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CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 020 (P357284)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Kisurra · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 020 |
|---|---|
| ID | P357284 |
| Museum no. | VAT 12579 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Kisurra (mod. Abu Hatab) |
| Coordinates | 31.8383, 45.4810 |
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 | [...]-⸢di-in⸣ | ...-din |
| 2-3 | [...]-du₃-en // [...] | I want to build ... |
| 4-5 | ⸢ta⸣-[... ...]-⸢e⸣-du₃-⸢en⸣ // ta-⸢a⸣-aš ⸢i-ri⸣-[...] | “If he slips in through a hole, if he falls through the cracks of a door, |
| 6-8 | a₂-MU ⸢mu aŋ₂ x (x) // šu-bi ⸢na⸣-ri-⸢ge₄⸣ // u₃ ba-ra-⸢ra⸣-ku-ku-[un] | My strength, my strength ... |
| 9-10 | ta-am₃ lu₂-du₅-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ // e-ne-eŋ₃ si-zu-am₃ i₃-⸢gu₇⸣ | What is it that makes a ludu-priest eat? |
| 11-12 | a-da-lam na-aŋ₂-lu₂-du₅-ŋu₁₀-ŋu₁₀ // ⸢al⸣-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-an | The adalam priestess, the na’allu-dubban priest |
| 13-14 | ⸢tukum⸣-bi // [na]-⸢aŋ₂-lu₂-du₅⸣-ŋu₁₀-zu ⸢ba⸣-an-ŋar | “If you are to build a house, your house will become a ruin mound |
| 15-16 | [...] ⸢x-te⸣-[x]-⸢e-a⸣ // [...]-⸢en⸣ | ... ...-te’ea'ea |
| 17-18 | [...] // [...]-⸢diri-ge-en⸣ | ... ...-dirigeen |
| 19-20 | ⸢lu₂ al⸣-hi-li-a // ta-⸢aš⸣ [...]-⸢ri⸣-zu nu-me-en | You are not a man who is full of rejoicing |
| 21-22 | ba-hi-⸢li-nam⸣ a he₂-bi₂-DU-nam // ⸢šu⸣ ba-ra-ba-i-ra | “May he bring water to you, may he not take it away from you! |
| 23-24 | ⸢gi₄⸣-in dag-ge-a // ⸢lu₂⸣-še₃ ⸢us₂⸣ du₅-ŋu₁₀ lu₂-e-ne | The ešein-priestess, the one of the elû-priests, and the ušāṣ-pristess of the men |
| 25-26 | KA-bi-še₃ gub-⸢ba⸣ // ša₃-⸢gal⸣-bi-eš u₃ nu-ku₄ | Its utterance is a ša-egal-e-bi’e-song, it does not enter |
| 27 | na-<aŋ₂>-⸢hi-li⸣-ŋu₁₀ al-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-⸢an⸣ | “Naḫili-ešum-ibni, al-ba-a-e-an-e |
| 28-29 | iri{⸢ki} niŋen₂⸣ kar [...] // e₂-⸢e₂-a⸣ ku₄-⸢ku₄⸣ | In order to enter the E-ea temple |
| 30-31 | e₂ in-⸢ku₄-ra // šu bi₂⸣-in-si | He entered the house, he filled his hand |
| 32 | ⸢e₂-ba⸣ e-⸢ne⸣-eŋ₃ ba-an-tuku | “Its temples, its temples have been erected. |
| 33 | ⸢dam dam⸣-da im-ta-an-kur₂ | the wife of the slave girl has changed |
| 34 | ⸢du₅⸣-ŋu₁₀ ama-da im-da-ri | The ēdu-e’e-bû-priest rides with the mother. |
| 35-36 | ⸢e₂-ge₄⸣-a da ⸢ušbur⸣-ra-ne-ka // (⸢LU₂⸣.NE) mu-un-ni-in-du₁₁ | In the E-ge-ea, next to the Euphrates, he spoke. |
| 37 | im-me-⸢e₁₁-de₃⸣-en | I will go up to you. |
| o ii | ||
| 1-2 | ⸢mu-zuh⸣ e₂-⸢a⸣-na // ⸢ur⸣ {ŋeš}SUG-<<ni>>-⸢da-ni⸣ | “Muzuḫ-plant in the E’eaena temple, ur-plant, šug-plant |
| 3-4 | ⸢še⸣-en-ka {ge}⸢bešeŋ⸣-na // šu-ḪA-da ba-an-du₈ | The eše’enka (temple) and the eišena were carried away in handcuffs. |
