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TLB 02, 01 (P389155)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | TLB 02, 01 |
|---|---|
| ID | P389155 |
| Museum no. | LB 0691 |
| Collection | de Liagre Böhl Collection, Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Leiden, The Netherlands |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...]-KA | ...-KA |
| 3' | [...]-DU | ...-DU |
| 4' | [... ba]-an-šub | ... set up. |
| 5' | [...]-⸢še₃⸣ ba-ab-la₂ | ... was carried away |
| 6' | [...]-za ba-an-si | ... filled your |
| 7' | [...]-⸢x⸣ ba-an-GAM | ... he ... |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x-x⸣-ni šu ba-ni-in-bar | ... his hand he struck |
| 9' | [...] ⸢ha⸣-zi-in-na-ke₄ [...] ⸢ba⸣-an-la₂ | ... of the Eḫa’ezina temple |
| 10' | [...]-⸢lil₂⸣-la₂-ke₄ šu-ni ba-an-LU | ... he ... his hand |
| 11' | [...]-⸢KA⸣ ki ba-ni-ib-gid₂ | ... turned the earth upside down |
| 12' | [...]-⸢a⸣ šegₓ(|KA×LI|) mi-ni-ib-⸢gi₄⸣ | ... turned back(?) |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x-x-bi⸣-eš | ... its ... |
| 14' | [...]-x-x-e [...]-|KA×X| | ... ... |
| 15' | [...]-⸢x⸣ peš₁₀-a [...] ⸢x⸣ | ... a peš-a-vessel ... |
| 16' | [...]-⸢a⸣ | ...-eae |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢ge₁₆-le⸣-eŋ₃-⸢ŋa₂⸣ | (Sum) ... is destroyed(?) (Akk) .... is destroyed |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ma⸣-al-la-še₃ | To the ... of the elal temple |
| 3' | [...]-⸢x⸣ ma-a ⸢TUG₂⸣ ma-al-la-še₃ | ... to where there is a tavern |
| 4' | [...]-ke₄ ma-a TUG₂ ma-al-la-še₃ | ... because there is a garment |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ mu-la₂ ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-e-ŋa₂ mu-zu | He knows how to ... the ešula temple, the giles temple |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ SA/GANA₂-ke₄ gud₃ mu-da-la₂ ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-e-ŋa₂ mu-zu | ... the ... of the sag canal he stretched out a net for me, I know it |
| 7' | ⸢ge₁₆⸣-le-eŋ₃-e-ŋa₂ KA mu-un-us₂-us₂-us₂ ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-e-ŋa₂ mu-zu | He knows how to make the ešeŋels stand at the mouth, |
| 8' | e₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ hul-a x zi-en ⸢lul⸣ šu-ba ma-ra mu-e-DU | In the destroyed house ... true ... lies in its hand for me |
| 9' | ma-ra inim hul-nam e₂ u₃ šu e₃-da | For me, a bad word came forth from the house and hand |
| 10' | inim hul-ŋu₁₀ niŋ₂-KU-ba inim hul-ŋu₁₀ inim hul šu e₃-da | (Sum) It is a bad word, it is an evil word that is torn out(?) (Akk) The evil word is to be smashed, the evil word comes out |
| 11' | e₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ hul-hul a-gin₇ ba-e-du₃ šu-zu a-gin₇ bi₂-ŋal₂ | How did you build that destroyed house, how did you carry it off? |
| 12' | uru₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ hul-hul a-gin₇ ba-e-du₃ šu-zu a-gin₇ bi₂-ŋal₂ | How did you build the destroyed city, how did you carry off your hand? |
| 13' | dam-ŋu₁₀ zi-ga-gin₇ a-gin₇ ba-e-du₃ šu-zu a-gin₇ bi₂-ŋal₂ | How did you build your hand like a rising spouse, how did you carry it off? |
