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MAH 16043 (P423993)
uncertain, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MAH 16043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P423993 |
| Museum no. | MAH 16043 |
| Collection | Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | uncertain |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | lugal-ŋu₁₀-ra u₃-na-dug₄ | to Lugal-bum he gave it. |
| 2 | maš₂ hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ si sag₉-ŋa₂ | goat with good horns in the mountains |
| 3 | ANŠE-IGI hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ umbin hu-ri₂-in{mušen} | Ḫursa-ba |
| 4 | {ŋeš}ŋešnimbar ki sikil mah zu₂-lum za-gin₃ il₂ | The nimbar, the supreme pure place, adorned with dates and lapis lazuli |
| 5 | u₃-ne-de-tah | he shall remove. |
| 6 | a-ba-in-da-sa₂ ugula erin₂ zu₂-keše₂{še₃} arad-zu na-ab-be₂-a | Aba-indasa the foreman of the Zukes, your servant, says: |
| 7 | i₃-kalag-ga lugal-ŋu₁₀ ab-us₂ | I-kalag, Lugal-bu’uṣur, the steward |
| 8 | igi-tuku igi-ni-še₃ ba-ŋen | Before him, before him |
| 9 | inim-ma-zu ra-gaba-ne he₂-me-en | May you be their messenger. |
| 10 | a gub-ba X mu-da-an-⸢na⸣-ke₄ | The one who ... standing water |
| 11 | tumu gub-ba še mu-da-an-ke₄ | The one who stands by the wind ... |
| 12 | inim ugnim mu-da-an-ke₄ | he spoke to the army, |
| 13 | dub-sar na-ru₂-a mu-da-an-sar | He wrote the inscription for the scribe. |
| 14 | inim pu-uh-ru-ma šub-ba niŋ₂ šub-ba mu-un-⸢da⸣-x | (Sum) The one who hears a word, the one who sees it(?) (Akk) The word that is heard, in the hand, the fear of the hand is released |
| 15 | {ŋeš}tir mu-dur₇-ra bu-du-re en-gurum-e | The en-gurum-priestess, the one who stretches out the šudurru-vessel, is a lord. |
| 16 | {ŋeš}⸢gu-za-la₂⸣ lu₂ mu-un-il₂-la [(...)] ⸢šu⸣-uš im-la₂ | The throne-bearer, the one who raised him, carried away the thrones |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢iri{ki⸣}ŋu₁₀ tug₂ NA DA LA tug₂ mu-dur₇-ra i-ni-mu-⸢x⸣; ab-ba-mu-x | In the city a ... garment ... a garment for a man ... I(?) did (this) in the temple of Abbamu |
| 2 | lag-e a e-ta-da-am₃ sahar igi ab-ba-DU | The one who has poured water has seen the dust. |
| 3 | ur-mah ad₆ ib₂-gu₇(KA) gaba-ri zi-iz-zi | (Sum) The lion eats the goat (Akk) The wild lion is eaten by the goat |
| 4 | ušumgal saŋ ŋeš bi-ra-ra ka-ta taka₄ ib₂-taka₄ | “It is enough, it is enough! It has been taken away from your mouth! It is being taken away! |
| 5 | ŋeš-gi izi gu₇(|KA×X|) a₂-aŋ₂ taka₄-taka₄ | The reed-bed that eats fire, the one who shouts at its side |
| 6 | {d}utu i₃ gu₇(|KA×X|) ga-ra mu-gu₇(|KA׊E|) {ŋeš}banšur ; ukur₃(UŠUR-)še₃ šu-ne ib₂-še₃-tum₃ | Šamaš ate oil, ate milk, and brought the table in his hand to him. |
| 7 | ŋa₂-e <me>-na-am₃ šag₄ šul-gi lugal-ŋu₁₀ ; ki-bi ha-ma-gi-gi | <How long will the land of Šulgi, my king, be destroyed?” |
| 8 | iti NE-NE-ŋar ud 20-kam | Month of Abu, 20th day, eponymy of Nabû-ahhe-iddina. |
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