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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 020 (P345843)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345843 |
| Museum no. | LB 2110 |
| Collection | de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [...] ka uszum-gal-la-kam | It is the mouth of the great dragon |
| 2 | [x]-ni# igi pirig-ga2-kam | It is his ... before the lion |
| 3 | |GISZ.GABA|#-a-ni a-gi6 du7#-du7#-dam | His scepter is a flood that is to be undone |
| 4 | [x x]-ni gisz-gi bi2-gu7-a lu2 nu-mu-da-te-ge26-e-dam | If he eats his ..., no one will approach him. |
| 5 | [...] ur#-mah! lu2 gu7-a usz2 nu-ra!-sig7-ge-dam# | ... the lion, the one who eats, will not die of hunger |
| 6 | [...]-e kur-sze3 u5 ge26-e iri-sze3 ga-u5 | ... to the netherworld I want to ride, to the city |
| 7 | [...]-zu# ga-na-ab-be2 zu2-zu2 he2-li9-li9 | I want to say to him “Your ..., your teeth, may it be pure! |
| 8 | [...] ga#-an-na-ab-be2 er2-zu he2-sze8-sze8 | ... I want to say to him, may your tears be weeping |
| 9 | [...] mu-na-ni-ib-gi4-gi4 | ... will reply to him. |
| 10 | [...] lu2 2(disz) e-usz2-en | ... two men I will kill. |
| 11 | [...] lu2 nu-ku3-da | ... without a man |
| 12 | [...] lu2 nu-szu2-szu2 | ... a man who does not sleep |
| 13 | x [...] izi nu-te-en-te-en | ... does not cool down with fire. |
| 14 | za#-e ge26#-[...] ge26#-e za-e ga-ra-ab-dah a-na-me lu2 ba-an-tumu4 | You, I want to ... for you, you, I will take it away for you! What did the man bring? |
| 15 | ba-su-[x x] ba-su-a-ba! | When ... was ... |
| 16 | u4 {gisz}[...] ba-su-a-ba | When the ... tree was planted |
| 17 | {gisz}x-[...] ba#-su#-a-ba#! | When the ... tree was planted |
| 18 | {gisz}ma2#-[...]-sza3-gal2-la [...] i3-in-dab5 | He seized the “boat of the midst of the sea’ |
| 19 | ga2#-[...]-re7#-en-[...]-du8#-ru-ne-esz | I want to bring them to you(?) |
| 20 | tukum#-[...]-de3#-en | If you are to go |
| 21 | ni2# [...]-a | fearsomeness |
| 22 | x [...]-a | ...-a |
| 23 | [...]-de3 | to ... |
| 24 | [...] x | |
| 25 | [...]-be2 | Its ... |
| 26 | [...]-bi2#-ib | ... smote(?) |
| 27 | [...]-be2# | ... its |
| 28 | [...] x NE [...]-NE#-en | ... you(?) |
| 29 | [...] | |
| 30 | [...]-ku4-ku4 | ... enters |
| 31 | [...]-mu#-na-ab-be2 | ... says to him |
| 32 | [...]-lugal#-ban3!-da | ...-lugalbanda |
| 33 | [...]-zu! x / [...]-zu# he2-me-[x] | ... may your ... be |
| 34 | [...]-in-ku4-ku4 | ... enters |
| 35 | [...] su-za!-a! [...] | ... the throne(?) |
| 36 | [...] mu-na-[...] | ... ... for him |
| 37 | [...] mu-un-da!-re7#-[x]-am3# | ... went with him(?) |
| 38 | pa#-[...]-bi# ib2-szir3-re-ne | They will sing their praises |
| 39 | ur2 hur-sag#-[...]-nu2#-u3#-ne# | When you lie down at the base of the mountain range |
| 40 | ni2#-[...] mu-na!-ra-ba# | When he had sworn it by himself |
| 41 | dumu# [...] mu-un-da-su8#-[x x] | The son ... stood with him |
| 42 | pa#-[...] ib2#-szir3-re-ne ur2-sag-ga2-ke4 [...]-nu2#-u3-ne! | The hero(s) sing ..., the hero sleeps |
