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YOS 11, 44
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Primary publication	YOS 11, 44
Author(s)	van Dijk, Johannes J. A., Goetze, Albrecht & Hussey, Mary I.
Publication date	1985
Secondary publication(s)
Collection	Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum no.	YBC 05639
Accession no.
Provenience
Excavation no.
Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates referenced
Object type	tablet
Remarks
Material	clay
Language	Sumerian
Genre	Literary
Sub-genre
CDLI comments
Catalogue source	20060203 generalcatalogue_yale
ATF source	Guerra, Dylan M.
Translation	Guerra, Dylan M.
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001w5f21
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CDLI no.	P306706

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Tablet

obverse
1. a# kur#-ta# nam-tar-ra
en: Water from the mountain destined.
2. a ge6-a kur-ta nam-tar-ra
en: Flood water from the mountain destined.
3. kur-ra kur-sza3-ta nam-tar-ra
en: In the mountain, from the mountain’s stomach destined.
4. hur-sag ki-sikil nam-tar-ra
en: The mountain, the pure place, destined.
5. ildag2 nu-gi4-gi4 nam-tar-ra
en: The unreturning poplars destined.
6. dar3#-masz si gur#-ru-ba nam-tar-ra
en: Of the ram—its twisted horns destined.
7. u2 si hal-hal-la-bi nam-tar-ra
en: The plant, its split horns destined.
8. esz3# bar-ra si am-ma-bi nam-tar-ra
en: Outside the shrine, its wild bull horns destined.
9. NE#?-ta? kasz4#?-kasz4#? bi2-il2-la
en: From the ... the runners(?) carried.
10. kar ku3-ga lugal-e dumu dingir-ra-na
en: On the silver harbor, the king, son of his god,
11. u3-me-sikil u3-me-dadag
en: then purified and brightened.
12. eme-hul gal2 bar-sze3 he2-em-ta-gub
en: The evil tongue being, verily stepped out.
13. KA#-inim-ma a gub2-ba-kam
en: It is an incantation of water cleansing.

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