| 14' | du₅-mu-ŋu₁₀ zi-ga-gin₇ a-gin₇ ba-e-du₃ šu-zu a-gin₇ bi₂-ŋal₂ | How have you built your hand like a rising child, how have you carried it off? |
| 15' | ma-ra i-dib-ŋa₂ me-ri-ŋa₂ mu-da-an-ze₂-er | For me, the one who passes by, he has cut off the foot. |
| 16' | me-e-gin₇ i₃-in-šum₂ a-gin₇ i₃-in-dim₂ ni₂-ŋu₁₀ a-gin₇ ba-⸢x-x⸣ | Like me, he ..., how did he build it, how was it ...? |
| 17' | uru₂ inim-zu inim-zu de₃-mu-ma-ma-⸢dam⸣ | City, may your words, your words come forth for me |
| 18' | eš₃ e₂-an-na inim-zu inim-zu de₃-mu-ma-ma-dam | May your word be placed in the shrine Eana |
| 19' | še-eb ki unug{ki}ga inim-zu inim-zu de₃-mu-ma-ma-dam | In the brickwork of Uruk, may your words be spoken, your words are uttered |
| 20' | še-eb ki zabalam₂{ki} inim-zu inim-zu de₃-mu-ma-ma-dam | In the brickwork of Zabalam, may your words be spoken to me. |
| 21' | a-a-ŋu₁₀ im mi-in-sar im hul-bi mu-un-sar | Aya-būṣir wrote a tablet, he wrote an evil tablet. |
| 22' | kur gal {d}mu-ul-lil₂ im e₂-an-na im hul-bi mu-un-sar | Great Mountain Mullil wrote the brickwork of the Eanna, its destructive brickwork. |
| 23' | e₂ ki zabalam₂{ki}ma hul-hul im-ma im-mi-du₃ | He built a house in the place Zabalam that had been destroyed. |
| 24' | u₃-mu-un-bi ga-ša-an-bi im-ma im-mi-du₃ | Its lord, its lady, built a wall. |
| 25' | ⸢e⸣-re₇-da-ŋu₁₀-ne e-re₇-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When they go, when they go |
| 26' | [...] ⸢x nu⸣-banda₃{da} zabalam₂{ki}ke₄ e-re₇-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When the ... of the captain of Zabalam came |
| 27' | [...] u₂-šim-gin₇ e-re₇-da-ŋu₁₀-ne | When they go like a wild cow |
| 28' | [...] ⸢HU⸣ ki-še₃ za₃-ke-še₃(TUG₂) | ... the E’ešu-temple, the place of prayer |
| 29' | [...] ⸢x⸣ a-gin₇ du₃-a-ŋu₁₀-⸢ne⸣ | ... how did they build it? |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | ga-ša-an-an-na ŋen ga-[...] mu-un-ši-ge₁₆-⸢le⸣-[eŋ₃ ...] | Gašanana, I want to utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 2' | u₅ |KA×X| ga-ša-an-an-na ⸢x⸣ [...] i-bi₂ mu-un-⸢x⸣-[...] | The ... of Gašanana looked at him |
| 3' | e₂-ŋu₁₀ unug{ki}ga-ke₄ uru₂-ŋu₁₀ nu-[...] | The temple of Uruk did not ... the city |
| 4' | u₄ ama₅-za gu₃ ra-ba za-e-[gin₇ ...] | When you shout in your chamber, like you ... |
| 5' | uru₂-za gu₃ ra-ba za-e-[gin₇ ...] | In your city shouting like you ... |
| 6' | e₂-an-na-za gu₃ ra-ba za-e-[gin₇ ...] | When you roar in your Eanna, like you ... |
| 7' | e₂ zabalam₂{ki}za gu₃ ra-ba za-⸢e⸣-[gin₇ ba]-⸢til₃⸣-en | The house of Zabalam, roaring like you, I am alive. |
| 8' | inim ŋi₆-u₃-na ⸢ma⸣-ab-⸢šar₂⸣-ra-za za-[e-gin₇] ba-til₃-en | When you speak the words of the riverbank, you are alive like you. |
| 9' | inim an-bar₇-⸢ra⸣ ma-ni-ib-gi₄-a-za za-⸢e-gin₇⸣ ba-til₃-en | When you reply to the word of Anbarae, you live like you. |
| 10' | im-di kur kur₂-ra i₃-me-en-na šu pe-el-la₂ ba-ab-du₁₁ | You are the one who defiles mountains and lands, |
| 11' | bur-šu-ma kur₂-ra i₃-me-en-na šu pe-el-la₂ ba-ab-du₁₁ | You are a stranger, a defiled hand is spoken |
| 12' | im-di-ŋu₁₀ kur-ra pe-el-la₂ ŋen kur-ra ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ ŋen | I am the one who defiles mountains, I am one who destroys mountains. |
