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CDLI Literary 000616 (Baba A) composite (P478847)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000616 (Baba A) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478847 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| surface a | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] x x [...] x [...] | |
| 4' | {d}lamma sa6-ga {d}ba-ba6 mi2-bi x x ga-mu-u8-de3-en | I want to ... the beautiful protective deity Baba |
| 5a' | x x x x zu? a kar-ra x [...] | ... water in the quay |
| 5b' | _... i-qa2-ab-bu-u2 [...]_ | ... they say ... |
| 6a' | x x x x ib2-be2-a a kar-ra x [...] | ... which he said, the water of the harbor ... |
| 6b' | _... i-qa2-ab-bu-u2 x [...]_ | ... they say ... ... |
| 7a' | x x DU geszkim-ti BI? sag szu? x [...] | ... the contract(?) |
| 7b' | _... a-la?-ki-szu ta-ki-il-[...]_ | ... his way, you ... |
| 8a' | x x NI ki? szu nu-la2-e-da usu i3-x [...] | ... that cannot be reached(?), strength |
| 8b' | _x x x x x x u2-ul i-sza-x x [...]_ | ... he will not .... |
| 9a' | x NE? nig2-tuku-u3 nu-x-x-du szu nu-la2-e-da | ... does not ... possessions, does not hold back(?) |
| 9b | _a-na sza-ri-im u2-ul il-la-ak x [...]_ | He will not go to the king. ... .... |
| 10a' | x LA2 x nu-x x x x-da du10-ga DI x x | ... good ... |
| 10b' | _u2-ul x x KI-it-ti x SZA NU x [...]_ | ... not ... ... |
| 11a' | ma2-gur8 {d}suen su4-su4 nin a-na-zu nu-zil2-zil2-i | The barge of Sîn, the bright one, the lady, what does not shine? |
| 11b | _e-le-pu x x-tum sza i-sza-ad-de3-hu NIN mi-in-ki la x_ | The one who ... the ... that is to be shattered, the lady of your ... not ... |
| 12a' | an-ti-bala ul gur3-ru {d}lamma a-na-zu nu-sa6 | Antibala, joyful one, who can know of you? |
| 12b' | _x x x x ul-s,a na-szi-a-at {d}LAMA mi-in-ki la x_ | “The ... of the king, the lord, is the one who takes care of the lamassu-priestess, not |
| 13a' | {d}lamma sa6-ga {d}ba-ba6 mi2-bi x x ga-mu-u8-de3-en | I want to ... the beautiful protective deity Baba |
| 13b' | _{d}LAMA da-mi-iq-tum sza {d}ba-ba6 te-ek-ni-tum_ | O good lamassu of Baba, merciful one, |
| 14a' | [...] gesz-ta du-a-ni | ... going from the tree |
| 14b' | _...-szi a-la-ki-sza_ | ... I will go. |
| 15a' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 15b' | _... x x x [...]_ | ... ... |
| 16a' | [...] | |
| 16b' | _... x x x x x_ | ... ... |
| 17a' | [...] | |
| 17b' | _... x i-na i-di-szu sza-ki-in_ | ... is placed at his side. |
| 18a' | [...] | |
| 18b' | _... ta-ad-di-ni-szum-ma_ | you gave to him, and |
| 19a' | [...] | |
| 19b' | _... ta-na-ad-di_ | you will rub. |
| 20a' | [...] la-ba-ni10-ni10 | ... does not roam around |
| 20b' | _in? [...]-pa-at-su2 x x ba?-nu u2-ul i-ik-lu5-szu_ | ... his ... they did not bind him. |
| 21a' | [...] x TUM? mu?-un-da-ab-dub | ... heaped up(?) |
| 21b' | _ik?-x x x x-ak-nu-szum-ma a-na sza-a-szi-im i-ik-mi-i-is-si2-x_ | he ... to him, and to him ... |
| 22a' | [...] u4 szu2-usz giri3-x i3-im-x | ... day and night ... |
| 22b' | _ba? ak x szu? szar-ru u4-mi-sza a-na sze-pi-sza sza-pi-ik_ | ... the king, her days, for her feet she smote. |
