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A love song of Šulgi (Šulgi Z) (Q000418)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A love song of Šulgi (Šulgi Z) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000418 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Nippur |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| Seg.A, | ||
| 1 | U₃ nu-mu-e-de₃-RI-RI-X | ... does not ... |
| 2 | šeš-ŋu₁₀ U₃ nu-mu-e-de₃-RI-RI-x | The šubû-demon does not ... the grass |
| 3 | gi-ru U₃ nu-mu-e-de₃-RI-RI-x | The young woman does not ... |
| 4 | ki-ga aŋ₂-ŋu₁₀ U₃ nu-mu-e-de₃-RI-RI | (Sum) In the place where ... lies down, he does not sleep (Akk) The place where I lie down, I do not sleep |
| 5 | i-bi₂ sag₉-sag₉-ŋu₁₀ U₃ nu-mu-e-de₃-RI-RI{la-X-X-e} | The one who looks at you with a beautiful face does not ... |
| 6 | an-bi šu-ŋa₂ nu-mu-e-de₃-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | Its anguish cannot be undone |
| 7 | garadin₃-bi ma-a-ar A x x X X X X | Its herdsman is much . |
| 8 | X-bi ma-a-ar A X nu-ku₇-ku₇-X | Its ... is not sweet. |
| 9 | še guru₇ X x MA X x | barley of the silo ... |
| 10 | nin₉-ŋu₁₀ gana₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ŋe₂₆-e ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | Let us go to the field with our sister! |
| 11 | nin₉ sag₉-ga-ŋu₁₀ gana₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ŋe₂₆-e ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | My beautiful sister, let us go to the field |
| 12 | gana₂ gal-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ŋe₂₆-e ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | Let us go to the great fields! |
| 13 | gana₂ tur-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ŋe₂₆-e ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | Let us go to the small fields! |
| 14 | še nim X a šu-nim-bi dug₄-ga-ŋu₁₀-še₃ | ... its ... is good |
| 15 | še sig a sig-bi dug₄-ga-ŋu₁₀-še₃ | to make the low-quality barley, the water and the lowland drink |
| 16 | še-bi a gurun-na x | Its barley: water, fruit |
| 17 | garadin₃-bi X X NI x | Its herdsman ... |
| 18 | nin₉-ŋu₁₀ gana₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ŋe₂₆-e ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | Let us go to the field with our sister! |
| 19 | nin₉ sag₉-ga-ŋu₁₀ gana₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ŋe₂₆-e ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | My beautiful sister, let us go to the field |
| 20 | gana₂ gal-gal X UD-UD x | The large fields ... |
| 21 | gana₂ tur-ŋa₂ šu x | small field Hand of |
| 22 | x X U₃ x | ... and |
| 23 | x X x | |
| Seg.B, | ||
| 1 | x X x | |
| 2 | x X-da-ka ba-hul x | ... destroyed ... |
| 3 | X garadin₃-na-ka AN X x | ... of the granary ... |
| 4 | X X-da-ka ba-hul X x x | ... destroyed ... |
| 5 | X garadin₃-na-ka AN X X X x | ... of the granary ... |
| 6 | mu-un-gar₃ a-šag₄ ur₁₁-ru mu-x ŋar-ra | The farmer ... the field |
| 7 | u₃-mu-un šul-gi-ra MU še X X X X X | Lord Šulgi ... |
| 8 | X X-ir a-šag₄ ur₁₁-ru mu-X ŋar-ra | ... the field ... |
| 9 | AN X-bi gur ab-ba-še₃ ab-ba-ŋu₁₀ sa₂-dug₄ šu ha-ra-an-il₂ | Its ... gur, to the sea, Abba-bû, may he raise his hand for you. |
| 10 | nin₉-ŋu₁₀ {ŋiš}kiri₆-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ŋe₂₆-e ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | My sister, let us go to the orchard! |
| 11 | nin₉ sag₉-ga-ŋu₁₀ {ŋiš}kiri₆-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ŋe₂₆-e ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | My beautiful sister, let us go to the orchard! |
| 12 | nin₉-ŋu₁₀ {ŋiš}kiri₆-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ŋe₂₆-e ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | My sister, let us go to the orchard! |
| 13 | nin₉-ŋu₁₀ {ŋiš}kiri₆-ŋu₁₀ x X X-mu-ši-ib | My sister, my orchard ... |
| 14 | {ŋiš}ildag₂ SAR X x | Ištar |
| 15 | šita₃{ta} {ŋiš}ildag₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | Let us go to the šivita of the Igigi gods! |
| 16 | nin₉-ŋu₁₀ {ŋiš}hašhur-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | Let us go to the ‘sweet’ sister! |
| 17 | DU₈-a {ŋiš}hašhur x šu-ŋa₂ i-na he₂-ŋal₂ | “If he slips through a hole in the hand, |
| 18 | nin₉-ŋu₁₀ {ŋiš}nu-ur₂-ma-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | Let us go to the sister of Nurma! |
| 19 | lal₃-e dar-ra X X-ku₇ in-ga-ba-ni-ib-DU | ... sweet honey ... |
| 20 | nin₉-ŋu₁₀ {ŋiš}kiri₆-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | My sister, let us go to the orchard! |
| 21 | nin₉ sag₉-ga {ŋiš}kiri₆-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ga-ba-e-de₃-ŋen | Good sister, let us go to the orchard |
| 22 | nisig ki-en-DU-na-gin₇ x | Like the brickwork of Sumer |
| 23 | MA LA KUM NA TA KA BI X A X x | (If) a man ... from that mouth . |
| 24 | hi-iz gakkul dug₄-ga X X x | a good libation bowl ... |
| 25 | niŋ₂ X-la₂{sar} ga-ba-x | I want to ... my aura |
| 26 | x{sar} ga-ba-x | I want to |
| 27 | guru₇-za X A NU X ga-mu-ra-ab-X | I want to ... your silo for you. |
| 28 | KU₇ GA MU U₈ KA-KA X X x X | ... ewe ... |
| 29 | nin₉ sag₉-ga šag₄ hi-li-e-a X | The beautiful sister, the one adorned with allure |
| 30 | an-na šu-ŋa₂ LA X za-ra ga-mu-X-X-da-zu-x X | I want to ... with you in heaven |
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