Studies Finkelstein 140 (P355694)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Studies Finkelstein 140 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355694 |
| Museum no. | BM 024975 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
English translation
By Kramer, Samuel N. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 11–o 11 | Your messenger approaches, prepare yourself! |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Girl, your messenger approaches, prepare yourself! |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | Your precious messenger approaches, prepare yourself! |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Oh messenger, oh messenger! |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Your messenger, the one of a faraway land, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | your messenger, of distant field and country road, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | your swallow that will never go out (anymore), |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | your dragonfly floating on the rising water of the river, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | your mist that floats over the mountain, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | your river covering plant of the mountain that floats on the river, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | your mountain goat floating (in the water), |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | your angry wind that subsides more and more, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | your angry wind that covers ..., |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | your messenger, the one of bad portents, |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | your messenger with teary eyes, |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | your messenger, the one whose heart worries, |
| Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717 | your messenger, whom the rushing flood devours, |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | your ... messenger, whose head is weighed down by the flood, |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | your messenger, whose broad chest is struck. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 2020–o 2020 | After my messenger arrives, let me do great things for him. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | Let me lay down cakes and cumin for him. |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | Let me bring fruit from the field for him. |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | Let me bring roasted barely and dates for him. |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | Let me bring sweet wort for emmer beer for him. |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | Let me bring papal wine for him. |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2626–o 2626 | Let me bring apples from far and wide for him. |
| Obverse [26:27] o 2727–o 2727 | Let me bring figs from far and wide for him. |
| Obverse [27:28] o 2828–o 2828 | Let me bring figs on a string for him. |
| Obverse [28:29] o 2929–o 2929 | Let me bring clusters of dates for him. |
| Obverse [29:30] o 3030–o 3030 | Let me bring the produce of the orchards, honey and wine, for him. |
| Obverse [30:31] o 3131–o 3131 | After my messenger arrives, let me do great things for him. |
| Obverse [31:32] o 3232–o 3232 | Let me bring hot water and cold water for him. |
| Obverse [32:33] o 3333–o 3333 | Let me bring collar and belt for him. |
| Obverse [33:34] o 3434–o 3434 | Let me bring a clean garment and sweet oil for him. |
| Obverse [34:35] o 3535–o 3535 | Let me bring a chair and footstool for him. |
| Obverse [35:36] o 3636–o 3636 | Let me bring a flowery bed for him. |
| Obverse [36:37] o 3737–o 3737 | Let me bring butter and milk for him from cow stall and sheepfold. |
| Obverse [37:38] o 3838–o 3838 | My messenger, when he arrived, when he did not arrive, he did not stand, |
