Sumerian tablet (Old Babylonian, Literary)

Transliteration:

šag₄-tum₂ eden...<unk> <unk>...
u₂...<unk>...gir₅-re <unk>...
an-eden-na mu-un-kiŋ₂ nu-mu-ni-in...
{d}li₉-si₄-na er₂ im-ma-an-pad₃ si₁₂-si₁₂ i₃-ŋa₂...
tumu nim-ma kiŋ₂-a-ni ba-an-tum₃
tumu sig-ga ka ba-a-ni ba-an-tum₃
{d}li₉-si₄-na <unk> keš₂-da ni₂ mu-un-šeš₄-šeš₄-e
ma-ra-an-gi₄-gi₄-ne ma-ra-gi₄-gi₄-ne
dur₃ <unk> ŋu₁₀ gal₅-la₂ kalag-ga-ŋu₁₀ ma-ra-an-gi₄-gi₄-ne
ildum₂-ŋu₁₀ mu-un-da-an-kud ma-ra-an-gi₄-gi₄-ne
amar-ŋu₁₀ haš₄-bi hul-a-bi ma-ra-an-gi₄-gi₄-ne
...ka-nu-um tir-ra-a-ni kud-de₃ ma-ra-an-gi₄-gi₄-ne
...id₂-da šu₂-šu₂-ke₄ ma-ra-an-gi₄-gi₄-ne
...a-šag₄-bi a de₂-a-bi ma-ra-an-gi₄-gi₄-ne
...dib-ba-ŋu₁₀...mu-un-na-šeš₄-šeš₄
...šukur sig₉-ga...<unk>...mu-un-na-šeš₄-šeš₄
...u₃-suh₅ mu-da-an-kud {ŋeš}lam-ba mu-un-da-an-nud
...am₃-dug₄ i-lu ga-am-dug₄
...{sila}ŋu₁₀ mu-da-an-kud me-e i-lu ga-am₃-dug₄
ildum₂-ŋu₁₀ mu-da-an-kud me-e i-lu ga-am₃-dug₄
...ŋu₁₀ me-e i-lu ga-am₃-dug₄
henzer-ŋu₁₀ me-e i-lu ga-am₃-dug₄
buru₅{mušen} gud₃-bi hul-a-bi i-lu ga-am₃-dug₄
amar-ŋu₁₀ haš₄-bi hul-a-bi me-e i-lu ga-am₃-dug₄
ak-ka-nu-um tir-ra-ni kud-de₃ me-e...lu ga-am₃-dug₄
ku₆-ŋal₂ id₂-da šu₂-šu₂-gin₇ me-e i-lu ga-am₃-dug₄
mu-un-gar₃ a-šag₄-bi a de₂-a-bi me-e i-lu ga-am₃-dug₄
a-ba-še₃ ga-di a-ba-še₃ ga-di me-e a-ba-še₃ ga-di
ur-ŋu₁₀ ama-ŋu₁₀ ba-an-gurum me-e a-ba-še₃ ga-di
ama-ugu-ŋu₁₀ ga-ša-an-hur-saŋ-ŋa₂-ke₄
ur-ŋu₁₀ ba-an-gurum me-e a-ba-še₃ ga-di
nig arhuš nu-tuku ga-mu-un-na-di-di
{d}li₉-si₄-na šag₄ sag₃-ga-ni-ta dil-ni ba-da-an-tuš
me-li me-e šu ba-ni-in-teŋ₄
saŋ-dili-gin₇ ga-tuš ga-er₂-ra
usar-gin₇ nu-tuku ni₂-te-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ga-gu₇
ma-la-gin₇ nu-tuku ni₂-te-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ga-gu₇
{ŋeš}i-dub e₂-ŋu₁₀ nin₉-ŋu₁₀ he₂-am₃
