CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 046 (P346089)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 046 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346089 |
| 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 |
English translation
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| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | The mountain shall make the livestock teem for you |
| obverse 2 | The mountain range shall make the quadrupeds proliferate for you |
| obverse 3 | You, a lady with whose cosmic powers no other cosmic powers compare, who wears a furious/reddish aura like heaven |
| obverse 4 | Digirmah, who hates excessive speech |
| obverse 5 | The true lady, Ninhursag, the young woman |
| obverse 6 | Nintur, who ... when it cools (in the evening?) |
| obverse 7 | Draw near(?), lady, I(!) have given you supreme cosmic powers so that you shall be exalted/shall wield them |
| obverse 8 | True lady(!?), her cosmic powers surpass (other) cosmic powers, lady, “carpenter of the womb” |
| obverse 9 | Aruru, the elder sister of Enlil, stood at his front |
| obverse 10 | "Great hero, when you killed the hero |
| obverse 11 | Lord, who like his father his utterance cannot be changed, you have not (yet) decreed a fate” |
| obverse 12 | The lord was speaking to the emery stone, he was wishing for/observing (its) path(?) |
| obverse 13 | In the homeland, the angry lord(?) spoke a word to him |
| obverse 14 | Ninurta, lord, son of Enlil was cursing him |
| obverse 15 | Emery stone, you who (the Asag) mustered against me in the mountain |
| reverse 1 | As one who seized ... in order to render/place my hands(?) ... |
| reverse 2 | As one who swore to commit(?) my murder |
| reverse 3 | As one who terrified me, lord Ninurta, in my own supreme dwelling |
| reverse 4 | Mighty one, youth possessed of form, your surpassing(ness) and you stature shall be diminished |
| reverse 5 | Leopards that rely on their strength shall tear you up |
| reverse 6 | The powerful one shall accept a test of strength(?) (with you) |
| reverse 7 | Young man emery, your brother(s) shall heap you like flour |
| reverse 8 | You, young man, your shout shall be present and tremble(!?), (but) it shall end(?) |
| reverse 9 | You shall raise a hand (violently) against your offspring, show the teeth against their corpses! |
| reverse 10 | Like a great bull killed by many men/a slaughterer(?), make (yourself) into/set (yourself) apart as(!?) something divided into shares(?) |
| reverse 11 | Emery, by means of(?) the weapon dog, away from battle, |
| reverse 12 | like something chased away by the junior shepherd |
| reverse 13 | I am the lord, (you) shall be named according to(?) your having pecked at/demolished(?) carnelian |
| reverse 14 | Now, (this) is the decreed fate of Ninurta |
| reverse 15 | Today (and henceforth), when emery touches (another stone), it will be in order to perforate carnelian, thus it is so! |
| reverse 16 | The hero was speaking to the šu'u and gasura stones |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | kur#-[...] | |
| 2 | hur-sag-e nig2-ur2-limmu2-e#? numun# ha#-ra#?-[...] | |
| 3 | za-e# nin me-ni-da me nu-sa2#-a#-[...] an-gin7 ni2 husz gur3-ru#? | |
| 4 | dingir-mah inim# diri-ga hul gig | |
| 5 | munus zi nin-hur#-sag# ki#-sikil# | |
| 6 | {d}nin#-tur5# a2#? MUSZ3#-bi#?-sze3? x-bi-x-ba!?-a | |
| 7 | te-mu-da nin me mah ma-ra-an-szum2 za-e he2-em-il2-e | |
| 8 | munus! zi me-ni me diri-ga nin nagar-sza3-ga | |
| 9 | {d#}a-ru-ru nin gal {d}en-lil2-la2 gaba-na ba-e-gub | |
| 10 | ur-sag gal ur-sag ug5-ga-za | |
| 11 | u3-mu-un a-a-ni-gin7 du11-ga-ni nu-kur2-ru na-ag2 nu-um-mi-tar | |
| 12 | [...]-e {na4}u2-e gu3 ba-de2-e in-ti bi2-ib2-ku-kur | |
| 13 | en#? ib2-ba kalam-ma inim mu-na-ni-ib-be2 | |
| 14 | [{d}]nin-urta en dumu {d#}en-lil2-la2-ke4 asz2? im-mi-ib2-sar-re | |
| 15 | {na4#}u2 kur-ra ma#-an#?-zi-ge#-en-na-gin7 | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [...]-gu10-sze3 mu-e-dab5-ba-gin7 | |
| 2 | nam# ug5-ge-gu10 ba-e-ku5-da-gin7 | |
| 3 | en {d}nin-urta-me-en ki-tusz mah-ga2 ba-e-hu-luh-en-na-gin7 | |
| 4 | kal-ga# sul e2-gar8 tuku diri-ga-zu alan-zu he2-em-ta-be4 | |
| 5 | nemur# usu-bi-ta nir gal2-la-am3 he2-me-zi-ir-zi-re-ne | |
| 6 | usu tuku a-gar5-re szu he2-gid2-de3 | |
| 7 | gurusz {na4}u2 szesz-zu zi3!-gin7 he2-me-dub-bu-ne | |
| 8 | gurusz-me-en gu3 de2-zu he2-gal2 he2-dub2?-x he2!?-til!?-e | |
| 9 | li-li-zu szu#? ha-ba-ab-zi-ge-en adda-ba zu2 e3-ni-ib | |
| 10 | am gal lu2 szar2-ra gaz#-za-gin7 nig2 ba-ta gar-ra | |
| 11 | {na4}u2 {gesz}tukul-ta ur-gir15 me3-ta | |
| 12 | nig2 sipa# tur-re al-sar-re-gin7 | |
| 13 | en#-me-en# {na4}gug me-re-kul-la-za mu-bi he2-sze21 | |
| 14 | i3#-ne-esz nam tar-ra {d}nin-urta-ka | |
| 15 | u4-da {na4}u2 ub-tag {na4}gug buru3-da ur5 he2-en-na-nam-ma | |
| 16 | ur#-sag#-e {na4}szu-u {na4}ka-sur#-ra-ke4# gu3 im-ma-de2-e# | |
| 17 | [en-e a ri-a] bi2#?-[ib2-szid-de3] | |
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