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YBC 07198 (P505937)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YBC 07198 |
|---|---|
| ID | P505937 |
| Museum no. | YBC 07198 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | unclear |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-ša₃ si-ge-⸢de₃⸣ [...] | The field of Sige-ede |
| 2 | {ŋeš}gag-a ki ⸢nu-mu-e-x⸣-[...] | The scepter, the place of Enume |
| 3 | lu₂ du₁₄ mu₂-a-bi [...] | The one who has spoken ... |
| 4 | ses ses-da teš₂-bi bi₂-[...] | ... together with the sesame trees |
| 5 | lu₂-tumu nu-ub-DU dub-sar-e-ne | The scribes did not ... the inscriptions. |
| 6 | a-na-aš-⸢am₃ la⸣-ba-ab-du₇-un me-še₃ lu₂ he₂-en-da-⸢x⸣ [(x)] | Why are you not made perfect for me? May you be a man with me! |
| 7 | a-na-aš-am₃ ⸢niŋ₂⸣ na-me la-ba-ab-du-e-⸢en⸣ | Why do you not go up to his house? |
| 8 | e₂ ba-e-⸢da ga-ŋen⸣ e₂ mu-e-da-ba-⸢e⸣-[(x)] | I want to enter the house with you, but I do not know where I am going. |
| 9 | a-ša₃ ⸢si-ge⸣-bi ga-ŋen ki eg₂ si-ge-bi ⸢mu⸣-[zu] | I want to plunder the field of the esigê-priestess, but you do not know the place where the reed is plucked. |
| 10 | {⸢ŋeš}gag⸣-a ⸢ki mu-e⸣-da-du₃-e dim₂-ma-aš mu-e-⸢ni⸣-[...] | He built the E-ĝa-ea, he built its temple, and he made its design. |
| 11 | lu₂ du₁₄ mu₂-a-bi zi mu-un-⸢x⸣-[...] | The one who utters a complaint faithfully |
| 12 | ses ses-da teš₂-bi bi₂-ib₂-du₁₀-ge ša₃ mu-ni-⸢ib⸣-[...] | He made the sweet sesame sweet together, he made the heart happy |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ze₄⸣-e gu₂-zal ⸢dub-sar⸣-[e]-⸢ne⸣ ki-še₃ dumu ⸢lu₂⸣-[...] | The scribal school is the place where the son of the elû-priest |
| 2 | a-ra₂ he₂-šid ⸢niŋ₂⸣-ka₉-⸢še₃⸣ [...] | “For how long will you not be able to enter? |
| 3 | igi-diri he₂-tuh ⸢za₃ 1-še₃ ⸢li-bi₂-ib⸣-[...] | May my eyes be at ease, may my one eša temple |
| 4 | sahar ŋar-ra us₂ saŋ teš₂-⸢bi x⸣ | The earth trembles, the earth shakes together |
| 5 | ib₂-sa₂ saŋ-du₃ zu₂ keše₂ gana₂ [...] ⸢x⸣ | It is a regular offering, a sa-du-offering of the kê-container of the field ... |
| 6 | ⸢gana₂⸣ u₄-šakar saŋ-ki-⸢gu₄⸣ [...] | The fields of the šakar and saki-e23 oxen |
| 7 | ⸢us₂-us₂⸣ i₃-gu₇ ⸢gana₂⸣ {ŋeš}pan₂ [...] ⸢ma₂⸣-[x] | he eats grass, he opens the field |
| 8 | lu₂ u₃-ra-an-ŋar ⸢KI ba⸣-e-da-an-⸢e₃-x⸣ KA ⸢nu⸣-[...] | (Sum) The one who ... the Eanna temple, the one who was ... (Akk) The man who .... the Eana temple |
| 9 | ka-enim-ma ša₃ dub-ba eme-gi₇-ra ki-bur₂-bi nu-[(x)-zu] | The wording of the tablet of Sumerian does not know its kibur |
| 10 | [...]-ru₂-a-še₃ u₃-ba-e-te u₄ zalag a-ra-⸢he₂⸣-[x-x] | ... to its ... he brought forth a bright day for you |
| 11 | [x] ⸢x x x⸣ šu ur₃ ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | ... hand of ... ... |
| 12 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
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