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CDLI Literary 000785 (Three Ox-drivers from Adab) composite (P478971)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000785 (Three Ox-drivers from Adab) composite |
|---|---|
| ID | P478971 |
| 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.
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| 1 | gu5?-li-li 3(disz)-am3 dumu adab{ki}-ke4-ne | 3 (mana wool for) the citizens of Adab |
| 2 | di in-da-ab-tuku-usz-am3 di-da ab-kin-kin-e | he has a case to litigate, he will litigate. |
| 3 | inim ib2-ta-an-szar2-szar2-esz-am3 lugal-e an-ta ba-an-gi | The king turned away from heaven. |
| 4 | lugal-me gu4-da ri i3-ak-e-de3-nam | We are kings, oxen go by. |
| 5 | gu4 lu2 1(disz)-a-kam ab2 lu2 1(disz)-a-kam {gesz}mar lu2 1(disz)-a-kam | one ox or one cow, one cow or one wagon, one man |
| 6 | enmen2 bi2-tuku-un-da-nam a nu-mu-e-da-gal2 | (Sum) The en priestess did not have water to drink with him (Akk) The counsel that he had was not with him |
| 7 | lu2 gu4-da-ra a u3-um-te-si a ga-nag-en-de3-en-e-sze | For the oxen-driver, I want to drink water, so we can drink water. |
| 8 | gu4-gu10 ur-mah-e u3-bi2-gu7 gu4-gu10-ta ba-ra-e3-de3-en-e-sze | My ox, the lion eats it! We will not go out from my oxx! |
| 9 | lu2 ab2-ba-ra a u3-um-te-si a ga-nag-en-de3-en-e-sze | “Let us pour water for the cows, let us drink water! |
| 10 | ab2-gu10 edin-sze3 u3-ba-gen ab2-gu10-ta ba-ra-e3-de3-en-e-sze | My cow, when I go to the steppe, we will not go out from my cow. |
| 11 | lu2 {gesz}mar-ra-ra a u3-um-te-si a ga-nag-en-de3-en-e-sze | I want to drink water for the man of the wagon, let us drink water! |
| 12 | {gesz}mar-gu10 gu2?-un? u3-un-ku-ku-ru _ta-az-za-ba-al_ {gesz}mar-gu10-ta ba-ra-e3-de3-en-e-sze | My carpenter, if only he could hold back the talents(?) of the carpenters(?) - why would we not come out from my carpentry? |
| 13 | gana ga-ni-re7-en-de3-en gana ga-an-ga-am3-gi-de3-en | Let us go to the field, let us go there! |
| 14 | gu4 esz2? ba-a-la2-e um?-la2 ab2 a-sila3-gar-ra-bi um?-sur-sur-ru amar {gesz}mar-ra zu2 bi2-in-gub | The oxen that had been slaughtered(?), the cows which had been plucked from their stalls, the calfs who had been snatched from their wagons, |
| 15 | amar-e a-ba-kam amar-e a-ba-am3 ba-an-de6 | The calf, who is it that will bring it? The calves, who are they? |
| 16 | lugal-e inim nu-mu-un-ne-szi-ib2-gi se2-ek-rum-sze3 ba-da-an-ku4 | The king did not reply to him, he entered the sekrum. |
| 17 | lugal-e se2-ek-rum-ta ad mu-un-di-ni-ib2-gi-gi | The king answered him with a supplication: |
| 18 | gurusz 3(disz)-am3 an-ta ba-an-gi-esz-a | The 3 male laborers who had been brought down from heaven |
| 19 | lugal-me gu4-da ri i3-ak-en-de3-nam | “Our king is an ox, we will do it together! |
| 20 | gu4 lu2 1(disz)-a-kam ab2 lu2 1(disz)-a-kam {gesz}mar lu2 1(disz)-a-kam | one ox or one cow, one cow or one wagon, one man |
| 21 | enmen2 bi2-tuku-un-da-nam a nu-mu-e-da-gal2 | (Sum) The en priestess did not have water to drink with him (Akk) The counsel that he had was not with him |
| 22 | lu2 gu4-da-ra a u-um-te-szub a ga-nag-en-de3-en-e-sze | I want to drink water for the oxen-driver, let us drink water! |
| 23 | gu4-gu10 ur-mah-e u3-bi2-gu7 gu4-gu10-ta ba-ra-e3-de3-en-e-sze | My ox, the lion eats it! We will not go out from my oxx! |
| 24 | lu2 ab2-ba-ra a u3-um-te-szub a ga-nag-en-de3-en-e-sze | For the man of the cow, I will pour water, we will drink water. |
| 25 | ab2-gu10 edin-sze3 u3-ba-gen ab2-gu10-ta ba-ra-e3-de3-en-e-sze | My cow, when I go to the steppe, we will not go out from my cow. |
| 26 | lu2 {gesz}mar-ra-ra a u3-um-te-szub a ga-nag-en-de3-en-e-sze | To the man of the wagon, “I will pour water, we will drink water!" |
