CDLI Literary 000623, ex. 009 (P346192)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000623, ex. 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346192 |
| 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 col 1 1' | You stand/serve according to(?) the command of An |
| obverse col 1 2' | My lady, the mountain bows towards/on behalf of your shout |
| obverse col 1 4' | Along with the aura, radiance, and the southern stormwind(?), you have brought(?) for yourself(?) the furious(?) stupor of the people to the fore |
| obverse col 1 5' | You have taken the (most) furious of the cosmic powers for yourself |
| obverse col 1 6' | The “threshold of mourning” has opened for you |
| obverse col 1 7' | ... goes on the street of the temple(?) of greatest lamentation/great lamentations (i.e., the netherworld?) for you |
| obverse col 1 8' | From the front of battle things (that are shot, flung?) are removed for you (i.e., diverted?) |
| obverse col 1 9' | My lady, (in/with) your own power “flints"(? i.e., sparks?) consume(!?) |
| obverse col 1 10' | You thrash like a thrashing storm |
| obverse col 1 11' | (You) shout together with the shouting storm |
| obverse col 1 12' | (You) scream along with Iškur |
| obverse col 1 13' | You are to become exhausted together with the destructive winds |
| obverse col 1 14' | (But) inexhaustiveness is worn (on) your feet (as footwear) |
| obverse col 1 15' | ... performs a lament with the balag drum of weeping |
| obverse col 1 16' | My lady, the Anuna, the Anuna, the great gods |
| obverse col 1 17' | Like flying bats, they have been driven into(!?) the ruin mound/cracks(?) because of you |
| obverse col 1 18' | They are not to stand(?) (at) your furious face |
| obverse col 1 19' | Not one (of them) can confront your furious forehead |
| obverse col 1 20' | Who will cool your angry heart? |
| obverse col 1 21' | The cooling(!?) of your malevolent heart is a supreme(ly challenging undertaking) |
| obverse col 1 22' | Lady, (your) liver is good, (your) heart rejoices |
| obverse col 1 23' | (But your) anger does not cool, eldest child of Nanna |
| obverse col 1 24' | Lady who surpasses the land/mountain/netherworld(?), who has deprived you? |
| obverse col 1 25' | The mountain range extends with you in your place, (it is) the taboo of (reserved for) Ezina (the grain goddess) |
| obverse col 1 26' | Fire was imposed on its gate |
| obverse col 1 27' | Blood is poured into its rivers for you and therefore the people cannot drink |
| obverse col 1 28' | Its army plunders(?) itself for you |
| obverse col 1 29' | The formations split themselves apart for you |
| obverse col 1 30' | Its able-bodied young men serve you by themselves(?) |
| obverse col 1 31' | A northern storm(?) has filled its cities and playgrounds(?) |
| obverse col 1 32' | Its perfect young men stood as captives(?) |
| obverse col 1 33' | The city that has not (compelled its people) to say “the land/mountain is for you” |
| obverse col 1 34' | Nor has (its people) said “your father (...)” |
| obverse col 2 1' | (I?) approached the shade, but it was covered by (lit. along with) a southern storm(?) |
| obverse col 2 2' | My “honey mouth” was ... |
| obverse col 2 3' | My “thing that gladdened the liver” was turned back with the dust(?) |
| obverse col 2 4' | My fate, (involving?) Suen and lugalane |
| obverse col 2 5' | Speak to An, so that he undoes it for me |
| obverse col 2 6' | Now, she will speak to An, he will have released(!?) me |
| obverse col 2 7' | The woman will take away the fate (involving?) lugalane |
