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Ch 1, ms L (X850001)
literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Ch 1, ms L |
|---|---|
| ID | X850001 |
| Museum no. | BCM 206-78 |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | literary |
| Find spot | uncertain |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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 | ⸢a ba⸣ [x] ⸢BU⸣ la-kam ⸢x⸣ [...] | “If he enters a house, he will not be able to enter ... |
| 2 | a al-la a ⸢nam-da-ni-in-de₂⸣ | “Oh, ala! Oh, I want to bring him out! |
| 3 | a-a {d}en-ki a-a {d}en-ki peš₁₀(|KI.A|)ta ⸢sa₁₀-im-ma-da⸣ [(...)] | Father Enki, father Enki from the quay of Esammada |
| 4 | u₃-mu-un-de₂-a-ta u₃-mu-un-de₂-a-ta | After he had poured, after he poured. |
| 5 | ⸢im-ma-al⸣ im-ma-al ⸢ḪUL₂⸣ ga-na-x [(x)] | It is there, it is there! I want to ... the E-im-al-e-23 plant |
| 6 | kaš ⸢sa₆⸣-[ga ŋeštin] ⸢sa₆⸣-ga um-da-an-⸢de₂⸣-[...] | After he pours beer and wine into the sa-vessel |
| 7 | dur₂-kaš ⸢a⸣ sa₆-ga um-da-an-x[...] | After he ... a good scepter for you |
| 8 | dur₂ si-im-ma sa₆-ga ⸢um-da-an⸣-[...] | I want to ... a beautiful seat for you |
| 9 | im-ma-al im-⸢ma-al⸣ [...] | It is there, it is there ... |
| 10 | u₃-mu-un-de₂-a-[ta (...) mu]-⸢NI-luḫ-luḫ šum₂-mu-na-ab⸣ | After you have poured it out, let him pour it out for him |
| 11 | kaš din ga sa₆-[ga] ⸢mu⸣-[un]-⸢da⸣-an-de₂-a-ta | After he has poured beer and fine milk, |
| 12 | dur₂ kaš [a] sa₆-⸢ga⸣ mu-un-da-an-de₂-a-ta | After he had poured out beer in a good water vessel |
| 13 | dur₂ si-⸢im⸣-ma ⸢sa₆⸣-ga mu-un-da-an-de₂-a-ta | After he had laid the foundations of the šīma temple and the beautiful temple, |
| 14 | mu NI luḫ-⸢luḫ⸣ šum₂-mu-na-ab | May he utter a lament for him |
| 14a | ⸢ki⸣-ru-gu₂ 67-kam-ma | It is the sixty-seventh song |
| 15 | AN x x x u₄-re-en₃-na GA₂(E₂) u₄-re-en₃-na | ... in the morning, in the evening, |
| 16 | aŋ₂ ⸢kum₂-ma⸣ u₄ du₇-du₇ ia₃(NI) u₄-re-en₃-na | “Woe, the kumma-house, the perfect storm, oh, the storm! |
| 17 | ur₂ ⸢peš-a⸣ gu₂ mar-mar | The base of the ritual assemblage is bent back and forth |
| 18 | u₃-mu-⸢un⸣-nu₂-a-še₃ u₃-mu-un-nu₂-a-⸢še₃⸣ | When he lies down, when he rises, |
| 19 | ama-ni ša₃-ga mi₂ a-ri im-me | His mother loves him in the heart, she cries out. |
| 20 | {d}u₄-saḫar-ra ša₃ ga-ša-an-an-ka u₃-mu-un-nu₂-a-še₃ | Utsahbara, to the heart of Gašanana |
| 21 | [x x]-⸢x⸣ ra-⸢ra⸣-x | ... to you |
| 22 | [x x] x x ki-bala-a gul-gul x | ... destroyer of the rebel land |
| 23 | [ama-ni ša₃]-⸢ga⸣ mi₂ a-⸢ri⸣ [im-me] | His mother, the ša-eĝa-priest, cries out a lament |
| 24 | [x x] ⸢x mu-x⸣ mu-ti-in ga-⸢nam⸣-[...] | ... I want to ... the man |
| 25 | [x x]-⸢ŋar⸣ ur₂-ta x x [...] | ... from the base |
| 26 | x [x x]-⸢mu⸣ x x [...] | ...-emû |
| 27 | {giš}⸢bala⸣ ga-mu-ri-⸢en₃⸣-da x x [...] | I want to ... with the ebala plant |
| 28 | ⸢ka-ka⸣-na um-ma-da-⸢ma⸣-[al-la] | After he had strewn offerings for me in his house |
| 29 | ⸢ama/da⸣-mu u₃ gada nam-da-[ri] | my mother-in-law, and linen for the scepter |
| 29a | ki-ru-gu₂ (1.08-)kam-ma | It is the eighth song. |
| 30 | u₃ [gada] ⸢nam⸣-da-ri u₃ gada nam-da-ri | and linen for the e-nam-e-dari ceremony and linen |
| 31 | ⸢aŋ₂⸣ [kum₂]-ma u₄ du₇-du₇ u₃ gada nam-da-[ri] | “House that is heated, a day that is perfect, and a linen cloth that is not to be changed |
| 32 | ⸢x⸣ ḪA x ⸢gu₂⸣ mar-mar u₃ gada nam-⸢da⸣-[ri] | The ... of the throne-dais, the threshing floor, and the linen ... |
| 33 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ nin šu-du₇-a-ni nin-ne u₃-tu-⸢da⸣ [...] | ... the lady whose šudu priestess the lady gave birth to |
| 34 | [x x] ⸢kukku₅⸣-ga-ni {na₄}za-gin₃-duru₅-am₃ | ... his esukku-vessel is lapis lazuli |
| 35 | [x x] babbar-ra-ni mu-nu₁₁-gal dadag-ga-am₃ nin-ne u₃-tu-da-⸢am₃⸣ | His white ... is a bright herald, the lady gave birth to it. |
| 36 | {d}⸢u₄⸣-saḫar-ra sig-ta um-⸢da⸣-gub nim-ta u₆ mu-un-e | “Esahbara stands in the south, he sees the north. |
| 37 | {d}⸢u₄⸣-saḫar-ra nim-ta um-da-gub sig-ta u₆ mu-un-e | “Esahbara stands with you from the north, he sees the south. |
| 38 | ka-ka-na um-ma-da-ma-al-la | After he has set up his mouth, |
| 39 | ⸢ama/da⸣-mu u₃ gada nam-da-ri | “My mother-in-law and the linen cloth of life |
| 39a | ki-ru-gu₂ (1.09-)kam-ma | It is the ninth song |
| 40 | ⸢zi⸣ ta mu lil₂-e a x na x x x [x] na | Zi’e, what ...? A ghostly name ... |
| 40a | 14 | 14 (lines) |
| 40b | iti še-sag₁₁-ku₅ u₄ 21-kam | The month of Addarum, the day 21 |
| 40c | im-gid₂-da {d}UTU-mu-ba-li₂-iṭ | long tablet of Šamaš-muballiṭ |
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