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CDLI Literary 000352, ex. 002 (P346087)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000352, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346087 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar) |
| Coordinates | 30.9607, 46.1063 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | du11-ga-ni-ta {gesz}tukul-zu hul-a mu-ni-in-tag | By his command, your weapon was struck down. |
| 2 | me szu-ga2 szu ba-ba-mu-ne me#-bi# abzu-sze3 ba-an-gi4 | They took the me in my hand and returned the me to the abzu |
| 3 | gesz-hur szu-ga2# szu ba-ba#-mu-ne gesz-hur-bi abzu-sze3 ba-an-gi4 | They took the design of my hand and returned the design to the abzu. |
| 4 | dub# [nam-tar-ra]-bi# abzu-sze3 ba-an-gi4 me ab-la2-e-en | You have returned the tablet of fate to the abzu, I shall lie down. |
| 5 | [inim amar] anzu2#{muszen}-sze3 ur-sag {d}nin-urta lul-asz ba-an-si | To the word of the Anzud bird, the hero Ninurta trembled falsely |
| 6 | [{d}nin-men]-na#-ke4 a-nir im-ga2-ga2 | Ninmena uttered a lament |
| 7 | [ge26-e me]-bi szu-mu-usz li#-bi2#-ku4 nam-en-bi# nu#-ak-e# | I, the en priestess, do not exercise lordship |
| 8 | [ge26-e] e#-ne-gin7# esz3#-e# abzu#-a# nu#-mu-un-til | I, like him, do not dwell in shrine Abzu |
| 9 | [a-a] {d#}en#-ki# inim# mu#-[un-du11]-du11#-ga-a abzu-a ba-da-an-zu | Father Enki, when he spoke, he knew of the Abzu |
| 10 | [ur]-sag# {d}nin-urta amar anzu2#{muszen}-de3 szu-ni bi2-in-ti | The hero Ninurta took the Anzud calves in his hand |
| 11 | ki {d}en#-ki-ka3-sze3 abzu#-sze3 im-ma-da#-te# | to the place of Enki approached the Abzu |
| 12 | {d}u4-ta-u18-lu amar anzu2{muszen}-de3 abzu-sze3 ba-an-gi4 | Uta'ulu, the Anzu-bird, returned to the abzu. |
| 13 | en-e ur-sag-ra ba-szi-hul2 | The lord rejoiced over the hero. |
| 14 | a-a {d}en-ki [ur-sag] {d}nin-urta-ra ba-szi-hul2 | For father Enki the hero Ninurta rejoiced. |
| 15 | en {d}nu-dim2#-[mu4-e mi2] zi# mu-un-i-i-de3 | Lord Nudimmu treated him kindly |
| 16 | ur-sag-e dingir szesz-[zu-ne]-a dingir na#-me ur5-gin7 nu-mu-un-ak-e | The hero does not act like a god among your brothers. |
| 17 | muszen {gesz}tukul kal#-[ga]-zu# bi2-dab5-ba-sze3 | Because you have seized the bird with your mighty weapon |
| 18 | u4 me-da u4 ul-le2#-sze3# [gu2]-bi# giri3#-zu ba#-[gub-be2-en] | “Day after day, day after day you will set your foot on its neck |
| 19 | dingir gal-gal-e-ne a2 nam-[ur-sag-ga2-zu] me-tesz2 [he2-i-i-ne] | May the great gods praise your heroism. |
| 20 | a-a-zu {d}en-lil2-le nig2-du11-[zu] he2#-ak# | May your father, Enlil, act according to your command |
| 21 | {d}nin-men-na-ke4 kig2-si3#-ga#-zu na-an-dim2#-e | Ninmena, do not copy your writing |
| 22 | za-e-gin7 ni2 na-ab-tuku dingir# na#-me# igi-zu-sze3 szu si sa2 na-an#-sa2#-e# | Like you, you should not have fear, no god should be able to equal you before you |
| 23 | iti-da esz3-e abzu#-a# igi-du8#-a# e2#-zu# sag# he2#-us2# | Month after month, may the shrine Abzu be seen, may your temple rest on its head |
| 24 | [an] zag gal-la# mu-zu he2#-pad3-de3# | May An, your name on the great dais be pronounced |
| 25 | ur-sag nam-tar-ra#-bi# sza3#-bi nu-hul2 | The hero, whose fate is unknown, does not rejoice |
| 26 | ki-gub-ba-ni a-[gi6] i#-im#-ku10-ku10-ge# i-sig7-sig7-ge | When he stands at his station, the flood is darkened, it is reddish |
| 27 | sza3-bi nig2 gal#-gal# i#-im#-bal#-bal sza3#-bi i3-kur2-kur2 | Its inside carries great things, its inside changes |
| 28 | inim da-bi nu#-ub#-tuku#-a bar-bi i-im-du11-du11 | The one who does not have a legal adversary speaks his mind |
| 29 | ur-sag {d}nin#-urta# igi#-bi ki-szar2-ra ba-ni-in-gar | The hero Ninurta set his eyes on the netherworld |
