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GCCI 2, 406 (P294665)
Literary, Neo-Babylonian, Uruk · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | GCCI 2, 406 |
|---|---|
| ID | P294665 |
| Museum no. | GCBC 00766 |
| Collection | Goucher College Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | he-em-ret še-eb-ret | |
| 2 | ŠU KI.NE ŠU {d}NUSKA | Hand of Ki.NE Hand of Nusku |
| 3 | id-da₂{da}lip ik-tu-uš | Iddablip sat down, |
| 4 | pa-šit-tu₂ im-tu₂ pa-šit-tu₂ ša₂ mar-tu₂ u₂-kal-lu | “It is a flood, it is the flood of the Amorite world.’ |
| 5 | ŠU GA₂.GA₂ na-še-e bi-il-tu₂ | Hand of a suckling child |
| 6 | ŠU GA₂.GA₂ na-še-e še-er-ti | Hand of a šēdu-demon |
| 7 | rik₂-su-šu₂ ir-mu-u₂ ri-ik-su-šu₂ šer₂-a-nu-šu₂ | Its ritual: He created it, his ritual assemblage is awe-inspiring |
| 8 | gi-lit-su giš-ša₂-a-šu₂ | his rejoicing, his prayer |
| 9 | IGI.LA₂.ŠU₂ ha-a-a-at-tu₂ | (If) he sees him: he will die. |
| 10 | hu-uṣ-ṣa še-mu-u₂ ša₂ ka-ba-bu | (a kind of insect) that eats food |
| 11 | ṣa-a-tu₂ u šu-ut KA ša₂ GIG KIŠIB | Hand and mouth of a sick person |
| 12 | KIR₄.ŠU.GAL₂ KIR₄.ŠU.GAL₂ la-ba-ni ap-pi | “KIR₄.ŠU.GAL₂ (means) kiln-of-the-mound. KIR.ṢuGAL is the ... of the apsû-demon. |
| 13 | KI.GUB-su man-zal-ta-šu₂ | (If) his position is elevated: victory. |
| 14 | {[na₄}e]-tan-de-e-ti pu-ra-ṭa-a-tu₂ | etandētu-stone |
| 15 | ⸢ša₂-niš⸣ a-na ik-rib qa-be₂-e i-bal-luṭ | (Sum) The šānišu-priestess, the one who speaks a word, will live (Akk) To speak a spoken word, she will live |
| 16 | šit-ti zu-u₂ | a šītu-gift |
| 17 | SA.GIG ki-is-sa-tu₄ | SA.GIG means kissatu-disease. |
Sources & licences
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