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CDLI Literary 000777 (Death of Nawirtum) composite (P478965)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000777 (Death of Nawirtum) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478965 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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) |
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| 1 | u4 hul dab5?-be2-da-na ki-sikil-ra ba-[...] | When evil was seized, the young woman ... |
| 2 | munus sa6-ga ki-sikil he2-du7-ra igi hul ba-[...] | The beautiful woman, the beautiful girl, looked evilly at her |
| 3 | muszen amar-bi gud3-bi dirig-sze3 sa im-[...] | The bird ... its calf and its nest |
| 4 | ama gan ama dumu tur gesz-bur?-re ba-an-[...] | The mother, the child-bearing mother, ... the young child(?) |
| 5 | ab2 sig7-ga szilam bar-szu-gal2 gakkul?-gin7 bi2-in-x | He ... like a red cow with a horned extispicy |
| 6 | {disz}na-wi-ir-tum szilam bar-szu-gal2 gakkul-gin7 bi2-in-x | Nawirtum ... like a šilam-disease-demon |
| 7 | a-gig li-bi2-in-du11-ga en3-bi la-ba-szi-in-tar | The illness that he had spoken about, he did not inquire after it. |
| 8 | lil2 nu-um-ga-am3 ki dingir nu-mu-[...] | There is no ghost, there is no god |
| 9 | ki-nu2-bi-gin7 IM gurud-da-bi la-ba-ab-x | Like its sleeping place, it does not ... its young ones. |
| 10 | nibru{ki} {d}muru9 ba-da-an-gar iri-a [...] | In Nippur Muru was established, in the city |
| 11 | ug3 dagal-sze u11-u8 im-ma-an-szub nam? mu-un-x x | He abandoned the wide-spread people and |
| 12 | {a}akkil KI? gu3 kiri6 szen-szen-gin7 ba-an-KU? | The bakkil drum(?) ... like a roaring storm in the orchard |
| 13 | x tuku-tuku KA lum-lum-ma-x ugu-bi dab5?-dab5?-ba? szu? du7 [...] | (Sum) The one who has ..., the one who is seized(?) (Akk) Those who have ... are seized, the ones who have been seized |
| 14 | arhusz zi til-le-a-ni za3-ga i3-szub-be2 | (Sum) His true heart, whose life is endowed with mercy, abandons (Akk) He abandons his true heart that is ended by mercy |
| 15 | alan ku3-sig17-gin7 nig2 gar-ra-ni-sze3 lipisz mu-un-na-ta-an-zi?-x | Like a gold statue, he raises his anger towards her |
| 16 | lu2 igi-ni im-szi-bar-ra-a szex(SIG7)-szex(SIG7) nu-ga2-ga2 | (Sum) The one who sees him, he does not set his eyes towards him (Akk) The man who saw him is not setting his eyes toward him |
| 17 | ama er2-ra KA x sag3-sag3-ge NI nu? GAB sig7-ga AN szu [...] | The mother in tears ... shaking(?) ... yellow ... |
| 18 | szir3 sag x DI inim du10-ga-ke4-e-ne | The singers of ... and good words |
| 19 | i-lu sza3-ne-sza4? ki-szar2-ra ib2-szi-kur2-ru-a | The lament of the šanneša prayer(?) is to be uttered in the world |
| 20 | in-sa6 IM x bi2-ib2-gi4-a re szir3-esz2 mu-un-na-ab?-be2 | The one who is pleasing ..., he sings a song for him |
| 21 | AL? x ban3-da-a-ni-ta sag szu ak-a re | After he had shaved his head |
| 22 | na4 x x gu2-a ku5-da sa2 nu-mu-un-pa3 u2-gu-e mu-un-de5 | The ... stone, cut off from the neck, was not found, it was carried away. |
| 23 | ur2 dam-ma?-na-ka u4 nu-su3-su3-ra2 i-si-isz nu-til-la re | In the lap of his spouse, a storm that cannot be undone, he is the one who is not finished |
| 24 | ag2 x-ga-a-ni-ta {d}nin-urta a-la nu-gi4-a re | Because of his ... Ninurta, the ala drum was not played. |
| 25 | nin-dingir ki ag2-ga2-a-ni ge6-par3-sze3 la-ba-ni-in-ku4-ra re | When his beloved lady did not enter the ŋipar, |
| 26 | eme5 dam-sze3 mu-ni-pa3-da nig2-de2-a-sze3 szu nu-mu-un-gid2-de2 | The she-donkey, which he chose for her spouse, does not accept a gift. |
| 27 | buru14? NE la2 za3-ga-na til-til-la re | The harvest(?) ... finished on his side |
| 28 | nam-gu-la sa6-ga im-ma-an-e11-de3 i-lu mu-un-na-ab-be2 e-ne | He brought forth the beautiful greatness, he says a lament for him. |
| 29 | ama ugu-ni-ir u4 zalag ba-da-he2-szi a2-kar2 mu-un-na-si | The mother who bore him was surrounded by a bright daylight, he sat on the throne. |
| 30 | hal-hal-bi si pad ak-a-bi za3-la mu-un-na-ak-e | Its halhal, its reed stalks are piled up for him on the border. |
