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Balag 31D = am-e amaš-a-na ahû (Meslamtaʾea?) (Q003078)
Liturgy, First Millennium
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| Designation | Balag 31D = am-e amaš-a-na ahû (Meslamtaʾea?) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q003078 |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | First Millennium |
| Genre | Liturgy |
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 | am-e amaš-a-na x | The wild bull in his sheepfold |
| a+2 | x | |
| x us-su₂ lu-ut-ta-ʾ-id lu-na-ʾ-id | 'Let me keep watch, let me keep quiet. | |
| a+3 | el-lu e₂ ki-bal en-e lu₃ ŋar-ra-ba | Ellu! In the house of the rebel land, the lord ... |
| ina lal-la-ra-a-ti₃ ana E₂ KUR nu-kur₂-ti be-lu₄ ina ha-ši-šu₂ | (Sum) In lamentation, the lord is angry with the temple (Akk) With laments, to the temple of the enemy, a change of heart (is made) | |
| a+4 | {d}mes-lam-ta-e₃-a am gal umun-ir₉-ra e₂ ki-bal en-e lu₃ ŋar-ra-ba | Meslamtaea, the great wild bull Lugalirra, in the house of the rebel land the lord ... |
| a+5 | {d}mes-lam-ta-e₃-a dili-ni ur-saŋ-am₃ ŋa₂ | Meslamtaea alone is a hero |
| ša₂ i-diš-ši-šu₂ qar-ra-du | Who is like him, hero | |
| a+6 | el-lu e₂ ki-bal en-e lu₃ ŋar-ra-ba | Ellu! In the house of the rebel land, the lord ... |
| a+7 | am gal umun-ir₉-ra e₂ ki-bal en-e lu₃ ŋar-ra-ba | Great wild bull, Lugalirra, in the house of the rebel land, the lord, who roams around. |
| a+8 | am gal umun-ir₉-ra dili-ni ur-saŋ-am₃ ŋa₂ | Great wild bull, Lugalirra, alone is hero |
| a+9 | x-ŋar-ra en-e lu₃ ŋar-ra-ba | ... lord, who ...? |
| x KUR nu-kur₂-ti be-lu₄ ina ha-ši-šu₂ | ... enemy land, O lord, on his own | |
| a+10 | el-lu e₂ ki-bal gu₄ šudun ma-al-la-bi | Ellu, the house of the rebel land, whose oxen are tanned |
| lu-u₂ ša₂ ina ni-ri ṣa-an-du | or that which is in the ziggurat | |
| a+11 | {d}mes-lam-ta-e₃-a {ŋeš}apin haš-bi na-nam | Meslamtaea, this plow is indeed its own. |
| še-be₂-er e-pi-in-ni-šu-ma | He has performed extispicy against him | |
| a+12 | el-lu e₂ ki-bal henbur saŋ-dili-ba | Ellu, the house of the rebel land, the henbur-flood ... |
| šur-ru-u ina šur-ri-i hab-bu-ur-šu₂ | The šurrû-demon is the one who destroys his enemies in the sand | |
| a+13 | am gal umun-ir₉-ra buru₄-gi₆{mušen}-bi na-nam | The great wild bull Lugalirra is indeed its raven |
| a-ri-ib-šu₂ ṣa-al-mu-um-ma | its radiance is great | |
| a+14 | el-lu e₂ ki-bal isin gal₂-la-ba | Ellu! In the house where the rebel land is in fury, |
| ša₂ i-ši-in-šu ib-šu-u₂ | he who has a wife, he created | |
| a+15 | {d}mes-lam-ta-e₃-a buru₄-babbar{mušen}-bi na-nam | Meslamtaea is indeed its white cowherd. |
| a-ri-ib-šu₂ pe-ṣu-um-ma | his limbs are swollen | |
| a+16 | el-lu e₂ ki-bal x | Ellu, the house of the rebel land ... |
| a+17 | am gal umun-ir₉-ra x | Great wild bull Lugalirra ... |
| b+18 | ta idim-ma ta nu-mu-da-sa₂ | What is it that I do not know? |
| mi-na-a a-na na-aq-bi mi-na-a ša₂ la tak-šu-da mi-na-a ina na-aq-bi mi-na-a ša₂ la taš-nu-kum | What should I say to you, what should I not do to you? What should you not give to you at the wording of this? | |
| b+19 | ta a-ab-ba ki an-e da-ab-us₂ | What is it that makes heaven tremble? |
| mi-na-a ša₂ ta-a-am-tu₄ KI-ta u₂-ma-al-lu-kum | (Sum) What is it that makes the sea tremble (Akk) What does the sea do to you? | |
| b+20 | na₄ ia₂-am₃ me-ri mu-un-gul u₂-am₃ me-ri mu-un-gaz | The stone is mine, the foot has been destroyed, the uŋa-stone has been crushed. |
| mut-ta-i-di ta-bu-ut šam-me kiš-šat-su-nu te-mis | (Sum) I am the one who sees the light of heaven (Akk) I see the light that illuminates the darkness of heaven | |
| b+21 | bulug₃-ŋa₂ bulug₃-ŋa₂-zu-de₃ | In order to make your ... grow, |
| šur-bu-u₂ ina šur-bu-ti-ka | (Sum) The šurbû priestess, in your presence (Akk) In your presence | |
| b+22 | dim₃-me-er na-aŋ₂-DIB na-aŋ₂-gi₁₆-le-em₃-ma₃ na-ri-ri-ge-eš | (Sum) The god, the šēpê-priestess, the treasurer, the herdsman, (Akk) The deity, the she-goat, and the treasure-priest are the treasures |
| |DINGIR.MEŠ| ina ša₂-ah-lu-uq-ti ta-lu-ut tal-qut tu-šam-qit | “The gods, in distress, you are frightened (and) you are terrified. | |
| b+23 | dim₃-me-er an-na mu-un-ši-su₈-su₈-ge-eš | The gods of heaven stand before you |
| |DINGIR.MEŠ| ša₂ ša₂-me-e ina ta-ha-zi iz-za-az-zu-ka | The gods of heaven stand in battle | |
| b+24 | dim₃-me-er ki-a gu₂ gu₃ mu-un-si-si-eš | The gods roared on earth |
| |DINGIR.MEŠ| ša₂ er-ṣe-ti₃ ana ši-si-ti-ka uš-qa-ma-am-mu | The gods of the four world quarters stand at your feet. | |
| b+25 | dim₃-me-er-bi me-ri sig₂-ga du₁₁-ga-ni | Its god, whose command is a good foot, |
| te-mi-is | tēmis | |
| b+26 | e₂ na-aŋ₂-tar-ra e₂ na-aŋ₂-tar-ra | The house that is not to be inspected, the house which is to be checked. |
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