CDLI Literary 000379, ex. 024 (P346224)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Ur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000379, ex. 024 |
|---|---|
| ID | P346224 |
| 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 |
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| obverse 1 | Father Nanna, your išib priest did not perfect the holy šita prayer(?) for you |
| obverse 2 | Your lumah priest did not wear the šaggada garment |
| obverse 3 | Your true en priestess, chosen in the heart (for her) beauty, the one of the Ekišnugal temple |
| obverse 4 | Did not enter as she rejoices(?) into the gipar structure (coming from) the shrine |
| obverse 5 | The a'ua musicians are not sweetening the festival (in) your courtyard (hosting) the festival |
| obverse 6 | Neither the šem and ala drums, those which make the heart rejoice, nor the tigi instrument was played for you |
| obverse 7 | The blackheaded, who no longer bathed for your festival |
| obverse 8 | If(!?) like a thread ... (their) life was cut, their features were changed |
| obverse 9 | Your songs have become weeping, how long ...? |
| obverse 10 | Your tigi songs have become lamentation, how long ...? |
| obverse 11 | If your bull does not stand in its stall, how long ...? |
| obverse 12 | If your sheep does not stand in its fold, how long ...? |
| obverse 13 | An evildoer has seized your fisherman who brings fish |
| obverse 14 | Your fowler who bring birds hurriedly goes (away) |
| obverse 15 | In your canal, (formerly) made suitable for a barge, rushes(!?) grew in its bed |
| obverse 16 | On your roads, (formerly) made suitable for a chariot, thorn bushes grew in its midst |
| obverse 17 | Your city and you temple weep (for you) bitterly like their(?) mother |
| obverse 18 | Urim, like a child lost in the street, seeks (your) place |
| obverse 19 | The brickwork of your true temple, like a human, says “So be it!"(in resignation!?) |
| obverse 20 | My lady, you have left the temple, you have left the city |
| obverse 21 | How long will (you) stand apart from your city like an enemy? |
| obverse 22 | Mother Ningal, (how long) will your temple align with you at its chest like a hostile place |
| obverse 23 | If you are one who is concerned about her land, why do (you) reject it? |
| obverse 24 | Like an ox towards/on behalf of(?) your cattlepen, like a sheep towards/on behalf of(?) your sheepfold |
| obverse 25 | Like a younger child towards/on behalf of(?) your (mother's?) chamber, my lady, towards/on behalf of(?) your temple |
| obverse 26 | May An, the king of the gods, speak your “It is enough” |
| obverse 27 | Enlil, the king of the lands, shall decree your fate |
| obverse 28 | He shall restore your(!) city to its place, exercise its queenship! |
| obverse 29 | He shall restore Urim to its place, exercise its queenship! |
| obverse 30 | It is the eighth kirugu |
| obverse 31 | Your(?) me that were changed to your detriment, may he restore your(?) me to their place |
| obverse 32 | It is its gešgigal “response” |
| obverse 33 | Oh, the storm, the storm has been cast down in the land together |
| obverse 34 | Great storm of An, continually shouting storm |
| obverse 35 | That bitter day (storm) passed in the land |
| obverse 36 | The storm destroying the city, the storm destroying the temple |
| obverse 37 | The storm destroying the cattlepen and flattening the sheepfold |
| obverse 38 | That one that paralyzed the pure rites |
| obverse 39 | The one who defiled the rites, (those) of Aratta (i.e., important?) |
| obverse 40 | That storm that cut off a good thing in the land |
| reverse 1 | That storm that bound the arms of the black-headed people |
| reverse 2 | It is the 9th kirugu |
