YBC 04658 (P305860)

Literary tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 04658

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

104.0 mm × 70.0 mm × 27.0 mm

Annotation unreviewed

Text

tablet
obverse
1. [x x x (x)] x x me3-ka ur5-sze3 gu3 mu-un-ra#-ra
 en: ... of battle therefore screamed out.
2. [x x x] x x zi?# a-maru-ke4 e2-e i3-ug5-ge
 en: ... rise(?) and the floodwaters will kill at home.
3. [x x x x] a2#-zi?# [...] du6 sahar-a tusz ba-DU
 en: ... violence(?) ... sit in tells and dirt ...
4. [x x x x]-e x-gi4#-gi4?#-[(x)] {{da-ik}} za-e kasz-mu musz3?# ba-de6
 en: ... murdered ... you have discountinued(?) my (supply of) beer.
5. [(x) x x x]-a-da {d}nuska sukkal {d}en-lil2-la2 [x x] mu-ra-gub-bu
 en: ... Nuska, the vizier of Enlil, is at your disposal.
6. [(x)] szar2#-ur3 pirig ka-du8-a {{(x)-x-mu}} {d}kal-kal [i3-du8] e2#-kur-ra-ke4 uru3 he2-ak-e
 en: May the szarur-weapon, the roaring lion, and Kalkal, the gatekeeper of Ekur, protect you.
7. [(x)] szar2#-gaz igi nu-tum2-mu {{la ba-bi-il pa-ni}} {d}nin-nisig [giri2-la2 e2-kur-ra-ke4 ...]
 en: [May] the merciless szargaz-weapon, and Ninnisig, the butcher of Ekur ...
8. mi#-tum sag-5(u) digir-imin [...]
 en: [May?] the fifty-headed mace, the Heptad, ...
9. ki ad-da-ne-ne gi4-gi4-de3 [...]
 en: Restoring the place of the forefathers...
10. nita3-dam-mu szu nam-sa6-ga gesztu2 [...]
 en: My spouse ... benevolence entirely ...
11. {d}nin-lil2-le szu nam-hul-a sza3-ga-ne2 [...]
 en: Ninlil ... malevolence in her heart.
12. a2-sze dam dam-ma-ni-sze3 inim-ma sa6-ga nu#-ga2-ga2 ni2-bi [(x)]
 en: Now, spouse does not speak kindly to spouse among themselves
13. {d}nin-lil2-le dub nam-tar-ra-mu szu-zu-sze3 mu-gur-ra x
 en: Ninlil, you have erased my tablet of fate
14. dumu-zu ki ne-ag2 ga2-a?#-ra?# hul x [...]
 en: Your beloved children ... evil to me.
15. i3-ne-esz2-ta dumu ama-ni ki la-ba-ra-[de6]
 en: Now child does not bury his mother.
16. inim {d}en-lil2-la2-sze3 {d}nin-lil2-e ki-a [x]
 en: At the word of Enlil, Ninlil ... in the ground.
17. {{tu-sza}} i-gi4-in-zu unu2 tur-ra [x]
 en: As if ... a small meal ...
18. ama {d}nin-lil2-le x x [...]
 en: Mother Ninlil ...
19. {{i-na x x (x)-ki/di-sza}} sig7-sig7 ga2-ga2-da-ni#-[sze3? ...]
 en: As she sobbed ...
20. ama {d}nin-lil2-le [...]
 en: Mother Ninlil ...
21. dumu-ni [...]
 en: Her child ...
22. dumu-mu a-a [...]
 en: My child, father ...
23. szu# mu-du7# [...]
 en: ... perfected ...
24. [x] mu# [...]
 en: ...
25. [x] x [...]
 en: ...
  about 16 lines destroyed
reverse
  about 4 lines
5. x [...]
 en: ...
6. tug2 zi?# x [...]
 en: The right garment ...
7. i3 du10-ga [...]
 en: ... fine oil ...
8. {d}dam-gal-[nun-na ...]
 en: Damgalnuna ...
9. ki dagal x [...]
 en:The broad earth ...
10. ama [...]
 en: Mother ...
11. x [...]
  4 lines destroyed
16. x-ra [...]
 en: ...
17. su3#-ra2-ag2 [...]
 en: Gleaming ...
18. silim-ma {d}en-ki [...]
 en: Well-being ... Enki ...
19. esz3#-e ab:[zu-a ...]
 en: To the shrine, in the abyss ...
20. [x] {d}dam?-[...]
 en: ...
21. [u3]-mu-un {d}en?-ki?# [...]
 en: Lord Enki ...
22. [a]-a# {d}suen in-di# [... {d}suen?]-e?# in-di kur-ra?#
 en: He should speak to father Su'en ... he should speak to ... Su'en on the mountain ...
23. [har]-ra-an kur-ra-ke4 [...] du11-ga-na-ab
 en: Speak to ... at the mountain pass!
24. [x]-ra?# ki sun5-na-ta# [... {d}dam]-gal-nun-na-ra du11-ga-[na-ab]
 en: Speak ... to Damgalnuna at the place of entry.
25. [su3]-ra2-ag2 x x [...] DI x (x)
 en: Gleaming ...
26. [x x] ku3 {d}dam-gal-nun-na#-ke4# a#-a# {d#}en#-ki gesztu2-e?# ba?-szum2?#-(x)
 en: ... father Enki gave heed to pure Damgalnuna.
27. [x] x szul {d}suen ta? [x x x x x] gu3 mu-un-na-de2-e
 en: ... youthful Su'en called ...
28. {d}suen-e szu-ni ki bi2-in-tag mu-na-be2 ba-da-an-gub
 en: Su'en touched the earth with his hand and spoke to him and stood with him:
29. {d}en-ki szul {d#}suen#-na-sze3 inim-ma mu-na-ab-be2
 en: Enki spoke a word to youthful Su'en:
30. nim# tu6 kur sig-ga a ti-la [x x]-bi an-na kesze2-da
 en: Ahigh! The incantation of the lower land, the living waters ... closed above.
bottom
1. e3-da-ni-sze3 gal2 i3-taka4 ku4-da-ni-sze3 i3?-kesze2-da
 en: It opened for him to leave, it closed for him to enter.
2. [...] kur-ra sza3#-ib2# nu-tuku
 en: ... has no anger in the land.
  single ruling
3. 6(u)+1(u)+[...] x
 en: ...

Text content

Genre(s) Literary
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P305860

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 104.0 mm × 70.0 mm × 27.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation 50% (Surface: Poor)

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 04658
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.4658

References

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-05-28 at 01:20:07 Willighagen, Lars Artifact metadata Willighagen, Lars Willighagen, Lars Approved View
2024-04-28 at 00:14:57 Özdemir, Barış Artifact metadata Özdemir, Barış Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-03-30 at 19:32:15 Özdemir, Barış Translation Cohen, Mark E.; Özdemir, Barış Dahl, Jacob L. Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2017-11-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI, CDLI CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“YBC 04658 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305860.
YBC 04658 artifact entry (No. P305860). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305860 (Original work published 2017)
YBC 04658 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305860 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“YBC 04658 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 28, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P305860.
YBC 04658 artifact entry (No. P305860). (2024, May 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305860 (Original work published 2017)
YBC 04658 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305860 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).
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	month = {may 28},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305860},
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