| obverse col 2 8' | Mountain and flood alike lie/crouch at her feet |
| obverse col 2 9' | That woman is also supreme, she can besiege(!?) the city |
| obverse col 2 10' | Stand/serve, so that she is cooled in her heart to/for me |
| obverse col 2 11' | I am Enheduana, and I shall perform an arazu prayer for you |
| obverse col 2 13' | I(!) shall release my tears like sweet beer for holy Inanna, I shall say to you “(give?) your legal decision” |
| obverse col 2 14' | I/you(?) shall not exhaust/bother Dilimbabbar(?) |
| obverse col 2 15' | Within(?) the cleansing rites of holy An, everything of his(?) is changed |
| obverse col 2 16' | And thus (Lugalane) has removed the Eanna temple from An |
| obverse col 2 17' | He did not fear An, the greatest one |
| obverse col 2 18' | He did not solidify(!?) the charm of that temple did not satisfy, he did not fulfill its allure |
| obverse col 2 19' | He has turned that temple into an evil (temple) |
| obverse col 2 20' | When(?) he entered ..., he drew his envy near(?) |
| obverse col 2 21' | May my “true wild cow"(?) chase that man away, may you seize that man |
| obverse col 2 22' | In the place of life giving force/encouragement, what(!?) am I? (i.e., why am I here making this prayer?) |
| obverse col 2 23' | The rebel land, because of hatred of your Nanna/in the manner of (one) hated by your Nanna(?), may An hand it over |
| obverse col 2 24' | May An tear apart its city |
| obverse col 2 25' | May Enlil curse it |
| obverse col 2 26' | His mother shall not calm down its weeping child/citizen |
| obverse col 2 27' | Lady whose lament is under way(?) |
| obverse col 2 28' | May your boat of lamentation be abandoned in a strange place |
| obverse col 2 29' | I am to “die” because of my holy song |
| obverse col 2 30' | (But) as for me, my Nanna has not inquired after me |
| obverse col 2 31' | He has caused my utter destruction(?) in a “place of violence” |
| obverse col 2 32' | Dilimbabbar has not undertaken my case |
| obverse col 2 33' | (If) he did, what is it to me? (If) he did not, what is it to me? |
| obverse col 2 34' | After/when(?) triumphing, he (Lugalane) drove me out from the temple |
| obverse col 2 35' | Like a swallow, he made me fly away from the window |
| reverse col 1 1 | You make (me) go(!?) in the brambles of the mountain |
| reverse col 1 2 | He removed the true crown of the en priestess from (my head) |
| reverse col 1 3 | He gave a knife and dagger to me and said to me “it is suitable for you” |
| reverse col 1 4 | Most precious lady, loved by An |
| reverse col 1 5 | May (your) holy heart, which is supreme, be restored to its place for me |
| reverse col 1 6 | Beloved spouse of (Ama)'ušumgalana (Dumuzi) |
| reverse col 1 7 | You are the great queen of the horizon and zenith (i.e., the whole of heaven) |
| reverse col 1 8 | The Anuna have submitted to you |
| reverse col 1 9 | How (you) have been superior to the Anuna, the great gods! |
| reverse col 1 10 | Since birth you have been the younger sister (of Utu) |
| reverse col 1 11 | The Anuna kiss the ground with their lips for you |
| reverse col 1 12 | My case has not been finalized, (but the threat of) a hostile decision, apart from my case(?), prowls around(?) in my face |
| reverse col 1 13 | He (Lugalane) has not defiled the flowered bed |
| reverse col 1 14 | The uttered word of Ningal has not been released to him |
| reverse col 1 15 | I am the pure/bright en priestess of Nanna |
| reverse col 1 16 | My lady beloved by An, may your heart be cooled to me |
| reverse col 1 17 | May it be known, may it be known, what has not been said (of) Nanna('s), (but) what has been said of you |
