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VAT.17496 (ebl:VAT.17496)
CANONICAL > Literature, Old Babylonian, Babylon · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VAT.17496 |
|---|---|
| ID | ebl:VAT.17496 |
| Museum no. | VAT.17496 |
| Collection | Babylon |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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.
| Line | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|
| obverse 6' | I want to dwell in the city, I want to dwell in it |
| reverse 2' | its utensils from the Ebla-woods |
| obverse 10' | I want to eat and drink, I want to eat and drink |
| obverse 8' | I want to go to my city, I want to go to my mother |
| obverse 11' | The city of battle, the pure place |
| reverse 3' | he had brought to him by the hand of Aimbabbar. |
| reverse 7' | by the command of Aimbabbar |
| obverse 3' | I am a hero, I want to dwell in my city |
| obverse 5' | I am Suen, I want to go to my city |
| reverse 4' | from the... of the cedar forest |
| reverse 1' | ... he |
| obverse 4' | I want to go to my city, I want to go to my city. |
| obverse 9' | I want to... to Ama-jug and Ninlil |
| obverse 1' | ... |
| reverse 8' | ... |
| reverse 6' | ... did not return |
| reverse 5' | he gave to Nanna-Sîn. |
| obverse 7' | I want to go to the side of Enlil |
| obverse 2' | so that Dilmun stands in his prayer |
Sources & licences
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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