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A šir-namšub to Utu (Utu F) (Q000747)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Susa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | A šir-namšub to Utu (Utu F) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000747 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Susa |
| Coordinates | 32.1895, 48.2569 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GAN x | [Month IX, ...] |
| 2 | kur x | mountain |
| 3 | {d}utu x | Utu |
| 4 | {d}utu x | Utu |
| 13 | IM x | Tablet [x] |
| 14 | IM KA x | Tablet of ... |
| 15 | x X X X | |
| 16 | x X X X | |
| 17 | x X X X | |
| 18 | šul {d}utu |GIRI₃×X|-re-ne amar sumun₂-na-ke₄ | the herdsman of Utu, the wild calf |
| 19 | amar sumun₂-na-ke₄ amar dumu zid-da-ke₄ | The wild calves, the true calves |
| 20 | {d}utu šeš lugal {d}inana-ke₄ | Šamaš, son of king Inana |
| 21 | en-me-en de₆-de₆ sila sir₂-ra-ke₄ | I am the en priestess who goes around in the streets. |
| 22 | {d}utu kaš mu-un-ŋal₂ e₂ kurun-ka-ke₄ | Šamaš carried beer, in the storehouse |
| 23 | šul {d}utu kaš mu-un-ŋal₂ e₂ kurun-ka-ke₄ | The head of Utu carried beer in the storehouse |
| 24 | šeš-ŋu₁₀ u₃-mu-un ni₂ gur₃-ru kur-še₃ ga-ba-e-da-u₅ | I want to ride with you to the netherworld, where the lord bears fearsomeness |
| 25 | u₃-mu-un an-na u₃-mu-un ni₂ gur₃-ru u₃-mu-un kur-še₃ ga-ba-e-da-u₅ | Lord of heaven, lord who bears fearsomeness, I want to ride with you to the netherworld. |
| 26 | kur šim-ma-še₃ kur {ŋiš}erin-na-še₃ kur-še₃ | The land of Šimmaš, the land of Erinna, the mountain |
| 27 | kur {ŋiš}erin-na kur ha-šu-ur₂-ra-še₃ kur-še₃ | The mountain of cedar, the mountain of ḫašur, (and) the mountain |
| 28 | kur kug-ga kur za-gin₃-na-še₃ kur-še₃ | To the pure mountain, the lapis mountain, to the mountain |
| 29 | kur gakkul₃-a mu-un-mu₂-mu₂-še₃ kur-še₃ | The land that grew in the gakkul-vessel, the land |
| 30 | id₂ hal-hal-la a-ki-ta su₃-ud-bi-še₃ kur-še₃ | The narrow canals of the akitu river, whose length is distant from the mountains |
| 31 | šeš-ŋu₁₀ ŋen-a ga-x | I want to ... the sheepfold |
| 32 | šeš-ŋu₁₀ ab-šag₄-ga igi-ŋu₁₀ NE x | The šuŋa drum, the igi×bu drum |
| 33 | šeš-ŋu₁₀ munus-e-ne mu-x | The women ... |
| 34 | {d}utu munus-e-ne mu-x | Utu, women |
| 35 | aŋ₂ munus-e-ne mu mu-X nu-zu-ŋen | “Woe women, you do not know ... |
| 36 | aŋ₂ munus-e-ne mu dug₄ nu-zu-ŋen | “Woe women, you do not know the name! |
| 37 | aŋ₂ munus-e-ne še su-ub nu-zu-ŋen | The women's labor is not known |
| 38 | mu dug₄ nu-zu-ŋen še su-ub nu-zu-ŋen | You do not know a name, you do not understand a heap of grain |
| 39 | kur-ra a-na mu-un-ma-al a-na ga-gu₇-un-de₃-en | What is there in the land, what can we eat? |
| 40 | hur-saŋ-ŋa₂ a-na mu-un-ma-al a-na ga-gu₇-un-de₃-en | What is there in the mountains, what can we eat? |
| 41 | kur šim-ma-še₃ kur {ŋiš}erin-na-še₃ | to the land of Šimmaš, to the mountain of cedar |
| 42 | kur {ŋiš}erin-na kur ha-šu-ur₂-ra-še₃ | The mountain of cedar, the mountain of cypress |
| 43 | kur-ra a-na mu-un-ma-al a-na ga-gu₇-un-de₃-en | What is there in the land, what can we eat? |
| 44 | šim mu-un-gu₇-a-ta {ŋiš}erin mu-un-gu₇-a-ta | After she ate the garlic and ate cedar, |
| 45 | šu-ŋu₁₀ šu u₃-bi₂-du₃ e₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ gi₄-mu | Hand of a man, he built the house, return it! |
| 46 | e₂-ŋu₁₀-še₃ gi₄-mu e₂-ŋu₁₀ zabalam{ki}-a-ra | Return to the house! For the house of Zabalam |
| 47 | ama-ŋu₁₀-še₃ gi₄-mu ama-ŋu₁₀ ga-ša-an-gal-ra | To my mother, return, to my mother Gašangal |
| 48 | ušbar-ŋu₁₀-še₃ gi₄-mu ga-ša-an-sumun₂-na-ra | For Ušbarbum, my lady |
| 49 | e-rib-bi₂-ŋu₁₀ gi₄-mu {d}mu-tin-an-na-ra | For Erībi-bu, the servant of Mutinana, |
| 50 | šu dili ed₂-da-ke₄ e₂ lu₂ ed₂-da-ke₄ | Hand of the single man of the steppe, house of the man of [the steppe] |
| 51 | e₂ lu₂ ed₂-da-ke₄ šu dili ed₂-da-ke₄ | The house of the one of the steppe, the hand of the single steppe |
| 52 | {d}utu ama-bi-me-en {d}utu a-a-bi-me-en | Šamaš, you are their mother, Utu is their father. |
| 53 | {d}utu nu-siki-ke₄ {d}utu nu-mu-su-e | Šamaš, the nusiki priestess, Utu does not tire |
| 54 | {d}utu nu-siki-ke₄ a-a-ni-gin₇ igi-bi ma-ra-pad₃ | Utu, the maiden, has looked at you like his father |
| 55 | {d}utu nu-mu-su-e ama-bi-gin₇ šu gi₄-gi₄-bi-me-en | Utu, like its mother, you are the one who is to turn back |
| 56 | a-lu za-da a-lu |DU.DU| | Woe, you, woe! |
Sources & licences
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