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CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 016
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000380, ex. 016
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0125; Michalowski Lamentation over Sumer and Ur p.32
CollectionBritish Museum, London, UK
Museum no.BM —
Accession no.
ProvenienceUr (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Excavation no.U —
PeriodOld Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates referenced
Object typetablet
Remarks
Materialclay
LanguageSumerian
GenreLiterary
Sub-genreETCSL 2.02.03 Lament for Sumer and Ur (witness)
CDLI comments
Catalogue source20061205 cdliadmin_veldhuis
ATF sourcePeterson, Jeremiah
TranslationPeterson, Jeremiah
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz001wzm0q
Composite no.Q000380
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346210

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obverse
1. [...] gesz-hur ha-lam-me-[de3]
en: In order to overturn the day, in order to destroy the plans
2. [...] tesz2#-bi i3-gu7-e#?
en: The storm ravages like a stormwind
3. [...]-gi#-ra# szu bala ak-de3
en: In order to overturn the me of Sumer
4. [...] sa6#-ga e2-ba gi4-gi4-de3
en: In order to confine the good reign in its house
5. [...] gul#-gul-lu-de3 e2 gul-gul-lu#-de3
en: In order to destroy the city, in order to destroy the temple
6. [...] gul-gul-lu-de3 amasz tab-tab#-[be2]-de3
en: In order to destroy the cattlepen, in order to flatten the sheepfold
7. [gu4]-bi# tur3-bi-a nu-gub-bu-de3
en: So that the ox does not does not stand in its cattlepen
8. [udu]-bi# amasz-a nu-dagal-e-de3
en: So that the sheep does not expand (in number?) in the sheepfold
9. [i7]-de3 a mun4-na tum2-mu-de3#
en: So that the canal irrigates with (only) brackish water
10. [...] zi-de3 {u2}hirim mu2-mu2-de3#
en: So that hirin grass grows in the fertile field
11. [...] u2 a-nir mu2-mu2#-[de3]
en: So that the “lamentation plant” grows in the plain
12. [...]-ni#-ir ki# nu#-[...]
en: So that the mother does not seek the whereabouts of her child

reverse
beginning broken
1'. [...] x [...]
en: ...
2'. [...] ki#-tusz-ba bi2#-in#-hu#-luh# ug3#-[...]
en: An terrified within the dwelling of Sumer, the people were frightened
3'. [...] u4# gig-ga mu-un-zal iri{ki}-a# [...]
en: Enlil made a painful day elapse, silence befell the city
4'. [...] ama5 kalam-ma-ka {gesz}ig-szu-ur2# [...]
en: Nintur set (open?) the bolt (in the street) at the women's quarters of the land
5'. [...] {i7#}idigna {i7}buranun-na a# [...]
en: Enki bound up the water away from the Tigris and Euphrates
blank space
6'. [... im]-gid2-da 1(disz)-kam-ma
en: ... 1st "long-tablet" (in a series)


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