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TMH 06, 19 (P273912)
Incantation, Ur III, Nippur · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | TMH 06, 19 |
|---|---|
| ID | P273912 |
| Museum no. | HS 2439 |
| 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 | ||
| 1ʾ | [...] SIG₄-bi ⸢im⸣-[...]-TAG | ... its brickwork |
| r iii | ||
| 1ʾ | {d}en-ki {d}nin-ki ⸢šu⸣ [...] | Enki and Ninki |
| 2ʾ | gana₂ an-na-ke₄ šud₃-⸢de₃⸣ [a]-ra₂ mu-[...] | The fields of heaven ... for you |
| 3ʾ | ur₃ he₂-ŋal₂-la ⸢DU⸣-[...] | May he carry it on the roof, may he ... the ešudu-vessel |
| 4ʾ | ur₂-zu he₂-ŋal₂ x [...] | May your lap be carried off |
| 5ʾ | en₂-e₂-nu-ru | En-enuru |
| 6ʾ | im he₂-dug₃-⸢ge⸣ | may the clay be perfect for you. |
| 7ʾ | munzerₓ(|AB₂.AN.ŠEŠ.KI|) [...] {d}en-⸢ki-ke₄⸣ KA he₂-⸢ma⸣-[...] | (In) Munzer, may Enki open the mouth of Enki |
| 8ʾ | {d}bahar₂-|E₂.NUN|za-ku iri he₂-ma-ku₄-ku₄ | May Bār-Enunzaku enter the city. |
| 9ʾ | {d}nin-šubur {d}asar-bi-[da] | Ninšubur and Asarbida |
| 10ʾ | e₂-e he₂-ma-DU-DU | May he go to the house. |
| 11ʾ | a₂ kal-le he₂-⸢ak⸣-de₃ | May the strong one do it! |
| 12ʾ | pu₂ nun-ne₂ KA bi₂-TAR-[x] | The princely well ... |
| 13ʾ | pu₂ gal-la maš šu i₃-⸢gid₂-de₃⸣ | In the large well he will measure out the interest. |
| 14ʾ | im šim-ta kid₇ zi₃ [...] | From a sealed tablet of ... flour |
| 15ʾ | sig₄ u₅-šub-ba i₃-ŋar zi₃ [...] | The bricks of the threshing floor ... flour |
| 16ʾ | im-bi igi bur-am₃ | Its tablets are in front of the bowl. |
| 17ʾ | u₅-šub-be₂ ⸢gi-rin⸣ a he₂-x-[...] | At that time, may the egirin plant water |
| 18ʾ | sig₄-bi za-gin₃-am₃ | its bricks are lapis lazuli, |
| 19ʾ | dusu-bi alan ⸢abzu-kam⸣ | Its brickwork is a statue of the Abzu temple. |
| r iv | ||
| 20ʾ | zu₂-lum | dates |
| 21ʾ | {ŋiš}hašhur | a fruit tree |
| 22ʾ | {ŋiš}peš₃ | a kind of plant |
| 23ʾ | {ŋiš}ma-nu | |
| 24ʾ | ŋeštin had₂ | grapes |
| 25ʾ | {ŋiš}šennur | Išvennur |
| 26ʾ | še {ŋiš}ha-lu-ub₂ | barley of halūb-plant |
| 27ʾ | {u₂}šakirₓ(|GIŠGAL×NI.GA|) | juniper |
| 28ʾ | li kur-ta {u₂}|KI.KAL| | from the mountain juniper |
| 29ʾ | {u₂}munzerₓ(|AB₂.AN.ŠEŠ.KI|) | juniper |
| 30ʾ | {u₂}pa-ŋiš-gi | reed stalk |
| 31ʾ | {u₂}LAGAB-PEŠ | a kind of plant |
| 32ʾ | {u₂}|GA₂×AN|MAŠ-UM{sar} | a type of grass |
| 33ʾ | ⸢in⸣ du₈-du₈ KU gu-ul {ŋiš}asal₂ | The e’in-e23-tree, the ‘cutting-of-the-throat” (plant), the root of the asal-plant |
| 34ʾ | kur-gi-⸢rin⸣ [x] ki HI bar uš-še₃ | Kurgi-e-rin |
Sources & licences
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