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TMH 06, 15 (P273904)
Incantation, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 06, 15 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273904 |
| Museum no. | HS 2090 |
| 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 | eme hul-ŋal₂ | evil tongue |
| 3 | su ⸢gu₇⸣ tur₃-ra | The pigeons of the cattlepen |
| 4 | i₃-⸢nun-na⸣ ga-ra hul-hul | I want to utter an arazu prayer to the Igigi. |
| 5 | ⸢am⸣ [x x] ba-gi₄-gi₄ | he returned. |
| 6 | am gal [x x] dub₃-guz [...]-la₂-la₂ | The great wild bull ... the throne-bearer |
| 7 | ⸢piriŋ⸣ ušumgal si | |
| 8 | u₂-dug₄ eden-na-ka gu [...] x | In the udug ritual of the steppe ... |
| 9 | x x lu₂-ka ⸢izi⸣ su₃-da-bi | ... of a man, its long-fleeced ešāgu-tree |
| 10 | gilgameš₂ ⸢izi⸣ su₃ ⸢ba⸣-šu₄-šu₄ | The gilgamesh of the ešû-house, the ṣābu-house |
| 11 | {d}en-ki en dumu-saŋ an-na-ka | Enki, the lord, the daughter of An |
| o ii | ||
| 12 | šu-ni-še₃ i₃-ŋal₂ | his hand he shall carry |
| 13 | {d}asal-lu₂-hi | Asalluhi |
| 14 | a-a-ni {d}en-ki-ke₄ | his father Enki |
| 15 | e₂-a mu-ši-kur₉ | entered the house |
| 16 | gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e | he spoke to him. |
| 17 | a-ra₂ ib₂-ak-na-bi nu-⸢mu⸣-[zu] | whose ways were established, I did not know. |
| 18 | me-a ba-⸢da⸣-[...]-e | Where is he going? |
| 19 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ dumu-⸢ni⸣ {d}asal-lu₂-hi-e | Enki, son of Asalluhi, |
| 20 | gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e | he spoke to him. |
| 21 | dumu-mu a-na nu-zu | My son, what does he know? |
| 22 | [a]-⸢na⸣ a-ra-ab-dah-e | “I want to go down to the āna’e temple |
| 23 | {ŋiš}zah-hu ur₂-ba u₃-ma-ni-pad | I found a zahhu-plant in its roots. |
| 24 | ga-mul pa-bi ba-a u₃-ma-ni-dab₅ | he seized the ... of the mouth. |
| o iii | ||
| 25 | {u₂}|ZI:ZI.A|e ga-bu-ta šu bi₂-gur₁₀ | The šalātu-plant, from the pomegranates, was carried off. |
| 26 | saŋ-ki lu₂-ba-ka u₃-mi-du₃ | I built the saki of that man. |
| 27 | lu₂-ulu₃-bi im-ma-al tur₃ ⸢ki⸣-ta e₃-a-gin₇ | Its people are there, like the cattlepen coming out from the E-house. |
| 28 | gu₃ nun-bi he₂-e | may he shout with a loud voice. |
| 29 | sila₄ saŋ zid-de₃ {d}dumu-zid-da-gin₇ | like a good lamb born by Dumuzi, |
| 30 | gu₃ dub₂-še₃ he₂-e | may he shout. |
| 31 | diŋir lu₂-ulu₃-ke₄ | “Blood of the man’s |
| 32 | {d}en-ki {d}namma me-teš₂-še₃ he₂-i₃-i₃ | May Enki and Namma heed him. |
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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