| reverse col 1 18 | Which is: “may your being supreme like heaven be known” |
| reverse col 1 19 | Which is “may your being broad like the earth be known” |
| reverse col 1 20 | Which is “may your red face be known” |
| reverse col 1 21 | Which is “may your brown face be known” |
| reverse col 1 22 | Which is “may your furiously raised eye be known” |
| reverse col 1 23 | Which is “may your corpse-eating like a dog be known” |
| reverse col 1 24 | Which is “may your head bashing be known” |
| reverse col 1 25 | Which is “may your destruction of the rebel country be known” |
| reverse col 1 26 | Which is “may your being mighty(?) and (dis)obedient(?) be known” |
| reverse col 1 27 | Which is “may your shouting at the foreign land/mountain be known” |
| reverse col 1 28 | (This is) what has not been said (of) Nanna('s), (but) what has been said of you |
| reverse col 1 29 | My lady, (you did these things?) the greatest(?), you are supreme |
| reverse col 1 30 | My lady beloved of An, I shall speak of(?) your anger(?) |
| reverse col 1 31 | The charcoal has been piled up, the cleansing rites have been set in order |
| reverse col 1 32 | The “holy tavern” is opened for you/there for you, (but) your heart shall cool(?) for me |
| reverse col 1 33 | After it (the matter) filled up and became too much, lady and queen, (as has) been spoken to you(?) |
| reverse col 1 34 | That which was said to you in the nighttime |
| reverse col 1 35 | The lamentation priest shall repeat at(?) midday for you |
| reverse col 1 36 | Because of your captured spouse, because of your captured child |
| reverse col 2 1 | Inanna, praise |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | [...]-x-en#? | |
| 2' | [...]-e | |
| 3' | [...]-lu7# | |
| 4' | [...] husz#?-bi# x-x mu-re-[...]-DU | |
| 5' | [...] me husz-bi# szu ba-ri-ti! | |
| 6' | [...] er2#-ra-ke4 gal2 ma#-ra-ab-tak4 | |
| 7' | x a#?-nir#-ra gal-gal-la sila-ba mu-ri-in-du | |
| 8' | [...]-ta# nig2 ma-ra-ta-si-ig | |
| 9' | nin#-gu10# a2 ni2-zu# {na4}zu2 zu2 i3-gu7#-e | |
| 10' | u4 du7-du7-gin7 i3-du7-du7-de3-en | |
| 11' | u4 gu3 ra-da gu3 im-da-ab-ra#-ra | |
| 12' | {d}iszkur-da# szeg10? mu-un-da-ab-gi4#-gi4 | |
| 13' | im-hul-im-hul-da im-da#-kusz2-u3-de3# | |
| 14' | giri3-zu nu-kusz2-u3 i-im-si | |
| 15' | balag a-nir-ra-ta i-lu im#-da#-ab-be2 | |
| 16' | nin-gu10 {d}a-nun-na [...]-e#-ne# | |
| 17' | su-din{muszen} dal-a-gin7 du6-de3# [...]-ra#-asz | |
| 18' | igi husz-a-zu# la-ba-su8-[...]-esz | |
| 19' | sag-ki husz-a-zu sag nu-mu-un#?-de#?-ga2#-ga2# | |
| 20' | sza3 ib2-ba-a-zu a-ba-am3 i3-te-en-te-en# | |
| 21' | sza3# hul#-gal2-la-a-zu te-eb-te-bi mah-am3# | |
| 22' | nin# ur5# i3-sa6 nin sza3 i3-hul | |
| 23' | ib2-ba# x-x-x-x-x dumu gal {d}nanna | |
| 24' | nin# [...]-ra# [...] ki-za ba-an-tum2#? | |
| 25' | hur-[...]-de3-gid2#-en {d}asznan nig2#?-ki#!?-bi | |
| 26' | abul#?-[...]-ba#? izi# mu#-ri-ri# | |
| 27' | i7#-[...]-x-ab#?-na8-na8 | |
| 28' | [...] ni2#-[...] ma-ra-ab-DU-e | |
| 29' | [...] ni2#-[...] ma-ra-ab-si#-x | |
| 30' | [...] ma#-ra-ab-su8#-ge#-esz | |
| 31' | [...] im#-si# | |
| 32' | [...] x-x-bi#? szaga#?-x [...]-su8#?-ge#?-esz | |
| 33' | iri# kur# za-ra li#-bi2#-[...]-am3# | |
| 34' | a#-a ugu-zu# li#-bi2#-in#-ne#?-esz-am3# | |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | [...] x-te#? ulu3{+lu}-da# im-mi-dul# | |
| 2' | ka# lal3#-gu10 szu szita-a ba-ab-du11 | |
| 3' | nig2 ur5 sa6-sa6-gu10 sahar-ta ba-da-ab-gi4 | |
| 4' | nam-gu10 {d}suen-e lugal-an-na | |
| 5' | an-ra du11-mu-na-ab an-ne2 ha-ma-duh-e | |
