CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 040 (P346120)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000761, ex. 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346120 |
| 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 | (As for) you, your fear does not depart from you(!) |
| obverse 2 | Snakes and scorpions, thieves/liars(?), that of the plain |
| obverse 3 | Desire you life in the plain |
| obverse 4 | Daily your tally is made |
| obverse 5 | Your tallying stick(?) is planted in the ground |
| obverse 6 | Your herder(?), where the ewes are, where the little lambs are, |
| obverse 7 | where the nannies are, where the little kids are: (he is the) person who says. |
| obverse 8 | When the little winds are to go in the city |
| obverse 9 | When big winds are to go in the desert |
| obverse 10 | They make a milking house/pen for you |
| obverse 11 | When the little winds are to go in the city |
| obverse 12 | When big winds are to go in the desert |
| obverse 13 | I am Ezina, born for the hero, who will never cease |
| obverse 14 | Who can stand against(?) Iškur as an (equal) opponent |
| obverse 15 | The churn and the kir vessel (for) milk(?), the treasure of shepherdship, are present among(?) (your) property |
| obverse 16 | What of yours can be present (in response)? What is it, that which is my speaking (that can be responded to(?))? Answer! |
| obverse 17 | For a 2nd time lahar was answering Ezina |
| obverse 18 | You ... as(?) the evening/evening of the sky(?) |
| obverse 19 | You have loved(?) the ... of the mountain/foreign land |
| obverse 20 | The angered enemy (now a?) foreign slave |
| obverse 21 | The (one with a?) junior spouse(?), the ... with (lit. of) small children |
| obverse 22 | After having bound (you) with a one-cubit rope |
| obverse 23 | One takes (you) down to the site of the threshing floor |
| obverse 24 | One takes (you) up from the site of the threshing floor |
| obverse 25 | His weapon has struck your face, it has struck your nose |
| obverse 26 | After(?) ... like crushed/slaughtered(?) ... |
| obverse 27 | The southern and northern winds ... |
| obverse 28 | The grinding stone, the ... |
| obverse 29 | The muller grinds(?) on your back |
| obverse 30 | When you live(?) in the trough |
| obverse 31 | One mixed (you?) with the dough(?) for me(!?) and curled it up(?) on the ground |
| obverse 32 | The young woman is the one who spreads out/bakes, mixes, and spreads out again/strikes(?) |
| obverse 33 | She(?) brings you(?) up to the oven |
| obverse 34 | When you are on the table |
| obverse 35 | I am there above (relative to) you, and you are there below (relative) to me(!?) |
| obverse 36 | Ezina, pay attention to(!?) yourself |
| obverse 37 | And (then you will understand?) you ... |
| reverse 1 | Because the eye ... your me (i.e., role) |
| reverse 2 | And (then?) I am made to follow after(?) (as a course?) |