{ŋeš}si-ŋar e₂-ŋu₁₀ šeš-ŋu₁₀ he₂-am₃
<unk> ŋu₁₀ ze₂-ba...mu-un-tuku-tuku
dur₃ <unk> ŋu₁₀-še₃ er₂-ra ga-an-na-an-til₃
dur₃ <unk> ŋu₁₀-še₃ še ša₄ ga-an-na-an-til₃
šu-ŋu₁₀ he₂-e₃ saŋ-ŋa₂-ni-še₃
zi <unk> he₂-e₃ teŋ₄-ŋa₂-a-ni-še₃
ab₂-gin₇ pel₂-la₂-bi gu₃ im-me
eme₇-gin₇ gu₃ he₂-ni-de₂ dur₃ <unk> ŋu₁₀-še₃
{d}li₉-si₄-na gig-ba-bi gu₃ im-me
{d}li₉-si₄-na sug-e gu₃ he₂-ni-de₂-a-ba
...id₂-da-ke₄ de₂-a-ba
...<unk> ŋu₁₀ mu-da-an-gur dur₃ <unk> ŋu₁₀ mu-un-da-gur
...dur₃ <unk> ŋu₁₀ mu-un-da-gur
...ŋu₁₀ dur₃ <unk> ŋu₁₀ mu-un-da-gur
...dur₃ <unk> ŋu₁₀ mu-un-da-gur
...ga-di me-e a-ba-še₃ ga-di
...an-kud me-e a-ba-še₃ ga-di
...mu-da-an-kud me-e a-ba-še₃ ga-di
...ŋu₁₀ mu-da-an-kud me-e a-ba-še₃ ga-di
...dur₃ <unk> ŋu₁₀...me-e a-ba-še₃ ga-di
...me-e...<unk> na-ab-be₂
...ni ga-di
...<unk> <unk>...ga-di
...igi nu-mu-ni-du₈-a {d}li₉...gig-ga-bi gu₃ im-me
šu-ni du₇-e₃...ŋa₂-ni-še₃
<unk> <unk> re du₇-e₃...ŋa₂-ni-še₃
ab₂-gin₇ pel₂-la₂-bi gu₃ im-me
eme₇-gin₇ gu₃ de₂-de₂ dur₃{sila₄}ni-še₃
{d}li₉-si₄-na iri{ki}ni ba-da-an-šub bar-ta ba-da-an-tuš
ama {d}li₉-si₄-na iri{ki}ni ba-da-an-šub bar-ta ba-da-an-tuš
saŋ-ŋa₂-ni-ta kur-ŋar-ra in-ŋar teŋ₄-ŋa₂-ni-ta nam...<unk> in-ŋar
i-bi₂-ni-ta er₂-ra in-ŋar
iri tuš-u₃-de₃-en ba-ra-na-tuš-u₃-de₃-en
iri{ki}ni ki-sikil he₂-am₃ me-e-li-e₂-bi he₂-am
{d}li₉-si₄-na iri{ki}ni ba-ra-e₃
ama {d}li₉-si₄-na dili-ni ba-da-an-tuš
ud lu₃-a-ŋu₁₀ ud...a-li-ŋa₂-ŋu₁₀
{d}li₉-si₄-na...kal-kal-la-am₃
egir...ga-am₃


Translation:
In(?) the pasture(?) and the plain ...
... slipping/diving(?) ...
She sought ... in the high plain, she did not ... there
Lisin wept, she was making sobbing noises
She brought her seeking high(land) wind(?)
She brought her loud (lit. mouth opened/speaking) low(land) wind(?)
Lisin, who was bound to(?) the gate, weeps (by) herself(?)
