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OECT 05, 57 (P345838)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 05, 57 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345838 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1930-0366i |
| 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)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r i | ||
| 1' | [...] x-x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ga⸣-ša-an-i₃-si-⸢in⸣-[na ...] | ... in Ga’ešannisina |
| 3' | [...] ga-ša-an [...] | ... lady |
| 4' | [...] mu-⸢un⸣-[...] | ... he made rise |
| 5' | [...]-ke₄ x-x-x [...] | ... ... |
| 6' | [...]-x x-x in-de₆-a-[ba] | When ... came |
| 7' | ša₃-ba x-ib-ši um-me [... in]-de₆-a-ba | In its ..., when the mother brought ... |
| 8' | a-ša₃ [...] ⸢NUN⸣ hu-bu-ra DU x-x [...] | The field ... the E-nun-e-ḫubura ... |
| 9' | KA ⸢IŠ⸣ a-ma ša₃ luh-gin₇ DI [...] | ... like a frightened mother |
| 10' | ga-ša-an-i₃-si-in-na [...] x-[...] | Gašanisina |
| 11' | {ŋeš}ma₂-gin₇ a-še-ra ⸢da⸣-x-x-x [...] | Like a boat in the sea, ... the ešada canal |
| 12' | [...]-x u₂ de₃-ra-lu-lu u₃ a-na-aš me-⸢gu₇⸣ | ... may it be abundant for you, why should I eat it? |
| 13' | [... a de₃]-⸢ra-lu-lu⸣ <a> a-na-aš me-⸢na₈-na₈⸣ | ... may water be poured out for you, why do you drink it? |
| r ii | ||
| 4' | x-x i₃-si-in-⸢na⸣ [...] ša₃ [...] | ... Isin ... |
| 5' | ša₃ x [...]-ke₄ ni₂-bi x-x a-še-[ra ...] | The heart of ..., its own ... |
| 6' | ⸢a ga⸣-[ša-an] x lu₂ nam-ma-[...] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to him |
| 7' | a ga-⸢ša-an⸣ [...] x-ka ša₃ a-[...] | I want to utter a lament |
| 8' | ga-⸢ša-an⸣ x-x ⸢a⸣-[še]-ra a su-x | I want to utter an arazu prayer to ... |
| 9' | ga-⸢ša-an⸣ x-ke₄ a-še-ra niŋ₂-hul₂-la x-[...] | I want to utter an arazu prayer to ..., who makes me rejoice |
| 10' | x-x-x-e i-bi₂-še₃ nu-zu ša₃ še-ša šu x-x-x-x | ... does not know before him, hand ... |
| 11' | ušumgal ⸢ki⸣-bi er₂-re ⸢kuš₂⸣-u₃-a-zu ⸢ma⸣-a-a nu-ta-bi | (Sum) The herald of the E’e-house, in tears and lamentation, “your shoes are not removed from the E-house! |
| 12' | er₂-re a-še-re ⸢kuš₂⸣-u₃-a-zu ma-a-a nu-ta-bi | Your tears and wailing, where is it that you did not stop? |
| 13' | i-bi₂ er₂-ra ⸢gig⸣ x pe-la ba-BIL₂-bi-ŋu₁₀ | The eyes of the weeping, the egībî-demon ... |
| 14' | x nu-x-x-x [...] x-na x-zu [...]-ni | ... his |
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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