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OECT 11, 035 (P274676)
Incantation, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 11, 035 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274676 |
| Museum no. | Ashm 1924-1534 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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' | [...] | |
| ⸢la ta⸣-az-za-⸢zi la tu⸣-[šab] | You should not stand, you should not enter. | |
| 2' | nam-ba-gi₄-gi₄-e-⸢ne⸣ nam-[ba-niŋin-...] | Do not return, do not ... |
| la ta-at-ta-nu-ur-ra la ta-⸢as⸣-[...] | Do not turn back, do not ... | |
| 3' | ki nu-ra-zu-še₃ saŋ-ba-ra [...] | To the place where you do not know |
| a-⸢šar⸣ la ud-di-ka ma-mit u₂-šar-bi-[iṣ] | The king, my lord, did not renew you, (but) the curse he imposed upon you | |
| 4' | ⸢ki sed⸣-de₃ ⸢x⸣-ga-zu ⸢ki⸣ nu-e-de₃ nam-⸢ba⸣-[...] | In order to cool down the E-house, in order to make your ... restless in E-town, do not abandon it! |
| [a]-⸢šar⸣ šup-šu-[hi-ka ...] | (Sum) The lord of heaven and earth, your exalted one(?) (Akk) May the šarru-priestess of the heavens and earth bless you | |
| 5' | [ŋa₂-e lu₂] {d}⸢en⸣-[ki-ga-me-en] | I am the man of Enki |
| ⸢ša₂ {d⸣}{<MIN(EN.KI-GA)>} ⸢a⸣-[na]-ku | I am the eša priest of Ea | |
| 6' | ŋa₂-e {[lu₂}kiŋ₂]-⸢gi₄⸣-[a] ⸢šip⸣-ri ša₂ {d}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣ [a-na-ku {d}asar-lu₂-hi-me-en] | I am Asalluhi, the šip-priest of Marduk. |
| 7' | šu {[d}en-ki]-⸢ke₄⸣ ša₂ ⸢qa⸣-[... {d]}⸢e₂⸣-a ina ⸢qat⸣-[ia ... šu-ŋu₁₀ i₃-ŋal₂] | Hand of Enki-Ea Hand of Ea in my hand Hand of he will carry off |
| 8' | [tu₆ {d}en]-⸢ki⸣-ke₄ ⸢te⸣-[e ša₂ {d]}e₂-[a ... tu₆-ŋu₁₀ i₃-ŋal₂] | In the incantation of Enki, in the extispicy of Ea |
| 9' | inim {d}en-⸢ki⸣-ke₄ a-[mat {d}e₂-a ina pi-ia ... ka-ŋu₁₀ i₃-ŋal₂] | The word of Enki, the word of Ea, in my mouth |
| 10' | udug sag₁₀-⸢ga⸣ [a₂ zid-da-ŋu₁₀ ...] | The good udug priest with the right arm |
| še-ed dum-[qi₂ ina] ⸢im⸣-[ni-ia ...] | Received favor in my temple | |
| 11' | {[d}lamma] ⸢sag₁₀-ga a₂ gab₂⸣-[bu-ŋu₁₀ ...] | Lamma, the esag plant, the arms of the gabû plant |
| [la]-⸢mas⸣-[si dum]-⸢qi₂⸣ ina šu-[me-li-ia ...] | (Sum) I am the one who makes a good thing happen to me in my hand (Akk) May I not be a bad thing to me | |
| 12' | [diŋir] ⸢saŋ⸣-du-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ki ⸢nam⸣-[til₃-la-ŋu₁₀-še₃ silim-ma-ŋu₁₀-še₃ ...] | At the river bank of the E-sa-edu-temple, at the place Enam-e-tila-šuma, in peace |
| [...] ba-ni-ia₂ a-šar [ba-la-ṭi-ia u ša₂-la-me-ia uš-zi-za-an-ni] | ... my birth father, the one who imposed my life and my life | |
| 13' | [šag₄-zu niŋ₂] hul-dim₂-⸢ma⸣ [nam-ba-ab-tum₃] | Your heart will not carry evil. |
| ⸢lib⸣-ba-ka ⸢e⸣-[peš ... a-a ub-la] | May the lib’eba and epeš-plants not bring | |
| 14' | [ka-zu] ⸢niŋ₂⸣ hul-⸢dim₂⸣-[ma nam-ba-ab-tum₃] | Your mouth will not carry evil. |
| [pi-i]-⸢ka ša₂⸣ [... a-a ub-la] | Your mouth ... may it not carry | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [a]-⸢na⸣ zu-⸢um⸣-[ri-ia ...] | “Alas, my friend, ... |
| 2' | [a-na] ⸢pa⸣-ni-⸢ia⸣ [e ...] | to Eniya’e |
| 3' | ana ar₂-ki-ia₂ ⸢e⸣ [ta-tu-ra] | After me, you returned to the E-e-e. |
| 4' | ⸢ki ŋen-na-še₃⸣ a-⸢šar⸣ al-la-⸢ku la⸣ [...] | The lord of E’e, the šarru of alāku-priestess, did not enter |
| 5' | ki ku₄-ku₄-da-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣-še₃ a-šar ⸢er⸣-[ru-bu ...] | At the place where he enters, he is the en-priestess of the erubu-temple |
| 6' | ⸢e₂⸣-ŋu₁₀ a-na E₂-ia₂ e ⸢te⸣-[... nam-ba-teŋ₃-ŋe₂₆-e-ne] | Do not enter my house |
| 7' | ⸢ur₃⸣-ŋu₁₀ a-na u₂-ri-ia₂ ⸢e⸣ [...] | “The urû-house to my city, the e’e-house |
| 8' | ⸢tu₆⸣-dug₄-ga ina {<MIN(TU₆.DUG₄.GA{e})>} [... inim {d}en-ki-ga-ke₄] | The etuduga ritual in the ditto of the word of Enki |
| 9' | [niŋ₂] hul-ŋal₂-e igi-⸢ŋu₁₀ nam⸣-[...] | May the evil eye not look upon me with evil eyes |
| mim-ma lem-nu a-na pa-ni-⸢ia⸣ [...] | Anything evil to my face | |
| 10' | [niŋ₂ nu]-⸢še⸣-ga su-ŋu₁₀-še₃ [...] | The one who does not abandon himself, the one who has abandoned himself |
| mim-ma la ma-gi-ru a-na zu-⸢um⸣-[...] | Anything unfavourable to Zu-eum-e-[...] | |
| 11' | [zi] diŋir gal-gal-e-ne i-ri-pad₃ ha-[...] | I have sworn by the life of the great gods. |
| niš DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ u₂-tam-mi-ka ⸢x⸣-[...] | The great gods praised you, ... | |
| 12' | ka-inim-ma [...] | Incantation formula |
| 13' | [... ša₂]-⸢ṭir⸣-ma [...] | ... Ša-eṭir |
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