| 23a' | [...] x du10-zu nin-gu10 im-mi-in-szi-x | ... your sweet ... my lady ... |
| 23b' | _i-na i-mi-it-ti-szu? x x-ki t,a-ba-am be-el-ti i-ZA-[...]_ | At his right side ... good for my lady ... |
| 24a' | x x x giri17-zal su3 nin a-na-zu nu-zil2-zil2-i | ... radiant ..., what is it that makes you not shine? |
| 24b' | _bi-it ni-gu-tim sza ta-szi-il-tam ma-lu-u2 NIN mi-in-ki la x_ | “Bit of the nigūtû-demon, who the tašiltam-disease is plentiful, the sister of your sins not ..., |
| 25a' | x x x mah kalam-ma {d}lamma a-na-zu nu-sa6 | The supreme ... of the land, what does your protective deity not know? |
| 25b' | _u4-um ri-sza-tim s,i2-rum sza ma-ti {d}LAMA mi-in-ki la x_ | “On the day of the extispicy, the bright light of the land, O Lamaštu, your light not |
| 26a' | {d}lamma sa6-ga {d}ba-ba6 mi2-bi x x ga-mu-u8-de3-en | I want to ... the beautiful protective deity Baba |
| 26b' | _{d}LAMA da-mi-iq-tum sza {d}ba-ba6 te-ek-ni-tum_ | O good lamassu of Baba, merciful one, |
| 27a' | munus zi3 nin szu tab-ba ti mu2-da-ni i3-du11-ga | “The woman, the lady, the flour that was poured out, what did she give to her? |
| 27b' | _MUNUS ZI3 ru-ba-tum ka-mi-is-tum sza ba-la-as-sa3 iq-[...]_ | (If) a woman, the flour of a rubatum-priestess, a kamistu-disease that her life ... . |
| 28a' | u4 me-da |DU.DU| inim bala-bala-e-da-ni | When he was to speak a word |
| 28b' | _i-na ma-ti-ma i-na a-tal2-lu-ki i-na at-wi-i-sza_ | at any time during the journey, at her side |
| 29a' | a2-gu2-zi-ta zur-zur-re-esz2 za3-ga-na szub-bu-dam | (Sum) The aguzid priestess, when she rises, falls at her right side (Akk) The Aguzi priestesses who rise from the aguzid priesthood fall at her side |
| 29b' | _i-na ki-ma sze-er-tim i-na ku-te-en-ni-i zu-x x a-na x x_ | In the morning, in the evening ... to ... |
| 30a' | mu-zu gug2 i3 ga-gin7 ka-ge mu-na-ab-si-a | Your name fills the mouth for him like butter and milk. |
| 30b' | _szum-ki ki-ma ku-uk-ki sa10-ni u3 lil2-di pi-a-am ma-x-x_ | your name like a kukku-vessel, his purchase, and the lildī-demon of the mouth ... |
| 31a | nig2 sila{si-la2-ta} de6{de}-a-na kasz sur-ra-na sag-bi | When he pours out beer in the street, its head is like that of a drunk man. |
| 31b' | _mi-im-ma sza isz-tu su2-qi2-im i-na ba-ba-li-sza rex(SIPA)-esz-ti x x_ | everything that from the street from her first-born daughter ... |
| 32a' | pu2-kiri6-na nig2 sag-bi ha-ma-na-DU im-me-e-a | In his orchard, a thing of the head may be ... for him. |
| 32b' | _sza re-e-esz |GISZ.SAR|-sza lu-hir-szi-im i-qa2-ab-bi_ | of the head of her garden may she pluck up, he will say. |
| 33a' | a2 u4-da esz3 gir2-su2{ki} igi mu-ri-ib-du8-am3 | The arms of the storm, the shrine Girsu, were seen. |
| 33b' | _u4-mi-sza i-na bi-tim gir-szi-im i-na-at,-t,a-al_ | every day in the house of the governor he will watch. |
| 34a' | u4 szu2-usz-e zalag-ga-ni igi-zu-sze3 mu-ni-ib-dib-dib-a | When he passes the day shiningly before you, |
| 34b' | _u4-mi-sza nam-ri-isz i-na mah-ri-ki i-ta-al-la-ak_ | her days are long, she goes before you. |
