PRAK C 001 (P274689)
Incantation, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | PRAK C 001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P274689 |
| Museum no. | AO 10621 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | sux, |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | uncertain |
English translation
By Guerra, Dylan M. · Via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI (reuse with citation)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| obverse 1.a | When Enki ... |
| obverse 1.b | When Ea ... |
| obverse 2.a | Enlil ... |
| obverse 2.b | Enlil ... |
| obverse 3.a | The four legged creatures ... |
| obverse 3.b | in whatever ... |
| obverse 4.a | At the nanny he looked. |
| obverse 4.b | The nanny he saw. |
| obverse 5.a | The nanny was sick and its mouth did not open. |
| obverse 5.b | The nanny was sick and her mouth did not open. |
| obverse 6.a | The dazed eyes of the shepherd are not rested. |
| obverse 6.b | The shepherd stays awake, he does not sleep. |
| obverse 7.a | When his assistant shepherd returned (to work?), |
| obverse 7.b | He keeps his assistant shepherds awake, |
| obverse 8.a | running about, he constantly shepherded things day and night. |
| obverse 8.b | who walk about shepherding day and night. |
| obverse 9.a | After Enki saw (this), |
| obverse 9.b | Enki, upon seeing (this), |
| obverse 10.a | the clever one was called out and grandly instructed: |
| obverse 10.b | called out the knowledgeable one and solemnly instructed: |
| obverse 11.a | The nanny in the pen and fold spends the night awake. |
| obverse 11.b | The nanny in the pen and fold spends the night awake and keeps me awake. |
| obverse 12.a | Go, so that she does not bleat before me! |
| obverse 12.b | Go, so that she does not keep me awake! |
| obverse 13.a | Its dung in hand was taken. |
| reverse 13.b | Take her dung. |
| reverse 14.a | When in its ear he placed, |
| reverse 14.b | Upon her ear, the left one, place and |
| reverse 15.a | (and) the nanny, as if she slept, indeed died, |
| reverse 15.b | may the nanny, as if she sleeps, die. |
| reverse 16.a | Sumuqan, king of the beasts, |
| reverse 16.b | Šakkan, the lord of beasts, Šakkan, |
| reverse 17.a | treacherous things he did not place upon me, |
| reverse 17.b | anything, may he not place, |
| reverse 18.a | (and) the Sumerian he repeated for you (the patient). |
| reverse 18.b | (and) as for the utterances, not seize me! |
| reverse 19.a | The people and land will praise you. |
| reverse 19.b | The people and land will praise your glory! |
| reverse 20.a | Your power the great gods praise. |
| reverse 20.b | Your power the great gods will praise. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1.a | u4 en#-[ki ...] ma#-ab#-[...] | |
| 1.b | i-nu-ma# [en-ki ...] | |
| 2.a | en-lil2 [...] | |
| 2.b | en-lil2 [...] za [...] | |
| 3.a | nig2-ur2-limmu2# x [...] AN x [...] | |
| 3.b | i-na mi-im-ma x-x [...] | |
| 4.a | ud5-e igi#? mu#?-[bar?] | |
| 4.b | e-za i#-mu#-ur-ma# | |
| 5.a | ud5-e tu-ra ka-bi nu#-bi-[bar?] | |
| 5.b | e-zu ma-ar-s,a-at#-ma _ka_-sza u2#-ul# [ip?-te?] | |
| 6.a | igi lib sipa nu-durunx(|KU.KU|)-na# | |
| 6.b | i-da-al-li-ip# re-e-u2 u3-li i-s,a-la-al | |
| 7.a | ka-bar-ni!(BI) al#-gi4-ba | |
| 7.b | ka-pa#-ri-szu [u2?]-da#-li-ip# | |
| 8.a | szu2-szu2-ba nig2 u4 [ge6] mu#-un-lu-lu | |
| 8.b | sza i#-ta#-na-la-ku# u2-mi u2 mu-szi ir#-te-e-u2 | |
| 9.a | en#-ki#-ke4 igi du8-an#-ni#-ta | |
| 9.b | en#-ki# i-na a-ma-ri-szu | |
| 10.a | lu2 ku3-zu# gu3 ba-an-de2 a2-gal ba#-an-szi-in-ag | |
| 10.b | e-em#-qa-am i#-si-ma# ra-bi-isz u2#-te-e-er | |
| 11.a | ud5-e# tur3-ra amasz#-a# ge6 mu-sa2-e | |
| 11.b | e#-zu#-um# i-na ta-ar-[ba-s,i2 u3] su2!-pu-ri# u2-sza#-<am>-sza# i-da-li-ip-an-ni | |
| 12.a | gen-na na-ma-an-du11-du11-ga# | |
| 12.b | a-li-ik la# i-da-al-li-pa-an-ni | |
| 13.a | szurum#-bi szu ba-e-ti | |
| reverse | ||
| 13.b | ru-pu-sa3 le-qe#-[e-ma] | |
| 14.a | gesztu2-bi u3-mu-ni-in-gar | |
| 14.b | a-na uz-ni-sza sza szu#-me-li# isz#-ku#-un#-ma# | |
| 15.a | ud5#-e# u3-sa2-ni-gin7 he2-ug5-ga | |
| 15.b | e-zu ki-ma s,a-la#-li-sza li-mu-ut | |
| 16.a | {d}sumuqan lugal masz2-ansze-ke4 | |
| 16.b | {d#}szakkan2 be-li# bu-li-im# {d}szakkan2# | |
| 17.a | [nig2]-nu-gar-ra! na-ma-ni-gar | |
| 17.b | [a?]-na#? mi-im-ma a-i isz-ku-un | |
| 18.a | eme#?-gi7 mu-ri-gi4 | |
| 18.b | a#-na a-wa#-a-tim la i-s,a-ba-ta-an-ni | |
| 19.a | erin2-e kalam#-e he2#-si-le-de3 | |
| 19.b | s,a-bu u3 ma-tum da#-li-li-ka i-da-la-lu | |
| 20.a | nam-a2-gal-zu dingir-gal-gal-e-ne2 si-le-de4 | |
| 20.b | le-u2#-ut-ka i-lu ra-bu!-ut-tum i-da#-al-la-lu | |
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