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HS.2641 (ebl:HS.2641)

CANONICAL > Literature > Narrative > Lugalbanda, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE

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DesignationHS.2641
IDebl:HS.2641
Museum no.HS.2641
LanguageSumerian
PeriodOld Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
GenreCANONICAL > Literature > Narrative > Lugalbanda

Machine English (draft)

Machine draft. Machine English from montycrypto/atf-to-english (atf-en-best-v2, 2026-10-05), generated line by line from the source transliteration (not reproduced here). It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

LineMachine English (draft)
reverse 2In the pure place Lugalbanda, the mountain range he entrusted to him.
obverse 2'When we go out from Aratta
obverse 4'as if it were good for holy Nanaya
obverse 1'...
reverse 6They brought (them) to the nether world.
obverse 3'I want to bring the young woman to the brickwork of Kulaba
reverse 1the brothers of their priestly service
reverse 4the weeping of the heart of the people
obverse 5'as if (it were) a gudab priest's gudab priesthood, as if it were a urum priesthood
reverse 3weeping one way
reverse 5in order to smite the angry heart

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