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ASJ 03, 010-011 (P355695)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Babylonia · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ASJ 03, 010-011 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355695 |
| Museum no. | BM 029616 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Babylonia |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir an-ki ta kuš₂-u₃ | What has carried your heart away? What troubles heaven and earth? |
| 2 | ama mu-gi-ib ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir an-ki ta kuš₂-u₃ | Mother, mistress, what has carried your heart away? What has carried heaven and earth away? |
| 3 | ga-ša-an-an-na ša₃-zu [ta am₃]-ir | Gašanana, what has carried your heart away? |
| 4 | ga-ša-an e₂-an-na ša₃-zu [ta am₃]-ir | Lady of the Eana, what has carried your heart away? |
| 5 | ga-ša-an ŋi₆-par₄-ra ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir | Lady of the Ipar, what has carried your heart away? |
| 6 | ga-ša-an kul-aba{ki} ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir | Lady of Kulaba, what has carried your heart away? |
| 7 | ga-ša-an ki-unug{ki}ka ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir | Lady of Unug, what has carried your heart away? |
| 8 | ga-ša-an zabalam{ki} ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir | Lady of Zabalam, what has carried your heart away? |
| 9 | ga-ša-an gi-NI-e-UN ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir | Lady ..., what has carried your heart away? |
| 10 | ga-ša-an tug₂-na₂-a ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir | Lady, the linen garment, what has carried your heart away? |
| 11 | ga-ša-an tug₂-gun-a ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir | Lady of the cloak, what has carried your heart away? |
| 12 | ga-ša-an gi-du₃-a ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir | Lady of the Gidua, what has carried your heart away? |
| 13 | ga-ša-an sa-la₂-a ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir | Lady of the net, what has carried your heart away? |
| 14 | ga-ša-an ni-nu-a{ki} ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir | Lady of Nineveh, what has carried your heart away? |
| 15 | ga-ša-an me₃ šen-šen-na ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir | Lady of battle, what has carried your heart away? |
| 16 | ga-ša-an e₂-gu-la ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir | Lady of the Egula, what has carried your heart away? |
| 17 | ga-ša-an ib-gal ša₃-zu ta am₃-ir an-ki da-kuš₂-u₃ | Lady of the Ibgal temple, what has carried your heart away? An and earth are furious |
| 18 | ša₃ mi-ir-re-a-zu ta am₃-ir | What has carried your lost heart away? |
| 19 | ša₃ izi-gin₇ mi-ir-re-a-zu ta am₃-ir | Your heart, like fire, what has carried it away? |
| 20 | {d}am-an-ki-ke₄ e-ne-em₃-bi ŋeš bi₂-in-tuku ni₂-te-ni ki-gal mi-ni-in-kuš₂-u₃ | The word of Enki has seized him, his limbs have become stiff. |
| 21 | gala mu-lu er₂ ša₃ huŋ-e da-ni-x-x mu-na-an-dim₂ | The gala-priest, the one who weeps ... for him. |
| 22 | er₂-ša₃-ne-ša₄ i-si-iš ma-al-la-ni x x [si] bi₂-in-sa₂ | The tears of his heart, which were present, he placed ... |
| 23 | {kuš}ub li-li-is₃ muš₃ am₃-di-da-ni šu-ni-še₃ bi₂-in-mar | The lilīš-drum, which he was riding on, was placed in his hand |
| 24 | {d}am-an-ki-ke₄ ku₃ ga-ša-an-an-na-ra mu-lu da MES mu-ši-in-gi₄ | For Enki, holy Gašanana, the one who ... he returned. |
| 25 | nin-da ša₃-zu he₂-em-huŋ-e {ŋeš}gu-zu-za tuš-u₃ | May your heart rejoice with the lady, sit on your throne! |
