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TMH 06, 09 (P273900)
Incantation, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 06, 09 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273900 |
| Museum no. | HS 1588 + 1596 |
| 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 | ||
| 1 | enuru{+e2-nu-ru} | Enuru-enuru |
| 2 | an-na IM# mu-ru | In heaven a tablet was written. |
| 3 | pesz10{pesz#} mu-zi | wild goat |
| 4 | sag#-ge6-ga nam-tar mu-ru | He decreed fate for the black-headed people. |
| 5 | gesz#-gi-na nam-lu2-ulu3-ka kasz# mu-gar kalam-ma sag-duru5 ulu3 i3-ru | In the reedbed of humanity he placed beer; in the land the sagduru-priestess rose |
| 6 | kur-kur-ra a bur2#? i3-ru {gi}uri3-e sag-ki-a-ni? am3#-mi-us2-us2 | In all the lands the water was poured, the reed mat(?) sat on its head |
| 7 | nam-bi-sze3 dingir an-an-ke4 ni2 ba-ti an-na ba-e11 | Because of this, the god of heaven approached with fear. |
| 8 | dingir ki-ke4 ni2 ba-ti ki-tum2-a ba-su8-su8 | The god of the netherworld seized him by the fearsomeness, he made him stand on the ground. |
| 9 | dingir# gal-gal-e ni2-bi-a szuku im-ma-ru | The great gods ... in their own strength. |
| 10 | ku6 i7-ke4 ni2 ba-ti tusz-bi-ta ba-gen | The fish of the river took in fear and went away from its dwelling. |
| 11 | muszen an-an-ke4 ni2 ba-ti kur ur2-ra ba-ra | The bird of heaven has ceased there, it has left the base of the mountain. |
| 12 | masz2-ansze nig2-zi-pa-<an> edin-na nig2-ur2-limmu {d}szakkan zu2-bi# im-ma-gar | The animals, the niŋzipa<can> of the steppe, and the ur-limmu of Šakkan, their teeth he placed. |
| 13 | {d#}szakkan# ni2# ba-ti an-ur2#-ra ba-kux(KWU636) | Šakkan took fear and entered the horizon |
| 14 | {d}nanna ni2 ba-ti an-pa ba-an-kux(KWU636) | Nanna, fearsome one, entered heaven. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | {d}asal-lu2-hi a-ni {d}en-ki-sze3 e2-a mu-szi-kux(KWU636) | Asalluhi to his father Enki brought into the temple. |
| 2 | gu3# mu-na-de2-e | he spoke to him |
| 3 | dumu-mu a a-na nu-zu a-na-ra-ab-dah# | My child, what does not know water(?) I will drag for you |
| 4 | lu2# ge6-ga edin-sze3 dingir-x [sza3] i3#-hun | A black man to the steppe, Dingir-... rejoiced |
| 5 | x x-zu ki-sikil#-[a u3]-mu#-dadag# | Your ..., young woman, I have cleared it away |
| 6 | [x x?] amasz# tur3 nu-tak4#-x-ga u3-ma-dab5 | ... the sheepfold, which had not been ..., was seized |
| 7 | u8# [...] a-ba-ni-pad | The ewe ..., who found you? |
| 8 | ud5# gig#? [... a-ba]-ni-pad | I have found a sick nanny goat |
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