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TMH 06, 04 (P273901)
Incantation, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 06, 04 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273901 |
| Museum no. | HS 1473 + 1598 |
| 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)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | en₂-e₂-nu-ru | En-enuru |
| 2 | dumu am₆-ma-na dil-dil-[la₂-de₃] | To make the child of his mother lie alone |
| 3 | dil šim-am₃ dil kug x [...] | Pure one, pure one, ... |
| 4 | a-za-za ha-ma-gi-x [...] |DU:DU||DU:DU| [...] | May the azaza prayer be ... for me |
| 5 | šim la u₅ saŋ-ta u₅ x x x KU BU-gin₇ ha-mu-x-[...] | May the one who does not drink ... oil like ... |
| 6 | uš-bi-da |KA.NE|gin₇ [...] im-ma-da-⸢il₂⸣ | Like a fox, he raised him up like a dragon |
| 7 | {d}en-ki-ra abzu eridu{ki}⸢ga⸣ [tug₂-gin₇] mu-ni-dul gada-gin₇ [...] | Enki covered the Abzu of Eridu like a garment, like linen |
| 8 | a-ra₂ ib₂-ak-na-bi nu-[zu] | whose ways were not known |
| 9 | a-ba-kam lu₂ |KA.NE|⸢gin₇⸣ [...] im-bar₇-ra-⸢am₃⸣ | “Who is it that will come forth like a man to the gate(?)? |
| 10 | dumu am₆-ma-na dil-dil-la₂-⸢de₃⸣ | The child of his wild bull is to be singled out |
| 11 | šu niŋin-dam | Hand of nindam |
| 12 | a-ra₂ ib₂-ak-na-bi nu-zu | whose ways are unknown, |
| 13 | dumu-mu a-na nu-zu a-na a-na-ab-dah-e | My son, what does he know? What can I learn from him? |
| 14 | {d}asal-lu₂-hi-mu a-na nu-zu a-na a-na-ab-dah-e | Asalluḫīmu, what does not know, what can I learn from it? |
| 15 | tul₂-la a mu-de₂ [...] | He poured water into a well |
| 16 | a ha-šu-ur₂-ra ⸢a⸣ [...] | Water of the ḫašur canal |
| r | ||
| 17 | {u₂}|A.ZI&ZI| gid₂-⸢da⸣ [...] šu zid-da-ta ⸢u₃⸣-[...] | A.ZI (means) long-lasting ... from the hand of the righteous |
| 18 | gab₂-bu₃-e šu u₃-ma-bu | The left hand is swollen |
| 19 | ki gig-ga-ba u₃-ma-du₃ | In its bitter place he built it. |
| 20 | piriŋ-e a gal-la KA he₂-ma-la₂-e | May the piriŋ priestess fill the mouth with great water. |
| 21 | muš ki-sur₂-ra-ke₄ bar gir₅-ra KA he₂-ma-la₂-e | May the snake of the boundary land spread its wings in a net. |
| 22 | muš ze₂ [...] ⸢tu₆⸣ dug₄ KA he₂-[...] | May the sweet-smelling snake ... the ‘spirit’ of the mouth(?) |
| 23 | {d}nin-a-zu izi [...] | Ninazu, ... fire |
| 24 | {d}asar-re [...] | Asar |
| 25 | uš-bi i₃-[...] ⸢he₂-em⸣-[...] | Its foundation(?) ... may it be ... |
| 26 | tum₉ dab-gin₇ [...] ba-[...] | Like a strong wind ... |
| 27 | diŋir lu₂-ulu₃ x [...] ki [...] me-diš₂-še₃ [...] | (Sum) The ... of the man(?) ... (Akk) The dibir, the man ... |
| 28 | lu₂ muš zu₂ [...] {u₂}|A.ZI&ZI| x [...] | A man ... a snake |
Sources & licences
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- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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