| 13' | kur-re peš₁₀-ta ba-da-⸢gub⸣-bu-de₃-en bala TUG₂-ma ma-ak-e | You stand in the netherworld, you make the reign more difficult. |
| 14' | dam-gar₃-ra-gin₇ aŋ₂ kiŋ₂-kiŋ₂ šu-a mi-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄ | Like a merchant, he returns the labor of the netherworld to its place |
| 15' | x-x-x-na-gin₇ šim {ŋeš}eren tur-tur-re šu-a mi-ni-in-gi₄-gi₄ | Like a ..., he returned the small cedar scents to his hand |
| 16' | ur₅-ta su₃-ra₂ ki bad-ra₂-a BI-a mu-sa mu ⸢x⸣ [...] | From the distant past to the distant future ... a new year |
| 17' | u₃ su₃-ra₂-e hul bad-ra₂-a ⸢BI-a mu-sa⸣ [...] | “At night and in the evening, the evil wind is blowing, the ešaba-temple is filled with ... |
| 18' | ga-ša-an-an mu-lu zi [...] muš₃ mi-ni-⸢in⸣-[tum₂] | Gašanana, the righteous man, has brought a snake |
| 19' | e₂-a e₂ mu-hul ⸢šu⸣ [...] | In the temple, the temple that destroyed it, its ... |
| 20' | e₂-an-na e₂ [...] | The Eana, the temple of |
| 21' | ⸢e₂⸣ an-ta [ki-a gub-ba-ŋu₁₀ ...] | “House, standing above and below, |
| 22' | ŋi₆-par₃ [...] | The Ipar |
| 23' | ŋi₆-⸢par₃⸣ [...] | The Ippar temple |
| 24' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | ⸢GIŠ⸣ [...] | ... ešû-plant |
| 2' | ŋeš-⸢TIN⸣ [...] | ... ešû-plant |
| 3' | gudu₄-bi [...] | Its gudu-priest |
| 4' | en-bi [...] | Its lord |
| 5' | gala-e [...] | The gala-priest |
| 6' | aŋ₂ sa₆-sa₆ ⸢UN⸣-[...] | Beautiful water of the “Sun-of-the-Sun’ |
| 7' | {ŋeš}ma₂-gur₈-ba id₂ [...] | The barge on the river |
| 8' | {ŋeš}gigir-bi har-ra-an-⸢na⸣ [...] | Its chariot on the road |
| 9' | ga-ša-an-bi ma₂-saŋ-e ma₂-saŋ [...] | Its lady ... the boat, the boat |
| 10' | ga-ša-an-bi ma₂-egir-ra ma₂-egir nu-⸢x⸣ [...] | Its lady did not sail on a boat, she did not ... on the boat |
| 11' | ga-ša-an-bi u₂-il₂-la eden-na igi im-ši-ib-la₂-e | Its lady looked at him with a raised eye in the steppe |
| 12' | ⸢u₂⸣-il₂-la eš₃ e₂-an-na-še₃ igi im-ši-ib-la₂-e | He looked at the E-ila, the shrine E-ana |
| 13' | ⸢e⸣-a e₂-ŋu₁₀ u₃ ⸢KA⸣ a e₂-ŋu₁₀ | E’ea, the house, and <E₃>, the water of the house. |
| 14' | hul ŋa₂-ŋa₂-ŋu₁₀ u₄-li-la-lu | Evil (and) evil “seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic, |
| 15' | a e₃-a ga-ša-an-an-na an-na gur₄-gur₄-re a e₃-a | "Woe, coming out!" Gašanana, growing in heaven, come out! |
| 16' | ga-ša-an-an-na ki-a gur₄-gur₄-re a-x-a | Gašanana, rolling on earth ... |
| 17' | uru₂-a gir₅ uru₂-a gir₅ ma-e ma-al-la-ŋu₁₀ ma-al-la-ŋu₁₀ ta gig-ŋu₁₀ | In the city, the fox, in the city ... what is there? What is there there? |
| 18' | me-⸢e⸣ uru₂ a uru₂ a me-e mu-lu-bi nu-ŋen | Me-e’e, city, oh, city! Oh, I am not its man! |
| 19' | ab-lal₃-ab-lal₃-ba tum₁₂-gur₄-bi nu-ŋen | In its nooks and crannies, I am not its wind. |
| 20' | a₂-⸢bur₂⸣-a₂-⸢bur₂⸣-ba ⸢x x x x x⸣ | In its midst, ... |
| 21' | id₂-⸢de₃⸣ še ⸢am₃⸣-ša₄ ša₃-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [še] am₃-[ša₄] | The river is flooded, it is raining, the rain is pouring. |
| 22' | ⸢x x⸣ en₃-⸢na⸣ id₂-de₃ še am₃-ša₄ ⸢x⸣ [...] | The en priestess, as soon as he enters, wails in the river. |