| 31 | zi-bi igi-ni ab-ta-e3 su hul-bi zil-zil-le | Its life has left its face, its evil flesh has been made into a mound. |
| 32 | x erin2? im-ri-a-bi ba-da-x [...] BI x x | ... its troops ... |
| 33 | x x du10?-ta NI [...] gal2-la re | From the good(?) |
| 34 | ba?-ra-gub-bu-usz [...]-e | I will not stand(?) for you |
| 35 | emeda{da}-emeda{da}-bi za3 [...]-de3-esz | Their nursemaids ... at the side |
| 36 | AB? NE-NE KA [...]-kar?-ra-asz | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) The ... of(?) the ...(?) |
| 37 | lu2 sza3 dab5-ba-gin7 na4 [...] gig-ga | Like a man who is seized by a heart, ... stone ... bitterly |
| 38 | iri{ki}-ni-ta u4 an-ta NE? [...] nu-dirig | From his city, from above ... we did not make it good(?) |
| 39 | u4-bi-a nitalam ki ag2-ga2-a-ni [...] dili-a-ni | At that time, his beloved spouse, his alone |
| 40 | iri{ki}-na nibru{ki}-a iri? x x NI KU | In his city, in Nippur, the city ... |
| 41 | {disz}lu2-dingir-ra nitalam ki ag2-ga2-a-ni [...] dili-a-ni | Lu-dingira, his beloved wife, his single |
| 42 | iri{ki}-na nibru{ki}-a iri? x x NI KU | In his city, in Nippur, the city ... |
| 43 | ki-tusz gal [...] sza3? hul? ba-an-na-te | He approached the great residence, the place of the evil heart |
| 44 | szu-ni? ba?-an?-dab5-be2-esz sza3-bi x mu-un-ra | They grasped his hand, he ... his heart |
| 45 | [...]-a-ni u2-a ab-ta-an-ku5 zi-ni x ab-da-ra-ra | ... cut off his ... from the water, his life ... |
| 46 | x x ab2-gin7 ib2-e3 lu2 TUG2 dam? nu-tuku-tuku | ... emerges like a cow, a man who has no wife(?) |
| 47 | x x-bi bi2-ib2-mur10-e er2 am3-szi-sze8-sze8 | ... lies down, she weeps. |
| 48 | x x MU x TUG2? ga DU? me-am3 ga-mu-ri-in-pa3 | ... where will I find you? |
| 49 | {d}me-me {d}lamma hi-li-hi-li me-am3 ga-mu-ri-in-pa3 | “Meme, the protective deity of allure, where will I find you? |
| 50 | KA x la? KA DIM3? inim sa6 me-am3 ga-mu-ri-in-pa3 | ... I want to find out the good word(?) |
| 51 | gesz?-dim3? mar-uru5 ar2-re-esz dim2-ma-gu10 me-am3 ga-mu-ri-in-pa3 | Where can I find my “made-of-a-tree"(?)? |
| 52 | igi? x x x zalag-zalag sa2-gar nun-na-gu10 me-am3 ga-mu-ri-in-pa3 | Where can I find my shining ..., my princely ...? |
| 53 | UL x A IGI-gu10 su3-ag2 kal-la-gu10 me-am3 ga-mu-ri-in-pa3 | ... where will I find my precious, precious one? |
| 54 | szir3 du10 nig2 sza3 hul2-hul2-la-gu10 me-am3 ga-mu-ri-in-pa3 | Where can I find a good song that makes my heart rejoice? |
| 55 | gesz-dim3? mar-uru5 ku3-sig17 ur5 zalag-zalag-ga-gu10 me-am3 ga-mu-ri-in-pa3 | Where can I find my gold and lapis lazuli ornament? |
| 56 | gu4-u4-gu4-u4 szu il2-il2-i ma-li-li-bi-gu10 me-am3 ga-mu-ri-in-pa3 | Woe, my bull, raised hands, where can I find you? |
| 57 | a-ra2-zu na-an-ha-lam-e mu-zu ha-ma-pa3-de3 | May your prayer not be forgotten, may your name be uttered to me. |
| 58 | nam-tag-ga e2-e-zu ha-ba-an-ze2-er szul-a-lum-zu ha-ba-an-du8 | May the sin of your house be released, may your well-being be released. |
| 59 | dam-zu he2-ti nam-szul nam-ab?-ba he2-ak-e | May your spouse live, may youth be cultivated(?) |
| 60 | nam-tar dumu-zu he2-zil2-zil2-le silim-ma hu-mu-ne-gar | May Namtar, your child, be pure, may he establish peace for him. |
| 61 | e2?-zu igi-bi-sze3 he2-en-du a-ga-bi-sze3 he2-dagal | May your temple be built in front of it, may its foundations be wide |
| 62 | {d}utu kur-ta u4 zalag ha-ra-ta-e3 a si-ga KA?-e | Šamaš, coming out from the mountains with a bright daylight, he ... the water |
| 63 | {d}nin-kur-ra-ke4 he2-da-szi-DU? gu2-zu he2-eb2-il2-e | May Ninkur ... with you, may he raise your neck |
| 64 | u4 gig za-ra ma-ra-ni-ib-gi4-a re an-ur2 he2-eb2-gi4 | If he does not return the bitter storm to you, may he return to the horizon! |
| 65 | gal5-la2 szu-ni ma-ra-an-de6-a asz2 hul-bi he2-en-du11? | May he say evil things about the galla demons that he brought to you. |
| 66 | ki-sikil du10 la-la-na gu4-gin7 nu2-a re i-lu-zu gig-ga-am3 | Sweet maiden, lying down like an ox, your lament is bitter. |
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