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CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 017 (P421317)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000365, ex. 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P421317 |
| Museum no. | SMUI 1913.14.1463 |
| Collection | Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
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 | [...] kur#-[...] | ... the mountain |
| 2 | {d}utu x [...] x [...] x-ab-[x] | Utu |
| 3 | kur-ra# [x]-ma#-bi# {d}utu-kam | It is the ... of the mountain |
| 4 | kur-{gisz}eren-[...] szul# {d}utu-kam {d}utu he2-me-da-an-zu | Kurgiš-cedar ... youth Utu, may he know (this). |
| 5 | {d}bil3-ga-mes-e masz2 babbar2-[x] szu im-ma-an-ti | Gilgameš took the white kid. |
| 6 | masz2# si4 masz2#-da-ri-a gaba#-ni#? ba-an-dab5 | The male goat and female goats were seized at her breast |
| 7 | szu-ni# gidri ku3 kiri3-[x] ba-an-da-gal2 | His hand ... a pure scepter |
| 8 | {d}utu-an-na-ra [x x]-un#-na-de2-e | ... for Utu-ana |
| 9 | {d}utu kur-sze3 in-ku4-[...] a2#-dah-gu10# he2-me-en | Utu entered the netherworld, you are my helper |
| 10 | kur-{gisz}eren-ku5-sze3 in-ku4-ku4#-de3# a2#-dah#-gu10 he2-me-en | In order to enter the cedar forest, you are my helper |
| 11 | {d}utu an-na#-ta inim mu-ni#-ib2-gi4-gi4 | Utu replied to An: |
| 12 | gurusz# dumu#-gi7# ni2#-x-[...]-na#-bi-me-en# | I am a young man, a citizen of his own free will |
| 13 | [x x] inim ga-[...] x-zu | I want to speak ... |
| 14 | [x x]-ra#-ab-du11 gizzal# x he2#-[...] | ... may he ... a reed mat for you |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | iri{ki}-ga2 lu2 ba-usz2 sza3 ba-an-sag3# | In my city a man was killed, his heart was shaken |
| 2 | lu2 u2-gu ba-an-de2 sza3-hul ba-an-gig# | The one who sinned, he was afflicted by sorrow |
| 3 | bad3-da gu2-ga2 im-ma-al-la2 | The wall was on my neck. |
| 4 | ad6# a i7 ib2-diri-ge igi im-ma-an-sze3 | After he looked at the marsh and the water of the river |
| 5 | u3 ge26-e ur5-gim nam-ba-ak-e ur5 he2-me-a | “Oh, I will not do it wrong, may it be wrong! |
| 6 | lu2 sukux(SUKUD)-ra2 an#-[x x]-mu-un-da-la2 | The one of the suku prayer ... |
| 7 | lu2 dagal-la [x]-re la-ba-an-szu2-szu2 | The broad man did not ... |
| 8 | murgu gurusz-e ti-la sag ti-li-bi-sze3 la-ba-ra-an-e3 | The young man’s limbs are not able to return to their fullness. |
| 9 | kur-ra ga-an-ku4 mu-gu10 ga-an-gar | I want to enter the netherworld, [I want to place] my name there. |
| 10 | ki mu gub-bu-ba-am3 mu-gu10 ga-bi2-ib-gub | I want to stand at the place where a young man stands, my young man. |
| 11 | ki mu nu-gub-bu-ba mu digir-<re>-e-ne ga-bi2-ib-gub | I want to stand in the place where no one stands, the name of the gods. |
| 12 | {d}utu er2-na kadra-gin7 szu ba-an-szi-in-ti | Šamaš, like a lamenting lament, has received it. |
| 13 | lu2# arhusz#-a-gin7 arhusz ba-ni-in-tuku | Like a good man, he has compassion |
| 14 | [...] ama [...] imin-na-me#-esz | ... mothers ... are seven |
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