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CDLI Literary 000773 (Diatribe B) composite (P478961)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000773 (Diatribe B) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478961 |
| 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 | {disz}engar-du10 x lu2 lil2-la2 za3 [...] dumu KA-a bulug3-ga2 | Engardu ... a ghostly man ... the child born in ... |
| 2 | lu2 pe-el-la2 ni2-su-ub kusz se3-ga x e2-gar8-da szub-a | The defiled one, the one bound with a leather strap, the ... of the wall fell. |
| 3 | {disz}engar-du10 ze2-za nar-e-ne lu2 dim2?-ma nu-sa6 | Engardu, your sweet one, the musicians, the one who did not make good(?) |
| 4 | silim du11-du11 ur SZID-SZID-na lu2-u3 szu?-a e3? | The one who utters a supplication, the dog ... |
| 5 | e2 x gal2-u3 du14 ga-e-da-ak ulutim2 {ugu}ugu4-bi | I want to speak with you in the ... house, its old age |
| 6 | is-hab2 lu2-inim-ma tesz2 nu-tuku di-sze3 gu2 nu-szum2-mu | (Sum) The slanderer has no counsel, he does not give counsel (Akk) He is the one who does not listen to counsel |
| 7 | ki-ma-an-ze2-er lu2 kal-e nu-zu sag erin2-na sal-sal | A place where the weak man does not know, where the head of the troops is thin. |
| 8 | lu2 ezem nu-KU szah2 lu-hu-um-ta su3-a gu2 mu-un-da-an-ku5 | The one who does not go to the festival cuts off the pig from the thicket. |
| 9 | eme ti bala nig2-erim2-e ki ag2 ah-da x [...] | The tongue, the bala of evil, beloved by Aḫda |
| 10 | du14 mu2-mu2 kesz2-da-ta e3-a in dub2-dub2 [...] | (Sum) The slanderer, the one who came out from the womb (Akk) The battle that came out of the Ŋešda-womb |
| 11 | ur-sag gub-be2 szu-bi-sze3 la2-a tug2-da [...] | (Sum) The hero, the one who stands, the hand is tied to his hand (Akk) To the hero who stands with his hand, the garment ... |
| 12 | {disz}engar-du10 gu-du kesz2 eme HAR dim2-ma a-ha-x [...] | Engardu, the gudu-priestess, the one who ... a ... tongue |
| 13 | lu2 x nu-tuku kun ka-bi-sze3 szub-ba nig2 ni2-bi nu-x | (Sum) The one who has no ..., the tail of its mouth is fallen, nothing ... (Akk) The man who does not have ... |
| 14 | eh3 ehehhe e-sir2 dagal-la lu2 nam-ta-e3-a | The one who emerges from the broad street, the ehhhhe-demon, |
| 15 | inim se3-se3 umusz dim2-ma-na sig ka tar-re-a bala-bala | The one who listens to the words of his utterance, the one who turns the mouth back and forth, |
| 16 | lu2-ra gala musz-lah4-e dub2-dub2 mu pi-il nar-e-ne | For the man, the gala-priest, the mušlaḫ priest, the one who squabbles, the name of the musicians. |
| 17 | ur gu3 de2 {gesz}za3-mi2-a nu-gal2 gu3 kiri6 de2-de2 | The lion is shouting, there is no šami tree, it is roaring in the orchard. |
| 18 | KU-KU-usz KA-KA gu2-ni sag zi e2 sa ab-la2-e | He ... his neck, he covers the house with a good head. |
| 19 | a2 al-ag2-e x x gal2 erin2 ab [...]-dar | (Sum) He ... the troops ... (Akk) The troops .... |
| 20 | x-bi ka lu2 DI IG x nu-un-na-du10 | Its ... is not good for him. |
| 21 | x KA AN hul-sze3 x bala-bala x | ... to evil ... |
| surface b | ||
| 1 | [...] {gesz}giri3-na [...] | ... his feet |
| 2 | na-an-ga-ma nu-zuh szesz-a-na a la-ba-szi-ak | “Don’t be negligent, do not let your brother drink water! |
| 3 | kar he2-en-du3 tilla2 iri x hu-mu-ni-in-tug2-tug2 | May he build a harbor, may he pacify the streets of the city. |
| 4 | pa-ag2 he2-en-ze2 lu2 abula [...] geszkim-bi hu-mu-un-x | May he be praised! May the one of the gate ... its sign |
| 5 | ur5-ta ki na-me-sze3 nam-ba-DU en-nu-ug3 [...] | Do not go out from the roof, no place ... the guard |
| 6 | {disz}engar-du10 szir3 ku3-zu mu-til nam-mah-zu [...] | Plowman, your pure song is finished, your greatness ... |
| 7 | in-zu sila dagal ba-ni-in-[...] lul-zu pa bi2-i-e3 | He made your inseminatu extend across the broad street, he made your falsehood manifest |
| 8 | x lu2 igi sag5 {disz}engar-du10 KA gu4? [...] | ... the one who sees (him): Engardu ... oxen |
| 9 | [...] dar{muszen}-gin7 x [...] | ... like a raven |
| 10 | [...]-da musz-lah4 [...] | ... the snake ... |
| 11 | [...] KA [...] | ... ... |
| 12 | [...] x na x [...] | ... sunrise to moonset: ... |
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