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OECT 11, 002 (P274664)
Incantation, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 11, 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274664 |
| Museum no. | Bod AB 215 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [at]-ta-a-ma s,e#-eh#-rum# | You, the flock |
| 2 | wu#-ur2-du-um sza a#-we#-lu-u2#-[tim] | Woe, of the gods. |
| 3 | lu-u2 ta-at-ta-s,i#-a-am | you should have gone out |
| 4 | lu-u2 ta-at-mar {d}_utu_nu-ra#-[szu] | May you see Shamash-nurašu |
| 5 | am-mi-ni i-na li-ib-bi um-ma#-ka | Why in the heart of your mother |
| 6 | ki-a-am la te-te-ep-pu-usz | Thus you did not act. |
| 7 | ki-i# sza du-um-qa2-am te#-pu-szu a-ba-ka | When you have performed a good deed, who is your opponent? |
| 8 | szu#-[qa2]-am# sza ni-szi um-ma-ka tu-usz-bi-'u5 | “You are the one of the people, your mother, who sits on the throne. |
| 9 | tu-usz-ta-'a-di-ir ta-ri-ta-am | you will continually seek out the scribal art. |
| 10 | ta-ad-da-li-ip mu-sze-ni-iq-ta-am | (Sum) You are the one who makes the enemy pass by (Akk) You make the enemies pass by |
| 11 | i-na ri-ig-mi-ka i-li bi!-tim | By your exalted command, the god of the house |
| 12 | u2-ul i-s,a-al-la-al | he will not be able to carry. |
| 13 | isz-ta-ar bi-tim | from the house |
| 14 | u2-ul i-ha-az szi-it-tum | he will not hold back that one. |
| 15 | ma#-an-na-am lu-usz-pu-ur | Where should I write? |
| reverse | ||
| 16 | a-na en-ki-du10 | to Enkidu |
| 17 | sza-ki-in sza-la-asz-ti | the one who establishes the second |
| 18 | a-na ma-as,-s,a-ra-tim | for guarding |
| 19 | li-is,-ba-as-su2#-u2-mi | may he seize him |
| 20 | sza# is,-ba-tu-u2 _masz-da2_ | who took the extispicy |
| 21 | li#-ka-as-si2-szu#-mi | may they bind him. |
| 22 | sza# u2-ka-as-su2-u2 ar-wi-[am] | which he defeated, the king |
| 23 | i-na# s,e#-e#-ri#-im# li#-id-di-isz#-[szum] | in the steppe may he give him. |
| 24 | MI#-e-hi-ru-um szi-na#-as#-su# | Eḫirum, his wife |
| 25 | al-li-ik _egir gu4-hi-a_ szi-it-ta-szu | I marched. After the oxen his next |
| 26 | li-zi-ib-szum | may he release him. |
| 27 | a-di um-ma-szu i-de-ku-u2-szu | until his mother will kill him. |
| 28 | a-a i-ig-ge-el-ti | may he not be negligent. |
| 29 | _ka-inim-ma lu2-tur szesz4-szesz4 [a-kam_] | Incantation for a child to cry, mist |
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