| reverse 3 | That storm, that storm that has no shame (in) its face |
| reverse 4 | That storm that knows no mother, that storm that knows no father |
| reverse 5 | That storm that knows no spouse, that storm that knows no child |
| reverse 6 | That storm that knows no sister, that storm that knows no brother |
| reverse 7 | That storm that knows no neighbor, that storm that knows no girlfriend |
| reverse 8 | The storm that cast the spouse, the storm that cast down the child |
| reverse 9 | That storm, the storm of having made the land forgotten |
| reverse 10 | The hating day (storm) that was made to pass by Enlil |
| reverse 11 | Father Nanna, that storm must never again be placed upon your city |
| reverse 12 | That storm, like a rain storm raining from above, must not turn towards that place |
| reverse 13 | It has cast a fearful aura (upon) the creatures of the universe (and) the black-headed |
| reverse 14 | When the storm is bound by the hands(?), it must be destroyed |
| reverse 15 | Like a gate at nighttime, the door must be tied shut (to keep it out) |
| reverse 16 | Its balanced account in the temple of Enlil must be torn away from its peg |
| reverse 17 | It is the 10th kirugu |
| reverse 18 | In distant time and future time, today and in the future/"the end of day(s)"(?) |
| reverse 19 | In distant time, after the land(?) was founded (again, like before(?)) |
| reverse 20 | Nanna, the humble man who took to your path (i.e., followed you)/seized your feet |
| reverse 21 | Has performed the lament of the silent house for you, the one/as one performing before you |
| reverse 22 | The black headed that had fallen away (from the path?), they shall stroke the nose in submission for you |
| reverse 23 | ... shall initiate the wailing of the city that had been rendered into ruin heaps for you |
| reverse 24 | Nanna, ... shall make your city that has been restored to its place resplendent (again) for you |
| reverse 25 | Like a pure heavenly star which must never be forgotten, it will pass(!?) before you |
| reverse 26 | The personal god has brought a kadra greeting gift for you |
| reverse 27 | The one of the siskur prayer/rites makes an arazu prayer for you |
| reverse 28 | Nanna, you are the one filled with mercy of the land |
| reverse 29 | Lord Dilimbabbar, after your heart has spoken |
| reverse 30 | Nanna, after you has released the sin of that man |
| reverse 31 | The one who makes an arazu prayer shall pacify (your) heart for him |
| reverse 32 | After you have looked faithfully towards the one of the siskur prayer/rites who has served(?) |
| reverse 33 | Nanna, your true look is full of mercy |
| reverse 34 | May the man who the storm unleashed evil against shine towards (you) |
| reverse 35 | As one who is in the midst of the land(?) may he bow towards (you?) |
| reverse 36 | Nanna, may you be praised in your restored city |
| reverse 37 | It is the 11th kirugu |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-a# {d}nanna iszib-zu esz2#-da# [...] szu# [...] | |
| 2 | lu2#-mah-zu gi-gun4-na ku3-zu sza3 gada nu-mu-um#?-[...] | |
| 3 | en zi sza3 hi-li pa3-da-zu e2-kisz-nu-gal2-la | |
| 4 | esz3-ta ge6-par4-sze3 hul2-la-a-ni nu-mu-ni-in-ku4 | |
| 5 | a-u3-a kisal ezem-ma-zu ezem nu-mu-ni-ib2-du10-ge | |
| 6 | szem5 {kusz}a2-la2-e nig2 sza3 hul2-le-a tigi nu-mu-ra-du12 | |
| 7 | sag-gig2-ga ezem#-zu-sze3 a# la-ba-tu5-tu5-a | |
| 8 | gu-gin7 sag BU-ra zi ha-ba-ni-ku5 uludin2-bi ba-kur2 | |
| 9 | en3-du-zu er2-re ba-da-an-ku4 en3-tukum-bi-sze3 SAR-e | |
| 10 | tigi-zu a-nir-ra ba-da-an-ku4 en3-tukum-bi-sze3 SAR-e | |
| 11 | gu4-zu tur3-a-na ba-ra-ba-da-an-gub en3-tukum-bi-sze3 SAR-e | |
| 12 | udu-zu amasz-bi-a ba-ra-ba-dur2-ru-un en3-tukum-bi-sze3 SAR-e | |