| Obverse [38:39] o 3939–o 3939 | he has eyes, but cannot see, |
| Obverse [39:40] o 4040–o 4040 | he has a mouth, but he is not able to open his mouth. |
| Obverse [40:41] o 4141–o 4141 | My messenger came. "Approach!" Again he came. "Approach!" |
| Obverse [41:42] o 4242–o 4242 | Bread, oil, and onions he took. |
| Obverse [42:43] o 4343–o 4343 | From the tureen of the maltum bowl, whose knot was not loosened, |
| Obverse [43:44] o 4444–o 4444 | and from the reed trough whose edge was not dirty, |
| Obverse [44:45] o 4545–o 4545 | I poured water, I poured water on the ground and it drank. |
| Obverse [45:46] o 4646–o 4646 | I anointed (his) body with my sweet oil for him. |
| Obverse [46:47] o 4747–o 4747 | In my new garment I dressed the chair. |
| Obverse [47:48] o 4848–o 4848 | The wind entered and the wind left. |
| Obverse [48:49] o 4949–o 4949 | My messenger in the netherworld, in the middle of the netherworld he ... and lay down. |
| Obverse [49:50] o 5050–o 5050 | Good... |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | kaš₄-zu im-ma-teŋ₃ ni₂-zu sa gi₄-bi | |
| 2 | ki-sikil kaš₄-zu im-ma-teŋ₃ ni₂-zu sa gi₄-bi | |
| 3 | kaš₄ kal-la-zu im-ma-teŋ₃ ni₂-zu sa gi₄-bi | |
| 4 | a kaš₄ a kaš₄ | |
| 5 | kaš₄ mu-lu ki bad-ra₂-zu | |
| 6 | kaš₄ a-šag₄ sud-ra₂ kaskal bar-ra-zu | |
| 7 | sim{mušen} ud sud-da nu-e₃-da-zu | |
| 8 | ku-li-li a zig₃-ga id₂-de₃ dirig-ga-zu | |
| 9 | imhur₄ hur-saŋ-e dirig-dirig-ga-zu | |
| 10 | u₂ id₂ šu₂ kur-ra id₂-de₃ šu₂-a-zu | |
| 11 | dara₃ kur-ra dirig-ga-zu | |
| 12 | tumu sumur(SAG) saŋ tum₂-tum₂-tum₂-tum₂-a-zu | |
| 13 | tumu sumur(SAG-)e KID-e šu₂-a-zu | |
| 14 | kaš₄ mu-lu ŋeškim hul-a-zu | |
| 15 | kaš₄ i-bi₂ er₂-ra ma-al-la-zu | |
| 16 | kaš₄ mu-lu šag₄ hul ma-al-la-zu | |
| 17 | kaš₄ a-me-ru₁₂ ul₄ gu₇-a-zu | |
| 18 | kaš₄ ŠU₂ a-me-ru₁₂ saŋ la₂-la₂-zu | |
| 19 | kaš₄ gaba da-ma-al-la sag₃-ga-zu | |
| 20 | kaš₄-ŋu₁₀ im-ŋen-na-ta aŋ₂ ga-mu-na-ab-gu-ul-gu-ul | |
| 21 | ninda-gug₂-gug₂ {u₂}⸢gamun⸣ ki ga-mu-un-na-ab-tag | |
| 22 | aŋ₂-sa-sa-ha a-⸢šag₄⸣-ga ga-mu-un-na-ab-me-er | |
| 23 | še sa-a zu₂-lum-ma ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 24 | dida imŋaŋa₂{ga-ga-x} ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 25 | mu-tin pa-pa-al-la ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 26 | {ŋeš}hašhur ki daŋal-la ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 27 | {mu}peš₃ ki daŋal-la ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 28 | še-er-gu {mu}peš₃-a ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 29 | zu₂-lum a₂-an-sur-ba ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 30 | pu₂-{ŋeš}kiri₆ lal₃ ŋeštin ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 31 | kaš₄-ŋu₁₀ i₃-ŋen-na-ta aŋ₂ ga-mu-na-ab-gu-ul-gu-ul | |
| 32 | a kum₂ a šed₇ ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 33 | ad-tab {tug₂}ib₂-la₂ ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 34 | tug₂ dan₂-na u₅ ze₂-ba ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 35 | {ŋeš}gu-za {mu}me-ri-gub ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 36 | mu-nud gi-rin-na ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 37 | u₅ ga tur₃ amaš-a ga-mu-un-na-me-er | |
| 38 | kaš₄-ŋu₁₀ ŋen-na-ni nu-um-ŋen-ŋen-na-ni nu-⸢um⸣-gub | |
| 39 | igi in-tuku igi nu-mu-ni-⸢du₈⸣-a | |
| 40 | ka in-tuku ka nu-mu-da-⸢ba⸣-e | |
| 41 | kaš₄-ŋu₁₀ i-im-ŋen teŋ₃-e-a in-ga-ba-ŋen teŋ₃-e-a | |
| 42 | ninda i₃-si₃ šu bi₂-ib-gur | |
| 43 | utul₂ ma-al-tum-ma kešda nu-ub-du₈-a | |
| 44 | {gi}buniŋₓ(|A.LAGAB×KUL|) šu-um-du-um-bi nu-pel₂-la₂ | |
| 45 | a ib₂-ta-de₂ ki in-de₂ ba-ab-naŋ | |
| 46 | u₅ ze₂-ba-ŋu₁₀ e₂-gar₈ mu-un-na-šeš₂ | |
| 47 | tug₂ gibil-ŋa₂ {ŋeš}gu-za ba-an-mur₁₀-mur₁₀ | |
| 48 | tumu i₃-kur₉-kur₉ tumu ba-ra-e₃ | |
| 49 | kaš₄-ŋu₁₀ kur-ra kur ša₃-ba šu ba-an-hub₂ ba-nud | |
| 50 | sag₁₀ x-[...] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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