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CDLI Literary 000734 (Nisaba B) composite (P478915)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000734 (Nisaba B) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478915 |
| 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 | [...]-ba x-ra ba-gul | ... destroyed |
| 2 | [...] gul-gul ba-gul | ... destroyed, destroyed |
| 3 | [...] {d}nisaba ba-gul | ... Nisaba was destroyed |
| 4 | e2 {d}nisaba mu-lu2 dub-ba-ka ba-gul | The house of Nisaba, the one who wrote it, was destroyed. |
| 5 | e2 {d}asznan-ma ba-gul | The temple of Ezina was destroyed. |
| 6 | e2 {d}nun-bar-sze-gu-nu ba-gul | The temple of Nunbaršegunu was destroyed. |
| 7 | x x x e2-ha-mun ba-gul | ... the Ehamun temple is destroyed. |
| 8 | u2-a-nir ba-am3-mu2 szu-mu ba-am3-mu2 | He made the uānir plant grow, he made the hand grow. |
| 9 | bad3-bi u2 gid2-da ba-am3-mu2 | Its walls were covered with long grass. |
| 10 | sza3-ba u2 mu gen-na-ke4 szu mu-un-ni10-ni10-e | In its midst, the one who goes to the garden, cries out. |
| 11 | e-ne-eg3 an-na e-ne-eg3 {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2 re | The word of An, the word of Enlil |
| 12 | sza3 ib2-ba an gu-la-ke4 szu mu-un-ni10-ni10-e | The angry heart of great An trembles. |
| 13 | sza3-ab hul-gal2-la {d}mu-ul-lil2-la2-ke4 szu mu-un-ni10-ni10-e | The evil heart of Enlil trembles |
| 14 | ma-gu10-a iti6 ma-gu10-a | My house, moonlight, my house! |
| 15 | iti6 ag2 giri17-zal ma-gu10-a | The moonlight, the joy of my house, |
| 16 | iti6 ge6 giri17-zal ma-gu10-a | Night and day, joy of my house |
| 17 | ag2 giri17-zal ge6 giri17-zal ma-gu10-a nam-mu-un-e3-de3-en | You should not come out to my joyous thing, joyous night. |
| 18 | mu-lu-gu10-ra iti6 mu-lu-gu10-ra bad3-de3 mu-na-ab-la2 | For my man, the moonlight of my man was carried off to the wall. |
| 19 | iti6 ag2 giri17-zal mu-lu-gu10-ra | The moonlight of joy for my man |
| 20 | iti6 ge6-a giri17-zal mu-lu-gu10-ra | In the night of the moonlight, joy for my man |
| 21 | ag2 giri17-zal ge6 giri17-zal mu-lu-gu10-ra bad3-de3 mu-na-ab-la2 | The things that delight the night, those that delight my man, were carried off to the wall for him. |
| 22 | iti6-sze3 ki sikil iti6-sze3 1(asz)-sza mu-un-nu2-en | “At night, at the pure place, at night I lie down. |
| 23 | iti6 hur-sag ki sikil-la si-a-sze3 1(asz)-sza mu-un-nu2-en | In the moonlight of the mountain range that is set in a pure place, I lie down for one day. |
| 24 | kur {gesz}erin-na {d}mu-ul-lil2 nu2-a-sze3 1(asz)-sza mu-un-nu2-en | To the mountain of cedar, where Enlil lies, I lie down for one day. |
| 25 | [...] er2 gig i3-sze8-sze8 | ... weeps bitterly |
| 26 | [...] iti6-sze3 nu2-a er2 gig i3-sze8-sze8 | ... lying down in the night, she weeps bitterly |
| 27 | [...] i3-zalag-ga-am3 i-e3 me-e ba-ge6-ge-en | ... shining ..., I am the one who is darkened. |
| 28 | iti6 ag2 giri17-zal i-zalag-ga-am3 i-e3 me-e ba-ge6-ge-en | “Did you see the moonlight that was bright? I am the one who is darkened. |
| 29 | iti6 ge6 giri17-zal i-zalag-ga-am3 i-e3 me-e ba-ge6-ge-en | The moonlight of the night is bright, I am the one who sees it. |
| 30 | ag2 giri17-zal ge6 giri17-zal i-zalag-ga-am3 i-e3 me-e ba-ge6-ge-en | It is something that makes the night shine, it is a shining night, I am the one who has been made to sleep. |
| 31 | ki sikil u4 zu ni2 me-lam2-ma-na er2-sze3 ba-sze8-sze8 | She weeps over the pure place that knows daylight. |
| 32 | ama {d}ezina2-{d}ku3-su3 ni2 me-lam2-ma-na er2-sze3 ba-sze8-sze8 | Mother Ezina-Kusu wept in her radiance. |
| 33 | nam-tar mu-szub-ba ni2 me-lam2-ma-na er2-sze3 ba-sze8-sze8 | The fate that has fallen, he weeps over himself in his splendor. |
| 34 | szir3-nam-szu-ub {d}nisaba | song of Nisaba |
Sources & licences
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