| 6' | a-da-lam an-ra ba-an-na-ab-be2 an-ne2 mu-e-duh-en | |
| 7' | nam lugal-an-e munus-e ba-ab-kar-re | |
| 8' | kur a-ma-ru giri3-ni-sze3 i3-nu2 | |
| 9' | munus-bi in-ga-mah iri mu-un-da-nigin2-e | |
| 10' | gub-ba sza3-ga-na ha-ma-sed4-de3 | |
| 11' | en-he2-du7-an-na a-ra-zu ga-mu-ra-ab-du11 | |
| 12' | er2-ga2 kasz du10-ga-gin7 | |
| 13' | ku3 {d}inanna-ra szu ga-mu-ni-re-ba di-zu# ga-mu-ra-ab-du11 | |
| 14' | {d}dil-im2-babbar nam-kusz2-u3-de3 | |
| 15' | szu-luh an ku3-ga-ke4 nig2-na-ma-ni i3-kur2 | |
| 16' | an-da e2-an-na ha-ba-da-an-kar | |
| 17' | an lu2 gu-la-ta ni2 ba-re-ba-da-te | |
| 18' | e2-bi# la-la-bi ba-ra-mu-un-gi4 hi-li-bi ba-ra-mu-un-[...] | |
| 19' | e2-bi hul-a hu-mu-di-ni-in-gur | |
| 20' | tab mu-szi-in-ku4-ra-ni ninim-ma-ni hu-mu-te | |
| 21' | sumun2-zi-gu10 lu2 he2-em-ib-sar-re lu2 he2-em-eb-dab-be2-en | |
| 22' | ki zi-sza3-gal2-la-ka ga2-e a-na-me-en | |
| 23' | ki-bala hul gig {d}nanna-za-ke4-esz an-ne2 ha-ba-ab-szum2-mu | |
| 24' | iri-bi an-ne2 ha-pa-ra-an-si-le | |
| 25' | {d}en-lil2-le nam ha-ba-da-an-ku5-de3 | |
| 26' | dumu er2-ra pa3-da-bi ama-ni na-sed4-e | |
| 27' | nin a-nir ki gar-ra-am3 | |
| 28' | ma2 a-nir-ra-zu ki kur2-ra he2-bi-ib-tak4 | |
| 29' | szir3 ku3-ga2-ke4-esz i3-ugx(EZEN)-ge-de3-en | |
| 30' | ga2-e {d}nanna-gu10 en3#-gu10 ba-ra-an-tar | |
| 31' | ki-lul-la he2-bi2-ib-gul-gul-en | |
| 32' | {d}dil-im2-babbar di-gu10 ba-ra-bi2-in-du11 | |
| 33' | bi2-du11 nam-gu10 li-bi2-du11 nam-gu10 | |
| 34' | u3-ma gub-gub-bu-ba e2-ta ba-ra-e3#-[...] | |
| 35' | sim{muszen}-gin7-na ab-ta ba-ra-an-dal-en# | |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | {gesz#}kiszig kur-ra-ke4! bi2-in-du?-[...] | |
| 2 | aga# zi nam-en-na mu-un-da-an-[...] | |
| 3 | giri2 ba-da-ra ma-a-szum2 a-ra-ab-du11 ma-[...] | |
| 4 | nin kal-kal-e an-ne2 ki [...] | |
| 5 | sza3 ku3 mah-am3 ki-bi ha-ma-gi4-gi4# | |
| 6 | gidlam ki ag2 uszumgal-an-na#-[...] | |
| 7 | an-ur2 an-pa eresz gal-bi-me-en# | |
| 8 | {d}a-nun-na-ke4-ne gux(GESZTIN) gesz ma-ra-an-gar-re-esz# | |
| 9 | {d}a-nun-na dingir gal-gal-e-ne e-ne ba-e-ne-diri#-ga | |
| 10 | u3#-tu-da-ta nin banda3{+da}-me#-en# | |
| 11 | {d}a-nun-na nundum-nundum-bi-ta ki su-ub ma#?-[...]-ne | |
| 12 | di ni2-ga2 nu-mu-un-til di kur2 di-ga2#-ta# igi-ga2# [...]-ni10-ni10-en | |
| 13 | gesz-nu2 gi4-rin-na szu mu-um-mi-[...] | |
| 14 | inim du11-ga {d}nin-gal lu2-lu7-ra nu-mu-un#-[...]-bur2 | |
| 15 | en dadag-ga {d}nanna-me#-en# | |
| 16 | nin ki ag2 an-na-gu10 sza3-zu ha#-ma-sed4#-de3 | |
| 17 | he2#-zu he2-za-am3 {d}nanna# li-bi2#-in-du11-ga za-a-kam bi2-in-du11-ga | |
| 18 | an-gin7 mah-a-zu he2-za-am3 | |
| 19 | ki-gin7 dagal-la-a-zu he2-za-am3 | |
| 20 | igi husz-a-zu he2-za-am3 | |
| 21 | igi su4-su4-a-zu he2-za-am3 | |
| 22 | igi husz-bi il2-il2-a-zu he2-za-am3 | |
| 23 | ur-gin7 adda gu7-a-zu he2-za-am3 | |
| 24 | sag gesz ra-ra-a-zu he2-za-am3 | |
| 25 | kur bala gul-gul-a-zu he2-za-am3# | |
| 26 | uru16-na sze-a-zu he2-za-am3# | |
| 27 | kur#!?-ra gu3 de2-a-zu he2-za-am3# | |
| 28 | {d}nanna# li-bi2-in-du11-ga za-a-kam# bi2-x-du11-ga | |
| 29 | nin-gu10 ib2-gu-ul-en i3-mah-me-en | |
| 30 | nin ki ag2 an-na-gu10 mir#?-mir#?-zu ga-am3-du11 | |
| 31 | ne-mur mu-dub szu-luh si bi2-sa2 | |
| 32 | esz2-dam ku3 ma-ra-an-gal2 sza3-zu na-ma-sed4-de3 | |
| 33 | im-ma-an-si im-ma-diri-ga-ta nin UN#-gal ma-x-[...] | |
| 34 | nig2 ge6-u3-na ma-ra-an-du11-ga-am3 | |
| 35 | gala#!-e an-bar7-ke4-esz szu hu-mu-ra-ab-gi4-gi4 | |
| 36 | [...] dab5#-ba#-za-ke4-esz dumu# [...] | |
| reverse col 2 | ||
| 1 | {d}inanna za3-mi2 | |
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