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CDLI Literary 000380, ex. 018
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Primary publicationCDLI Literary 000380, ex. 018
Author(s)CDLI
Publication date2014ff.
Secondary publication(s)Gadd, Cyril J. & Shaffer, Aaron, UET 6 (1963, 1966, 2006) 0129; 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/zz001wzm4s
Composite no.Q000380
Seal no.
CDLI no.P346214

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1. eridu#{ki} a gal#-e# u5#?-[...]
en: (In?) Eridu, which had been riding(?) on a flood, drinking water ceased(?)
2. bar-ba {d}en-lil2-e du3-x-[...]
en: In its outskirts, which had been made into a windblown plain ...
3. lu2 zi ki-lul#-la# x [...]
en: The true person ... in an ambush ...
4. {d}KA-x-x [...]
en: KAhegal? and Igihegal? ...
5. gurusz-me-en u4# [...] x x x [...]
en: You(?) are a young man, the day/storm ...
6. u4# nu-gul-la hi#-li nu-til-la-me-en [...]
en: Day/storm that does not destroy/is not restrained, you(?) are one whose allure is not exhausted ...
7. [...] TUG2-gin7 su2 sa6#-ga-me-esz i3-[...]
en: They (the two gatekeepers?)) who are beautiful of body(?) like ..., we will ...
8. alim#?-gin7 igi gun3-gun3-me-esz i3-[...]
en: They who are speckled of face like an alim creature(?), we will ...
9. alan#-gin7 kusz3-kusz3-a de2-a-me-esz i3-[...]
en: They who are poured like a statue into molds, we will ...
10. gu#-ti-um{ki} lu2 ha-lam-ma-ne me-ze-er#?-[...]
en: Gutium, the people who destroy(?), will break them
11. [... {d}]en#-ki-ra abzu eridu{ki}-sze3 szu-a ba-e-de3-en#-[...]
en: We sent by hand to father? Enki in the Abzu of Eridu
12. [...] a#-na im-me-en-da-na a-na bi2-in-tah-en#-[...]
en: ... what is it that will we say, what is it that we will add?
13. [...] x a#-na# im-me-en-da-na a-na bi2-in-tah#-[...]
en: ... what is it that will we say, what is it that we will add?
14. [...]-ga-ta he2#-en#-x-[...]
en: If(?) it is (the case that) we go out from(?) Eridu
15. [...]-ba#?-gub-bu-da-nam gissu#? [...]
en: If we stand ... in the day? shade will not ...
16. [...]-gub#-bu#-un-da-nam u4-de3 [...]
en: If we stand ... at night, the day/storm would not acquire ...
17. [...] a-na szu ba-e-de3-ti#-[...]
en: (While) standing in the day(?) with(?) our distress, what will we take from you(?)?
18. [...] u2-gu me-de2-en-de3#-[...]
en: (While) standing in the night(?) with(?) our sleeplessness, what will we forget (i.e., leave behind)?
19. [...]-ba-e-de3-ku5 ki!-erim2-e [...]
en: Enki, if your city is cursed, it will be given to(?) the enemy land
20. [...] gal2-la-a-da a-na-asz ba-[...]
en: Why do they diminish us in the status of(!?) being apart from Eridu?
21. [...]-ga-me a-na-asz me-gul-gul-lu#-[...]
en: Why do they destroy us(?) (in our state of) not being touched (with care?) like a date palm?
22. [...] nu#-ak!-me a-na-asz me-ze-er-ze#-[...]
en: Why do they break us(?) (in our state of) not being coated (in bitumen) like a new boat?
23. [...] kur2#-ra im-ma-da#-[...]
en: It is the case that Enki has set his gaze at a different place
24. [...]-x gesz hul-lu mu-e-ni#-[...]
en: The storm(?) ... of grievous sin gave/placed an evil tree/weapon(?) for him
25. [...]-ga#?-me-esz ildum2-ba# [...]
en: They are arisen ... who lie down in their packs
26. [...] giri3# kur2 ba-ra-an-[dab5]
en: Enki took to a different path away from Eridu
27. [...]-x er2 gig mu#-[...]
en: Damgalnuna, the mother of the Emah temple, wept bitterly
28. [... gul]-la#-gu10# [...]
en: She was saying “Alas, my destroyed city, alas, my destroyed temple” bitterly
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