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OECT 05, 18 (P345799)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 05, 18 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345799 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1930-0341a |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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 | [... al]-⸢nu₂⸣-a-še₃ šu-ma nam ma-an-na-am₃-x-UD | He is the one who lies down in the ..., who ... a fate for me |
| 2 | [...]-x-al x-x-ta | ... from |
| 3 | [... ŋi₆]-⸢par₄⸣-ra [al-nu₂]-⸢a⸣-še₃ | When I lay down in the midst of the “sea-of-the-river"(?) |
| 4 | [...] al-nu₂-a-še₃ | ... lying down |
| 5 | [... e₂-ki-si₃]-⸢ga⸣ al-nu₂-a-še₃ | When he lies down in the Ekisi-ega temple |
| 6 | [... ta]-⸢am₃⸣ a-a-bi | ... what will you do to the enemy? |
| 7 | [...] mi-ni-x ŋen | ... I(?) |
| 8 | [...]-an UN [...]-bi | ... its ... |
| o ii | ||
| 4 | x [...] | |
| 5 | si-sa₂ [...] | The righteous |
| 6 | e-la-lu [...] | Elalu |
| 7 | še-eb i₃-⸢si⸣-[in-na{ki} ...] | The brickwork of Isin |
| 8 | i₃-si-in-na{[ki} ...] | Isin |
| 9 | [...]-ra sa₆-[...] | ... beautiful ... |
| r i | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢la⸣ [...] ma-x-[...] | ... the elala temple |
| 2' | uru₂ zi [...] [...] | The true city |
| 3' | e₂ x-[...] | House ... |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...]-x-[...] x ba-⸢e₃⸣ | ... went out |
| 2' | ud-de₃ e₂ ia₂-ta ia₂-am₃ ba-e₃ | The storm came out from a house of two, two. |
| 3' | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ e₂ u-ta u-[am₃] ⸢ba⸣-e₃ | The word of Enlil is “A house from a house of ...,’ |
| 4' | ki-sikil šeš nu-tuku ⸢nu-un⸣-[zu] | Young woman who does not have a hand, you should know this |
| 5' | dumu ab-ba nu-tuku nu-un-⸢zu⸣ | The son who has no father, he does not know. |
| 6' | [u₃-mu]-⸢un-ra uru₂⸣-ni ⸢mu⸣-[un-gul] | For the lord, he destroyed his city |
| 7' | ud-de₃ ga-ša-an-an-na e₂ ⸢tur₃⸣-ra mi-ni-ib-⸢gul⸣ | The storm destroys the cattlepen for Gašanana |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | [...] PAP-PAP | ... PAP-PAP |
| 2' | [...] ŋir₂-ra [...]-x-a | ... broken |
Sources & licences
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