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CM 46, 46-49 (P550399)
Literary, Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CM 46, 46-49 |
|---|---|
| ID | P550399 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 53-08-060 |
| Collection | Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 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 i | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢da⸣-bi | ... its |
| 3' | [x-(x)] x ⸢šag₄⸣-ŋu₁₀-da šag₄-ŋu₁₀ | ... the šaĝuda-vessel |
| 4' | [ga-ša]-an-an-na ŋen | Gašanana |
| 5' | [x] ⸢ki⸣ u₂ DU-da šag₄-ŋu₁₀ | The ... of E-e-e, the place where grass grows, |
| 6' | ⸢x-ga⸣-ta na-ma-gig-ga-ŋu₁₀ | “Do not be sickened by the ... of the house! |
| 7' | ga-am₃-dug₄ ga-am₃(A-)dug₄ | Let me speak, let me speak! |
| 8' | e₂ zid-bi uru₂-a ba-an-gul-gul | Its true temple was destroyed in the city. |
| 9' | e₂ mu-lu zid-bi uru₂-a ba-an-tu₁₀-be₂-eš | The true men of the house have left the city |
| 10' | e₂-ŋu₁₀ zi gal-gal-la-bi ba-gul | The house of the cattle pen is destroyed in its entirety. |
| 11' | ⸢šag₄⸣-ŋa₂ mu-lu il₂ ma₂ ga₆-ga₆-bi ba-uš₂ | The ešaĝba-house, the one raising the barge, was slaughtered. |
| 12' | ⸢x x x⸣ gud-⸢re⸣ ba-ab-ir | The ... of the oxen was taken away. |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [... {d]}⸢ušumgal⸣-an-na | ... Ušumgal-Eanna |
| 2' | am kuŋ₄ mah am e₂-gal an-na | Magnificent bull, bull of the palace of heaven |
| 3' | u₈-zu al-lu sila₄-zu al-rig₇ | Your ewes are pastured, your lambs are tended. |
| 4' | uz₃-zu al-lu maš₂-zu al-rig₇ | Your goats are pastured, your kids are tended |
| 5' | a₂-šu-me-ri-zu am₂-[ma]-⸢dab₅⸣ | Ašumērizu was seized |
| 6' | mu-gi-na-zu am₂-⸢ma-dab₅⸣ | Your mugin priestess is seized |
| 7' | eb-zu ub-lil₂-la₂-⸢za⸣ | Your inner courtyard is an outdoor shrine |
| 8' | gu₃ gig-ga bi₂-⸢ib⸣-be₂ | he shouted bitterly |
| 9' | u₃-mu-un e₂-e [x]-⸢zu⸣ ub-lil₂-la₂ | Lord of the temple, ... in the outdoor shrine |
| 10' | šukur₂ i₃-[ba] ⸢al⸣-gu-re | The šukur-plant that is in the oil reedbed |
| 11' | sanga al-uš₂ [x] al-gig-ga | The temple administrator is dead, the ... is sick |
| 12' | a₂ šeš ⸢en⸣-[x]-bi im-me mu-tin-an-na-ke₄ | “The arms of the e’en-šum-district are ...,‘she cries out.' Mutinana |
| 13' | ⸢ki-sikil-e ga-ša-an-an-na-ke₄⸣ | The maiden, Gašanana |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | [x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | am ug₅-ga-⸢še₃ i-bi₂⸣ x | Wild bull ... before the dead. |
| 3' | i-bi₂-na i-bi₂ mu-un-na-bar-bar-re | He looks at his face. |
| 4' | mud al-gu₇-e {ŋeš}ha-lu-⸢ub₂⸣ al-ak-e | He eats blood, he does not drink halû-flour |
| 5' | aŋ₂ tul₂-saŋ-ŋa₂-na al-kud-de₃ | The labor of Tulsa-bana is to be done. |
| 6' | ama-gan-e uru₂ mu-⸢lu⸣-ŋu₁₀ zid-da-ŋu₁₀ pel₂-la₂-bi ⸢am₃-me⸣ | The child-bearing mother fills the city with luxuriance, she fills its empty fields. |
| 7' | ta-am₃ gu-lu-⸢bi⸣ [am₃]-⸢me⸣ | What is it that makes the gulû-priestess rise? |
