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ULCI 17 (X907115)
Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | ULCI 17 |
|---|---|
| ID | X907115 |
| Museum no. | ULCI 17 |
| Collection | Brotherton Library, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | [...]-x | |
| 2' | [...]-x | |
| 3' | [...]-⸢NE⸣ | ...-e’e |
| 4' | [...]-MU | ...-MU |
| 5' | [...]-NE | ...-NE |
| 6' | [...]-x | |
| ii | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢u₃-a e-ne⸣-<(eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni)> | ... his word |
| 2' | {[d}mu]-⸢ul-lil₂⸣-la₂ u₃-a e-ne-<(eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni)> | “Mullil, alas, his word |
| 3' | [u₃-a e-ne]-⸢eŋ₃-ŋa₂⸣-ni | Oh, Enemeni! |
| 4' | [... ga]-⸢am₃⸣-ma-ga a-zu-bi lul-la | I want to bring ..., its physician is a false one |
| 5' | [e]-⸢ne šim⸣-mu₂ ga-am₃-ma-ga šim-mu₂-bi lul-la | I want to speak the truth, its truth is liar |
| 6' | e-ne mu u₈ mu-ak mu-bi še am₃-ša₄ | The young man does "Woe!", that young man moans. |
| 7' | e-ne gi u₈ mu-ak gi-bi še am₃-ša₄ | He acted like a ewe, this reed grows. |
| 8' | e-ne dur₂-dur₂-bi ši-du kur i₃-gul-gul | The one who sat down, the mountain was destroyed |
| 9' | e-ne gal-gal-bi ši-du ⸢iri⸣-am₃ ši-tu₁₁-tu₁₁ | Its great word is a flood that sweeps through the city |
| 10' | e-ne gakkul-am₃ al-šu₂ ša₃-bi am₃-niŋin | He is a mash tub, he fills its inside |
| 11' | ⸢e-ne ša₃⸣-bi ⸢nu-zu⸣-a | “Those who enter are those who do not know. |
| r i | ||
| 2' | e-ne ki-a di-da-bi kur be₄-be₄ na-⸢nam⸣ | When he goes on earth, he should not approach the netherworld. |
| 3' | e-ne u₄-de₃ ia₂-ta ia₂-am₃ ba-ra-⸢ab⸣-[e₃] | When the storm came out from a “yeaḫ"(?) he did not come out. |
| 4' | e-ne {d}mu-⸢ul-lil₂-la⸣-ke₄ e₂ u-ta u-am₃ ba-ra-ab-e₃ | The word of Enlil has left the house. |
| 5' | u₃-mu-un-na e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni ⸢an⸣-da ul-e-a an-da diri-ge | The word of the lord is a flood that surpasses heaven. |
| 6' | [e-ne]-⸢eŋ₃⸣ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ [...] x saŋ im-da-sag₃-ge | The word of Enlil shakes the earth |
| 7' | [...] ⸢an⸣ im-dub₂-ba-ni [...] ⸢e⸣-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni | ... when he strews an ešakku-vessel |
| 8' | [... im]-⸢mu⸣-sag₃-sag₃-ge | ... shakes |
| 9' | [... tumu]-⸢gin₇⸣ im-mu-sag₃-sag₃-ge | ... shakes like a wind |
| 10' | [...] ⸢kur⸣-kur-ra-ke₄ | ... of the Ekur temple |
| 11' | [...]-ke₄ | ... ... |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢ga ŋen-na⸣ | ... the en priestess |
| 2' | [...]-⸢ga⸣ ŋen-na | ... the en priestess |
| 3' | [...]-⸢ga⸣ ŋen-na | ... the en priestess |
| 4' | [...]-⸢ga⸣ ŋen-na | ... the en priestess |
| 5' | [...-ga] ⸢ŋen⸣-na | In the ... of the en priestess |
Sources & licences
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