| 5-6 | mu-KEŠ₂ bala-bala // šu urin-a an-su₃-⸢a⸣ | Hand of Ur Ansu'ea |
| 7-8 | ⸢e₂⸣-kišeb-ba du₈-⸢du₈⸣ // e₂-a saŋ-e mu-⸢te-te⸣ | In the “House-of-Kišveba, the door-jamb is opened, the house is opened |
| 9-10 | {⸢ŋeš(du)}kun₄ {ŋeš}bala-⸢gen₇⸣ // e₂-a ga-ga-⸢ga⸣ | I want to go out into the house |
| 11 | u₄-da-⸢am₃⸣ su ⸢ba-e⸣-sis | “If the storm rises, if it rains, |
| 12 | ⸢kiše₄ AK⸣ numdum(KA) ⸢mun⸣ su-ub | “It is the kišve-plant, the numdum-plant (and) the emunu-plant. |
| 13 | ⸢teš₂⸣ nu-tuku du₅-ŋu₁₀ lu₂ nu-⸢kal⸣-la | The one who does not have a spouse, the one who is not a husband |
| 14-15 | ki(DI-)ma-an-zi₂-ir // lu₂-⸢da⸣ saŋ ir-⸢ir⸣ | “It is a place of rejoicing for Lu-eda’e, it is the place where he prays. |
| 16 | še-⸢er⸣-da ka-ka-a-ni il₂-la₂ | He raised his mouth towards the šēr-eda priest |
| 17-18 | ti zi₂-id(KA) ŋurgu zi₂-id(KA) // u₄-da-am₃ ⸢ba⸣-an-ge-ne-en | “It is the day, it is the night’s day, |
| 19-21 | ⸢šaha₂⸣ zuh-ha gu₇-⸢gu₇ // {šaha₂⸣}ze₂-<eh>-tur zuh-⸢ha // šu⸣-ni-še₃ la₂-⸢am₃⸣ | šaḫa e’e23 (means) “to eat sulphur,‘squash—– and zehtur slalms. It is his hand that makes it fall. |
| 22-23 | ⸢dam⸣-MU zuh gu₇ MI ⸢na DU⸣ // šu da-bi-eš ⸢dab₅⸣-ba | (If) a flood afflicts a man's house: he will be seized by the storm. |
| 24-25 | {im}⸢šu-rin⸣-na-ta // utul₂ titab ⸢ir⸣-ri-⸢ir⸣ | From the šurīna-vessel you tie a knot. |
| 26-27 | uŋ₃ ⸢dur₂⸣-bi-⸢še₃⸣ // ka al-sag₃-ga(BI) | “If he opens the mouth of the ešû-house, |
| 28 | ka-ka-a-ni la-ba-⸢ni⸣-[...] | His mouth cannot ... |
| 29-30 | e-ne-⸢eŋ₃⸣ gaba-ri-⸢ka⸣ // ma-zi₂-⸢iŋ₃-zi₂⸣-iŋ₃ | “You are my rival, you are my opponent’s rival! |
| 31-32 | tu₇ ⸢gu₇ {ŋeš⸣}ŋušur BIL₂ // ⸢x gu₇:ka⸣ šal-la | soup made with ēšu-juniper |
| 33-34 | ame₂-me-en nu-⸢mu-un-ge⸣-en // e₂ a-⸢ra-še₃⸣ nu-mu-un-⸢ŋar⸣ | I am not able to enter the house of prayer, I cannot enter |
| 35-37 | dam-a-ni ⸢in-TAR // gu⸣-ni gu ⸢tab-ba⸣ // la-ba-an-tuku | His wife, the e’intar plant, his neck, the neck of the tappu plant, he does not have |
| 38 | ta-aš ⸢ša₃⸣-zu ⸢al⸣-kur₄ | Why is your ešû-plant hostile? |
| r i | ||
| 1-3 | ⸢u₅-mu⸣ sur-sur // še ⸢sa-sa⸣-sa // ⸢inda₃ gu-la⸣ du₈-du₈ | “It is raining, the esasa-tree is falling, the great mud-brick is being piled up. |
| 4-6 | ⸢lu₂⸣ kiŋ₂ AK-a // ⸢du₅-ŋu₁₀ du⸣-lum-ma // mu ⸢ušur⸣-la-ne | The elû-house, the place where AK-a was made, the edubu-house Dulumma, year: “The ešur-houses’ |
| 7 | ⸢lu₂⸣ nu-kal-⸢la munus⸣ nu-⸢ge-na⸣ | (Sum) The one who is not able to find the woman, the woman cannot find the man (Akk) The woman who has not found the woman |
| 8 | u₄-da lu₂ ba-an-ku₄-⸢re⸣ | When a man enters |
| 9 | ša₃ ⸢ku₃⸣ til₃ i-⸢bi₂⸣-za e₂-a-⸢na⸣ | The heart of the holy temple, while you are living, is Ea-emanae |
| 10-11 | kaš sa₁₀-⸢sa₁₀⸣ // aŋ₂-šeŋ₆-ŋa₂ gu₇-gu₇ | to buy beer, to eat |
