BIN 02, 072 (P274662)
Prayer, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 02, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274662 |
| Museum no. | NBC 01265 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
English translation
By Guerra, Dylan M. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1 | Anum created her, Ea reared her, |
| obverse 2 | a face of a lioness Enlil alloted her. |
| obverse 3 | She has small hands, long |
| obverse 4 | fingers, nails |
| obverse 5 | long, her forearms are hidden. |
| obverse 6 | By the door of the house she entered, |
| obverse 7 | slipping past the door-pivot. |
| obverse 8 | she slipped past the door pivot and has seen the child. |
| obverse 9 | In his abdomen seven times seized. |
| obverse 10 | Remove your nails, |
| obverse 11 | make limp your arms, |
| reverse 1 | before he has reached you, |
| reverse 2 | the wise man of craft, Ea, the hero! |
| reverse 3 | Wide for you is the door pivot, open are the doors. |
| reverse 4 | Go and wander about the steppe! |
| reverse 5 | With dust, your mouth, |
| reverse 6 | with a dust cloud, your face, |
| reverse 7 | with cress seeds, finely ground, |
| reverse 8 | I will fill your eyes. |
| reverse 9 | I conjure you by the curse of Ea. |
| reverse 10 | Verily go away! |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _an_ ib-ni-szi {d}e2-a u2-ra-bi-szi | |
| 2 | pa-ni lab-ba-tim i-szi-im-szi {d}en-lil2! | |
| 3 | i-s,a-at ri-ti#-in a#-ra#-ka-at | |
| 4 | u2-ba-na-tim s,u2#-up-ra-tim | |
| 5 | ar-ra-ka?-at a-ma-[sza?] hi-si-at! | |
| 6 | _ka2_ bi-ti i-ru-[ba?]-am#? | |
| 7 | i-ha-lu-up s,e2-ra-am# | |
| 8 | ih-lu-up s,e2-ra-am i-ta-mar _lu2-tur_ | |
| 9 | i-na em-szi-szu a-di 7(disz) is,-ba-su | |
| 10 | us2-hi s,u2-up-ri-ki | |
| 11 | ru-um-mi i-di-ki | |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | la-ma ik-szu-da-ki | |
| 2 | ap-kal-lam szi-pi-ir e2-a qar-du | |
| 3 | ra-pa-asz-ki s,e2-rum pu-ta-a _dal-mesz_ | |
| 4 | al-ki-ma a-ta-la-ki i-na s,e2-ri | |
| 5 | ep-ra-am pi-ki | |
| 6 | ta-ar-bu-'a4-am pa-ni-ki | |
| 7 | _za3-hi-li_-a da-qa-tim | |
| 8 | u2-ma-lu i-ni-ki | |
| 9 | u2-ta-mi-ki ma-mi-it e2-a | |
| 10 | lu! ta-at-ta-la-ki | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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