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TMH 06, 17 (P273905)
Incantation, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 06, 17 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273905 |
| Museum no. | HS 2094 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [...] | |
| 2 | [...] ⸢ba⸣-an-dub-dub | ... eandubbdubdub |
| 3 | [...] x gibil-la-na a ba-an-⸢de₂⸣ | ... poured water into his new ... |
| 4 | [x]-a-⸢na⸣ izi ba-a-⸢sig₁₀⸣ | ... he lit the fire |
| 5 | [...] {na₄}zah ba-[x]-DU | ... agate |
| 6 | [...] GUL-e ⸢a₂⸣ bi₂-ib₂-ra | ... destroyed the temple |
| 7 | [x x x]-an-⸢il₂⸣ an-ta ba-an-gi₄ | ... returned from heaven |
| 8 | [...] nimgir-e gu₃ bi₂-de₂ | ... the herald spoke. |
| 9 | x nimgir-e heš₅-še₃ ba-an-dug₄ | The ... of the herald was satisfied |
| 10 | i₃-nun-na-ni sipad-e ba-an-tum₂ | The shepherd brought his butter oil. |
| 11 | {dug}šakirₓ(|GIŠGAL×NI.GA|)ra-ni utul₃-e ba-an-tum₂ | His churn was carried away by a handle. |
| 12 | ⸢ŋir₃⸣-ba-da me-a | Where is the e’ebada-house? |
| 13 | KA x x [...] ⸢na⸣-gi | ... enegi prayer |
| 14 | [...] | |
| 15 | [...] SIG₇ [...] | ... yellow-green |
| 16 | [...] kug-⸢ga⸣ [...] x | ... gold |
| 17 | [...] SAR-SAR [...] | ... sar |
| 18 | [...] a [...] | ... ... |
| r | ||
| 19 | dub mul an ⸢kug⸣-[ga] bi₂-⸢la₂⸣ | He made the star of heaven and earth shine forth like a rainbow. |
| 20 | {na₄}ŋiš-nu₁₁-gal-⸢ta⸣ | Išnugal-eta'e |
| 21 | inim ib-ta-a-si-⸢sig⸣ | he has spoken a word |
| 22 | dub kug-ga KA ki-[...] i₃-[...] | The holy tablet ... |
| 23 | dub za-gin₃-na KA u₂ [x]-la i₃-ni-si-[x] | A lapis tablet ... |
| 24 | gu₃ de₂ nu-ak | did not speak, |
| 25 | nar e₂-gal nu-zu | the singer who does not know the palace |
| 26 | pu₂-ta {d}en-ki-ra | from the well of Enki |
| 27 | igi-na i₃-niŋin₂-niŋin₂ | before him, he ... |
| 28 | dam bur₃ pu₂-ta {d}nin-e₂-an-na-ra | for the wife, from the well of Nine-ana |
| 29 | nam-hul-še₃ he₂-ak [...]-na-me | May he not act with evil intent against 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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