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BIN 04, 126 (P293870)
Incantation; Prayer, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | BIN 04, 126 |
|---|---|
| ID | P293870 |
| Museum no. | NBC 03672 |
| Collection | Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation; Prayer |
| Find spot | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) |
| Coordinates | 38.8517, 35.6365 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
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 | isz-te2#-a-at e-la2-at | the upper one, the lower one |
| 2 | a-pu-la-at | |
| 3 | mu-usz-ta-ba-ba!-at! | he smote |
| 4 | u3-tu3-ka3-at | he has paid. |
| 5 | lam-na-at bu-un-tu3 | “Like a wild cow, like a būnu-disease, |
| 6 | i-li-im | of the gods |
| 7 | ma!-ar-tu3 / a-ni-im | the land of Anum |
| 8 | a-na t,e2-mi3-sza la2 dam-qi2-[im] | for her report is not good |
| 9 | ma-al-ki-sza | of Malkisha |
| 10 | pa2-ru-im a-nu-um | “Pārūm, Anum, |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | a-bu-sza / isz-tu3 | her father from |
| 2 | sza-ma-e / i-pu-s,a-szi2 | The heavens tremble. |
| 3 | qa2-qa2-ar-szu-um | the ground |
| 4 | a-na t,e2-mi3-sza la2 dam-qi2-im | It is not good for her report |
| 5 | ma-al-ki-sza sa3-ah-i-im! | her limbs are swollen |
| 6 | pe3-ra-sa3 / wa-sza-ra-at | she is enraged, she is angry. |
| 7 | da-du-sza sza-ah-t,u3 | her limbs are shattered |
| 8 | a-na be-el la2 i-li-im | to the lord of the gods |
| 9 | i-sza-ru-um | Išarum |
| 10 | te2-sze2-er / sze2-er-ha-an | “Tešer, he is a lamentation singer. |
| left | ||
| 1 | la2-ab2-i-im tu3-ra-mi3 | deficit of Turami. |
| 2 | sze2-er-ha-an s,u2-ha-ri-im | šerḫan (means) “to smear.’ |
| 3 | wa la2-i-im | and the deficit |
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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