They will return him for me, they will return him for me
They will return my young male donkey, my mighty policeman, for me
... cut him off from my clan, (but now) they will return him for me
My calf, the one whose thigh is shattered(?), they will return him for me
The wild donkey whose thicket is being cut, they will return him for me
The canal inspector whose river is being emptied(?), they will return him for me
The farmer (absent due to/during?) the irrigating of the(?) field, they will return him for me
(With) my chest (with) breasts/nipples seized/having seized (i.e. stopped milk flow?) (its) breasts/nipples(?) ..., ... she weeps ... for him
(With) my left side filled with (i.e., pierced by)/torn by(?) a pin/thorn/lance, ... she weeps(?) ... for him
At that time, ... cut down <my> conifer tree, ... and laid it down among its saplings
I want to lament, I want to lament
(For) my young male donkey(?) who ... has separated, I want to lament
(For) my one who ... has separated from my clan, I want to lament
(For) my sprout/neophyte(?), I want to lament
(For) my baby, I want to lament
(For) the sparrow, whose nest is destroyed, I want to lament
(For) my calf/chick(?), the one whose thigh is broken, I want to lament
(For) the wild donkey whose thicket is being cut, I want to lament
(For) the canal inspector whose river is being emptied(?), I want to lament
(For) the farmer (absent during?) the irrigating of his field, I want to lament
I shall go to the rear (of the temple, i.e. sanctum?), I shall go to the rear (of the temple?), (as for) me, I shall go to the rear (of the temple?)
My dog, my mother, has curled up, (as for) me, I shall go to the rear (of the temple?)
My birth mother, Ninhursag
My dog, has curled up, (as for) me, I shall go to the rear (of the temple?)
The merciless bitch, I shall repeatedly go (to her) for him
Lisina sits alone in (the dust?) due to her grief
"Woe(?) is me,” she (Ninhursag) accepted (this lamentation?)
Like (one who is) alone, I want to sit and weep
Like (one) who has no neighbor, I want to eat by myself
Like (one) who has no girlfriend/female neighbor, I want to eat by myself
May the threshold of my house be my sister
May the bolt of my house be my brother
My sweet voice(?) shook(?) the marshes
On behalf of my young male donkey, I want to live there weeping for him
On behalf of my young male donkey, I want to live there moaning for him
May my hand come out towards my(!?) head
May (my?) ... breath/life(?) come out towards my(!?) cheek(!?)
Like a cow she cries out in desolation
May she bray like a female donkey on behalf of my young male donkey
Lisin cries out bitterly
Lisin is the one who should(?) shout out in the marshes
The ... of the river is the one who should(?) shout out in lament
... has turned away(?) my young male donkey, ... has turned away my young male donkey
... has turned away ..., my young male donkey
... has turned away my ..., my young male donkey
... has turned away ..., my young male donkey
I shall go to the rear (of the temple?), I shall go to the rear (of the temple?), me, I shall go to the rear (of the temple?)
... has separated ..., I shall go to the rear (of the temple?), me, I shall go to the rear (of the temple?)
... has separated ..., I shall go to the rear (of the temple?), me, I shall go to the rear (of the temple?)
... has separated ..., I shall go to the rear (of the temple?), me, I shall go to the rear (of the temple?)
... has separated my young male donkey, I shall go to the rear (of the temple?), me, I shall go to the rear (of the temple?)
... I ... shall not ...
... I shall go to ...
... I shall go to ...
... did not look at ..., lisin shouted bitterly
May her hand come out towards her head
May her ... breath/throat come out towards her cheek(!?)
Like a cow she cries out in desolation
Braying like a female donkey on behalf of her? young male donkey
Lisin abandoned her city and dwelled outside of it
Mother lisin abandoned her city and dwelled outside of it
Apart from/by means of(?) her head she set the kurgara perfomer, she set ... apart from/by means of her cheek(!?)
Apart from/by means of(?) her eye she initiated a lamentation
For him(?) I shall not dwell (in) the city(?) that I am to inhabit(?)
May her city be a pure place, and may she(?) be its (exclamation of) “woe"(?))
Lisin went out from her city
Mother lisin dwelled apart and alone
My disturbed day, my destroyed/forgotten day(!?)
Lisin, who is the most precious(?) ...
Who is(?) behind/after ...
double ruling