| 35a' | {d}lamma x lu2-ulu3-ba dam a-a-sze3 mu-na-e-szum2 | The guardian angel ... gave the spouse to his father. |
| 35b' | _{d}LAMA a-na a-wi-il-tim sza-a-ti mu-tam ki-ma a-bi ta-ad-di-ni-szim-ma_ | the bull to that man a wife like a father you gave to her, and |
| 36a' | dam a-a-sze3 mu-na-e-szum2 dumu a-sza3 szukur2-sze3 mu-na-e-szum2 | He gave the wife to his father, he gave the son to the field as a sacrifice. |
| 36b' | _mu-tam ki-ma a-bi ta-ad-di-ni-szim-ma [...]_ | You gave her a name like that of a father and ... |
| 37a' | [...] x inim in-de2 lu2 i3-DU | ... speaks a word: the man will go. |
| 37b' | _bi-x-sa3 u2-x-ma mi-im-ma x x [...]_ | ... everything ... ... |
| 38a' | [...] x szum2 x x x nig2-su-ub ak-a | ... giving ..., doing justice |
| 38b' | _MUNUS x [...]_ | If a woman ... .... |
| 1 | munus zi3 {d}utu kalam-ma dingir-ga2 me-tesz2 ga-i-i | I want to praise the woman, the flour of Utu in the Land, my god. |
| 2 | sukkal-mah ama {d}ba-ba6 zi lugal-la u3-tu4 | the chief minister, mother Baba, gave birth to the life of the king |
| 3 | ra-gaba ku3 an-sza3-ta dub nam-ti-la an-e11-de3 | To bring the holy scribal apprentice up from the midst of heaven, to raise a tablet of life, |
| 4 | im an-ta giri3-a DU he2-gal2 pa e3 | ... making abundance manifest from above. |
| 5 | sag szum2{mu-x-hi-isz-tum} me-te {d}ba-ba6 itima ku3-ga he2-du7-bi-im | It is the head of the šummu-x-hishtum, fitting for Baba. It is its fitting in the holy shrine. |
| 6 | {d}lamma lu2 sizkur-ra {d}ba-ba6 ur2-sag HI ZA KA? | Lamma, the one of the sizkur prayer, Baba, hero |
| 7 | nam-lu2-u18-lu ki ag2 nig2-ba-bi hul2-le-za | You who rejoice over the man who loves his possessions, |
| 8 | {d}lamma sa6-ga {d}ba-ba6 mi2-bi su3-u4-sze3 ga-mu-e-i-i-de3-en | Let us go to the beautiful protective deity Baba for a long time. |
| 9 | x sag sig7 hi-li gur3-ru KISZI4?-KISZI4? {na4}za-gin3-a | ... full of allure, lapis lazuli |
| 10 | [...] sig7-ga umusz gar szita-e {gun3-gun3}gu2-a? | ... adorned with a reddish radiance, clad in a šitae garment |
| 11 | [...] DU x x MA RU x IGI x DI? IB | ... ... |
| 12 | [...] lugal-sze3 he2-em-szi-ni-gal2 | ... may it be there for the king. |
| 13 | [...] x gub?-bu-zu lal3 x [...] | ... your stationed(?) ... honey |
| 1 | [...] x x DAG? x RU x [...] | ... ... |
| 2 | [...] x ge-na UD-UD MA KA | ... ... |
| 3 | [...]-ra munus zi3 {d}lamma-gu10 | For ..., my flour-bearing woman |
| 4 | {d}lamma sa6-ga {d}ba-ba6 mi2-bi su3-u4-sze3 ga-mu-e-i-i-de3-en | Let us go to the beautiful protective deity Baba for a long time. |
| 5 | [...] HA? UM? MA? SZE3 la2-a i-im-me ZA UD DU UR4 ak | ... he will not speak(?) |
| 6 | nir-gal2 ki ag2 {d}ba-ba6 nin x sag ga zi3-da-ke4 | Beloved one of Baba, lady ... of the milk and flour |
| 7 | ha-ra-ni-ib-x he2?-em?-su3?-ra nin BA AL GIM |DU.DU|-da | May he/she/they(?) ... for you, may he(?) cover(?) the lady like a ... |
| 8 | en dig-alim-ma-ke4 gidru-bi hu-mu-gal2 me-tesz2-bi | Lord Igalima, may its scepter be present. |
| 9 | munus zi3 {d}lamma-gu10 nin nam gu3 de2-a-za | The woman, my flour-bearing lamma, the lady whose utterances |
