Udug-hul Tablet 1 (X000100)
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| Designation | Udug-hul Tablet 1 |
|---|---|
| ID | X000100 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | unknown |
| Find spot | Unknown |
English translation
By Cohen, Mark E. · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [2:3] o i 3'3'–o i 3'3' | ... with my heart. My heart! |
| Obverse Column i [3:4] o i 4'4'–o i 4'4' | I am Gašanana! |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5' | ... My heart! |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6' | My (heart) that has become painful to me because of ... |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7' | I want to speak, I want to speak! |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8' | This trusty house has been destroyed in the city. |
| Obverse Column i [8:9] o i 9'9'–o i 9'9' | In the city they have strikken the trusty men of the house. |
| Obverse Column i [9:10] o i 10'10'–o i 10'10' | My house, all its great walls are destroyed. |
| Obverse Column i [10:11] o i 11'11'–o i 11'11' | In my field a carrier died from raised horns. |
| Obverse Column i [11:12] o i 12'12'–o i 12'12' | The ox was taken away ... |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1'o ii 1'–o ii 1'o ii 1' | Ušumgalana ... |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 2'2'–o ii 2'2' | Bull with a magnificent tail, bull of the heavenly temple, |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 3'3'–o ii 3'3' | Your ewes are abundant, your lambs are pastured. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 4'4'–o ii 4'4' | Your goats are abundant, your kids are pastured. |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5' | Your extremities are seized. |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 6'6'–o ii 6'6' | Your limbs are seized |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 7'7'–o ii 7'7' | In your shrine, the ublilla shrine |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii 8'8'–o ii 8'8' | a pained voice arises. |
| Obverse Column ii [8:9] o ii 9'9'–o ii 9'9' | Lord at the house ... the ublilla shrine, |
| Obverse Column ii [9:10] o ii 10'10'–o ii 10'10' | Food rations and oil rations are returned. |
| Obverse Column ii [10:11] o ii 11'11'–o ii 11'11' | The administrator is dead, ... painfully. |
| Obverse Column ii [11:12] o ii 12'12'–o ii 12'12' | Mutinana says: ...! |
| Obverse Column ii [12:13] o ii 13'13'–o ii 13'13' | Young lady Gašanana. |
| Obverse Column iii [1:2] o iii 2'2'–o iii 2'2' | He is looking at the dead wild bull! |
| Obverse Column iii [2:3] o iii 3'3'–o iii 3'3' | He is looking at his face. |
| Obverse Column iii [3:4] o iii 4'4'–o iii 4'4' | Consuming blood, as if watering a halub tree. |
| Obverse Column iii [4:5] o iii 5'5'–o iii 5'5' | The water of his well is diverted. |
| Obverse Column iii [5:6] o iii 6'6'–o iii 6'6' | The child-bearing mother says: "the city, my man, my trustworthy one - defiled." |
| Obverse Column iii [6:7] o iii 7'7'–o iii 7'7' | "Why this destroying?", she says. |
| Obverse Column iii [7:8] o iii 8'8'–o iii 8'8' | On this day: My destruction! On this day: Woe! |
| Obverse Column iii [8:9] o iii 9'9'–o iii 9'9' | The storm has risen and coverd(?) the water pool in the desert for me. |
| Obverse Column iii [9:10] o iii 10'10'–o iii 10'10' | The shepherd at the pure sheepfold ... weeping. |
| Obverse Column iii [10:11] o iii 11'11'–o iii 11'11' | Pure sheepfold! The shepherd at the pure sheepfold ... weeping. |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 22–r i 22 | Ulumma! Lilumma |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 33–r i 33 | Spending the days in the silent streets - when will there be sleep(?) |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 44–r i 44 | Mugib priestess, spending the days in the silent streets, when will there be sleep(?) |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 55–r i 55 | Mugib priestess of heaven, |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 66–r i 66 | since the day your young man has been seized, |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 77–r i 77 | since the day your spouse has been seized, |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 88–r i 88 | since the day Ušumgalana has been seized, |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 99–r i 99 | since your ... was chained, |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 1010–r i 1010 | the one who is dead, forever, approaches and one can sleep(?). |
| Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 1111–r i 1111 | I am Gašanana, ... forever. |
| Reverse Column ii [1:2] r ii 22–r ii 22 | I want to say: "My beautiful lad!" |
| Reverse Column ii [2:3] r ii 33–r ii 33 | The bison made your man fall in the Netherworld. |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 44–r ii 44 | The bison killed your lad in the Netherworld |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 55–r ii 55 | Bison of the mountains, with speckled eyes! |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 66–r ii 66 | Bison of the mountains with ... nose, |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 77–r ii 77 | Bison, let go of my man. |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 88–r ii 88 | Let go of my man who no longer eats food. |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 99–r ii 99 | Let go of my man who no longer drinks water |
| Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 1010–r ii 1010 | Let go of my beautiful girl. |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 1111–r ii 1111 | Let go of my beautiful lad, |
| Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii 1212–r ii 1212 | the lad whose acquaintances have forgotten him. |
| Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii 1313–r ii 1313 | The young [Abba whose acquaintances have forgotten him.] |
| Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii 44–r iii 44 | ... your younger ... |
| Reverse Column iii [4:5] r iii 55–r iii 55 | Ušumgalana ... |
| Reverse Column iii [5:6] r iii 66–r iii 66 | The wild bull of the palace of heaven ... |
| Reverse Column iii [7:8] r iii 88–r iii 88 | I am [...] |
| Reverse Column iii [9:10] r iii 1010–r iii 1010 | I am ... |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1:1' | [...] x-a | |
| 1:2' | [...] x-ud | |
| 1:3' | [...] x-te | |
| 1:4' | [...] ad₆ | |
| 1:5' | [šu]-ba tag-ga-zu a [...] | |
| 1:6' | [...] lugal-la {d}en-bi-lu-lu gu₂-[gal dingir gal-gal-e-ne-ke₄] | |
| 1:7' | {d}en-ki-ke₄ en šir₃-ra ab-ak-de₃ | |
| 1:8' | {d}nin-ŋir₃-saŋ gun₃-nu ki numun su₃-su₃ | |
| 1:9' | saŋ an-še₃ mi-ni-in-il₂ | |
| 1:10' | {[d}marduk] saŋ an-še₃ mi-ni-in-il₂ | |
| 1:11' | [tur₃] amaš ku₃-ga dadag-ga-ke₄ | |
| 1:12' | {[d}nin] gal {d}utu-gin₇ mu-un-kar-kar-re | |
| 1:13' | {[d}nin-in]-si-na an-ki-gin₇ mu-un-kar-kar-re | |
| 1:14' | [...]-gin₇ ma-ra-ab-sikil-la | |
| 1:15' | [...] dadag lugal abzu-ke₄ | |
| 1:16' | [...] ki-gin₇ he₂-en-ŋa₂-[ŋa₂-de₃] | |
| 1:18' | [...] he₂-[...] | |
| 1:19' | šeg₃-na-na [... kur]-kur-ra-ke₄ he₂-[bu] | |
| 1:20' | niŋ₂ hul-lu-bi zi-ga-gin₇ kur-kur-ra-ke₄ he₂-bu | |
| 1:21' | niŋ₂ hul su lu₂-u₁₈-lu-ke₄ he₂-bu | |
| 1:22' | lu₂-u₁₈-lu-bi dumu [dingir-ra-na he₂-en-sikil-la] he₂-en-dadag-ga | |
| 1:23' | šu sig₅-ga dingir-ra-na-[še₃ he₂-en-ši-in-gi₄-gi₄] | |
| 1:27' | ud-ba [...] | |
| 1:28' | gim an-na [...] | |
| 1:29' | gim ud-da-[...] | |
| 1:31' | en₂ me-še₃ ba-da-ri ki-še₂ ba-da-[zah₂ me-še₃] ba-gub-ba igi-mu nu-na-gub | |
| 1:32' | an imin ki imin im imin im gal imin izi imin igi [imin] bar imin bar-ta imin bar-ta igi imin | |
| 1:33' | zi an-na he₂-pa₃ zi ki-a he₂-pa₃ | |
| 1:34' | mušen an-gin₇ ha-ba-dal-e | |
| 1:35' | i-bi₂-gin₇ an-na ha-ba-e₁₁-de₃ | |
| 1:36' | muru₉-gin₇ ki-a ha-ba-ni-in-šub | |
| 1:37' | tu₆-du₁₁-ga en gal {d}en-ki-ga-ke₄ eridu{ki}ga-ta nam-mu-un-da-an-bur₂-re tu₆ [en₂] | |
| 1:38' | en₂ {d}asar-alim-nun-na [dumu sag] eridu{ki}ga-ke₄ a ku₃-ga a sikil-la a dadag-a | |
| 1:39' | a imin a-ra₂ imin {id₂}idigna {id₂}buranun a ba-ni-su₃ a ba-[ni]-sikil-la a ba-ni-dadag | |
| 1:40' | maškim hul ha-ba-ra-e₃-dim₂ bar-ta-bi-še₃ ha-ba-ra-an-gub | |
| 1:41' | udug-sig₅-ga {d}lamma sig₅-ga he₂-en-su-su-ge-eš | |
| 1:42' | zi an-na he₂-pa₃ zi ki-a he₂-pa₃ | |
| 1:49' | a {id₂}buranun a ku₃-ga {id₂}buranun | |
| 1:50' | a dadag-ga me-en a ku₃-ga {id₂}buranun | |
| 1:52' | a ku₃-ga me-en a sikil-la me-en a šen-šen-na me-en | |
| 1:78' | hul-dub₂ zi an-na he₂-pa₃ zi ki-a he₂-pa₃ | |
| 1:80' | ki-sikil-lil₂-la₂ zi an-na he₂-pa₃ zi ki-a he₂-pa₃ | |
| 1:81' | ki-sikil-ud-da-kar-ra zi an-na he₂-pa₃ zi ki-a he₂-pa₃ | |
| 1:82' | eme hul-ŋal₂ bar-še₃ he₂-em-ta-gub | |
| 1:83' | ka-inim-ma udug [hul-a-kam] | |
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