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VS 24, 046 + 047 (P347165)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Babylon · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 24, 046 + 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | P347165 |
| Museum no. | VAT 17137 + VAT 17231 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | s; Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1 | x [...] | |
| 2 | x-e me-eš [...] | ... water ... |
| 3 | ŋuruš {d}ereš-ki-gal [...] | The female lamb of Ereškigal |
| 4 | en-x me-eš imin [...] | En-x, seven ... |
| 5 | ki saŋ-ki babbar šu₂-a x a₂ e₃ me-eš | In the place of white šakku-flour, in the hand of ..., coming out at the right time |
| 6 | x dug₃-ga ga na₈-a me-eš | ... sweet ..., milk that is poured out |
| 7 | e₂-an-na-ke₄ buluŋ₃-ŋa₂ me-eš | The Eanna temple is a shrine |
| 8 | x daŋal x daŋal bu-bu igi il₂-il₂ me-eš | (Sum) ... carrying ... (Akk) The carrying of ..., carrying of the bubu ... |
| 9 | [...]-⸢še₃⸣ KA [...] me-eš | ... a kiss |
| 1ʾ | [...] x [...] | |
| 2ʾ | [...] ⸢mu⸣-ni-in-[...] | ... he made |
| 3ʾ | [...] x šu ⸢ti⸣-[a me-eš] | ... hand of eti-ea, water |
| 4ʾ | [...]-bi ⸢šu⸣ [ti-a me-eš] | ... its ... is watered |
| 5ʾ | [...] a ⸢šu ti⸣-[a me-eš] | ... his water, his water |
| 6ʾ | [...] šu ti-a [me-eš] | ... his hand is like water |
| 7ʾ | [...] x šu ti-a [me-eš] | ... ... his name |
| 8ʾ | [...] šu ti-a [me-eš] | ... his hand is like water |
| 9ʾ | [...] šu ti-a [me-eš] | ... his hand is like water |
| 10ʾ | [...]-ta šu ti-a [me-eš] | ... his hand from a day of darkness |
| 11ʾ | [...] šu ti-a me-eš | ... Hand of a Woman |
| 12ʾ | [...] šu ti-a me-eš | ... Hand of a Woman |
| 13ʾ | [...] en-⸢ki⸣ [...] | ... Enki |
| 1ʾʾ | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2ʾʾ | [...]-de₂-e | ... to ... |
| 3ʾʾ | [...]-bi ⸢igi⸣ i-ni-in-bar | ... looked at it |
| 4ʾʾ | [x] x x mu-un-na-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄ | ... will answer him. |
| 5ʾʾ | a-na šu-za ŋal₂-am₃ IM ba-ni-in-ŋal₂ | He carried it to your hand, he carried it. |
| 6ʾʾ | ud limmu-ne-ne u₂ nu-gu₇ me-eš a nu-na₈-na₈ me-eš | In the days of their eponymy no food was eaten, no water was drink[ed] |
| 7ʾʾ | niŋ₂ nun a ⸢kug⸣-ge [...] x ra x [...] | The princely aura of the holy water vessel |
| 8ʾʾ | ku₆ ⸢mušen-e⸣ x mu-zig₃ [...] | The fish of the emušen-e temple rises |
| 9ʾʾ | {ŋiš}kirid diŋir-re-e-ne [...] | The kirid priests of the intercessors |
| 10ʾʾ | ŠE₃ gaba-ri [...] | Hand of a copy |
| 11ʾʾ | [...] x x [...] | |
| 12ʾʾ | [...] kur-re AN [...] | ... the mountain |
| 13ʾʾ | [...] x [...] | |
| 14ʾʾ | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 15ʾʾ | [...] ba-ab-[...] | ... ... |
| o ii | ||
| 1ʾ | dumu-mu [...] | son of |
| 2ʾ | {d}asal-⸢lu₂⸣-[hi x x x] | Asalluhi |
| 3ʾ | niŋ₂ ⸢i₃-zu⸣ [...] | |
| 4ʾ | ku-⸢li⸣ [...] | Ku’elî |
| 5ʾ | x MI [...] | ... ... |
| 1ʾʾ | [...] al-⸢gaz⸣ | ... is destroyed |
| 2ʾʾ | [...] nag-⸢e⸣ | ... to drink |
| 3ʾʾ | [...] bi₂-in-tag₄-ga | ... he touched |
| 4ʾʾ | [...] x mu-ni-in-gaz | ... he killed |
| 5ʾʾ | [...] al-gu₇-ne | ... they are eating |
| 6ʾʾ | [...] ⸢ir₂-ir₂⸣ a al-nag-e | ... drinking water in the irir river |
| 7ʾʾ | [...] A ku₆-e al-gu₇-e | ... the fish eats water |
| 8ʾʾ | [...] im-ma-du₃ gaz-a-ni i₃-⸢DI⸣-a | ... he built and destroyed it. |
| 9ʾʾ | [...] x-gaz | ... killed |
| 10ʾʾ | [...] ŋiš {ŋiš}tukul gaz | ... a weapon is destroyed |
| 11ʾʾ | [...]-la₂-a | ...-laa |
