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CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 032 (P519356)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum(?) · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000771, ex. 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P519356 |
| Museum no. | Ist — |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum(?) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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 | e₂ kaš ŋal₂-⸢la⸣ {(ge.gu)}ENGUR-bi-im | The house where beer is poured out is its threshing floor |
| 2 | ⸢e₂⸣ tu₇ ŋal₂-⸢la⸣ {ŋeš}(UD.ḪUB₂-)⸢bi-im⸣ | “House, eat soup, bring out (them)! |
| 3 | ⸢e₂⸣ inda₃ ŋal₂-la muhaldim gal-bi-im | The large cooks of the “house-of-the-feast-house"(?) |
| 4 | ⸢e₂ šu-bi al⸣-duru₅-am₃ en₃-na-ab-tar-tar-re | The hand of the house is trembling, how long will you inquire? |
| 5 | ⸢lu₂-ba na-aŋ₂-ušur⸣ ba-an-da-ab-teŋ₃-e | Its elu-priestess has been taken away by the enemy. |
| 6 | ⸢e₂-ba⸣ si-sa₂-a-bi ⸢ba-an⸣-ku₄-⸢ku₄⸣ | “If he enters into that house, he will be able to enter it. |
| 7 | ⸢e₂⸣ sa-bala-e a ab-su₃-⸢e⸣ | In the sabala temple I bathed. |
| 8 | al-la-ŋal₂ ka al-sag₃-ge | It is carried off, it shakes the mouth. |
| 9 | [...]-⸢in⸣ agrig e₂-ge₄-a du₅-ŋu₁₀ e₂-a-ke₄ | ..., the steward of the temple, the one who ... in the temple |
| 10 | [...] al-tub₂-tub₂-be₂ | ... is swollen(?) |
| 11 | [...] ⸢na⸣-ab-de₃-⸢ze₂⸣-en {u}ugu₆-ŋa₂ i₃-ŋal₂ im-mi-ni-ib-be₂ | ... he said to him: “I want to go up to the eagle, I want to come down to the turtle. |
| 12 | [u₃ ze₄-e] lu₂ iri{ki} tuš-u₃-me-en | And you are the man who dwells in the city |
| 13 | [...] ⸢e⸣-sir₂-ra (NIGIN₂.NIGIN₂) | ... the Esira temple |
| 14a | [...]-e-ne-ka TUŠ-TUŠ | ... your ..., dwell |
| 14b | <e₂> lu₂-e-ne-<<e₂>>-ka ŋalga ba-e-zu | In the house of the men, you know the balaŋ drum |
| 15 | [...]-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ lu₂ dag-ge₄-a til₃-la ; ⸢u₃⸣ nu-mu-un-na-ku-u₃-⸢ne⸣ | (Sum) ..., the one who dwells in ruins, he does not sleep (Akk) I do not sleep at night, I am not sleeping at night |
| 16 | [...] ⸢ušur⸣-da du₁₄ mu₂-mu₂-de₃ | In order to make the ... of the e’ušur temple flourish |
| 17 | [...]-⸢ni⸣ al-ŋal₂ i-bi₂ al-du₃-u₃-ne | ... is carried off, they look at him. |
| 18 | [...] ⸢bi⸣-ta <na>-aŋ₂-ta-la ba-⸢an-da⸣-ab-teŋ₃-e | After he has sat down in the ... of the temple, he will be able to approach him |
| 19 | [...] du₁₄ am₃-ma-⸢ŋa₂⸣-ŋa₂ | ... a lament ... |
| 20 | [...] ⸢ba⸣-ta-la₂-la₂-e | ... the etalala priest |
| 21 | [...]-⸢in-du₁₁⸣ ge-ne₂-de₃ an-ur₃-⸢ur₃-ne⸣ | When he speaks to ..., he reaches the horizon |
| 22 | ⸢u₃ ze₄⸣-e munus-⸢me-en⸣ | I am a woman |
| r | ||
