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OECT 15, 177 (P347518)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 15, 177 |
|---|---|
| ID | P347518 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1932-0156e |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Ingharra) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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 | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | lu₂ niŋ₂ x [...] | The one who ... fear(?) |
| 3' | lu₂ šu ti-⸢a⸣-ŋu₁₀ [...] | The man whose hand is Tia |
| 4' | lu₂ a₂-la₂-ŋu₁₀ mu-[...] | The man who the ala drum ... |
| 5' | ⸢id₂⸣ kur-ra-ke₄ a nu-un-dug₄ e-bi nu-mu-un-⸢KA⸣-[(x)] | The river of the netherworld does not drink water, it does not ... its water |
| 6' | [a-šag₄] ⸢kur⸣-ra-ke₄ še nu-mu-il₂ zid₂ nu-mu-un-⸢ar₃⸣-ra | The field of the Ekur did not raise its barley, it did not heap up its flour |
| 7' | [udu kur]-ra-ke₄ siki nu-mu-un-⸢de₂⸣ tug₂ nu-mu-un-⸢tuku₅⸣-tuku₅ | The sheep of the netherworld did not weave wool, did not make garments |
| 8' | [ŋe₂₆]-⸢e⸣ ama-ŋu₁₀ id₂-gin₇ AL ⸢MU NU⸣ A MU KA KA | “(If) he goes up to the house of a mother, like a river, he will not go up to my house. ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | {[ŋeš]}⸢šinig⸣ DU a šu TI A nu-dug₄ ŋissu ba-ra-an-⸢tuš⸣-[tuš] | (Sum) The šinig priestess does not drink water, he does not sleep well (Akk) He does not dwell in his dwelling |
| 2' | {[ŋeš]}ŋešnimbar-gin₇ zu₂-<lum>-ma il₂(SUHUŠ-)la-ŋu₁₀ NA HI-A ba-ra-an-KU | Like a date palm he lifts up a man's ... |
| 3' | ŋe₂₆-e ⸢lu₂ nam⸣-uku₂(|NI.DU|) ⸢nu⸣-tuku-a lu₂ niŋ₂-x [x x]-⸢na⸣ KU ; hul-še₃ igi-ni [...] | “If a man, if he does not have a spouse, a person who ... ... evil before him |
| 4' | ŋe₂₆-e gal₅-la₂-ŋu₁₀ mu-ne-eb₂-ra za-e ⸢gu₄⸣ [...]-⸢ra⸣ | The galla demons seized him, you are the oxen-driver |
| 5' | ŋeš-šu-a šu-ŋu₁₀ im-<im>-in-ŋar za-e ⸢gu₄⸣ [...]-⸢ra⸣ | He looked at his hand, you are the oxen-driver |
| 6' | [ŋeš]-⸢gu₂-a gu₂-ŋu₁₀ im⸣-<mi>-⸢in-ŋar za-e⸣ [...]-⸢ra⸣ | He roared at my neck, he was shouting at you |
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