| 12ʾʾ | [...] ⸢ba-šub⸣-ba | ... in its midst |
| 13ʾʾ | [...]-⸢du₈⸣ | ...-edu-e3 |
| o iii | ||
| 1ʾ | DU₈ [...] | (If) it is split .... |
| 2ʾ | tu₆ ⸢ka⸣-[inim-ma x x x] | Incantation of the en priestess |
| 3ʾ | {d}en-ki [...] | Enki |
| 4ʾ | nam mu [...] | a name |
| 5ʾ | e-ne-ne-ne [...] | They ... |
| 6ʾ | LAGAB x LAGAB [...] | [The square-side is ...] |
| 7ʾ | x x mu [...] | ... year |
| 8ʾ | x x [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1ʾ | na x ⸢na⸣ [...] | sunrise to moonset: |
| 2ʾ | {d}asal-⸢lu₂⸣-[hi x x x] | Asalluhi |
| 3ʾ | ŋen-[na x x x] | Now ... |
| 4ʾ | niŋ₂ i₃-[zu x x x] | fear ... |
| 1ʾʾ | ⸢dumu⸣ [...] | ... the son |
| 2ʾʾ | lu₂-⸢ulu₃⸣ [...] | Lu-eulu-e23 |
| 3ʾʾ | ⸢a₂⸣-diš-⸢kuš₃⸣ [...] | Ea-e-kušu-e23 |
| 4ʾʾ | x [...] | |
| 5ʾʾ | x [...] | |
| 6ʾʾ | x [...] | |
| 7ʾʾ | x [...] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1ʾ | [...] x a dug₄ ukuš₂ uru₄-ru | ... poured out pure water, swollen flesh |
| 2ʾ | [...] u₂-sal-u₂-sal-ba SAR DU₃ uru₄-ru | (Sum) ... you make ... (Akk) .... you make(?) ... ... |
| 3ʾ | [...] gurun {ŋiš}ŋišimmar ukuš₂{sar} du₃-bi | ... fruit, juniper, šunû-plant |
| 4ʾ | [...] {d}en-ki-ke₄ AD tal₂ daŋal-la-ni | ... of Enki, the father who bore him |
| 5ʾ | [...] sa₂ dug₄ gal-gal diŋir-re-e-ne-ke₄ | ... of all the great gods |
| 6ʾ | [...] {ŋiš}banšur sag₉ {d}a-nun-na-ke₄-⸢ne⸣ | ... the beautiful table of the Anuna gods |
| 7ʾ | [...] igi sag₉-sag₉ nu-{ŋiš}kiri₆ x [...] | ... with a beautiful face, the orchard |
| 8ʾ | [...] nam-ba-an-[...] | ... do not ... |
| 9ʾ | [...] ⸢nam⸣-[...] | ... ennam-e- |
| 1ʾʾ | [...] x im x x | ... ... |
| 2ʾʾ | [...]-⸢tag⸣-ge | It is the ... of the gods |
| 3ʾʾ | [...] diŋir-re-e-ne-ke₄ | ... of the intertwined |
| 4ʾʾ | [...] sag₉ {d}a-nun-na-ke₄-ne | The good ... of the Anuna gods |
| 5ʾʾ | [...] nu-un-ta-du₇-du₇ | ... did not make perfect |
| 6ʾʾ | {[d]}⸢asal-lu₂⸣-hi igi im-ma-an-sig₁₀ | Easalluhi looked at it |
| 7ʾʾ | a-a-ni {d}en-ki-ra e₂-a ba-ši-in-kur₉ | for his father Enki he brought into the house. |
| 8ʾʾ | gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e | he spoke to him. |
| 9ʾʾ | sa₂-dug₄ {d}nin-ka₆ niŋ₂-ki-a [x x] | regular offerings of Ninka in Ni... |
| 10ʾʾ | [...] ba-e-ši-[...] | ... you ... |
| 11ʾʾ | [...] x [...] | |
| r iii | ||
| 1 | [...] {d}nin-ka₆ [...] | ... Ninka |
| 2 | [...]-ra {d}nin-ka₆ [...] | ... Ninka |
| 3 | [...] x [x] x peš₂ ⸢igi⸣ [gun₃ x x x] | ... peš-plant, e’igi-e23, speckled ... |
| 4 | [peš₂] ŋiš-gi-ka peš₂ [...] | “The reeds of your ... are a rooster, the ... |
| 5 | peš₂ ŋiš-ur₃-ra ⸢peš₂⸣ [...] | “Possessor of the lapis lazuli, ... ešû-plant |
| 6 | gi-gur₅ x [...] | The reed mat |
| 7 | gi x si x x [...] x kiši₆ bur₃ | ... reeds ..., buried in the marsh |
| 8 | x x [x] x | |
| 9 | ⸢šu⸣ x-ra x x RU | The one who ... |
| 10 | bir₅ bir₅ [x] bir₅ sahar-ra [x] | moth, moth ... moth in the dust ... |
| 11 | [...] in x x LUM bir₅ x x | ... in ... ... |
| 1ʾ | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2ʾ | [...] | |
| 3ʾ | [...] x hul-a [...] | ... destroyed ... |
| 4ʾ | [...] x tu₆-tu₆ a-na-ra-x [...] TUR x [...] | ... incantation, I want to ... |
| 5ʾ | [...] nin-na sila DU-DU [...] | ... the lady in the street ... |
| 6ʾ | [...] a₂-sag₃ HI [...] | ... asag ... |
| 7ʾ | [...]-ab-diri ZI [...] | ...-abdiri ... |
| 8ʾ | [...] uh ⸢gu₇⸣-a | ... devoured |
| 9ʾ | [...] | |
| 10ʾ | [...] x [...] | |
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