty wind |
| 13' | ga-ša-an ur er₂-ra nu-sa₆ ; ša₃ er₂-ra ⸢nu⸣-hul | Lady, the tears are not good, the heart of tears is evil |
| 14' | ⸢i-bi er₂-ra⸣-za su ur₅ im-la ; ša₃ er₂-ra ⸢nu-hul⸣ | Its eaves are covered in tears, the heart of tears is a nuḫul eašti |
| 15' | [ga]-⸢ša-an⸣ x-x ša₃ a-še-ra-za ; ⸢ša₃⸣ hu-la nu-un-de₆ | The ĝaešanniŋ-vessel ... in your ..., the ḫula reeds were not carried away. |
| 16' | [...] x x x ba-di-di-di ; en-še i₃-ku-šu | ... I keep wandering about, the en-priestess is tired |
| 17' | [...]-re bi-ga-ga-ga-an ; en-še i₃-ku-šu | ... he will bring it to me, the en priestess will be furious |
| 18' | [...] x x x x x ; ša₃ [...] | ... ... |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | urim₂{ki} i₃-gul-gul [...] | Urim is destroyed |
| 2' | larsa{ki} i₃-gul-gul ⸢gi⸣ [...] | Larsa is destroyed, the bride ... |
| 3' | ⸢uru₂⸣ hul-a-za ki-⸢bi⸣ [...] | Your destroyed city, its place |
| 4' | nibru{ki} hul-a-⸢za⸣ [ki-bi] [...] | Nippur was destroyed |
| 5' | i₃-⸢si-in⸣{ki} hul-a-za [ki-bi] [...] | Your destroyed Isin |
| 6' | urim₂{ki} hul-a-za [ki-bi ...] | Your destroyed Urim, its place |
| 7' | larsa{ki} hul-a-za ⸢ki⸣-[bi] [...] | Your destroyed Larsa, its temple |
| 8' | dam ga-ša-an gu-la [...] | The spouse of the great lady |
| 9' | 83 mu-bi-im | 83 are its lines. |
| 10' | uru₂ x x [...] | City ... |
| 11' | x [...] la x [...] | ... not ... |
| 12' | x [...] | |
| 13' | x [...] | |
| 14' | [...] | |
| 15' | x [...] | |
| 16' | gana₂ e₂ x [...] | The field of the house ... |
| 17' | du₆-ku₃ x [...] | The Holy Mound ... |
| 18' | ŋa₂ ba-[...] | “If he [does not pay attention] to it |
| 19' | a ša₃ [...] | Water of the ... heart |
| 20' | x [...] | |
| 21' | e₂ [...] | The temple of |
| 22' | x [...] | |
| 23' | BU [...] | ... ... |
| 24' | x [...] | |
| 25' | x [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | da-[...] | ... ... |
| 3' | x [...] | |
| 4' | x [...] | |
| 5' | x [...] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | ama aš ta-⸢ra⸣ [...] ; nin [...] | Mother, I want to utter a prayer to you |
| 2 | ama uru₁₆-saŋ-[ŋa₂] [...] | The mother of the Urusa temple |
| 3 | dumu du-ud-da [...] | The son born with |
| 4 | ša₃ e₂-ba-[ra] [...] | In the Ebara temple |
| 5 | ad-ra ad-ra ⸢dumu⸣ [...] | In the threshing floor, in the courtyard, the son of |
| 6 | [...] | |
| 7 | [...] | |
| 8 | [...] | |
| 9 | [...] | |
| 10 | [...] | |
| 11 | ki-i ku-re ba-an-ze-⸢ŋen⸣-[na] | when he had smashed the bricks |
| 12 | ama-bi dumu ki-bi mu-ta-gi-a-e | Its mother abandons her child. |
| 13 | in-nin-ul-lu-na mu-⸢un⸣-[zu]-a-e | Inninuluna, when you appear |
| 14 | mu-ni-lil₂-la-bi im-bi ba da-re | Its manila inscription is erased. |
| 15 | ga-na-am i-lu-lu ga-na-am i-lu-⸢lu⸣ ; uru₂-a ta i₃-a | I want to utter an ilulu prayer, I want an ellu prayer. What did I do in the city? |
| 16 | u₈-e sila₄-bi gana₂ im-ta-lu uru₂-a ; ta i₃-a | The ewes and their lambs have been scattered on the fields. What did I do in the city? |
| 17 | ud-da ⸢maš₂⸣-bi gana₂ im-da-lu ; ⸢uru₂-a ta⸣ i₃-a | At that time, the fields were full of emašše plants, what did the city have to offer? |
| 18 | mi-a uru₂-a ta ⸢ib(UR-)ge-le-ŋe₆-⸢na⸣ ; ša₃-ŋu₁₀ a-na ⸢me-zu⸣ | Why, in my city, what has been done to the Ibbi-gēla-bēna-e23 temple? |
| 19 | ša₃ ⸢ki⸣-ga ze nu-de-ŋu₁₀ ša₃-ŋu₁₀ a-na ⸢me-zu⸣ | The heart of Ega is not sweet, the heart is to your Emezu temple |
| 20 | li-bi-iš gi-ga u₃ nu-⸢se-de⸣-[ŋu₁₀] ; ša₃-ŋu₁₀ a-na me-zu | (Sum) The reed screen does not come out (Akk) What is it that is not released(?) to you(?) |
| 21 | ⸢ša₃-ŋu₁₀⸣ x-⸢bi⸣ na-ab-⸢ha-la-ma ; lu₂-bi a-na bi-du⸣ | “Its ... should not be destroyed, that man should not go out. |
| 22 | ša₃ ki ⸢gu-la⸣ na-ab-ha-la-ma lu₂-⸢bi⸣ [a-na] ; ⸢bi-du₁₁⸣ | from Gula-e’e he shall take away and that man to Bidu-e |
| 23 | ki-du₁₀-bi ama-gan ni-ŋe₆-ni ⸢na⸣-[na] ; kaskal-la na-nam | Its place of worship is a birth mother, it is indeed a journey. |
| 24 | ama-e ŋuruš-a ni-ŋe₆-ni ⸢na-na kaskal-la ; na-nam⸣ | The mother, when she brings her baby, indeed she is on her way. |
| 25 | x x kaskal-la ga-an-ŋen ⸢gu⸣ [...] | ... I want to go on a campaign |
| e. | ||
| 1 | [...] x x x x x x | |
| 2 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 3 | [...] x [...] UL x x x | ... ... |
| 4 | saŋ TUR KA [...]-x-bi al-dib-be₂ | (Sum) Its small ... pass by (Akk) It passes by(?) its little ... |
| 5 | TUR bi-NI mu-ti-in-a nu-a-ni ur-bi al-ŋar-re | ... the young man lies down, this dog is roaming about. |
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