| 23' | [...] ⸢x⸣ DU ⸢x mu x⸣ [...] | ... ... year ... |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [...]-⸢KA⸣ e-la-[...] | ... Ela- |
| 4' | [...] ⸢a ŋir₃⸣ ŋen ša₃-ŋu₁₀ nu-[...] | ... ea, bir, en, šabubu |
| 5' | [...]-⸢a⸣ ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ ⸢ŋen⸣ | (Sum) ..., I want to go to the temple(?) (Akk) The ... of the temple is a ... that is to be seen(?) |
| 6' | [...] ⸢ŋen šeš-ta⸣ ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ | (Sum) ... I want to utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 7' | [...] ⸢šeš⸣-ta ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃ ŋen | I am the one who goes out from the ešeṣ temple |
| 8' | [...]-a-ni ma-e ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | ... his ..., I want to ... |
| 9' | [... mu]-⸢un⸣-na-⸢hur⸣ saŋ mu-na-hur | ... he brought out for him, he heaped up for him. |
| 10' | [...] šeš-ta ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ ŋen | ... from the hand, I am the one who is enraged |
| 11' | ⸢ša₃⸣-ŋu₁₀ X šeš-a ul ti-a kar-ra ŋen | “It is the ... of a ... that is not mine, I am the quay |
| 12' | ⸢ŋuruš⸣ lu₂ kur₂ nu-me-a-ŋu₁₀ | The ešû-priestess was not a stranger. |
| 13' | lu₂ mu-ud-na-ŋu₁₀ nu-me-a-ŋu₁₀ | No one compares with him. |
| 14' | nu-mu-un-⸢x x x⸣ nu-mu-un-ab-ze₂-eŋ₃-ŋen | He does not ..., he does not give ... |
| 15' | šeš-ta id₂ kur-ra šu la-ba-an-da-ab-gur šeš-ta ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ ⸢x⸣ ma | From above the river of the netherworld he will not turn back, from above I shall be ... |
| 16' | a-ra-li ŋen šeš-ta ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-⸢ŋa₂⸣ ŋen | I am the Arali, I am one who has been seized by the hand |
| 17' | ⸢mušen ambar⸣-ra ⸢sug⸣ lil₂-la₂ i-bi₂-zu mu-un-ši-ma-al | The emuš of the marsh, the esug of the desert, is there at your disposal. |
| 18' | ⸢mu⸣-gi₁₇-ib ga-ša-an-an-na i-bi₂-zu mu-un-ši-ma-al | I, Gašanana, have seen you. |
| 19' | [ga]-⸢ša⸣-an-an-na ŋen i-bi₂-zu mu-un-ši-ma-al | I am Ga'eša'eanana, your eye is there |
| 20' | [...] ⸢ia⸣-am₃-⸢ma⸣ e-la-lu | ... Elalu |
| 21' | [...]-ŋu₁₀ am₃-ši-ma-al ⸢x⸣ mi-ni/du₃ še-ra-ke₄ | ... is there, he built the E-e-e. |
| 22' | [...] ⸢i₃⸣-di-di-de₃-en ⸢u₃ um-me-en⸣ i₃-di-di-de₃-en | ... we are wandering about, we are roaming about. |
| 23' | [... ga]-⸢ša⸣-an-⸢na-ta⸣ i₃-di-di-de₃-en | Let us go up to the ..., we are going up there. |
| 24' | [...] ⸢mu⸣-un ⸢x x x un⸣-e ga-ša-an-an-na ŋen | ... I am Gašanana |
| 25' | [...] ⸢x⸣ a ⸢ma⸣ | ... water ... |
| 26' | [...] ⸢x⸣-na ŋen | ... you are |
| 27' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ŋen | ... you are |
| 28' | [...] ⸢ŋen⸣ | ... en priestess |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 3' | [...] ŋen | ... you are |
| 4' | [...]-⸢in⸣-ti | ...-einti |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u₃ ⸢du₁₁-ga⸣ ba-⸢KA⸣ | ... ... and the utterance(?) ... |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ba ga-ga-na | When he ... the ... of the eše-house |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 8' | [...] a | ... water |
| 9' | [...] ⸢a⸣ | ... the temple |
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