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OECT 05, 45 (P345826)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 05, 45 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345826 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1930-0230g |
| 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 i | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x-ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] er₂-ra tuš-ŋu₁₀ | ... sitting in tears |
| 2' | [...] ⸢mu⸣-tin me-en unug{ki} na-me-en ŋa₂-e ⸢unug⸣{ki} na-me-en | I am the ... of the ešûtin temple, I am not Uruk! I am indeed the one who brought in Uruk |
| 3' | [unug]{⸢ki⸣} e₂-gi₄-a-bi na-me-en mu-tin me-en saŋ-tu a-na ⸢x⸣ [...] | I am indeed the bride of Uruk, I am a young woman, to the temple |
| 4' | [kul]-⸢aba₄⸣{ki} um-me-da-bi na-me-en [mu-tin] me-en u₃ ⸢er₂⸣ na-tuš | You are not the one of Kulaba, you are a young woman, and you do not dwell in Ereš. |
| 5' | [...]-⸢al⸣ i₃-ib-la₂ [...] ŋa₂-e unug{ki} na-me-⸢en⸣ | ... he carried off. ... you are not to enter Uruk |
| 6' | [...]-la₂ [...] | ... ... |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ šu-kar₂ e₂-⸢an⸣-[na ...] mu-tin me-en [...] | The šukar-offering of the Eane temple ... I am the young woman |
| 2' | nin₉-e uru₂ ezen ⸢ma⸣-[al-la ...] en-na ⸢x⸣ [...] | The sister of the city, the festival of all the temples ... until the festival |
| 3' | uru₂ šeš-a ⸢ezen⸣ [...] en-na [...] | In the old city, the Eezen temple ... until now |
| 4' | ki-sikil-e ⸢ezen⸣ [...] mu-tin me-⸢en⸣ [...] | The young woman, the ezen temple ... the young man, I want to ... |
| 5' | ⸢ezen šeš⸣-a-na me-⸢en⸣-[na ...] ab-be₂ [...] | “Eezen, when is he going out? ... speaks ... |
| 6' | ezen {d}dumu-zi [...] mu-tin me-en ⸢x⸣ [...] | Festival of Dumuzi ... I am a young man ... |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢lu₂⸣ zi-da [...] x-[...] | The true lord |
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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