| 30 | lu2 na-me nu-ub-du11 sza3-bi zi nu-x-x | No one spoke to me, its heart did not ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | en gal {d}en-ki ki ni2-te-na-ke4 inim sza3-bi ba-x-[zu] | Great lord Enki of the pure place spoke a word to you |
| 2 | esz3-e abzu-a a-gi6 mu4 i-im-tuku4-tuku4-[e] | In shrine Abzu he lights up with a flood. |
| 3 | sukkal {d}isimudx(|PAB.NUN.ME.EZEN|)-de3 e2-e giri3 mu-un-ru-gu2 | The vizier Isimud set foot in the house. |
| 4 | ur-sag {d}nin-urta ed2-de3 nu-mu-un-sze-sze | The hero Ninurta will not go down to the steppe |
| 5 | sukkal {d}isimudx(|PAB.NUN.ME.EZEN|)-de3-esz2 szu-ni ba-an-zi | the vizier Isimud raised his hand. |
| 6 | {d}en-ki-ke4 im abzu-a ba-al#-gu7 ba-da-an-dim2 | Enki fashioned clay for the Abzu |
| 7 | ki# sun5#-na kan4 abzu-a ba-al-gu7 ba-da-an-gub | In the cool place, in the gate of the abzu he ate, he stood with him |
| 8 | {d}en#-ki-ke4 ki-lul-la-ke4 mu-un-na-ab-du11-du11 | Enki spoke to him in a false place |
| 9 | ki-gub-ba# ba-al-gi4-sze3 ba-da-an-tum3 | He brought it to the place where he was stationed. |
| 10 | ba-al-gu7# eger-ra-ni sa-bi ba-da-an-dab5 | He seized the one who ate (it) and seized his rival. |
| 11 | ur-sag {d#}nin-urta giri3-bi ba-da-an-gi4 | The hero Ninurta has abandoned it |
| 12 | {d}en-ki [nu]-zu-gin7 a-na-am3 ne-e im-me | Enki, what does he know? |
| 13 | umbin-giri3-bi# ki bi2-in-hur# habrud hul ba-da-an-dun u4 | Its yoke fell upon the ground, it smashed the bolt, it was blown away(?) |
| 14 | ur-sag {d}nin-urta sza3-bi# ba-da-an-szub | The hero Ninurta abandoned his heart |
| 15 | ur-sag-e ga-[...] ed3-de3 nu-mu-un-zu-am3 | I want to ... the hero, but I do not know how to go to the steppe |
| 16 | ba-al-gu7 giri3# [umbin-giri3]-bi# ba#-an-sur-sur | He eats, he twists his feet. |
| 17 | en# gal# {d}en#-[ki]-ke4# [gu3 mu-un]-na-de2-e | The great lord Enki spoke to him |
| 18 | me# [x] kur#-ta mu#-ni#-in-nigin2-nigin2 mu#-pad3-de3 | He gathered the cosmic powers ... from the mountains and chose them. |
| 19 | ge26-ra sag gesz# ra-mu-usz igi-zu# mu-e-gar-ra-am3!# | For me, you have set your eyes upon(?) the one who has shaved his head |
| 20 | x-bil2-ga gal-gal di ge26-e bi2-ib2#-ga2-ga2 ge26-e bi2-ib2-zi-de3 | The great ... that is to be established, that which was to be raised(?) |
| 21 | za-e ge26-ra a-gin7 igi-zu mu-gar-ra | You, how have you yourself set your eyes towards me? |
| 22 | ki-gub-ba-zu a-na-am3 mu-ra-an-dab5 a-ra2-bi a-na-gin7-nam / a igi ab?-x-x | What have you taken from your standing place? How is it that you ... its way? |
| 23 | nam-kal#-ga-zu me-sze3 ba-an-gen nam-ur-sag-zu me-a | Where has your strength gone? Where is your heroism? |
| 24 | hur-sag gal-gal-e mu-ni-in-gul-gul e-ne-esz2 a-na-nam mu-ed3-de3 | He destroyed the great mountain ranges, what can be done about it? |
| 25 | {d#}nin#-men#-na-ke4 inim-bi ba-da-an-pad3# | Ninmena chose this word |
| 26 | tug2 bar-ra-na al#-bir7#-re KASZ4 im-sar-[sar-re] | He washes his outer garment, he smites the wind |
| 27 | {u2}ug gu7-gu7-mu-usz [za-e] a#-ba#-a mu-ra#-ab-tum2# | You are the one who eats frogs, who will bring it to you? |
| 28 | lu2 sag-bi mu-un-bul-bul ba-[...]-un-GIL-x za-e# a-[ba-a] mu#-ra-ab#-tum2 | The one who ... its head ..., who will take it away for you? |
| 29 | {d}am-an-ki mu-bi nu-me-a u4-gu7#-gu7#-nu-de2-de2 mu-bi-im! | The name of this (object) is “Amanki is not a name, it is to be eaten daily"(?) |
| 30 | nam-usz2 szu gar nu-tuku-a za-e a-[ba]-a# mu-ra-ab-tum2 | You, who will bring me a fate that has not been decided? |
| bottom | ||
| 1 | iti udru{duru5} u4 8(disz@v)-kam# | The month of Šabaṭu, the day 8 |
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