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AoF 48, 080 (P527055)
Prayer, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AoF 48, 080 |
|---|---|
| ID | P527055 |
| Collection | anonymous |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [suh₁₀-ba]-⸢de₃ ta an⸣-[ak] | What has he done to the herdsmen? |
| 2 | [suh₁₀-ba] {⸢d}dumu-zid-de₃ ta⸣ [an-ak] | Its fisherman Dumuzid, what did I do? |
| 3 | [i]-⸢lu-lu₂⸣-lam ta an-[ak] | I want to utter an arazu prayer, what have I done? |
| 4 | ⸢u₃⸣-mu-un eš-kiri₃-ba-⸢ke₄⸣ | Lord of the Eškiriba temple |
| 5 | ⸢u₃⸣-mu-un a-ra-li-ke₄ | The lord of Arali |
| 6 | [u₃]-mu-un du₆-suh₁₀-ba-ke₄ | Lord of the Dusuba |
| 7 | [ga-ša]-⸢an mu⸣-ud-na-zu | Your “carrying-of-the-mound"(?) |
| 8 | u₃ ze-⸢ba⸣-ke₄ ⸢ga⸣ ze-ba-ke₄ | and sweet, sweet, |
| 9 | suh₁₀-ba u₃ ⸢ze⸣-[ba-ke₄ ga ku₇-ku₇-da-ke₄] | The shepherd and the ezebaba-priest, the sweet milk |
| 10 | u₃-mu-un ⸢AG₂ {d⸣}dumu-zi eŋ₃ šu du₆-ga X-X-ga | Lord of the E-ag, Dumuzi, the house whose hand is ... |
| 11 | suh-ba-de₃ ⸢ta im⸣-ŋu₁₀-ru-a ta-še₃ mu-<lu> in-gam | In order to demolish it from the ešû-house, what has been taken away? |
| 12 | {d}dumu-zid-⸢de₃⸣ ta im-ŋu₁₀-ru-a | Dumuzid, what has been done to you? |
| 13 | in-ŋu₁₀-ru-a ⸢in⸣-ŋu₁₀-ru-a bu-ur-še₃ mu-⸢lu⸣ in-gam | In the spring, in the fall, the elû-priest took away the pomegranate. |
| 14 | ⸢gud-gin₇⸣ si-⸢ni⸣-[še₃] ⸢in⸣-ŋu₁₀-ru-a | Like an ox, when it rises, |
| 15 | [e]-ze₂-gi₄ [ni]-⸢na⸣-ni-še₃ in-ŋu₁₀-ru-a | when he had sex with his own sheep |
| 16 | [šilam]-gin₇ i-⸢bi⸣ sa₆-sa₆-ni im-šu-gi₄-na | Like a lion, he has restored his beautiful face |
| 17 | ⸢alim-gin₇⸣ i-bi gu-gu-na-ni | When he looks at him like a bison, |
| 18 | [x x]-⸢gin₇⸣ (x) šu sa₆-ga-ni-ni | Like a ..., his good hand |
| 19 | [x (x)] ⸢im-ŋu₁₀⸣-ru-a ki-iz-ga-ni | ... his throne |
| 20 | [x-x]-na {ŋeš}ig gu-ru mu ud-di-na-x-x | ... the door of the throne I gave to him |
| 21 | [x (x)] x x-a {ŋeš}ig-a gu-ru ⸢mu⸣ x | ... the door, the door bolt |
| b.e. | ||
| 22 | [(x-x)] ki-ur₃ šu₂-hu gal-e sar-re-⸢ni⸣ | The ... of the great Ki'ur, the great sarrēnî |
| 23 | [(x-x)] ⸢gal⸣-e ku₃-ru si-ga ⸢re-ni⸣ | ... of the palace, the holy rites of the en priests |
| r | ||
| 24 | [suh₁₀-ba u₄]-de₃ te ba-an-du₆-du₆ ama-ni mi-ia ga-ti | The herdsman, how did he make the storm pass? His mother, I want to live! |
| 25 | [na-aŋ₂]-⸢ge₁₆⸣-le-ta u₄ ma-a-ni | from Na'ege-le’a, when he himself |
| 26 | [na-aŋ₂-ge₁₆-le]-ta a ŋa₂-na-ŋa₂-re | If he slips in through a hole, |
| 27 | ⸢nim-nim⸣-ma sipa-de₃ nim-nim-ma e-ze₂ mu-uš ba-ni-in-gu | In the high steppe, the shepherd ... sheep. |
| 28 | nim-nim-ma ama mu-ud-na na-KA | The highlands, the mother of the spouse ... |
| 29 | nim-nim-ma ama ga-ša-an na-KA | The highlands, mother, lady ... |
| 30 | ama ⸢sipa-de₃⸣ tur₃(|TUR₃×SAL|)ra nam-ni-du ; ⸢i⸣-bi ni-ni-in-e | The mother goes to the shepherd in the cowshed, she goes to its shepherd. |
| 31 | ama {d}dumu-⸢zid⸣-de₃ a-ma-aš ne-ni-⸢du⸣ | Mother Dumu-ezid, the sheepfold of Neni-edu |
| 32 | u₄ gur-re u₄ ⸢gur-re sipa-bi⸣ ud saŋ | The storm, the storm that rages, its shepherd ... the day |
| 33 | e-ze₂ ⸢nim-nim⸣-ma ⸢u₄ gur-re⸣ | The sheep of the enimnim and the emû-priests are to return. |
| 34 | e-ze₂ nim-nim a na-⸢na-re sipa-bi ud saŋ⸣ | The sheep of the high steppe, when water is scarce, its shepherd is deprived of daylight |
| 35 | ama-⸢bi⸣ a dumu-ŋu₁₀ <nu>-me-en ⸢sipa⸣-bi ud saŋ | Its mother, alas, you are not a child. Its shepherd is a storm |
| 36 | ⸢nin₉⸣-bi a šeš-ŋu₁₀ nu-<me>-en ⸢sipa-bi⸣ ud saŋ | Its sister, you are not the water of the river, its shepherd is the storm |
| 37 | ⸢am⸣-ni-⸢ni⸣ am-ni-ni ⸢u₄⸣-x-x ⸢an⸣-x | “Why is he here, in the midst of the ruins of the city ...? |
| 38 | šeš-ŋu₁₀ ŋi₆-ir-su am-⸢ni-ni⸣ | “At the river banks he drew(?) the water |
| 39 | ⸢ŋi₆-ir⸣-su-e am-ni-ni x [...] | When he went to the Irsu temple |
| 40 | [x x]-⸢za me gal hul mu-un⸣-[...] | ... destroyed the great divine powers |
| 41 | [...] x x [...] | |
| 42 | [...] x x x x [x x] x x-me-zu aš-ga-x x x [...] | ... your ... ... |
| 43 | [...] x me-⸢ka⸣-ma-tuš [(x)] ⸢ša₃-mu⸣-x [...] x mi-⸢ra⸣ uru₂-me KA-x x [...] | ... Me-eka-e-matuš |
| 44 | [...] x x x x x x ⸢saŋ⸣-a-me-⸢en⸣ x [x (x)] x-⸢ka⸣ ma-ab [...] | ... I am a sa-priestess ... ... of your ... |
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