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TMH 06, 11 (P273902)
Incantation, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 06, 11 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273902 |
| Museum no. | HS 1600 |
| 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 i | ||
| 1 | en₂-e₂-nu-ru | En-enuru |
| 2 | sa gal-e lu₂ nam-dab₅ | The great net, no one seized. |
| 3 | sa du₃-a lu₂ nam-DU | The one who ... |
| 4 | sa uh niŋ₂-gig-a ub-šu-ku₆-ur dug₄-ga-a lu₂ kak-gin₇ nam-du₃ | (Sum) The uḫu-demon, the niŋgiga, the good ubšu-fish, the one who builds like a boat (Akk) The net, the evil nišigiga |
| 5 | bid₃ saŋ gi₄-am₃ lu₂ mu-dab₅ dil nu-bad-e | A bid is a return, the man is seized, he cannot escape. |
| 6 | ŋiš-ŋir₃-kam ŋir₃-na mu-dim₂ du₁₀ nu-dab₅-e | “It is a bir-bird, it does not catch the bir bird. |
| 7 | dim₃-a diŋir-re-ne-kam lu₂ i₃-ur₃-ur₃-e | (Sum) It is the ... of the intertwined daises, the one who trembles (Akk) The .... of the multitudinous dais, the man who moans |
| 8 | {d}asar-re {d}en-ki-še₃ ⸢inim⸣ mu-ši-⸢gi₄⸣-[...] | For Asar and Enki he made the e’inim-e3 ritual resplendent |
| o ii | ||
| 1ʾ | maš-a šu bi₂-la₂ sa bar ba-gur₁₀ | The hands of a kid were carried off, the liver was turned away |
| 2ʾ | sa maš-da₃-e umbin-na bi₂-la₂ | He stretched out the net of the gazelle |
| 3ʾ | sa i₃-da a-ba-da-tab | I smashed the strings in the river. |
| 4ʾ | dim₂-sa-da a-ba-da-tab | I have smashed the brick mould, |
| 5ʾ | ⸢sa an⸣-še₃ he₂-bi₂-du₃ | he built the esa of heaven. |
| 6ʾ | i₃ ki-ta he₂-ur₃-e | may oil drip down from the ground. |
| 7ʾ | sa ⸢uh⸣ niŋ₂-gig-ga ub-šu-ku₆-ur dug₄-ga | (Sum) The sagû demon, the niŋgig demon(?), the ubšukur demon |
| 8ʾ | šeŋ₃-gin₇ he₂-ba-ta-zi-zi | may it rise up like barley |
| o iii | ||
| 1ʾ | [x x eš]-⸢ša-ad a⸣-[erim₂]-am₃ ba-nu₂ | ... the enemy laid down. |
| 2ʾ | {d}asal-lu₂-hi dumu {d}en-ki-ka-ke₄ | Asalluhi, son of Enki |
| 3ʾ | du₆-du₆ bur₂ {d}utu e₃-e₃-gin₇ | like a mound of Utu coming out, |
| 4ʾ | UR₅ eden-na HI ŋal₂ eden-na-ta | ... from the steppe ... |
| 5ʾ | TUN₃-še₃ gub-ba sa ba-ni-e₃ | He brought out a net in its ... |
| 6ʾ | zid-da-bi zid-da-a-ni bi₂-sur | Its rising, its rising, he split. |
| 7ʾ | gab₂-bu-bi gab₂-bu-ba-ni bi₂-sur | he split apart its pieces, his pieces. |
| o iv | ||
| 1ʾ | eš-ša-ad a-⸢erim₂⸣ [...] e₃ [...] | The ešad-priest of the enemy ... came out |
| 2ʾ | diŋir lu₂-ulu₃ saŋ a-[erim₂]-e sa diri-ga-bi si i₃-mi-⸢sa₂⸣ | (Sum) The ... of a man, whose horns the enemy has twisted (Akk) Its horn(s) surpassing the omens of an enemy have twisted |
| 3ʾ | diŋir lu₂-ulu₃-ke₄ {d}en-ki {d}namma me-diš₂-še₃ he₂-i₃-i₃ | May Enki and Namma, the judges of mankind, heed him. |
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