| 10 | {d}lamma sa6-ga {d}ba-ba6 mi2-bi su3-u4-sze3 ga-mu-e-i-i-de3-en | Let us go to the beautiful protective deity Baba for a long time. |
| 11 | nin gu7 nag KA NI? x x nam-he2-a zu2 kesz2 i | Lady who eats, drinks(?) ... in abundance |
| 12 | ki-tusz he2-gal2 abzu-ta DIN-bi-a gu3 nun di | From the dwelling, the abundance of the Abzu ... |
| 1' | {d}lamma-gu10 nin [...] | My protective deity, the lady |
| 2' | munus zi3 giri17-zal il2-il2-i szu4{u3} inim-ma gesz tuku | a woman carrying flour and joy, who listens to words, |
| 3' | inim du10 eme si sa2 nin nig2-ge-e ki ag2-x | Good words, perfect tongues, the lady who loves ... |
| 4' | sukkal-mah ama {d}ba-ba6 nundum? ku3-babbar-ra-ke4 | the chief minister, mother Baba, the jeweller of silver |
| 5' | x si sa2 gesztu me-ze2 UD-UD-e SI A | ... wisdom ... |
| 6' | munus zi3 {d}lamma-gu10 ulutim2 lu2 nu-se3-ge5-zu | My flour-bearing woman, who does not know the ropes of a man |
| 7' | igi x x TI-gu10 mi2-bi su3-u4-sze3 ga-mu-u8-en-de3-en | My ..., let us go for a long time. |
| 8' | kusz x me a dadag-ga sa6-ga gal-bi diri-ga-am3 | The ... skin, the pure water, its great splendor is surpassing. |
| 9' | AD ZA x x DAG? x HU NE zi-pa-ag2 x x x x | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) .... |
| 10' | x sal-sal siki sur-sur GAR3 mun-na SA? x RA? x x x | [x] tufts of wool, trimmed, ... ...; |
| 11' | unu2 szuba su4-su4 za3-sze siki [...] | In the dining hall, adorned with shiny šuba stones, ... wool |
| 12' | x ZI-gin7 il2-il2-i a2-ur2 u4-gin7 zalag-zalag-ga-am3 | ... lifting like a lion, shining like daylight. |
| 13' | x x SZE3-la?-gin7 la-la-gal2 a2-disz-kusz3 sal-la-am3 | Like a ..., it is full of radiance, full of brilliance |
| 14' | x-ge KA tum2-ma szu-si ku3-babbar [...] | ... fitting for ..., ... of silver |
| 15' | {na4}nir7 SUM [...] | ... nir7 stone |
| 16' | x e2?-gal x UN [...] | ... palace |
| 17' | munus zi3 {d}lamma-gu10 ulutim2 lu2 nu-se3-ge5-zu | My flour-bearing woman, who does not know the ropes of a man |
| 18' | mi2-bi su3-u4-sze3 ga-mu-u8-en-de3-en | Let us go for a long life! |
| 19' | sukkal nig2 nu-ha-lam-e nin ki ur5 sa6 [...] | The vizier who does not destroy anything, the lady, the beautiful place |
| 20' | sza3 su4 TA lu2? GIM DU LI [...] | The heart ... like ... |
| 21' | SIG4? {gesz}geszimmar? SZU RI A TUM TI TA [...] | (If) a brick(?) with date palm(?) ... .... |
| 22' | ib2-ib2 dagal u2 x x MA [...] me-te-gal2 | Widely spread out ... is present. |
| 23' | mu-zu x x-gin7 NA MUNUS [...] x nu-NUNUZ-a | Your name ... like ... |
| 24' | nig2 szu DI SI SAR-SAR nin x x x-gin7 la2 | ... lady ... like ... |
| 25' | BA? sal-la KA tuk4-tuk4-e | “(If) he shouts(?) loudly(?) |
| 26' | munus zi3 {d}lamma-gu10 alan szu-a gi4-a-za | My flour-bearing woman, when you return the statue in your hands |
| 27' | mi2-bi su3-u4-sze3 ga-mu-u8-en-de3-en | Let us go for a long life! |
| 28' | [...] ga i3-ti-ir-da-gin7 TA? lu-ug-ge | ... like milk from the river |
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