| 1 | [bi-it ši-ka-ru] i-ba-aš-šu-u₂ ku-ni-⸢in⸣-ša | The one who has a scepter is Kuni-eša. |
| 2 | ⸢bi-it di-qa₂⸣-ru i-ba-aš-šu-u₂ ku-tu-ša | It is a diqāru-disease; it is its kutu. |
| 3 | bi-it a-⸢ka⸣-[lu i]-ba-aš-šu-u₂ na-ha-ti-ma-tum ra-bi-⸢tum⸣ | The house of your father-in-law is mine, the great naḫatimātum |
| 4 | bi-tam ša qa₂-su ga-ap-ša-at te-še-i-ma at-ti | (Sum) You are the one whose hand is full of tears (Akk) You have been the one who is filled with tears, you have been filled with sorrow |
| 5 | a-wi-il-tam ša-a-ti a-na ši-u₂-ti-ki ta-ṣa-ba-ti | “That man, you have sinned against your own life. |
| 6 | [a]-⸢na bi-tim⸣ ša-a-ti i-ša-ri-iš te-ru-bi-⸢i⸣ | “That house, that house, you have entered. |
| 7 | [bi-tam] ša-a-ti tu-še-ši-ri ta-za-ra-a-qi₂-(x) | That house you will remove, you will give to me. |
| 8 | [tu-wa]-e-ri ta-ta-al-la-li | you will stir, you will rub. |
| 9 | [am-tam] ⸢a⸣-ba-ra-ka-tam ka-al-la-tam ma-ra-at bi-tim | “The land of the Ebarakātam, the all-powerful one, the spouse of the house |
| 10 | [u₂]-⸢tul⸣-ši-na ⸢tu⸣-na-ap-pa-ši | “They are the etulšuna plants, they are their etu-nappâ-plants |
| 11 | ⸢am⸣-mi-im-ma la te-le-qe₂-a e-li-ia-ma i-ma-aq-qu₂(KI-)tu ta-aq-ta-bi-i | “Do not take it, it will fall upon me and you will say: |
| 12 | ⸢u₃⸣ at-ti ša a-li šu-šu-bi | You are the one who, where is he |
| 13 | mu-ta-zi-za-at re-bi-a-tim sa₃-hi-ra-at su-qa₂-a-tim | who rises at the beginning of the night, who follows the streets, |
| 14a | mu-ta-aš-ši-ba-at as-ku-up-pa-at a-wi-le-e | who keeps watch over the man’s limbs |
| 14b | bi-it a-wi-li-im ma-⸢la⸣-ak-šu ta-la-am-ma-di-ma | the house of a man, his property you will measure out, and |
| 15 | [aš]-⸢ša⸣-at a-wi-li DUMU.MUNUS a-wi-li ša i-na ba-ab-tim wa-aš-ba u₂-la i-ṣa-al-⸢la⸣-la-ki | As for the one who removes a man, the daughter of that man who in the middle of the night does not remove you |
| 16 | ši-it-tam it-ti ši-it-tim tu-uš-<te>-e-ṣe-e-li | (Sum) You are the one who makes the heavens tremble (Akk) You have made the earth shake with the earth |
| 17 | uz-na-ki i-ba-ši-a i-na-ki za-aq-pa | “If there is an uznakku-demon, if there is a zaqpāqu-disease, |
| 18 | ki-la-a-ti-ši-na tu-uš-ta-ṣa-ab-ba-ti-⸢iš⸣ | You have sat down on their thrones |
| 19 | i-na bi-ri-ti-⸢ši⸣-na ṣa-al-tam ta-⸢ša⸣-ak-ka-ni | In the middle of the night, a ṣāltam prayer is uttered. |
| 20 | ⸢ša⸣ la iq-bu-u₂ tu-ha-a-li-⸢iš⸣-ši | They did not say: “You shall not destroy it!’ |
| 21 | ⸢ta⸣-aq-bi-i ki-in-ni im-ta-na-aš-ša-ru-iš | (Sum) Its foundation(s) are firmly established(?) (Akk) It is firmly founded(?) |
| 22 | ⸢u₃⸣ at-ti si₂-in-ni-ša-a-at | “You are the lord, you are the one who is perfect, |
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