| 27 | {gesz}mar-gu10 gu2-un u3-un-ku-ku-ru {gesz}mar-gu10-ta ba-ra-e3-de3-en-e-sze | My carpenter, if only he would cut the tails of my carpenters, we would not come out from my wagon. |
| 28 | gana ga-ni-re7-en-de3-en gana? ga?-an-ga-am3-gi-de3-en | Let us go to the field, let us go there |
| 29 | gu4 esz2? ba-a-la2-e ab?-la2 ab2 a-sila3-gar-ra-bi ab?-sur-sur-ru amar {gesz}mar-ra zu2 bi2-in-gub | The oxen that had been snatched up(?), the cows which had been plucked up(?) were plucked, and the calf sat on the threshing floor |
| 30 | amar-e a-ba-kam amar-e a-ba-am3 ba-an-de6 | The calf, who is it that will bring it? The calves, who are they? |
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| 65 | ga-nam lu2 gu4-da-ke4 a-sza3-ga-ni [...] | ... the oxen-driver, his field |
| 66 | gu4-da-ni ur-mah-e u3-bi2-gu7 [...] | His bull, the lion eats his food |
| 67 | a-sza3-ga-ni [...] | His field |
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| 69 | ur-sag x [...] | Hero |
| 70 | lu2 hur-sag-gin7 AN x [...] | Like a mountain man ... |
| 71 | gu3-ra ur-re ba-x [...] | The enemy ... |
| 72 | a2-tuku? a-sza3-ga-na za3 lu2? [...] | The one who has power(?) in his field, at the side of the man(?) |
| 73 | ga-nam lu2 ab2-ba-ke4 dam-a-ni [...] | Indeed, the one of the cow, his spouse |
| 74 | ab2-ba-ni edin-sze3 u3-ba-gen-na [...] | When his cow goes to the steppe ... |
| 75a | dam-a-ni tilla2-a u3-ba-an-ak [...] | His wife ... in the storehouse |
| 75b | _im-su2-qi2 i-la-ak-ma_ | (If) a flood comes, and |
| 76 | ab2 a-sila3-gar-ra-bi um-sur-sur-ru [...] | The cows of the asilaŋara ... |
| 77 | ur-sag IM-a gen-na-da [...] | Hero, go with him to the netherworld |
| 78 | dam-a-ni ni2-te?-ni ri-ri-e-a DI x [...] | His spouse, his own(?) |
| 79 | gu3-ra kurum6-ma-ni ur2-ra-na-sze3 bi2-in-gur-ra sza3-gar AN [...] | After he had turned his voice into a rumor, the heart ... |
| 80 | dam-a-ni e2-a-na an-da-tusz-am3 sza3-ge guru6-ni [...] | His spouse sits with him in her house, her heart, her silo |
| 81 | ga-nam lu2 {gesz}mar-ra-ke4 me-ni ugu-na um-da-szub-ba x [...] | “Why, the one of the wagon, when his divine powers have fallen upon him |
| 82 | {gesz}mar-ra-ni gu2-un um-ku5-ku5-ru-a {gesz}mar-ra-ni-ta u3-[...] | When he cuts down his wagon, he ... from his wagon |
| 83 | me-ni e2-a-na u3-da-an-de6 e2-a-ni-ta ba-ra-szub-ba | When he brought his mes into his house, he abandoned his house. |
| 84 | amar {gesz}mar-ra zu2 bi2-in-tum3-tum3-a-ni e2-a-na ab-ta-an-tur?-tur? | When he brought the calf of the wagon into his house |
| 85 | ur-sag a2 ba9-ra2 a TE? um-ma-ni-ti-e-a | The hero ... the arm(?) of his master |
| 86 | lugal-e inim-inim-ma-ni3 u3-bi2-in-zu ki-szub-ba-ni-ta me-ni um-ta-an-szub-ba | The king, when he has spoken his words, has abandoned his place. |
| 87 | gu3-ra x e2 asz ur-ke4 A gesz ad-bi gesztu2-ga2? u3-un-hal-ha nu-mu-da-zi-zi | The voice of the ..., the house of the dog, whose utterance cannot be overturned(?). |
| 88 | gu2-un-na-ni bur2-bur2-da ensi2? gu-la an-dib-ba nu-mu-un-da-gi?-gi | His ..., the great ruler, did not return to his ... |
| 89 | lugal-e se2-ek-rum-ta e3-da-ni-ta | When the king came out from the sekrum, |
| 90 | lu2 1(disz)? sza3-ga-ni A? sza3-ga-ni ba-an-szi-ib2-si | One man ... his heart ... |
| 91 | lu2 dam-a-ni hul an-gig-ga-am3 dam-a-ni-ta ba-an-da-gen | The man, whose spouse is evil and angrily sick, went with his spouse. |
| 92 | lu2 me-ni me-ni ba-an-da-szub? | The man abandoned his me, his me |
| 93 | inim galam-galam-ma dumu adab{ki}-ke4-ne | the great words of the citizens of Adab |
| 94 | inim galam-galam-ma-ta di in-dab5-dab5-be2 | he has taken a case against me because of the great words. |
| 95 | disz {d}pa5-nigin3-gar-ra pap-szesz-ne-ne um-mi-a dingir adab{ki}-ke4 dub-sar-bi | Papšene, the scribe of the gods of Adab. |
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