| 43 | ni2-te-a-ni 3(disz)-kam#-ma mu-un-ma-ra-ba | It is the 3rd niŋeštu |
| 44 | dumu iri-na{ki!} mu-un-da-SU8-ge-esz x [...] | The citizens of Ina ... with him |
| 45 | pa-bi mu-un-ku5-ru-ne a2-bi ib2-ku5-ru-ne ur2-hur-sag-ga2-[...] | They cut off its branches, they cut off their arms, the Urhursaŋa temple |
| 46 | ni2#-te-<a-ni> 4(disz)-kam-ma mu-na-ra-ba | It is his 4th niŋešu |
| 47 | dumu iri-na{ki!} mu-un-<da>-SU8-ge-[x x] | The citizens of Ina ... |
| 48 | pa-bi mu-un-ku5-ru-ne a2-bi ib2-ku5-ru-ne ur2-hur-sag#-[...] | They cut off its branches, they cut off their arms, Urhursaŋ |
| 49 | ni2-te-a-ni 5(disz)-kam-ma mu-na-ra#-[x] | It is his 5th nītu |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | dumu iri-na{ki!} [...]-SU8-ge-esz | the citizens of Ina |
| 2 | pa-bi mu-un-ku5-ru-ne a2-bi ib2-ku5-ru-ne | They cut off its branches, they cut off their arms. |
| 3 | ni2 te-a-ni 6(disz)-kam-ma mu-na-ra-ba | whose fearsomeness is the 6th, he dedicated it to him. |
| 4 | dumu iri-na mu-un-da-<SU8>-ge-esz | The citizens of his city stood with him. |
| 5 | pa-bi mu-un-ku5-ru-ne a2-bi ib2-ku5-ru-ne | They cut off its branches, they cut off their arms. |
| 6 | ni2-te-a-ni 7(disz)-kam-ma mu-til-la-ba da-ga-na ba-e-te | It is his 7th nītu. After he has finished, he approached his side. |
| 7 | musz-gar3-gesztin-na-gin7 murgu-na im-ta-[...] | Like a grapevine ... on his back |
| 8 | ne mu-un-su-ub-ba-gin7 [x]-na# tibir#-ra bi2-ra | Like a ..., he splits the tibira canal |
| 9 | {d}hu-wa-wa [...]-da-zalag | Huwawa shines brightly |
| 10 | am# dab5-ba-gin7 [x] bi2#-in-szub | Like a captured wild bull, he fell |
| 11 | gurusz# dab5-ba-gin7 [...]-un#-la2-la2 | Like a captured young man, he(?) stretches out(?) |
| 12 | [x]-hu#-wa-wa er2 im-ma-pa3 x [...] A GUR | ... wept ... |
| 13 | [x]-bil4#-ga-mes szu# ba#-am3#-mu-u8 | The ... of the ... was carried away |
| 14 | [...] inim ga-mu-na-ab-du11 | ... I want to speak a word to him |
| 15 | [...]-da#-gu10 nu-zu a-a bulug3-ga2 nu-[x] | My ... does not know, my birth father does not ... |
| 16 | [...]-tu-de3-en za-e i3-bulug3-[x] | When you give birth to ..., you ... |
| 17 | [...]-mes# zi an-na <mu-un>-pa3 zi ki-a mu-un-pa3 zi#-[...]-pa3# | The true ... of heaven, chosen by the lord, selected by the life of the earth |
| 18 | [x x]-wa#!? szu-sze3 ba!(MA)-an#?-dab5 ki za nam#-[...] | ... seized ..., do not ... on the place of your choosing |
| 19 | [...]-bil4-ga-mes dumu-{d}nin-sun2!-kam sza3-ga-ni# [...] | ...-bilga, the son of Ninsun, his heart |
| 20 | [x]-da#-ni en-ki-du10-ra gu3 [...] | His ... to Enkidu ... |
| 21 | [x x]-ki-du10 muszen dab5-ba gud3#-[...] | ... the captured bird, the ostrich |
| 22 | gurusz dab5-ba ur2 ama-ni-sze3 he2-gi4#-[x] | May the captured young man return to the lap of his mother |
| 23 | za-e dab5-ba ur2#-ama-zu nu-ub-[...] | You are seized, but your lap does not ... |
| 24 | ur#-sag dab5!-ba szu bar-ra en# dab5-ba# ge6-par3-ra [x x] | The hero seized, the en-priestess seized |