| 12-13 | ⸢igi-za⸣ nu-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ // [...] ⸢nu-ub-be₂-en⸣ | You should not enter through your window |
| 14-15 | [...] nu-⸢mu₂⸣ // [...] ⸢mu₂⸣-[(mu₂)] | ... does not emerge |
| 16 | [...] | |
| 17 | [...] | |
| 18-19 | [...]-⸢šeŋ₆-ŋe₂₆-eš₂ tum₃-dam⸣ // [...]-la₂-la₂-⸢e⸣ | ... brought to an end |
| 20 | [...]-⸢x-a-me⸣-eš | ... they are |
| 21 | [...] ⸢ra munus sikil du₃-a⸣ | ... built a pure woman |
| 22-23 | [...] ⸢gu₇-gu₇⸣ // [...] ⸢tibir₂ ra-gen₇⸣ | ... devouring the tibir plant ... like a wild cow |
| 24-25 | [...]-⸢kur₂⸣ du₁₁-⸢x⸣-du₁₁ // [...]-⸢la⸣ [...]-⸢bala⸣ | ... uttered a supplication |
| 26-27 | [...] ⸢zi₂-iŋ₃-zi₂-iŋ₃⸣ // [...]-tuš | ... ezizi e23 |
| 28 | [...]-en | I am |
| 29 | [...]-⸢x-e la-ba-;-DI⸣ | ... does not go out |
| 30-31 | [...]-⸢mu-da⸣-[...] // [...]-⸢mu-da-NU-NU⸣ | I want to ... with you |
| 32-33 | [...] ⸢nu-mu-da⸣-[...] // [...] ⸢e₃-de₃ ab-la₂⸣ | ... to bring out the ... of the enūmuda plant |
| 34-35 | [...]-⸢ba-gub⸣ // [...]-⸢tub₂-tub₂-ba⸣ | ... stand(?) |
| 36-37 | [...]-⸢un-bala⸣ // [...] NE [(x)] | ... unbala ... |
| 38-39 | [...]-⸢te-te⸣ // [...]-⸢x-e-ne⸣ | ...-etē-e3 |
| 40-41 | [...]-tuku // [...]-e | ... has ... |
| 42-43 | [...]-⸢tub₂⸣ // [...]-me-en | ... I am |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | e₂ kaš ŋal₂-la {(⸢ŋeš.gu)}SUG⸣-bi-me-en | I am the one who pours out beer in the house |
| 2 | e₂ tu₇ ŋal₂-la {ŋeš}(SAL.⸢ḪUB₂-)bi⸣-me-en | I am the one who fills the house with soup. |
| 3 | e₂ inda₃ ŋal₂-la muhaldim ⸢gal-bi⸣-me-en | I am the “house-of-milk-bowl"(?) of the cook of the palace |
| 4-5 | e₂ šu-bi al-duru₅-[...]-⸢am₃ // en₃⸣ ab-tar-tar-⸢re-en⸣ | (Sum) The house, its hand is trembling(?) (Akk) Its hand is shaking(?) the house, it is being investigated(?) |
| 6-7 | ⸢lu₂⸣-ba na-⸢aŋ₂-ušur⸣-e // ⸢ba⸣-an-da-ab-⸢teŋ₃-e⸣ | Its elu priestess should not enter it, it should not approach it |
| 8 | ⸢e₂-ba⸣ si-sa₂-⸢bi⸣ | “Its temples are arranged in order. |
| 9-10 | ⸢e₂ sa⸣ ab-⸢la₂⸣-e // [...] ⸢ab-su₃⸣ | “If he slips through the door pivots, |
| 11-12 | [...]-en // ka ⸢al⸣-[...]-⸢ge⸣-en | I am the one who opens the mouth of the god |
| 13-14 | ⸢gi₄-in agrig⸣ [...]-⸢a⸣ // du₅-ŋu₁₀ e₂-[...] | Lady, stewardess, ... of the temple |
| 15 | ⸢ur₂⸣-bi al-[...] | Its roof beams ... |
| 16-17 | niŋ₂ šu na-ab-⸢de₃⸣ [...] // {⸢u}ugu₆⸣-ŋu₁₀ am₃-⸢ŋal₂⸣ [...] | He should not ... his hand to him, he should not go out into the open country |
| 18 | ⸢u₃⸣ [...]-⸢e na⸣-[...] | “If he slips through the thresholds, if he does not ..., |
| 19 | ⸢ir-da⸣ [...] | The irda temple |
| 20 | {⸢ge}ig⸣-[...] | The door of |
| 21 | {⸢na₄}kinkin dam⸣-[...] | a type of stone for a spouse |
| 22 | dam re-da [...] | The spouse ... |
| 23-24 | ga gu₇ ⸢gi₄⸣-[...] // u₃-du₂-da [...] | I want to eat milk with the bride |
| 25-26 | ⸢e₂⸣ gi₄-[...] // ⸢x-re⸣-[...] | Restore the temple |
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