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CDLI Literary 000423, ex. 002 (P413235)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Kish · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000423, ex. 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P413235 |
| Museum no. | BM 103163 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) |
| Coordinates | 32.5520, 44.5853 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | mu#-ti-in sza3-ga2# mu-lu ki#-[...] | The woman of my heart, the one who ... the earth |
| 2 | hi-li-zu ag2 ze2-ba#-am3# [...] | Your allure is sweet |
| 3 | gi-ru sza3-ga2 mu#-[...] | The scepter of my heart |
| 4 | hi-lu-zu ag2 ze2#-[...] | Your allure is sweet |
| 5 | en-TUSZ-en ni2-[...] | Do not sit, do not ... yourself |
| 6 | mu-ti#-in# [...] | The man ... |
| 7 | en#-TUSZ#-en# ni2#-[...] | Do not sit, do not ... yourself |
| 8 | gi#-ru ga#-[...] | I want to ... the reed screen |
| 9 | mu#-ti#-in# [...] | The man ... |
| 10 | ze2#-ba# | sweet |
| 11 | gi#-ru# ag2# ze2#-ze2#-ba# du5#-[...] | The reed mat that is to be smashed(?) |
| 12 | ze2#-ba# kal-la-gu10 x [...] | My precious sweety |
| 13 | e2 ki-nu2-a lal3# hab2 du11#-[...] | In the bedchamber, the honey is poured out |
| 14 | hi-li ag2 ze2-ba-zu ga-[...] | I want to ... your sweet allure |
| 15 | mu#-ti-in ma#-ra# hi#-li# [...] | The man, for me, allure |
| 16 | ama#-gu10-ra# du11#-ga#-na#-ab# [...] | Speak to my mother |
| 17 | gi-ru# ma#-ra# hi#-li# mu#-e#-kar# | The reedbed is taken away for me with allure |
| 18 | ama-gu10-ra du11-ga-na-ab ni2# mu#-ra#-ab# x [...] | Speak to my mother, she ... fear for you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | ad-da-gu10#-ra ag2-ba-ba# mu-un-ak# | For my father he did this. |
| 2 | ama#-gu10#-ra? du11#-ga#-na#-ab# ni2# mu-ra-ab-gub-[be2?] | Speak to my mother, she will stand by you |
| 3 | ur5-za ki ur5 sa6-ge# x mu# x x | In your lap, the place of good lapis ... |
| 4 | mu-te-en u4-te-en#-sze3# e2-me#-[...] | You are the one who ... our house for future days |
| 5 | sza3-za ki sza3 hul2-bi# mu-x [...] | In your heart, the place that makes your heart rejoice |
| 6 | gi-ru u4-te-en-sze3# e2-me-a nu2#-[...] | The reedbed of distant days lies in our house |
| 7 | za-e ma-ra ki mu-e-x x [...] | You, for me ... the earth |
| 8 | mu-ti#-in# ma-ra ag2 ze2-ba#-zu# | The man, for me, your sweet thing |
| 9 | za-e# ma#-ra ki mu-e-a-ag2-ga2-[...] | You, you have loved me |
| 10 | gi#-ru ma-ra ag2 ze2-ba-zu nu-usz-mu#-[...] | The young woman, for me, do not let your sweet thing be forgotten(?) |
| 11 | u3#-mu-un dim3-me#-er-gu10 u3-mu#-[...] | My lord, my god |
| 12 | {d}szu-{d}suen sza3 {d#}mu#-ul-lil2-la2#-x ba#-ze2-be2-na-x-gu10# | My Šū-Sîn, whom Enlil ... for him |
| 13 | ki ze2-ba-zu nu#-usz#-mu-e-ga2#?-ga2#? [...] | You will not place your sweet place(?) in my presence |
| 14 | ki lal3-gin7 ba-ba-zu# szu# nu-usz#-mu-e#-[...] | Your place where honey is poured out, you do not ... it(?) |
| 15 | esz2 {gesz}ba an-na#-gin7 szu de6-ma#-ni# | His “hand-lifting" shrine, like one made of a tree of heaven |
| 16 | esz2 {gesz}ba-an SZU GAR TUR LA2-na-gin7! szu# tuku4#-ni#? [...] | Like a “hand-of-a-thousand’ (container) that has been set on a table(?) |
| 17 | an-ta zi-zi he2-mu-e-da-ze2-eb#-[...] ama#-gu10 ba-ba-zu ne-ta mu#-[...] | Rise from heaven, may you be able to ... with me(?) My mother, when you speak to me, you ... by means of ... |
| 18 | ib2-ib2 ba-sa6 al-gar szu he2#-x x sza3-zu he2-bur2 | May he ..., may he release your heart |
| 19 | bal-bal#-x {d}inanna#-kam# | It is the balbal-x of Inanna |
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