| reverse 3 | The miller is not there for evil (purposes) (for what he does?) |
| reverse 4 | What of yours can be present (in response)? What is it that which is my speaking (that can be responded to(?))? Answer! |
| reverse 5 | At that time Ezina (the grain goddess) was ... her pride/native status(?) |
| reverse 6 | Ezina was answering lahar |
| reverse 7 | (As for) you, Iškur (is) your master, Sumuqan (is) your groom, and the desert (is) your bed |
| reverse 8 | Like the house and field in which fire also rages(!?)/like the house also set on fire by(?) the field(!?) |
| reverse 9 | Like (when) locusts afflict(!?) a house with their teeth(!?) |
| reverse 10 | You bring the weak(?) cripple(?) into the land(?) |
| reverse 11 | (While) I can(?) set my neck to the ground (i.e., achieve a state of overripeness?) |
| reverse 12 | I(?) am divided into (various) ...(?) ban containers |
| reverse 13 | (After) one has brought(?) your ... belly/innards(?) (for sale) at the market rate |
| reverse 14 | After he binds you yourself/your aura(?) and your neck with a loin cloth |
| reverse 15 | One person says to another “fill up the ...(?) ban container with grain in order to (buy) my ewe” |
| reverse 16 | At that time, Enki was speaking to Enlil |
| reverse 17 | Father Enlil, lahar and Ezina ... |
| reverse 18 | They have stood(?) ... by their strength(?) |
| reverse 19 | The 3rd/30th ... does not cease at their side(!?) |
| reverse 20 | Of the two of them, Ezina is greater |
| reverse 21 | And therefore (Lahar) should kneel(?) and prostrate herself to Ezina |
| reverse 22 | To ... she/they(?) should kiss her feet |
| reverse 23 | From(!?) sunrise until(!?) sunset |
| reverse 24 | She/they(?) should praise(!?) the name of Ezina |
| reverse 25 | The one who possesses silver, the one who possesses lapis, the person that possesses an ox, the person who possesses a sheep |
| reverse 26 | Will spend the day at the gate of the one who possesses grain along with him(?) |
| reverse 27 | (In the) dispute (undertaken between) lahar and Ezina |
| reverse 28 | Lahar is the quitter, Ezina is the one who emerged (victorious) |
| reverse 29 | Father Enki, praise! |
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 | za-e ni2-zu nu-mu-un-ta-e3-de3 | |
| 2 | musz gir2 lu2-lul-la-ke4 nig2 edin-na-ke4 | |
| 3 | zi-zu an-edin-na ku#-kur mu-ni-ib-e3 | |
| 4 | [u4]-szu2#-usz-e nig2-ka9#-zu#? i3-ke3-e | |
| 5 | szudum#?-zu ki i3-tag-tag-ge | |
| 6 | na#-gada#-a#?-za#? u8 me-a sila4 tur-tur me-a | |
| 7 | ud5#? me-a masz2# tur#-tur me-a lu2-lu7# mu-un-na-ab-be2 | |
| 8 | tu15 tur-tur-e iri-a DU-da-bi | |
| 9 | tu15 gal-gal-e bar-rim4-ma du#-da-bi | |
| 10 | za-e e2-ubur#-ra# ma#-ra-an-du3-u3#-ne | |
| 11 | tu15# tur-tur-e# iri#-a# DU#-da-bi | |
| 12 | tu15 gal-gal-e bar-rim4-ma#? x-bi | |
| 13 | {d}asznan-me-en# ur-sag-ra tu-da ga2#?-la# nu#-mu-un-dag-dag-ge | |
| 14 | {d#}iszkur-ra gaba#-ri#-a mu-un-da-an-gub-be2# | |
| 15 | {dug!}szakir3 {dug#}giri3#? ga? gil#-sa nam-sipa-da nig2-[...] | |
