CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 038 (P346118)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 038 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346118 |
| 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
By Peterson, Jeremiah · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | On the mountain range (spanning) both heaven and earth |
| obverse 2 | When An fathered the Anuna gods |
| obverse 3 | Because no one had been able to give birth to or create Ašnan (yet) |
| obverse 4 | Because the flax of (the weaving goddess) Uttu had not been created along with them |
| obverse 5 | Because the pegs (of the loom) had not been set for Uttu |
| obverse 6 | (Because) the ewe had not come forth, the lamb had not multiplied |
| obverse 7 | (Because) the goat had not come forth, the kid had not multiplied |
| obverse 8 | (Because) the ewe had not given birth to its lamb |
| obverse 9 | (Because) the goat had not given birth to its kid |
| obverse 10 | The names of both Ezina-Kusu (deified grain) and lahar (deified ewe) |
| obverse 11 | The Anuna, the great gods, did not know |
| obverse 12 | The muš barley of the thirtieth day was not present |
| obverse 13 | The muš barley of the fortieth day was not present |
| obverse 14 | The muš barley of the fiftieth day was not present |
| obverse 15 | The small barley, the barley of the mountain, the barley of the pure settlement was not present |
| obverse 16 | Wearing of garments was not present |
| obverse 17 | Uttu was not yet born, the crown was not yet raised |
| obverse 18 | Lord Bridegroom (Dumuzi) and Kalkal (the gatekeeper of the Ekur) were not yet born |
| obverse 19 | Sumuqan had not yet come out in the dry land |
| obverse 20 | The humans of that distant time |
| obverse 21 | They did not know that food was to be eaten |
| obverse 22 | They did not know the wearing of garments |
| obverse 23 | In the land (one) went/stood (on) limbs (i.e., on all fours?) naked(?) |
| obverse 24 | Like sheep one ate with grass in its mouth (i.e. ruminated) |
| obverse 25 | They were drinking water in the ditches(?) |
| obverse 26 | At that time, at the place of (forming) features of the gods |
| obverse 27 | In their temple on the Holy Mound ... was creating lahar and Ezina |
| obverse 28 | They gathered them into the shrine where the gods ate food |
| obverse 29 | The abundance of lahar and Ašnan |
| obverse 30 | The Anuna gods of the holy mound |
| obverse 31 | Were eating(!), but none among them were able to be filled |
| reverse 1 | The milk/cream of their holy sheepfold, the sweet thing (the Anuna gods of the Holy Mound were drinking, but none among them were able to be filled) |
| reverse 2 | Humanity ... |
| reverse 3 | At that time Enki spoke to Enlil |
| reverse 4 | "Father Enlil, both lahar and Ezina |
| reverse 5 | Because/after(?)... created (them) on the Holy Mound |
| reverse 6 | We shall send them down from the Holy Mound” |
| reverse 7 | This is (how) both(?) Enki and Enlil spoke(?) in their holy conversation |
| reverse 8 | They(!) were sending down both lahar and Ezina from the Holy Mound |
| reverse 9 | They(!) were enclosing lahar in her sheepfold |
| reverse 10 | They were giving vast vegetation to her |
| reverse 11 | For Ezina they were putting down a fertile field |
| reverse 12 | They were giving to her the plow, the yoke, and its plow team |
| reverse 13 | After lahar stood in the sheepfold |
| reverse 14 | After the shepherd furnished her(?) with allure in the sheepfold |
| reverse 15 | After Ezina stood in the furrow |
| reverse 16 | She was a beautiful/verdant young woman bearing allure |
| reverse 17 | (After) she raised her fertile head in the field |
| reverse 18 | After she was poured upon by the abundance of heaven(?) |
| reverse 19 | Both lahar and Ezina appeared |
| reverse 20 | In heaven abundance was there for them(?) |
| reverse 21 | In the land life force was there for them(?) |
| reverse 22 | They were properly executing the me of the gods |
| reverse 23 | (They were making?) things proliferate in the storehouse(!?) of the land |
| reverse 24 | Into the prison, founded(!?) (in?) the dust |
