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MC 24, 35 (X907112)
Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | MC 24, 35 |
|---|---|
| ID | X907112 |
| Museum no. | BCM 206'78 |
| Collection | Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Find spot | unclear |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | a-ba [...]-⸢BU⸣ la-⸢kam ud⸣-[am₃ na-zal] | Who will pass the day without ...? |
| 2 | a ⸢al-la⸣ a nam-[da]-ni-[in-de₂] | he did not pour water into the holy water vessel |
| 3 | a-a {d}en-ki a-a {d}en-ki peš₁₀-ta ⸢sa₁₀⸣-im-ma-⸢da⸣ | Father Enki, father Enki: “From the foot of the esa’immada-tree |
| 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 x ga-na-[...] | It is there, I want to ... it |
| 6 | ⸢ga sag₉⸣-[ga] sag₉-ga um-da-an-⸢de₂⸣ | The beautiful temple, the beautiful temple he built for you. |
| 7 | ma ga ⸢sag₉-ga⸣ um-da-an-⸢de₂⸣ | After you have poured milk into a good house, |
| 8 | ku-si-im-ma sag₉-ga ⸢um-da-an⸣-[de₂] | to bring out the good kusumma plant |
| 9 | im-ma-al im-⸢ma-al⸣ [...] | It is there, it is there ... |
| 10 | u₃-mu-un-de₂-a-[ta ...] x luh-luh ⸢šum₂-mu-na⸣-ab | After you have poured out ..., may he pacify ... |
| 11 | ga ⸢sag₉⸣-ga ⸢sag₉⸣-[ga] ⸢mu⸣-[un-da]-an-de₂-a-ta | After the milk was good, after the milk had been poured out, |
| 12 | ma ga ⸢sag₉-ga⸣ mu-un-da-an-de₂-a-ta | After he had brought me the milk of the good ešaga temple, |
| 13 | ku-si-⸢im⸣-ma ⸢sag₉⸣-ga mu-un-da-an-de₂-a-ta | After he had brought the kusi-ema and the beautiful emû-vessels, |
| 14 | mu-⸢duru₅⸣ luh-⸢luh⸣ šum₂-mu-na-ab | May he pacify the heart, may he calm the heart |
| 15 | ki-ru-gu₂ 67kam-ma | It is the sixty-seventh song. |
| 16 | {d}⸢u₄-sahar-ra⸣ x ud-re en₃-na GA₂ ud-re en₃-na | Ea-sahara, ... of the storm, how long? ... |
| 17 | aŋ₂ ⸢kum₂-ma⸣ ud du₇-du₇ NI ud-re en₃-na | The water of the kumānu-house, a storm ... as in days gone by. |
| 18 | ⸢ur₂⸣ x-⸢a⸣ gu₂ mar-mar | “The ... of the roof-beams are torn out, |
| 19 | ⸢u₃-mu-un⸣ nu₂-a-še₃ u₃-mu-un nu₂-a-⸢še₃⸣ | When the lord lies down, when the Lord lies down |
| 20 | ama-ni šag₄-ga mi₂ a-re im-me | He praised his mother in the open country |
| 21 | {d}u₄-sahar-ra šag₄ ga-ša-an-an-ka u₃-mu-un nu₂-a-še₃ | Utsahara in the heart of Gašanana, where the lord lies |
| 22 | ⸢ra-ra-gin₇⸣ ra-ra-gin₇ | Like a raging storm, like a violent storm |
| 23 | [ur-saŋ] x-x ki-bala-a ⸢gul-gul-e⸣ | Hero ... destroyer of the rebel land |
| 24 | [ama-ni šag₄]-ga mi₂ a-re [im-me] | He praised his mother in the open country |
| 25 | [e₂-a] ⸢dumu⸣-ŋu₁₀ x mu-ti-in ga-[nam-me-a] | In the house ... is indeed a man. |
| 26 | {[ŋeš}si]-ŋar ⸢ur₂⸣-ta x-x-[...] | From the terrace of the threshing floor |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e₂-a dumu]-ŋu₁₀ ⸢munus ga-nam⸣-[me-a] | in the house, a daughter is indeed a woman |
| 2 | {ŋeš}balak ga-mu-ri-x-da ⸢nam⸣-[ma-da-gub] | I want to ... the balak drum for you |
| 3 | ka-ka-na um-ma-da-⸢ma⸣-[al-la] | After he had filled his mouth with libations |
| 4 | ama-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ u₃-gada nam-da-⸢ri⸣ | Ama-ešum-iddina, ugada priestess, do not enter. |
| 5 | ki-ru-gu₂ 68⸢kam⸣-ma | It is the sixty-eighth song |
| 6 | ⸢u₃⸣-[gada] ⸢nam⸣-da-ri u₃-gada nam-da-⸢ri⸣ | “It is enough, it is enough! It is enough. It is too much! It is too little! It cannot be overturned! |
| 7 | aŋ₂ [kum₂]-ma ud(DI) du₇-du₇ u₃-gada nam-⸢da⸣-[ri] | “Woe, the heat of the day, a storm that is to be blown away, may it not come out! |
| 8 | x-⸢ha-a⸣ gu₂ mar-mar u₃-gada nam-da-[ri] | The ... of the scepter, the ugada instrument, the instrument of resounding |
| 9 | [e-el-lu] egi šu du₇-a-ni nin-ne u₃-tu-da-[am₃] | Ellu, the princess whose hand is perfect, the lady gave birth |
| 10 | [niŋ₂-lam₂] gi₆-ga-ni {na₄}za-gin₃-duru₅-am₃ | Its aura is black lapis lazuli |
| 11 | [niŋ₂-lam₂] babbar-ra-ni mu-nu₁₁-gal zalag-zalag-ga-am₃ nin-ne u₃-tu-⸢da⸣-am₃ | His white radiance is a great herald, the lady is the one who gives birth. |
| 12 | {[d]}u₄-sahar-ra sig-ta um-⸢da⸣-ŋen nim-ta u₆ mu-un-e | Utsahara, from the south, he looks at him from the north. |
| 13 | {d}u₄-sahar-ra nim-ta um-da-ŋen sig-ta u₆ mu-un-e | Utsahara, from the north he looks at him from the south |
| 14 | ka-ka-na um-ma-da-ma-al-la | After he has set up his mouth, |
| 15 | ama-ŋu₁₀ u₃-gada nam-da-ri | The mother, the ugada priestess, ... |
| 16 | ki-ru-gu₂ 69kam-ma | It is the sixty-ninth song. |
| 17 | ⸢zi⸣-ta še-ke₄-e x-x-na x-x-na | From the ezida canal ... |
| 18 | 14 | 14 (lines) |
| 20 | iti še-gur₁₀-kud ud 21kam | The month of Šegurkud, the day 21 |
| 21 | im-gid₂-da {⸢d⸣}šamaš-mu-ba-li₂-it | long tablet of Šamaš-muballit |
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