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CUSAS 42, 674 (P409500)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 42, 674 |
|---|---|
| ID | P409500 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-06-509 |
| Collection | Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
| 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 | ||
| 1’ | [...]-⸢na⸣-bi e₂ ⸢ad⸣-da-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ku₄-⸢ku₄⸣-[...] | Its ... enters the house of the father |
| 2’ | [...]-da-ŋu₁₀ ama-ŋu₁₀ ses-gal-ŋu₁₀ | ... mother-in-law, elder-law |
| 3’ | [...]-⸢na⸣-ŋu₁₀-ne igi-še₃ bar-bar-⸢e-de₃ na-še₃ na-mu-un-de₅⸣-[(x)] | In order to look at ..., in order to escape, one should not approach. |
| 4’ | [...]-dub-ba-a-še₃ dub-sar ku₃-zu-ŋu₁₀ šu i₃-⸢x-x⸣-ŋar | ...-dubbaše, scribe of Kuzubu, hand of I-ebar |
| 5’ | [...]⸢x-e⸣-ke₄ nam-dub-sar mi-ni-⸢in⸣-zu | ... you have learned the scribal art |
| 6’ | ⸢enim⸣-[enim]-bi enim šar₂-šar₂ mu-⸢un⸣-[x] | Its words, the utterance of the king, he ... |
| 7’ | [...]-⸢en⸣ na-du₃-a mu-⸢da-sar-re⸣ | ... the one who built it, he made it tremble |
| 8’ | [...] A x GA₂ x x in-dab₅-⸢be₂⸣-[(x)] | ... will seize ... |
| 9’ | [...]-⸢zi-zi⸣ ŋar-ŋar-ra-bi ŋar-ŋar-re-bi mu-un-[x] | ... its ziggurrats and its terraces ... |
| 10’ | [...] A x x ka-ra-bi ⸢mu⸣-un-tuh | ... its ... is shattered |
| 11’ | [...] ⸢us₂ saŋ⸣-du₃ zu₂ ka-aš-bi i₃-⸢x⸣-en | I am the one who ... the ešādu-vessel(?) of the saŋ-song. |
| 12’ | [...] ⸢u₄⸣-šakar saŋ-ki gid₂-⸢da-ke₄⸣ | ... the ešakar prayer, the saki prayer of the long-distance |
| 13’ | [...] ⸢us₂ x x⸣ ha-la-ba i₃-dab₅-en | ... the share ... I took |
| 14’-15’ | [...]⸢zu-uš⸣ dili a-⸢ša₃⸣ eše₂ sar ⸢gana₂⸣ igi ge 2 ⸢nindan⸣ ; [...] ⸢x x⸣ a-ša₃-ga i₃-⸢gid₂⸣-[...] | ... single ... garden plot ... field 2 nindan(?) ... the field ... |
| 15’ | [...]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣-ne a₂-ur₂ a₂-⸢ur₂⸣-[...] | ... the troops, the troops |
| 16’ | [...] ⸢mu-un-x-x-x⸣ a-ša₃-ga i₃-⸢ge⸣-[...] | ... the field ... |
| r | ||
| 1’ | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
| 2’ | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 3’ | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ | |
| 4’ | [...] ⸢x⸣ dugud-da ⸢x x x x⸣ | ... heavy ... |
| 5’ | [...] ⸢x x x x x x⸣ | |
| 6’ | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...]-⸢ŋa₂-ŋa₂⸣ | ... the ... of the king |
| 7’ | [...] MI ⸢GIŠ⸣ lugal-⸢x-x ib⸣-ge | ... he will become a king |
| 8’ | [...] ⸢x GAR DA⸣ a nu-⸢silig⸣-ge | ... ... does not cool down next to the water |
| 9’ | [...] lugal-la-⸢x⸣-ke₄ | ... of the king |
| 10’ | [...] ⸢enim⸣ hulu dim₂-⸢ma enim hulu⸣ [...] | ... the evil enma-demon is seen, the evil word is seen |
| 11’ | [...] ⸢ha-ra-ab-silim₂-me-en⸣ | ... I am a harabbsilim plant |
| 12’ | [...] en nu-un-ŋal₂-⸢le⸣ | ... did not bring forth the lord |
| 13’ | [...] sar-sar-de₃ | ... to strew |
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