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OECT 05, 05 (P345786)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 05, 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345786 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1924-1612 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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 | ||
| 1 | šag₄ sur-ra ⸢šag₄ sur-zu⸣ ki-bi-eš ŋar | The šag-sur-ra, the e’e-ssur-zu-e3 (and) the “disappearances of the earth— |
| 2 | nin-⸢urta⸣ šag₄ sur-ra šag₄ sur-zu ki-bi-eš ŋar | Ninurta, the ‘shroud’ of the netherworld is your šag-shrine, your ... is its place. |
| 3 | ur-[saŋ gal] ⸢ibila⸣ e₂-sa-ra | great hero, heir of the Esara temple |
| 4 | ur-saŋ gal pa-aš₂-pa-aš₂ e₂-kur-ra | Great hero, who makes the Ekur rejoice |
| 5 | ur-saŋ gal ⸢balaŋ⸣-ŋa₂ e₂-kur-ra | Great hero of the E-kur, |
| 6 | ⸢ur-saŋ⸣ [gal] u₃-mu-⸢un-si⸣ e₂-ninnu | Great hero Umunsi of the Eninnu |
| 7 | ⸢ur⸣-[saŋ gal] da-x {⸢d}nin⸣-lil₂-[la₂] | Great ur-esa temple, next to the temple of Nin-elil |
| 8 | ⸢ur⸣-[saŋ gal] dumu {ŋeš}[ŋeškim]-⸢ti⸣ kur gal-⸢a⸣ | Great Ur-esa, son of Eškim-eti, Great Mountain |
| 9 | ⸢ur⸣-saŋ [gal ...]-am₃ za en₂ unug{ki}na | The great ur-esa temple is yours, Incantation: In Uruk |
| 10 | ⸢ur-saŋ⸣ [gal ki-bala]-še₃ di-da gaba-šu-ŋar nu-tuku | Ursae, the great judge of the rebel land, has no rival |
| 11 | ⸢ur⸣-[saŋ gal] ša₃ su-ra di-da gaba-šu-ŋar nu-tuku | The great ur-esa temple, the one who goes to the deep, has no rival |
| 12 | [...] AN-x du-ul-e | ... to work |
| 13 | [...] si-sa₂ kur-kur-e | ... of all the lands |
| 14 | [...] nu-mu-un-da-sa | ... does not know |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-⸢ki⸣ uru₂ mu-bi di kur-kur-ra an-da nu-mu-un-da-⸢sa₂⸣ | The name of the city is ..., it does not equal heaven for all the lands |
| 2 | ⸢lu₂⸣-ulu₃(URU₂-)gin₇ en gi₆-ga nu-zu me si-na igi me-a | Like a lord who does not know a black-headed en priestess, where are the horns of the divine powers? |
| 3 | kur in-gul si-sa₂-bi nu-bi₂-ib-sa₂ te mu-da-si-sa₂ | The land is destroyed, its order is not settled - how is it that he makes it right? |
| 4 | ⸢uru₂⸣ bi₂-in-gul si-sa₂-bi <nu>-bi₂-ib-sa₂ te mu-da-si-sa₂ | He destroyed the city, he did not find its proper place, how could he find it? |
| 5 | an al-ta-be₂ ki al-sag₃-de te mu-da-<(si-sa₂)> | Heaven trembles, earth shakes - how is it that he makes it right? |
| 6 | an al-⸢ta-ta⸣-be₂ ki al-sag₃-sag₃-de te mu-da-si-sa₂ | Heaven trembles, earth shakes, how can it be reconciled? |
Sources & licences
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- 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)
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