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CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 147 (P461247)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000351, ex. 147 |
|---|---|
| ID | P461247 |
| Museum no. | BM 051213 + BM 052279 + BM 053337 + BM 078074 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| 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' | [...] [qar-ra-du ša₂ a-na ta-ha-zi da-ap-niš iz-za]-⸢az-zu⸣ [...] | ... the hero who stands in opposition to the enemy |
| 2' | [...] [be-lu ša₂ ina qa-ti]-⸢šu₂⸣ el-⸢le-tu₄⸣ [me-eṭ-ṭa na-šu-u₂] [...] | ... the lord, who in his pure wrath ... |
| 3' | [...] {[d}{<MIN({d}nin-urta)>} šar-ri ma-ri] ša₂ a-bu-šu₂ ana dan-nu-⸢ti⸣-[šu ha-du-u₂ ...] | ... Ninurta, king of the world, whose father was merciful to his strong one |
| 4' | [...] [qar-ra-du ša₂ pu]-⸢luh⸣-ta-šu₂ ki-ma a-le-⸢e⸣ [ma-a-ti kat-mat] [...] | ... hero whose rage is like a lion whose land is shattered |
| 5' | [...] {[d}{<MIN({d}nin-urta)>} a-gu-ka {d}man-za]-⸢at⸣ ina pa-ni-ka ki-ma bir-qa [it-ta-nab-riq] [...] | ... Ninurta, your father, Mannu-za-eat, in your presence like a raging storm ... |
| 6' | [...] [zi-iq-nu ru-be₂-e ša₂ ri-hu]-⸢tu₄⸣ KU₃{ti₃} ra-hu-u₂ šar-⸢tu₄⸣ [ina zu-um-ri-šu₂ hunₓ(LUM)nu-ba-at] [...] | ... the ziggurat of the holy rihûtu-demon, the rahu-disease of the šarru-temon in his body |
| 7' | [...] {[d}{<MIN({d}nin-urta)>} šar-ri ma-ri ša₂ {d}en]-⸢lil₂⸣ ina rama-ni-šu₂ u₂-ša₂-ti-[ru-šu₂] [...] | ... Ninurta, the king, the son of Enlil, in his reign they made him dwell |
| 8' | [...] [qar-ra-du ša₂ šu-uš]-⸢kal⸣-la-šu₂ a-a-bu u₂-sah-[ha-pu] [...] | ... the hero, whose heart is like a šu’ekallû-demon, the father shook |
| 9' | [...] {d}{<MIN({d}nin-urta)>} pu-⸢luh-ti⸣ [ṣil-li]-ka ana KUR tar-[ṣa-at] [...] | ... Ninurta, the scepter of eluḫti-e, your arrow to the land ... |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ {d}{<MIN({d}nin-urta)>} šar-ru ma-ru ša₂ a-bu-⸢šu₂ ana ru⸣-qe₂-e-ti ap-pa u₂-[šal-bi-nu-šu₂] [...] | ... the ... of Ninurta, the exalted king, whom his father for the extispicy had given to him |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ {d}{<MIN({d}nin-urta)>} ina te-es-li-ti ana šar-⸢ri⸣ ina ⸢ut⸣-nen-ni-šu₂ [...] | ... the ešītu-priestess Ninurta in the extispicy to the king, in the assembly of his lords |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ {d}{<MIN({d}nin-urta)>} a-na be-lu₄ {d}MIN ⸢i-x⸣ [x (x)] [...] | ... the temple of Ninurta to the lord, the temple ... |
| 13' | [...] be-lu man-za-za ša₂-qu-u₂ i-na nap-har be-lu a-⸢šib⸣ [pa-rak-ki] [...] | ... the lord of supremacy, among all the kings, the apsû-priests, your gate |
| 14' | [...] ma-ru ša₂ ana mu-še-niq-ti la uš-bu e-muq ši-zib ⸢in⸣-[ni-qu] [...] | ... the mighty one, who cannot be opposed to a battle, the one who resides in the midst of the ruins |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x⸣ eṭ-lu ṭar-ru ša₂ ina pa-ni-šu₂ bu-ul-tu₂ la i-⸢ba⸣-[aš₂-šu₂-u₂] [...] | ... the young man, the young woman, who in his presence has no sexual desire |