| 26 | gala-e er₂-ša₃-[ne-ša₄] muš₃ am₃-di-da MI ša₃-ne-ša₄ [hu-mu]-ra-ŋal₂ | The gala-priests are in tears, the snakes are roaming about. May she carry them for you |
| 27 | {d}x-x lu₂-x-x-ra-ke₄ | the ... of Lu-, |
| 28 | ŋeš-hur ŋarza kal-kal-la si ha-ra-ni-ib-sa₂ | May the mighty dais be arranged for you. |
| 29 | {[d}nin]-ka-si šim lal₃ ub₄-ba šar₂-ra ka-zu-a he₂-em-si | May Ninkasi fill your mouth with the fragrance of the fresh fruit of the king. |
| 30 | [sukkal] zi-zu ga-ša-an-šubur-ke₄ ša₃-zu he₂-em-huŋ-e | Your true minister, Gašanšubur, may he calm your heart |
| 31 | [mu-ud-na]-zu {d}ama-ušum-gal-an-na-ke₄ unug{ki} ma₂ he₂-[bi₂-us₂] | Your birth mother, Amaušumgalana, moored the boat in Uruk. |
| 32 | [kar za-gin₃] kar babbar li-bi₂-x-x-x-mu i-lu-bi ga-[...] | I want to ... the lapis lazuli and white quay |
| 33 | [kar] kug kar babbar li-bi₂-x-x-x-mu i-lu-bi ga-[...] | I want to ... the lament at the holy and white quay |
| 34 | kar mah e₂-an-na ab-du₇ ma₂-mu nu-du₃ [...] | The great harbor of the Eana is perfect, my boat is not built |
| 35 | kar u₄-sakar kar za-gin₃-na li-bi₂-x-x-mu ma₂-mu mu-e-[...] | At the quay of the storm, at the lapis lazuli harbor, my boat ... |
| 36 | bar tug₂-dan₂-na mu₄-ra-am₃ x-x-x-x ma-ra mu-e-ze₂-em₃-e | The outer part is a linen garment ... for me I will give. |
| 37 | {d}am-an-ki uru-ze₂-ba{ki}ta kin mu-un-aka-e | Enki set work in Uruzeb. |
| 38 | ta i₃-in-di-di ta i₃-in-di-di ta i₃-in-[di-di] ...-še₃ | What are you going to do, what are you doing, what is it that you are going? ... |
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| 39 | du₅-mu gig-ga ta i₃-in-di-di ta i₃-[in-di-di] ...-še₃ | The bitter child, what are you going to roam around? What are your going around? ... |
| 40 | ta i₃-in-di-di šeš i-bi₂ [sag₉-sag₉-mu] | Why are you wandering about? Look at me with pleasure! |
| 41 | x-x AN aka DI zu i-bi₂ [sag₉-sag₉-mu] | ... my beautiful eyes |
| 42 | [...] a-ba-a [...] | Who ...? |
| 43 | [...] šid-de₃ [...] | ... to be delivered |
| 44 | [...] šid-de₃ [...] | ... to be delivered |
| 45 | [...] ka-tab-ba [...] | ... in its entirety |
| 46 | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 47 | [...] x x x ma₂ x bi [...] | ... boat ... |
| 48 | [...] er₂ mi-ni-še₈-še₈ | ... wept |
| 49 | [...] x-a-bi er₂ mi-ni-še₈-še₈ | ... wept |
| 50 | [...] x ab-gu₇-a-mu | ... I am eating ... |
| 51 | [...] ba-TAR-TAR-a-mu | ... my ... |
| 52 | [...] id₂-da nu-u₆-de₃-mu | ... in the river I do not see |
| 53 | [...] ba-šu₂-šu₂-a-mu | ... was born |
| 54 | [...] si-il-si-il-la-mu | ... silsilamu |
| 55 | [...] x zil-la-mu | ... rise! |
| 56 | [...] RI-a-mu | ... my ... |
| 57 | [...]-a-mu | ... my |
| 58 | [... mi]-ni-ib-la₂ | ... carried. |
| 59 | [...]-la₂ | ...-la |
| 60 | [...] x-x-la₂ | ... ... |
| 61 | [...] x-bi-bi-ib ; [...] nu-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | ... does not ... |
| 62 | [...] x-bi-bi-ib ; [...] x-gin₇ a gig-ga i₃-par₃ | ... he split apart like ... in bitter water. |
| 63 | [...]-gin₇ a gig-ga i₃-par₃ | Like a ..., he split the bitter water. |
| 64 | [...] x x ur-re šu ti-a-gin₇ a gig-ga i₃-par₃ | ... like a wounded hand of a dog, he was struck by a bitter storm |
| 65 | [...]-gin₇ a gig-ga i₃-par₃ | Like a ..., he split the bitter water. |
| 66 | [...] i₃-aka-a er₂ še₈ nu-x-a | ... when he came, tears were not ... |
| 67 | [...] šeš-e aŋ₂-šu mu-x-x-x | ... his hand ... |
| 68 | [...] x x x aŋ₂-šu mu-[un-na]-an-du₃ | ... he built for him |
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