| 13 | szu-kux(PESZ) ku6 gur3-ru-zu hul-gal2-e ba-dab5 | |
| 14 | muszen-du3 muszen gur3-ru-zu ul4-ul4-e im-gen# | |
| 15 | i7 ma-rux(TE)-re ba-ab-du7-za# sza3-ba {u2}numun2 ba-an-mu2# | |
| 16 | har-ra-an {gesz}gigir#-ra# ba-ab-du7-za sza3-ba {gesz}AD2 kur-ra ba-an-mu2 | |
| 17 | uru2-zu e2-zu ama-bi-gin7 er2# gig i3-sze8-sze8 | |
| 18 | uri2{ki}-ma dumu sila-a ha!-lam-gin7# ki mu-szi-kikken2 | |
| 19 | szeg12-zu# e2 zi-za lu2-lu7-gin7 he2-me-am3-bi im-me-e | |
| 20 | nin-gu10 e2-ta e3-me-en uru17-ta e3-me-en | |
| 21 | en3-sze3-am3 iri-zu lu2-erim2-gin7 bar-ta ba-gub-be2 | |
| 22 | ama {d}nin-gal e2-zu ki erim2-gin7 gaba-na ba-e-da-sa2 | |
| 23 | kalam-ma-a-ni-sze3 kusz2-u3 he2-me-en-na za3 e-ne ba-tag-ge | |
| 24 | gu4-gin7 tur3-zu-sze3 udu-gin7 amasz-zu-sze3 | |
| 25 | dumu banda3{+da}-gin7 ama5-zu#-sze3 nin-gu10 e2-zu-sze3 | |
| 26 | an lugal dingir-re-e-ne musz2-am3-zu he2-em-me | |
| 27 | {d}en-lil2 lugal kur-kur-ra-ke4 nam-zu-sze3!? he2-bi2-ib-tar-re | |
| 28 | iri{ki}-zu!(BA) ki-bi-a ha-ra-ab-gi4-gi4 nam-eresz-bi ak | |
| 29 | uri2#{ki#} ki#-bi-a ha-ra-ab-gi4-gi4 nam-eresz-bi ak | |
| 30 | ki#-ru#-gu2 ussu-kam-ma | |
| 31 | [...] mu#-da-kur2-ra me-zu#? ki-bi ha-ra-ab-gi4-gi4 | |
| 32 | gesz#-gi4-gal2-bi-im | |
| 33 | e# u4-de3 u4-de3 kalam tesz2-a i-ni-ib-ri | |
| 34 | u4 gal an-na-ke4 u4 gu3 dub2-dub2-be2 | |
| 35 | u4 gig#-ga# kalam-ma ba-e-zal-la ri | |
| 36 | u4# uru2#? gul-gul-e u4 e2 gul-gul-e | |
| 37 | u4# tur3 gul-gul-e u4 amasz tab-tab-be2 | |
| 38 | garza# ku3#-ga szu bi2-la2-a-bi | |
| 39 | garza#? aratta#-a-ka szu pe-el-la2 im-mi-in-du11-ga | |
| 40 | u4#!? kalam-ma nig2-du10-ge im-mi-in-ku5# ri# | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | u4 sag-gig2-ga a2 bi2-ib2-la2#-a ri | |
| 2 | ki-ru-gu2 9(disz)-kam-ma | |
| 3 | u4 ri u4 igi tesz2 nu#-gal2#-la# ri | |
| 4 | u4 ama nu-zu ri u4 a-a nu-zu ri | |
| 5 | u4 dam nu-zu ri u4 dumu nu-zu ri | |
| 6 | u4 nin9 nu-zu ri# u4 szesz nu-zu ri | |
| 7 | u4 usar nu-zu ri ma-la nu-zu ri | |
| 8 | u4 dam szub-ba u4 dumu szub-ba | |
| 9 | u4 ri u4 kalam-ma u2-gu bi2-in-de2-a-ke4 | |
| 10 | u4 hul gig du11-ga {d}en-lil2-la2-ta im-mi-in-zal-la ri | |
| 11 | a-a {d}nanna u4-bi uru17-zu-sze3 hur nam-ba-ga2-ga2 | |
| 12 | u4-bi im an-ta szeg3-ga2-gin7 ki-bi-sze3 nam-ba-gur | |
| 13 | nig2-zi-gal2 an-ki sag-gig2 ni2 im-mu-e-da-ab-ri | |
| 14 | u4 szu du3-a-ba he2-em-ma-gul-e | |
| 15 | abul ge6-u3-na-gin7 ig he2-bi2-ib2-kesz2-da | |
| 16 | nig2-ka9-bi e2 {d}en-lil2-la2-ke4 {gesz}gag-ta he2-em-ta-si-ig | |
| 17 | ki-ru-gu2 1(u)-kam-ma | |
| 18 | ul-la u4 kur2-ra u4-da egir-bi-sze3 | |
| 19 | u4 ul kalam ki gar-ra-a-ba | |
| 20 | {d}nanna lu2 sun5-na giri3-zu mu-un-dab5-ba | |
| 21 | er2-ra e2 si-ga mu-ra-an-du11 igi-zu-sze3 du12-a-bi | |
| 22 | sag-gig2 ba-ra-an-szub-szub-bu-usz-a giri17 szu ha-ra-ab-tag-ge-ne | |
| 23 | iri du6-du6-dam ba-an-gar-ra-ba i-si-isz-bi hu-mu-ra-an-ga2-ga2 | |
| 24 | {d}nanna uru17 ki-bi-a gi4-a-za pa e3 ha-ra-ab-ke3-e | |
| 25 | mul-an ku3-gin7 nam-mu-ha-lam-e-de3 igi-zu-sze3 ba-dab5-be2 | |
| 26 | dingir lu2-lux(URU)-ke4 kadra mu-ra-an-de6 | |
| 27 | lu2 siskur2-ra-ke4 a-ra-zu mu-ra-ab-be2 | |
| 28 | {d}nanna arhusz sug4 kalam-ma-me-en | |
| 29 | en {d}dil-im2-babbar2 sza3-zu mi-ni-ib2-du11-ga-ta | |
| 30 | {d}nanna lu2-lux(URU)-ba nam-tag-bi u3-mu-e-duh | |
| 31 | lu2 a-ra-zu im-me-a sza3 ha-ba-na#-hun-e | |
| 32 | lu2 siskur2-ra-ke4 mu-un-gub-ba! igi zi u3-mu-un-szi-in-bar | |
| 33 | {d}nanna igi zi bar-ra-zu sza3-szu-nigin2#? sug4#-ga | |
| 34 | lu2-lux(URU)-bi u4 hul duh-a-ke4 he2-em-da#-x-[...] | |
| 35 | sza3 kalam-ma-ke4 gal2-la-gin7 he2-em-da#-szi#-[...] | |
| 36 | {d#}nanna# iri ki-bi gi4-a-za me#-tesz2# [...] | |
| 37 | ki-ru-gu2 1(u) [1(disz)-kam-ma] | |
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