| 16' | [...] ⸢x⸣ mit-ha-riš MU-šu₂ im-bu-u₂ šam-mu ana šar-ru-⸢ti⸣-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [...] | (Sum) ..., his name is ... (Akk) He named his name ... to the kingship |
| 17' | [...] ina KUR{i} šin-ni ku-ši-i a-ṣa-at-ma i-ta-nar-ra-ri ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... in the land of Assyria, I was captured, and he was constantly frightened |
| 18' | [...] pa-⸢ni⸣-šu₂ ana a-šar ⸢šu⸣-a-ti iš-ta-kan UR ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... his face towards the ašar of his face he placed ... |
| 19' | [...] qar-rad ana ab-⸢bu⸣-ti-ka(IŠ) iš-tal-lu₄ ab-bu-[ti ...] | ..., hero, went up to your mother-in-law, mother in-law |
| 20' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ta-ra-ah {d}a-nim ša₂ KUR{a} ina ṣu-up-ri-šu₂ i-sap-pa-nu {d}IŠKUR ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the Anu-goddess of the land in his wrath they uttered. The god Adad the E22 |
| 21' | [...] ⸢x⸣ be₂-li₂ ša₂ ina par-ṣi ṣi-ru-ti₃ i-šad-di-hu {d}[...] | ... my lord, who in the rites of exalted divinity screams |
| 22' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ⸢nam-ru⸣ si-mat DINGIR-MEŠ {d}[...] | ..., enamru-vessel, emblem of the gods, |
| 23' | [...] ⸢x⸣ a-⸢lap zi⸣-i-mu ri-i-mu ra-bu-u₂ ša₂ e-mu-qu i-šu-u₂ mu-du-u₂ ina iš-ku-ri ⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... (Akk) The ... of the flood, the great flood, that of the army, the one who knows (it) (var.) In the midst of(?) ... |
| 24' | [...] mu-du-u {d}e₂-a {d}⸢nin⸣-urta ina ap-si-i {d}[...] | ... who knows Ea and Ninurta in the Apsu |
| 25' | [...] ⸢x⸣ {d}a-nun-na-ki ki-ma ṣe-e-ni a-di ša₂-a-ri i-tar-ru ⸢x x⸣ [...] | ... the Anunnaki, like a lion, until the night came out. |
| 26' | [...] ⸢x⸣ it-tak-kip ki-ma u₄-mu ana KUR nu-kur₂-ti IM-MEŠ sa-ma-nu-tu₂ ra-kib ⸢USSU⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... was cut off like a storm to a hostile land (Akk) The ... of the E-šu-e-23 has cut off the samanû-flood |
| 27' | [...] ⸢ar₂⸣-ka-a-ti i-dan i-ha-ma-ma-šu ⸢x⸣ [...] | he will give the orchards and they will praise him. |
| 28' | [...] [miṭ]-⸢ṭa⸣ a-na KUR{i} ⸢pi⸣-i-šu₂ pe-ti [...] | ... Mitba’e opened his eyes to the land of the Apsu |
| 29' | [...] [i-di-ig]-lat e-šat ar₂-rat dal-hat u mar-sat [...] | ... the one who keeps wandering about, awe-inspiring, frightened, and terrified ... |
| 30' | [...] [ni-šu-šu a-šar] ⸢il⸣-la-ka ul i-da-a i-ga-ra-a-tu₂ u₂-naq-qa-pa-[ši-na-a-ti] [...] | ... of his own free will, as for the one of the Eila temple, he does not know, the iĝarātu-festivals he encircles them |
| 31' | [...] [MUŠEN-šu mu-pa-riš]-tu₂ muh-ha-šu₂ im-ma-hi-iṣ-⸢ma⸣ kap-pa-a-šu₂ er-[ṣe-tu₄ im-ta-har] [...] | (Sum) ... his bird, its horns trembled (Akk) Its bird, a raging rapacious bird, was pierced(?) by the wind |
