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CUSAS 42, 660 (P410826)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CUSAS 42, 660 |
|---|---|
| ID | P410826 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 50-02-064 |
| 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 | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 | ⸢nim⸣ ŋir₂-ŋir₂ tum₉ ⸢imin-bi-ta an-na⸣ teš₂ ⸢he₂-x⸣-[x] | “Anum-e’e, birbir-bir, tum, and iminbi-plants, together with An, he ... |
| 2 | ⸢ud⸣ de₃-eš dug₄-ga ⸢ki he₂⸣-en-⸢tuku₄-tuku₄⸣-e | May a good day be set upon you in Ea! |
| 3 | {⸢d}iškur⸣-e an-dul₃ daŋal-⸢la-ba gu₃ hu⸣-mu-un-ni-⸢dub₂⸣ | When Iškur shouted at the canopy of heaven, |
| 4 | [x]-⸢IM⸣ an-na-ke₄ a ki-ta ⸢gu₃ he₂-em⸣-ma-da-⸢ŋal₂-la⸣ | May the ... of heaven shout out “Alas, the earth, may it be released!’ |
| 5 | ⸢na₄ tur⸣-tur-bi na₄ gal-gal-⸢bi⸣ | Its small stones, its large stones |
| 6 | murgu-ŋa₂ dub-dab₆ he₂-em-⸢mi⸣-za | May your throne-dais be encircled with inscriptions. |
| 7 | lugal-me-en ni₂ la-ba-da-teŋ₃ ⸢su la⸣-<<x>>-ba-da-⸢zig₃⸣ | I am the king, I do not fear (them) |
| 8 | ud piriŋ ban₃-da-gin₇ guru₅(|URU×(RU+GU)|)⸢uš mu-un⸣-bur₂-⸢bur₂⸣ | Like a rising flood, he burst into the silt. |
| 9 | anše eden-na-gin₇ hub₂-ŋa₂ ⸢hu⸣-mu-⸢un⸣-šuš₂-šuš₂ | Like a donkey in the steppe, he screams out at you |
| 10 | [šag₄] ⸢la⸣-la ŋa₂-la DU-e hu-mu-un-ni-DAR-DAR | May he ... a field of elalu-plants |
| 11 | ⸢dur₃⸣{ur} dili-gin₇ im₂-ma-ŋu₁₀-ne | When they fill him like a single ešur-house |
| 12 | {d}utu e₂-a-ni-še₃ igi-ni ŋa₂-ŋa₂-de₃ | To make Utu enter his house, |
| 13 | kaskal danna{na} 15-am₃ šu hu-⸢mu⸣-un-⸢niŋin⸣ | It is the fifteenth journey; hand of Ḫu’emuni |
| 14 | saŋ-[ur]-saŋ-ŋu₁₀-ne ⸢igi hu⸣-mu-un-duh-eš-⸢am₃⸣ | May they look at you with awe. |
| 15 | ud dili-⸢am₃⸣ nibru{ki} ⸢urim₂⸣{ki}ma eš₃-eš₃-bi ha-a-ak | At that time, the temples of Nippur and Urim were destroyed. |
| 16 | ⸢šeš⸣ gu₅-li-ŋu₁₀ šul {d}utu-am₃ | The ešû-priest, the guli-priestess, is the head of Utu. |
| 17 | [...] ⸢an-ne₂⸣ ki ŋar-ra ⸢kaš hu⸣-mu-un-di-ni-naŋ | ... may he give you beer to drink in the ... of heaven |
| 18 | ⸢nar-ŋu₁₀⸣ tigi imin-am₃ šir₃-re ha-ma-an-<ne>-eš | May the seven tigi flutes be sung for me |
| 19 | ⸢nitalam⸣-[ŋu₁₀ ki-sikil] {⸢d}inana⸣ [nin] ⸢hi⸣-li an ⸢ki⸣-[a] | Emanu-ebu, the maiden of Inana-e, the lady of Ehi-eli, An and Ea |
Sources & licences
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