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AUWE 23, 125 (P349128)

Literary, Old Babylonian, Uruk · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationAUWE 23, 125
IDP349128
Museum no.IM —
CollectionNational Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreLiterary
Find spotUruk (mod. Warka)
Coordinates31.3234, 45.6395

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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
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1[in]-ŋa₂-dur₂-u₃-nam er₂-re ša₃ si-ni [...]I sit down in tears, her heart trembles
2[in]-⸢ŋa₂⸣-dur₂-u₃-nam mu-lu er₂-re in-⸢ŋa₂-dur₂⸣-[u₃-nam]You sit down, the one who weeps, you sit down.
3[...] ⸢x⸣ er₂-re in-ŋa₂-dur₂-[u₃-nam]... sits in tears.
4[...] ⸢er₂⸣ e₂-kur-ra-⸢ke₄⸣... of the Ereš temple, the Ekur temple
5[...]-x er₂ keš₃{ki}a-⸢ke₄⸣... weeping over Keš
6[... ga-ša]-an-nibru{ki} er₂ e₂-šu-me-ša₄-⸢ke₄⸣... Gašannibru in tears over the Ešumeša temple
7[... ga-ša]-an-ŋa₂-gi₄-a er₂ e₂-sakar-ra-⸢ke₄⸣... Gašanagia weeps over the Esakar temple
8[... ga-ša]-an-i₃-si-in{ki} er₂ i₃-si-in{ki}⸢ke₄⸣... Gašanisina weeps over Isin
9[... ga-ša]-⸢an⸣-tin-u₉-ba er₂ uru₂-saŋ-⸢ŋa₂-ke₄ x⸣... Gašanean-tinuba weeps in Urusa-e22
10[... ga-ša-an] ⸢e₂⸣-an-na er₂ e₂-an-na-ke₄... lady of the Eana, the tears over the Eanna
11[...] ⸢x er₂⸣-ra ⸢e₂⸣-zu de₃-ra-pa₃-de₃... may he/she say to you "may your temple be your temple of tears"
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1'[...]-⸢a⸣-na ki-bi-še₃ am₃-[me]... he says at its place
2'[...] ⸢x⸣ i-lu-a u₄ mu-ni-ib-zal-e... spent the day in lamentation
3'[...] šir₃ er₂-a u₄ mu-ni-ib-zal-e... spends the day in tears
4'[...] ⸢mu⸣-un-gi₄-gi₄ tur₃-re nu-mu-⸢sed₄⸣-de₃... does not return and does not cool down in the cattlepen
5'[...] ⸢mu⸣-gi₄-gi₄ amaš-a nu-mu-te-en-te-en... does not calm down in the sheepfold
6'[u₂] ⸢al⸣-lu-lu u₂ nu-gu₇-eThe elulu plant does not eat the food
7'[a al]-lu-lu a nu-na₈-na₈The water is plentiful, the water does not drink.
8'[e-ne]-⸢ra⸣ murgu₂-ni a kum₂ a sed₄-de₃ tug₂ la(RA-)ba-ra-si-geWhen he enters, he does not put on a garment for him.
9'[ŋa₂]-⸢ra ta⸣ me-ma-al bil₂-⸢la₂⸣-bi ⸢am₃-me⸣What did I bring into the boat? What was there? Its rafts were brought in.
10'{[d}mu]-⸢ul-lil₂ me⸣-na-še₃ ur₅-ra-bi am₃-⸢me⸣“Mullil, when you enter, you enter its midst.
11'⸢ki-ru⸣-gu₂ 4kam-ma-am₃It is the fourth song.

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