| 32' | [...] [KU₆-šu₂ ina ap-si-i] {⸢d⸣}IŠKUR ir-hi-iṣ-ma pi-i-šu₂ ip-⸢te-net⸣-[te] [...] | ... his fish became angry with the Apsu and opened his mouth to speak |
| 33' | [...] [ina ṣe-e-ri bu-ul-šu₂] ⸢uk-ku-ku-ma ki-ma e-re⸣-[be₂]-⸢e⸣ [i]-⸢ša₂-a⸣-[me] [...] | ... in the morning, his body was swollen, and like a reed worker, he shivered |
| r | ||
| 1' | [lugal-ŋu₁₀ na₄-e im-ma]-gub [be-lu a-na ab-ni iz-ziz-ma] [...] | The lord stood before us and ... |
| 2' | {[na₄}na-ta su im-ta-du₃-du₃]-e [ana zu-mur na-ʾ-i uz-...] [...] | (Sum) The šangû-stone(?) has been piled up (Akk) It has been heaped up on the na stone(?) |
| 3' | [gurud-da (lu₂) kiŋ₂-še₃ na-an-ak-e-en tur-tur-bi] ⸢til⸣-la ⸢na⸣-[an-di-ma a-na šip-ri i te-en-ne₂-pu-uš ina ṣu-uh-hu-ri nag-mir] [...] | (Sum) You should not kill a young man in the place of the scepter (Akk) You must not kill the young man, you must not bring him to an end |
| 4' | [di-kud-gin₇ kur-kur-ra si-sa₂]-e ⸢ki⸣-[ma da-a-a-ni KUR-MEŠ šu-te-šir] [...] | Like a lion, he conquered all the lands. |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣-na ⸢x⸣ [...] [...] | ... the temple, the temple |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ke₄ ša₂ [...] [...] | ... of the temple |
| 7' | [ŋeš-kiŋ₂-ti-ŋu₁₀-še₃ igi ba-ab-DU]-⸢na⸣ ina ⸢kiš⸣-[kat₂-te-e ina ma-ah-ri a-lik] [...] | Before Bāb-bani-e’e in the “Kiš-ekattê-temple, before |
| 8' | [e {na₄}ŋiri₂-zu₂-gal-la lu₂ min a]-⸢na-bi⸣ ⸢e ṣur⸣-[ru ša₂ an-niš u₃ ul-li-iš] [...] | “Ha! birizugala stone, a second one, the ānabî-stone (and) the ṣuru-stone of this and later |
| 9' | [lugal-ŋu₁₀ {na₄}im-an-e ba]-⸢gub⸣ be-lu ⸢a⸣-[na {na₄}im-ma-nak-ku] ⸢iz⸣-ziz-⸢ma⸣ [...] | “Lugal-bīti set up the ima-stone, the lord of the Ima-e, the immanakku-stone |
| 10' | [lugal-ŋu₁₀ {na₄}maš-da im-ma]-⸢gub⸣ be-lu [a-na {na₄}maš-de-e] ⸢iz-ziz-ma⸣ [...] | The king set up the mašda stone. The lord stood up for the mashtakal stone. |
| 11' | [ka tar-re-de₃ barag-ba u₃-bi₂-in-gurud-de₃] ⸢ana da⸣-li-⸢li⸣ [ina pa-rak-ki in]-na-⸢di⸣ [...] [...] | In order to open the mouth, in order to make the dais shine, he erected an eana for the goddess Aurelî. In your pārātu ... |
| 12' | [...] {na₄}MIN [...] [...] | ... ditto stone |
| 13' | [lugal-ŋu₁₀ en {d}nin-urta-ra igi-ni-še₃ ha-ba-gub-bu-nam im-mi-dug₄-ga]-⸢gin₇⸣ be-lu {⸢d}nin⸣-[urta a-na-ku ki-ma a-na pa-ni-šu lu-zi-iz-mi taq-bu-u₂] [...] | “Lugalbu, lord Ninurta, stand before him, and he will be agreeable to you— I am the owner of NinURta. As you have said in his presence, I shall stand. |
| 14' | [...] [(x)] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] [...] | |
| 15' | [...] [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] [...] | |
| 16' | [...] [...] ša₂ ⸢x x x⸣ [...] [...] | ... of ... ... |
| 17' | [...] [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] [...] | |
| 18' | [...] [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] [...] | |
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