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BM 120015 (X907117)
Old Babylonian, unclear · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BM 120015 |
|---|---|
| ID | X907117 |
| Museum no. | BM 120015 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| ⸢gi-zi⸣-la ŋu₁₀-ru ku-⸢ur su⸣-[ud-ra u₂]-⸢ru ba⸣-ad-da₁₀ ku-tuš du-um ⸢di⸣-we-er ša-ab-bi hu-lu di-⸢ma⸣ | (Sum) The gizi plant, the šû-plant (Akk) It is the giza plant of the eagle(?), the ku’ur plant (var.) the u‘uru-plant | |
| ⸢i-li⸣ a-na-ša-ma ⸢di-pa-ra a-na⸣ ša-di ru-qu₂-tim a-la-ni ne₂-su₂-tim a-šu-ub-tim a-šu-ub-tim ša ṣa-tim a-na i-li-ia ze-ni | (Sum) I am Ili’e, I am Dipar, the one who goes to the far-away place (Akk) The far-off place, the distant place (var.) The distant place to my god is angry | |
| ⸢gi-bil⸣ ur-sa ka ku-⸢ur⸣ da-ma-al ki-in-ga-a-aš ki-gi ku-ku-ut-te za-la mu-ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | (Sum) The hero, the mouth of a lion (Akk) To the hero of the lion(?) of the mouth (var.) The mouth of the enemy (var) The kiŋingaš, the kigi and kukuttu-demons, the exalted one | |
| [x x] a-ša-pa-ra ba-bi-⸢iš qar⸣-ra-da mu-pa-ṣe₂-e ša-di-i ra-bu-tim ša-ki-in ek-le-tim a-na nu-ri | ... I am writing to you: “Babbi’eš, the hero, the one who gathers the great mountains, the dark one, to the light | |
| [a]-⸢nu⸣-na di-ir ga-⸢al⸣-ga-le-ne₂ ku-ur-ku-ur gi-zi-la ŋu₁₀-ru | I want to utter an arazu prayer to him. The kurkur prayer is a reed mat. | |
| [i]-⸢li⸣ i-na e-nu-⸢na⸣-ki i-li ra-⸢bu-tim⸣ na-ši di-pa-ra a-na ma-tim | (Sum) My god, when you rise up, the great god is the one who carries the torch to the land (Akk) In your rising up, my great gods are the ones who carry the torch for the land | |
| {⸢d}utu⸣ na-de el-le-el-la u₃-sa-bi mu-li₂ ur i-ni-im ŋa₂-ŋa₂ ⸢ša₃⸣ x-qa mu-ir | The Šamaš temple, the one who lays down the elalû-demon, its roof-beam is a dog ... | |
| {⸢d}UTU⸣ u₂-wa-e-ra-ma ša-am-ša-am il-li-li-im ka-ka-bi im-mu-ši-tim im-mu-ši-tim ba-bi-il a-wa-at ka-ba-at mu-pa-še-eh li-ib-bi | Šamaš spoke to me, and my heart rejoiced. Its mouth was full of tears, it was full (of tears). The word of the mouth was filled with tears. | |
| [x] (x) ⸢lu⸣-ga-al-bi-ir <gu₂> bi-re-e sa-ke mu di-im-ga-⸢ra-na⸣-ke ni-im-ŋu₁₀-da li-bi-in-pa-da | The ... of the Elu’egalbi temple, whose name is called by the name of the Imma-erana temple | |
| ⸢ki⸣-[ma] x (x) ⸢ša be-el⸣-šu i-ze-ru-ma ⸢ṭa-ba⸣-am šu-mi i-li-šu(ki) la-a iz₃-ku-ru ⸢i⸣-na ma-ka-lim | E-e-ma ... his lord entered and that E-taba-ē-am the name of Ili-shulgi he did not ask. E-i-e'ina was well. | |
| [... la-ra]-⸢ah⸣ gi-ga-a-⸢a⸣ a-še-ra ba-⸢da⸣-[tuš] | ... Laraḫ, Gigayaea, Ashur, sits down with you | |
| [...] x x ⸢ep-ša-a⸣ ib-ki šu-um-ru-iṣ wa-ši-⸢ib⸣ i-na ta-ne₂-e-⸢hi⸣ | ... the deeds he created, the šumrû-priest who goes out in the tanaḫḫē ritual | |
| x i-a x-⸢si-ig ga-la⸣ i-ra-ni a-še-re ba-tu-e | ... his tears overflowing with tears. | |
| eṭ-lu-um x-ba-ru ⸢i-na⸣ lu-mu-en li-ib-bi-šu i-na bi-ki-tim u₃ ta-ni-hi it-ta-ša-ab | (Sum) The young man ... (Akk) I am the young man, his heart ... in a house and a ditch | |
| a-wi il₅-lu gi-ga ša₃ si-ig ⸢hu-lu⸣-da i-ra-an-ni hu-lu a-ni-ra | A man, a reed mat, the ḫulû-demon cried out to me, he is a hoe! | |
| eṭ-lu-um u₂-da-ba-ba ma-ar-ṣi₂-iš i-ba-ki ṣa-ar-pi₂-iš le-em-ni-iš it-ta-na-ah-⸢ma⸣ | (Sum) The young man screamed, “Alas, the young man, he shouted at you. (Akk) (The young man) shouts at you, a lamentation rages against you. | |
| tu-um-gi la-ra-ah ŋa₂ du za-an-ni še-e nu-na-⸢še⸣ | The tumgi priestess is a larah priest, the one who goes at my side does not come out. | |
| eṭ-lu-um pa-aš-qi₂-iš i-da-am-mu-um ki-ma su₂-um-ma-tim mu-ša-am u₃ ur-ri | (Sum) The young man speaks a supplication to me (Akk) I speak a prayer to the young man like a shepherd, the night and day | |
| di-we-er-bi-re ša-ne₂-ša ki-ri šu ⸢i⸣-mi-im-ga-al er-re ba-in-si-si ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | (Sum) The one of the “weapons,' the hand of E-i-e-mimgal was filled with tears (Akk) He of the weavers, his hand is filled with lamentation | |
| eṭ-lu-um a-na i-li-šu u₂-te-ne₂-ne-en a-pa-šu i-la-bi-in₄ i-ba-ki u₂-ta-ra-ak | (Sum) The young man prayed to his god, (Akk) The old man spoke to his goddess, the young man said to her. | |
| a-ga-ŋu₁₀ ga-re₇-tu a-ŋa₂-qa-ŋu₁₀ nu-ub-tu i-ni-im mu-ra-ab-te ri nu-mu-en-da-te-e | “Alas, I want to go, I do not want to lie down, I am not able to sleep. | |
| a-wi-lu-⸢um⸣ e-pe₂-eš₃-⸢ti⸣ lu-uq-bi ša ep-šu u₂-ul ša qa-bi a-wa-ti-ia lu-ša-an-ni ri-ip u₂-ul ša-an-ni x | (As for) the man, let me speak (of his) deeds, (but) it is not that of the wording of my words. It is not ... |
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