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TLB 02, 06 (P345845)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TLB 02, 06 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345845 |
| Museum no. | LB 1823 |
| 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 |
| Find spot | unclear |
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 | ||
| 8' | ga-x-[...] | I want to |
| 9' | e x-⸢na⸣-an x-[...] | House ... |
| 10' | x e₂ x-x [...] ŋa₂-⸢al⸣-[x]-ma-x | ... house ... |
| o ii | ||
| 14' | [u₂]-⸢ru⸣ a-še-ra mi-na-⸢iš⸣ [gu]-⸢la⸣ | I have poured out a libation bowl for him, I have filled it with libations. |
| 15' | ⸢u₂-ru⸣-ŋu₁₀ ni-ib-ru ⸢a⸣-[še-ra] ⸢gu⸣-la | “Standing-of-the-mound, the niphra of the Ea-ešera, and the egula-vessel |
| 16' | ⸢ši⸣-bi-kur-ra ⸢ši⸣-bi-kur-ra a-še-ra [mi-na-iš gu]-la | In the Ši’ebikura temple, in the Assyrian temple, the great one |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki-ur ki gal a-še-ra mi-na-[iš gu-la] | The Ki'ur, the great place of the sea, great flood |
| 2 | ši-bi ši-bi du-du-ba a-še-ra [mi-na-iš gu-la] | Its voice is a scream, it is an utterance of greatness |
| 3 | e-se-kur e-se-kur zi a-še-ra mi-⸢na⸣-[iš gu-la] | The Esekur temple, the true Eserkur temple - great is its splendor |
| 4 | u₂-ru a-še-ra ni-iš-bi-gu-la ka-ša-an du₁₁-ga ba-an-ga | The city that had been destroyed by the storm, the mighty one, was carried away. |
| 5 | ni-ib-ru a-še-re ni-iš-bi-gu-le ka-ša-an du₁₁-ga ba-an-ga | The nibru priestess, the one who makes the mountains tremble |
| 6 | ši-bi-kur-ra ši-bi-kur-ra ni-iš-bi-gu-le ka-ša-an du₁₁-ga ba-an-ga | In the šībi-kura (temple) the nišbigû-vessel was poured out, the kasan-demon was carried away |
| 7 | ⸢ki-ur⸣ ki ⸢gal⸣ ni-iš-bi-gu-le ka-ša-an du₁₁-ga ba-an-ga | In the Kiʾur, the place of the palace, a supplication was uttered |
| 8 | ba-⸢an⸣-di-ri-ga ba-an-di-ri-ga u₂-ru-ta ba-re-e | He was wandering about, he was wanderling about, leaving the city. |
| 9 | u₂-ru-ŋu₁₀ ni-ib-ru ba-an-di-ri-ga u₂-ru-ta ba-ra-e | The city that had been plundered was taken away from the city. |
| 10 | ši-bi-kur-ra ši-bi-kur-ra ba-an-di-ri-ga u₂-ru-ta ba-ra-e | In the šibikura, in the silt, he was carried away, departed from the city. |
| 11 | ki-ur ki gal ba-⸢an-di-ri-ga⸣ u₂-⸢ru⸣-[ta ba-ra]-⸢e⸣ | The Ki'ur, the great place, was destroyed, and from the ruins it was rebuilt. |
| 12 | i-ma-al KU-⸢x⸣ [...] DU-⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... is there(?) ... (Akk) There is ... |
| 13 | a-ma-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | Ama-e’e |
| r iv | ||
| 1 | u₂-ma-aš-bi dim-gu-le a-ma dim-gu-le | Its plants are a dimgule tree, mother a diggile tree |
| 2 | us₂-la-bi lu-lu-ga-ŋu₁₀ a-ma dim-gu-le | Its length is a lulû-demon, the mother of a dimgule. |
| 3 | a-ia mu-lu-lu BAR ba-an-di-ri-ga mu-lu-lu BAR | Father, many ..., who roamed around, lots of ... |
| 4 | a-ia mu-ta-e ni-ta-e-en mu-un-da-sa | (Sum) My father, when he came to me, he approached me. (Akk) The father of the man, when I came to him, I approached him. |
| 5 | mu {d}en-lil₂-ta KU ni-ta-e-en mu-un-da-sa | from the year: “Enlil ... he smote me. |
| 6 | I-UR a-x-si-da hal-hal | I-UR (means) ... |
| 7 | tu-ur gu-la-bi ba-da-gu;-ul-gu-ul | Its great intestines were destroyed. |
| 8 | a-ma-aš₂ bu-ra-bi ši bi-da-sa | Its young women are smitten by the wind |
| 9 | il-tu-ub nu-zu-bi il-tu-be₂ ba-an-ga | The one who does not know the illub priestess is carried away. |
| 10 | hi-⸢iš⸣ nu-zu-bi hi-iš ba-an-ga | The one who does not know the ḫešu-e23-plant is carried away. |
| 11 | am gal-ga-la tur-tur gu ba;-gu-ul-gu-ul | The big wild bull roared at the small ones. |
| 12 | u₂-ud-li u₂-ud-li u₂-ud-li-bi-da u₂-ud-li-bi-da u₂-ur-iš ba-tu-ba-da | (Sum) The storm, the storm, and the storm ... (Akk) In the day, in the day(?) the storm was ..., it was the storm that ... the storm |
| 13 | a-ma tu-mu u₂-ŋa₂ al-di-li ba-tu-iš | “Alas, the storm, I have been carried off, I am carried off! |
| 14 | ki-iš-ki-il gu si-si-ra bi-te hi-si-ra ba-an-da | The kiškiʾil-plant, the gu-sīsira plant, the bi-te-ḫisi-plant ... |
| 15 | e-mi-gal gu du-mu-na bi-te du-mu-na ba-an-da-⸢nu-um⸣ | The Emigal priestess approached her child, she approached her daughter. |
| 16 | ni-na-ni si-ir mu-na-ab-e | He screams for his own sake. |
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