| 16 | a-na-zu [...]-da#?-gal2 nig2 a!-na ab-be2-na-gu10 gi4-[ma-ni-ib] | |
| 17 | 2(disz@t)-kam-ma#-[...] {d#}lahar# {d}asznan-ra mu-na-ni-ib2-gi4#!?-[...] | |
| 18 | za#-e# [...] {d}usan#? an-na-kam x x | |
| 19 | x [...] x ki im-a-ag2 x x? | |
| 20 | erim2# bar# [...]-ra#?-ke4# | |
| 21 | dam# tur-x [...] dumu# tur-tur-ra-ke4 | |
| 22 | esz2 disz kusz3# [...] x-da#-<<DA#?>>-an-la2 | |
| 23 | ki-surx(DU6)-sze3 [...]-ma-an-e11-de3 | |
| 24 | ki-surx(DU6)?-ta x-x-ri-x-[...]-e11#-de3 | |
| 25 | {gesz#}tukul#-a-ni igi-zu im-ra#-ra giri17-[zu] im#-ra#-ra# | |
| 26 | x gaz2#?-gaz2-gin7 um#?-ma#?-[...] | |
| 27 | tu15# ulu3{+lu} {tu15}mir-re x [...] | |
| 28 | {na4#}kin2#-e {na4#}x-[...]-x | |
| 29 | {na4#}szu-szu bar-za a-ar3-ar3 mi#-ni#-ib2#?-[...]-e#? | |
| 30 | za-e {gesz#!?}bunig-bi# lug#-ga#-zu-ne# | |
| 31 | lu2 silag ma-da#?-szar2 ki-a mi-ni-in-gurum? | |
| 32 | ki#-sikil du8# <du>-gu#-la szu bur2-ra-am3 | |
| 33 | {im#}szu#-rin-na-sze3# im-ta-an-e11-de3# | |
| 34 | za-e {gesz}banszur#-ra gal2-la-zu-ne | |
| 35 | an-ta ma-ra-an-gal2-le-en ki-ta ma-ra-an#-gal2#-le#-en#? | |
| 36 | {d}asznan ni2#-zu gesztux(|GISZ.TUG2|)#-ga-a-ni | |
| 37 | u3# za#-e# [...] x x x | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | me-zu igi# [...]-x-x-e3-esz | |
| 2 | u3 ga2#-[...] egir# bi2-ib2#-us2-en | |
| 3 | lu2-{na4#}kin2#!-e hul-esz nu-gal2-la! | |
| 4 | a-na-zu mu-da-gal2 nig2 a-na x-ab-be2-na-gu10 gi4-ma-ni-ib | |
| 5 | u4#-ba {d}asznan nam-gir15#-ra#?-na x mi-ni-in-us2-e!? | |
| 6 | [{d}]asznan# {d#}lahar-ra mu-na-ni-ib-gi4#-gi4# | |
| 7 | [...] lugal#-zu {d#}szakkan#? szusz3-zu bar-rim4-ma ki-nu2-da-zu | |
| 8 | x-[...] NE#? in-ga#?-dub2-ba-gin7 | |
| 9 | x x [...]{muszen#}-gin7 bi2#-ib#?-RI#-gin7 | |
| 10 | x x x [...]-x-e [...]-ni-ib-ku4-re-en | |
| 11 | [...] gu2#-gu10# [...] ba-e-de3#-ga2#-ga2#-ga2 | |
| 12 | [...]-an-x-e [...] ba-e-hal#-hal#-[...]-x | |
| 13 | sza3-x-zu ganba#-[...] lu2 bi2-in-de6#-[...] | |
| 14 | {tug2}nig2-dara2 ni2-za gu2-x x [...] bi2-in-x-[...]-x | |
| 15 | u8-gu10-sze3 sze {gesz}ba-an-[...] x-ma-ab lu2 [...]-na#-ab-be2# | |
| 16 | u4-ba {d}en-ki-ke4# {d}en#-lil2#-ra gu3# mu#-[...] | |
| 17 | a#-a {d}en-lil2 {d}lahar {d}asznan# x x x [...] x x [...] | |
| 18 | a2#!?-bi-ta [...] | |
| 19 | x 3(disz@t)-kam da-ne-ne-a [...] | |
| 20 | min3-na-ne-ne {d}asznan# [...]-x-[...] | |
| 21 | {d#}asznan-ra dub3 he2-x-x [...]-za#-za# | |
| 22 | x-ra giri3-ni [...]-x-x | |
| 23 | {d#}utu#-e3#-ra [...]-x | |
| 24 | mu {d}asznan-kam [...]-il#?-la#?-NE | |
| 25 | lu2# ku3 tuku lu2 za#-gin3# [tuku lu2] gu4# tuku lu2 udu tuku# | |
| 26 | ka2# lu2 sze tuku-x? u4# mu#-un-di-ni-ib2#-[...]-e#? | |
| 27 | {d#}lahar# {d}asznan a-da-min3 <<mi2?>> du11-ga | |
| 28 | {d}lahar tak4 {d}asznan# e3-a | |
| 29 | a-a {d}en-ki za3-mi2 | |
| left | ||
| 1 | {im#?}szu-rin-na#? im#-ta-an#-e3#?-de3#? [...] x? dam tur-ke4#? x | |
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