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UAVA 12, 393 (P567514)
Middle Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | UAVA 12, 393 |
|---|---|
| ID | P567514 |
| Museum no. | OIM A29975 |
| Collection | Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| me-a-am u₄ su₃-ra₂ en il₂-la-da | Where is the lord who raises his head in distant days? | |
| ša₂ u₄-mi ru-qu₂-ti | of distant days | |
| sipa na-aŋ₂ tar-tar-re en il₂-la-da | The shepherd who determines fate, the lord who raises | |
| mu-šim ši-ma-a-ti | Who determines the fates | |
| me-e mu-lu-bi-ra di ga-an-da-ab-⸢dug₄⸣ | I want to utter a lawsuit against this man | |
| ana-ku ana be-lim šu-a-tum di-na lu-uq-bi-šu | I will speak a word to that lord | |
| me-e {d}mu-ul-lil₂-ra di ga-an-da-ab-dug₄ | I want to speak with Enlil | |
| ana-ku ana {d}EN.LIL₂ | I for Enlil | |
| x x x di-da-ni i-bi₂ bar-bar-ra-ka di ga-an-da-ab-dug₄ | ... when he goes, I want to say a "woe" to him. | |
| x [...] x x pu-uh-hu-rum | ... a reed mat | |
| {⸢d}mu⸣-ul-lil₂ di-da-ni e-ne-eŋ₃ ki mar-ra-ka | When Enlil was going, he was going to the place of mourning. | |
| ⸢di⸣-in-na a-mat-su ina aš-ri ⸢šak⸣-na | His word in the šak-ēna temple | |
| e-ne-eŋ₃ e-lum-e u₄ su₃-ra₂-ka | The word of the important one, in distant days | |
| ša₂ ⸢u₄-mi⸣ ru-qu₂-ti | of the distant days | |
| o | ||
| 15 | u u u u u u | ... , |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki su₃-a za₃-ŋar-ra e₃-ni ina ka-ṣi₂-a-ti x-x-⸢ma⸣ | When he emerges from the dark place, |
| 2 | MA₂ si-il-la-ab še-pa-am pu-ru-us | “The boat is full of reed bundles, |
| 3 | ki nu-bulug-ga dib-ba-ab ṣar-ra-ar-tam šu-ti-iq | (Sum) The one who passes through a place that cannot be reached (Akk) He who passes by in a strange place is taken away |
| 4 | lu₂-ŋeš-šu-kar₂ {ŋeš}mar-zu na-ga-a-rum e-riq-qa₂-ka | The šukar-priest, your servant, is a nagarum-priestess, your enchantress. |
| 5 | sa he₂-ri-ib-gi-gi liš-te-er-si₂ | May he return my hair to its place. |
| 6 | ⸢ŋir₂⸣ za₃ he₂-⸢e⸣-{ke-še}⸢keš₂⸣ ⸢a⸣-[na]-⸢an⸣-tam ki-iṣ-⸢ṣar⸣ | “Let the bir tree grow on your side, let the eaštam tree grow in the kiṣbar tree. |
| 7 | {ŋeš}tir he₂-e-sur₅ ⸢qa₂⸣-[aš]-⸢tam⸣ i-⸢ši⸣ | May a flood sweep over it, may a fallow flood come forth. |
| 8 | da-ba-an ⸢šu⸣ tag-ga-ab šar-[da]-pa tu-ru-[uṣ] | You are adjured by the king. |
| 9 | {ŋeš}mud [šu] ⸢ha⸣-za-ab kak-[ka] tu-mu-uh(HI) | This is the hand of eḫā-ezab, the kukku-plant. |
| 10 | sa-du₃ ⸢he₂⸣-e-ŋar tap-⸢pa⸣ x x [(x)]-⸢ši⸣ | “It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient, it can be used as a sadû-offering. |
| 11 | u₂ {kuš}⸢lu⸣-ub₂-ba ŋar-ra-ab a-⸢ka⸣-lam ⸢ṣu₂⸣-ud-di | “The elûba plant is to be poured out, the eka’elam-plant is the šuddi-plant |
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