| 8' | ud-ba ge₁₆-le-ŋen-na-ŋu₁₀ ⸢ud⸣-ba me-le-a | “At that time, in those days of old, when there was splendor, |
| 9' | me-er-me-re he₂-em-zig₃-ga a-niŋin₂ eden-na ma-ni-dub | May he rise up like a lion, he heaped up earth for me in the steppe. |
| 10' | su₈-ba amaš kug-ge er₂-ra ⸢BU⸣-[x] | Shepherd of the pure sheepfold, in tears ... |
| 11' | amaš kug su₈-ba amaš kug-⸢ge⸣ er₂-ra BU-⸢x⸣ | The pure sheepfold, the shepherd's sheepfold ... in tears. |
| r i | ||
| 1 | ⸢x⸣-ŋa₂ ⸢mu-x⸣ [x] (x) ⸢x-da-x⸣ | “E-ba-plant, e-mu-...-e3-da--e3. |
| 2 | u₄-lum-ma li-lum-ma | May it be bright, may it be luxuriant |
| 3 | ud zal-zal sila si-si-ig ud me-na ku-ku | The storm is passing, the streets are trembling, how long will they be blocked? |
| 4 | mu-gi₁₇-ib ud zal-zal sila si-si-ig ud me-na ku-ku | Mugib priestess, the storm is passing, the streets are trembling, how long? |
| 5 | mu-gib₃ an-na | mugib priestess of heaven |
| 6 | ud ŋuruš-zu ba-dab₅-ba-ta | after your baby was seized |
| 7 | ud mu-ud-na-zu ba-dab₅-ba-ta | Since the day your spouse was seized |
| 8 | {d}ušumgal-an-na ba-dab₅-ba-ta | After Umgalana had been seized, |
| 9 | GUM-LIL₂-MU-MU-zu šu mu-un-du₃-a-ta | Because of the hand that you have fashioned |
| 10 | mu-lu ug₅-ga ud ul-še₃ ba-da-teŋ₃ mu-da-ku-ku | The dead man approached in distant days. |
| 11 | ⸢ga-ša⸣-an-an-na ŋen ud ul-še₃ x-(x)-da | The Egašaeanana, the lord of distant days |
| 12 | [...] x-x-a-e | ... ... |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣-[x] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| 2 | [ŋuruš] ⸢sag₉⸣-ga-ŋu₁₀ ga-⸢am₃-dug₄⸣ | I want to utter a sweet supplication |
| 3 | [mu-lu-zu] alim-e kur-⸢ra⸣ ba-šub | Your man, the important one, entered the netherworld |
| 4 | ŋuruš-zu alim-e ⸢kur-ra⸣ ba-ug₅ | Your lamb, the bison, was killed in the mountain |
| 5 | alim kur-ra i-bi₂ gun₃-gun₃-e | Bison of the mountain, speckled eyes. |
| 6 | alim kur-ra kiri₃ hu-⸢tu⸣-ul-hu-⸢tu-ul⸣ | Bison of the netherworld, may your face be full of joy! |
| 7 | alim lu₂-ŋu₁₀-ta u₂-mu-un-da | Bison from Lu-būta |
| 8 | u₂ nu-gu₇-a-ŋu₁₀ u₂-mu-un-da | The one who does not eat food with the lord |
| 9 | a nu-naŋ-a-[ŋu₁₀] u₂-mu-un-da | Without water, with the lord |
| 10 | ki-sikil ⸢sag₉⸣-[ga-ŋu₁₀ u₂]-mu-un-da | Young lady, with the lord |
| 11 | ŋuruš ⸢sag₉⸣-[ga-ŋu₁₀] u₂-mu-un-da | The lord with the sag plant |
| 12 | ⸢ŋuruš⸣ lu₂-zu [...] ha-lam-ma | The e’e-buruš-e23-demon, your man is destroyed |
| 13 | {[d}ab-ba₆] banda₃ [...] x-[...] | Babba, the young man ... |
| r iii | ||
| 1 | [...]-zu (x) | ... your |
| 2 | [...]-⸢x x⸣ | |
| 3 | [...]-x-zu al-x | ... your |
| 4 | [...] ⸢banda₃⸣-zu | ... your temple administrator |
| 5 | [... {d]}⸢ušumgal⸣-an-na | ... Ušumgal-Eanna |
| 6 | [...] am e₂-gal an-na | ... bull of the palace of heaven |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x⸣-ŋa₂ | ... of the ešaba temple |
| 8 | [...] me-en | I am |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x-a⸣-ŋa₂ | ... of the ... temple |
| 10 | [... me]-en | I am ... |
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