| 25 | gudu4 dab5!-ba hi-li-sze3 gur-ra UD# ul#-le2-a-ta [...] | The gudu-priest who is seized(!?) has returned to (his) allure, from distant days |
| 26 | x# GAL! mu?-un#-[...] | ... the great |
| 27 | [...] mu-un#-[...] | ... he ... |
| 28 | [...] du11-ga-ni-sze3 gesztu2-ga-ni# [...] | ... his command, his intelligence |
| 29 | {d}hu-wa-wa {d}en-ki-du10-ra gu3 mu-un#-[...] | Huwawa spoke to Enkidu |
| 30 | ga2-ra en-ki-du10 inim-kur2 mu#-[...]-hul# | For me, Enkidu ... an insult |
| 31 | lu2 hug sza3-gal im-ma-hug eger gaba-ri us2-sa a-na-asz-am3 inim mu-na#-hul#-[x] | The one who soothes the heart was pacified, why did he ... words for him on the other side of the road? |
| 32 | ur5-gin7 hu-mu-na-ab-x-x-a?-a | May he ... for him like a dog |
| 33 | {d}en-ki-du10 lipisz bal-a-ni gu2#-ni im-da-ku5 | Enkidu cut off his limbs and his neck |
| 34 | sza3 {tug2}a-ga2-<la2>-sze3 im-da-szub | he fell into the ‘heart’ of a garment. |
| 35 | igi {d}en-lil2-la2#-[x] i-ni-in-ku4-re | before Enlil he brought |
| 36 | igi# {d}en-lil2#-[x]-sze3# ka ki su-ub-ba!(DA)-ni-ta | Before Enlil, from the mouth of the place of his supplication |
| 37 | {tug2}a2-ga2#-la2 bi2-in-szub sag-du-ni bi2-in-e3-de3 | He abandoned the agala garment and brought out his headdress |
| 38 | igi {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3!(KU) im-ma-ni-in-gar-re-esz | they placed before Enlil |
| 39 | {d}en-lil2-le sag-du {d}hu-wa-wa igi ba-ni-in-du8-a | Enlil looked at the head of Huwawa. |
| 40 | inim {d}bil4-ga-mes sza3 bi2-in-dab5# | the words of Gilgamesh he seized |
| 41 | a-na-<asz>-am3 ur5-gin7 i3-ak-en-ze2-en | Why do you act like this? |
| 42 | ba-du11-ga-ke4-esz mu-ni ki-ta ha-lam-ke4-esz | “The one who spoke, his name was destroyed from the earth. |
| 43 | igi-zu-ne-ne he2-bi2-ib-tusz | they shall sit before you. |
| 44 | ninda gu7-zu-ne-a he2-bi2-ib2-gu7 | may he eat your food! |
| 45 | a nag-zu-ne-a he2-bi2-ib-nag | may he drink the water of your drinking. |
| 46 | {d}en-lil2 ki-tusz-a-ni-ta me-lam2-an-na-ni mu-na-[x x]-ba | Enlil ... his aura from his dwelling place |
| 47 | me-lem4-ma-ni 1(disz)-kam-ma i7#-[x] ba#-an-sum | His aura is for the 1st time, the ... canal was given over |
| 48 | me-lem4-ma-ni 2(disz)-kam-ma x#-sze3 ba-an-sum | His 2nd radiance he gave to ... |
| 49 | me-lem4-ma-ni 3(disz)-kam-ma x-x-ma?-na-sze3 ba-an-sum | His 3rd radiance he gave to his ... |
| 50 | me-lem4-ma-ni 4(disz)-kam-ma ur-mah-sze3 ba?-an-sum | It is his 4th melem, he gave it to the lion |
| 51 | me-lem4-ma-ni 5(disz)#-kam-ma za-asz2-da-sze3 ba-an-sum | It is his 5th melem and he gave it as a gift. |
| 52 | me-lem4-ma-ni [x x]-ma# hur-sag-sze3 ba-an-sum | His radiance ... to the mountain range |
| 53 | me-lem4-ma-ni [x x]-ma {d}nun-gal ba-an-[x] | his radiance ... and Nungal |
| 54 | ib2-taka-me-lem4-ma# [x x] bil4-ga-mes x x DU ab da DU x# x# | he will prove it, and ... the debts ... |
| 55 | kal-ga {d#}[...] za3-mi2 {d}en-ki-du10! [x x] | The mighty one, ... praise for Enkidu |
| 56 | {d}[x] za3-[x] | of the god Za-x |
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