| reverse 25 | After they entered, abundance was there for them |
| reverse 26 | The two of them (lit. “their two"), where they set their feet |
| reverse 27 | They are the ones who increase things in the house “heavily” |
| reverse 28 | Where they stand, they are correct(?), where they sit, they are appropriate |
| reverse 29 | They are ones that are pleasant in(?) the heart of An and the heart of Enlil |
| reverse 30 | The were drinking sweet/intoxicating wine |
| reverse 31 | They were “making (themselves) sweet” (i.e., getting drunk) with sweet/intoxicating beer |
| reverse 32 | After they drank sweet/intoxicating wine |
| bottom 1 | Single-column tablet of Damqi-ilišu, month of Abe, 14th day |
| bottom 2 | (Total:) 62(!) lines |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | hur-sag an-ki-bi-da-ke4 | |
| 2 | u4 an-ne2 dingir {d}a-nun-na im-tu-de3-esz-a-ba# | |
| 3 | mu {d}asznan nu-ub-ta-tu-da-asz nu-un-da-sag12-ga#?-a#-asz | |
| 4 | kalam-ma gu {d}uttu nu-ub-da-dim2-ma-[asz] | |
| 5 | {d}uttu-ra temen nu-mu-un-na-si-ga-a-asz | |
| 6 | u8 nu-e3-a sila4 nu-szar2-ra-am3 | |
| 7 | ud5 nu-e3-a masz2 nu-szar2-ra-am3 | |
| 8 | u8-e sila4 min-bi nu-ub-tu-u4 | |
| 9 | ud5-e masz2 esz5-bi nu-um-tu-u4 | |
| 10 | mu {d}asznan {d}ku3-su3 {d}lahar-bi-da-ke4 | |
| 11 | {d}a-nun-na dingir gal-gal-e-ne nu-mu-un-zu-usz-am3 | |
| 12 | sze-musz5 u4 uszu3-kam nu-gal2-la-am3 | |
| 13 | sze-musz5 u4 nimin-kam nu-gal2-la-am3 | |
| 14 | sze-musz5 u4 ninnu-kam nu-gal2-la-am3 | |
| 15 | sze tur-tur sze kur-ra sze a2-dam ku3-ga nu-gal2-la-am3 | |
| 16 | tug2 nig2 mur10-mur10-bi nu-gal2-la-am3 | |
| 17 | {d}uttu nu-tu-u4 men nu-il2 | |
| 18 | en {d}nimgir-si en {d}kal-kal nu-tu-u4 | |
| 19 | {d}szakkan bar-rim4-ma# la-ba-ra-e3-a | |
| 20 | nam-lu2-lu7 u4 ri-a-ke4-ne | |
| 21 | ninda gu7!-u3-de3 nu-mu-un-zu-usz-am3 | |
| 22 | tug2 nig2 mur10-mur10-bi nu-mu-un-zu-usz-am3 | |
| 23 | kalam-ma gesz-ge-en su-bi mu-un-gen | |
| 24 | udu-gin7 ka-bi u2 mu-ni-ib-gu7! | |
| 25 | a surx(AH)-surx(AH)-ra-ke4 i-im-na8-na8-ne | |
| 26 | u4-ba ki-uludin2 NE#? [...]-re-e-ke4 | |
| 27 | e2-bi du6-ku3-ga {d}[lahar {d}]asznan# x [...] mu#?-un#?-sag12#?-e#? | |
| 28 | esz3 ninda gu7 dingir-re#-[...] | |
| 29 | he2-gal2 [...] | |
| 30 | {d}a-nun-na du6-ku3#-[...] | |
| 31 | i-im-gux(NAG)-gux(NAG)-ne# [...] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | amasz# ku3-ga-ne-ne-a [...] | |
| 2 | nam-lu2-lu7 |KAxX|#-bi im#-[...] | |
| 3 | u4-ba {d}en-ki-ke4 {d}en-lil2-ra gu3 mu-un#-x-[...] | |
| 4 | a-a {d}en-lil2 {d}lahar {d}asznan-bi-da-ke4 | |
| 5 | du6-ku3-ga um-ma-da-an-sag12-ga | |
| 6 | du6-ku3-ga-ta am3-ma-da-ra-ab-e11-de3-en-de3-en | |
| 7 | {d}en-ki {d}en-lil2-bi inim ku3-ga-ne-ne-a am3-du11-ga | |
| 8 | {d#}lahar {d}asznan-bi du6-ku3-ga im-ma-da-ra-an-e11-de3 | |
| 9 | {d#}lahar# amasz#-a-ni# im-ma-ab-ni10-ni10-e | |
| 10 | u2-szim nig2-dagal-la mu#-un-na-ba-e-ne | |
| 11 | {d}asznan-ra GAN2 zi mu-un-ga2#-ga2#-e#-ne# | |
| 12 | {gesz}apin {gesz}szudul4 erin2#-bi mu-un-na-ba-e#-ne# | |
| 13 | {d}lahar-e amasz-a gub-ba-ni-ta | |
| 14 | sipa amasz-a hi-li duh-duh-a-ta | |
| 15 | {d}asznan ab-sin2-na gub-ba-ni-ta | |
| 16 | ki-sikil sig7-ga hi-li gur3-ru-am3 | |
| 17 | GAN2-ne-ta sag zi il2-la-ni | |
| 18 | he2-gal2 an-na-ta de2-de2-a-ni | |
| 19 | {d}lahar {d}asznan#-bi pa e3 mu-un#-na-ak-esz | |
| 20 | an-na he2-gal2 mu-un-ne-gal2 | |
| 21 | kalam-ma zi-sza3#-gal2 mu-un-ne-gal2 | |
| 22 | me dingir-re-e#-ne# si im-sa2-sa2-e-ne | |
| 23 | erimx(|E2xA|)! kalam-ma-ka nig2# mu-ni-ib-lu-lu | |
| 24 | e2-kur-re sahar# si us2-sa-a-ba | |
| 25 | u3-mu-un-sun5-esz he2-gal2 mu-un-ne-gal2 | |
| 26 | min3-na-ne-ne ki giri3-ne-ne bi2-in-gub-bu-usz-a | |
| 27 | dugud-bi e2#-e nig2 tah-e-me-esz | |
| 28 | ki gub si!? sa2-me-esz ki tusz me-te-gal2-me-esz | |
| 29 | sza3 an-na# sza3 {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 ba-sa6-ge-me-esz | |
| 30 | gesztin nig2-du10 i-im-na8-na8-e-ne | |
| 31 | kasz nig2-du10 i-im-du10-du10-ge-e-ne | |
| 32 | gesztin nig2-du10 u3-mu-un-nag-esz-a-ta | |
| bottom | ||
| 1 | im-gi-da {disz}dam!-qi2!-i3-li2-szu {iti}ab-e3 u4 1(u) 4(disz)-kam | |
| 2 | ($ blank space $) 1(disz)! szu-szi 2(disz) | |
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