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TMH 06, 03 (P273894)
Incantation, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 06, 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273894 |
| Museum no. | HS 1540 |
| Collection | Hilprecht Collection, University of Jena, Jena, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse col 1 | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | dili-am3# [usz hul mu]-de2 usz hul#-a-bi ba-ra-kam | “It is a single man, the one who kills the dead, its dead ones are not there. |
| 3' | dili-am3 usz saga{ga} mu-de2 usz saga{ga}-bi lu2-u18-[kam] | “It is a single, the good blood he drew up, and that good blood of the man |
| 4' | naga# ku3-ga u2-[hur]-sag#-[ga2] | pure alkali and uhursag plant |
| 5' | [... szu u3-ti] | ... he received |
| obverse col 2 | ||
| 1' | x x [...] | |
| 2' | a2#-sag3 masz-gin7# [ha-ba]-ta#-ab-sar#-[sar] | May the asag demon spread out like a gazelle |
| 3' | nig2#? gesz tur-tur-gin7 [ha-ba]-ta#-ab-ra-[ra] | Like a small tree(?), if it were to be cut down(?) |
| 4' | szuku ki-ta a-ra tur-tur-gin7 ha-ba-ta-ku5-ku5-u5 | May he cut off the šuku-offering from the ground like small ... |
| 5' | usz saga{ga} en3-za-am3-ma [{d}nin]-a-zu lu2-u18-da ha-ba-da-ta!-ru-[ru] | Good strength, as long as Ninazu lives with the man |
| 6' | usz hul-a en3-za-am3#-[ma] de2-a a-gin7 ki ansze# [gu4]-ninda2-ta ha-ba-ta#-[...] | As soon as he has prayed to Ea, how will he depart from the place of the donkeys and oxen? |
| reverse col 1 | ||
| 1 | {d#}asar#-[e] ki#-tusz ki#-[...] ha-mu-da-x-[x] | May Asar dwell with me in the dwelling place |
| 2 | pa-hal#-la ha-mu-da-lah5#-[a] | may the haruspex be able to carry |
| 3 | [...] lu2# he2-saga#{ga#} he2-[...] | ... may the man be good, may he |
| 4 | {d#}[asar]-lu2#-hi he2#-[x] he2-[x] | May Asalluhi |
| 5 | dingir# lu2#-u18 siskur2# [a-ra?]-zu#-a he2-gub# [x] | May the god, the man, stand in prayer and supplication |
| 6 | [...]-x [...] | |
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