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IM 044737 (P355666)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | IM 044737 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355666 |
| Museum no. | IM 044737 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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' | [...] ba-ni-ti | ... he created. |
| 2' | [...] ba-ni-ti | ... he created. |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ta šu ba-ni-ti | ... what did he receive? |
| 4' | [...] ⸢sag₂⸣ im-ma-ab-du₁₁ | ... spoke to the esaĝ-priest |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ta šu ba-ni-ti | ... what did he receive? |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ im-ma-ab-du₇ | ... made perfect for me. |
| 7' | [...] ⸢šu⸣ ba-ni-ti | ... the one who created it |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x šu⸣ ba-ni-ti | ... received |
| 9' | [...] x x x x x ba-an-ul₄-en | ... I raised ... |
| 10' | [...]-⸢lah₅⸣ mu-lu la-ba-an-ul₄-en | ... you are not one who can hold back |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | nam-lu-⸢lu₇⸣ [...] | Humanity |
| 3' | na-aŋ₂-tar-ra [...] | The fate of ... |
| 4' | e-en gig-ga e-en ⸢x x⸣ [...] | How bitter, how ... |
| 5' | ama mu-gig ŋen uru₂{ru} erim₂ ur₂-[...] | The mother, the mistress, the lord of the city, the enemy |
| 6' | mu-lu bar₇-ra uru-ŋa₂ erim₂ NE NI RI me ⸢UL⸣ [...] | The one outside the city, the enemy ... the Eul temple |
| 7' | mu-lu bar₇-ra nu-DU-a-bi mu-lu ga-am₃-DU [...] | The one who does not go outside, I want to go to the man |
| 8' | mu-lu NE a uru i₇ a-⸢gin₇⸣ mu-un-ši-NE-gi ⸢x⸣ [...] | The one who ... the water of the city, the river like water ... |
| 9' | a uru₂ a ⸢mu-lu⸣ aŋ₂ til-la-na NE mu-un-⸢ib₂⸣-[e]-de₃ | Woe city, woe lord, when he finishes his work ... |
| 10' | dam mu-lu {ŋeš}ma₂-zu a-KA NE{e} mu-un-ši-ib₂-e-de₃ | The spouse, the one of your boat, will utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 11' | nu-nuz ⸢x x⸣ mar-ra e-ne mu-un-pad₃-de₃-de₃ | The nugig priestess, the ... of the merchant, finds her. |
| r i | ||
| 1' | e ⸢x⸣ [...] | “Ha! ..., |
| 2' | ⸢x AN⸣ [...] [...] | |
| 3' | ŋeš ⸢x⸣ [...] | “(If) a house ... |
| 5' | ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢mu⸣-[...] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [... šu] mi-ni-ib-tag-⸢ge⸣ | ... touched his hand |
| 2' | [...] ⸢KI⸣ lil₂-la₂ šu mi-ni-ib-tag-ge | He touched the hand of a ghost in the eša temple |
| 3' | [mu]-⸢lu-e⸣ uru₂ lil₂-la₂ šu mi-ni-ib-tag-ge | The lord touched the ghostly city |
| 4' | lu₂ šu-kur-ra-ke₄ u₃-mu-un-na-gi | The man of the enemy, Umunnagi |
| 5' | šu bar-ra-na ša₃-ga-na ⸢nu⸣-un-DUL | In his outer hand, in his womb |
| 6' | lu₂ mu-zu nu-zu-e ba-an-ši-er₁₄-re-eš | The one who does not know your name is brought to an end |
| 7' | ⸢u₃ saŋ⸣-ki gal mug nam-ma-an-dim₂-en | Do not build a great saŋki temple |
| 8' | ⸢x x⸣ AN GAL ⸢x⸣ {d}nin-lil₂ ba x x KU-KU | ... great An ... Ninlil ... |
| 9' | e₂-gal keš₃{ki} ⸢x nam-ma⸣-an-⸢x x⸣ [...] | Palace of Keš, do not ... for me |
| 10' | ⸢nin₉⸣ gal {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | The great sister-in-law of Enlil, the |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ra | ... ... |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ra | ... the temple |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ ra | ... the ... of ... |
| 5' | [...] ra | ... ... |
| 6' | [...] ⸢ni⸣-in-⸢x x⸣ | ... he made it ... |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x⸣ TU KA | ... ... |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ e₃ | ... coming out |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ba-mar | ... was set up |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ tab | ... ... tab |
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