BRM 4, 07 (P296523)
Ritual, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | BRM 4, 07 |
|---|---|
| ID | P296523 |
| Museum no. | MLC 01873 |
| Collection | J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Top [0:2] t.e. 1t.e. 1– | By the command of Anu and Antu, may it (this text) go well. |
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | [...]. As soon as Anu has come out from the Enamena, the cella, (and) arrived at the Kamah gate, all the mašmaššu-priests recite 3 times the incantation 'The king has come out'. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | The mašmaššu-priests stop and after that the high priest, the mašmaššu-priests, the temple-enterers and the brewers, who are yoked to the carrying pole, greet Anu, (saying) 'Great Anu, may heaven and earth greet you'. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | After the greeting, the mašmaššu-priests recite 4 times the incantation 'The king has come out', up to the street Suq-ili. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | The high priest, the mašmaššu-priests, the temple-enterers and the brewers, who are yoked to the carrying pole, greet Anu, (saying) 'Great Anu, may heaven and earth greet you'. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | After the greeting, in the street Suq-ili the mašmaššu-priests recite 4 times the incantation 'The king surpassing (other) kings in heaven and earth'. They stop (reciting) the incantation and the high priest, the mašmaššu-priests, the temple-enterers and the bearers of the carrying pole greet Anu as before. |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212–o 1515 | After the greeting, the mašmaššu-priests recite 7 times each the incantation 'The king comes to the festival' and the incantation 'From the holy water-vessel', up to the quay Karkuga, the causeway of the boat Ma-Ana, the route of the gods. They stop (reciting) the incantation and the high priest, the mašmaššu-priests, the temple-enterers and the bearers of the carrying pole greet Anu. |
| Obverse [15:19] o 1616–o 1919 | As soon as Anu has arrived at the causeway of the boat Ma-Ana, the mašmaššu-priests and the temple-enterers raise the incantation 'He rides the processional boat', a šuʾillakku-prayer, to Anu. After that the high priest, the mašmaššu-priests, the temple-enterers and the bearers of the carrying pole greet Anu, greeting as before. |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020–o 2121 | From the the upper causeway of the quay Karkuga up to the Kagallugal gate the mašmaššu-priests recite 7 times the incantation 'After (the one) surpassing (other) kings has passed by in the pure street'. |
| Obverse [21:23] o 2222–o 2323 | They stop (reciting) the incantation and at the Kagallugal gate the high priest, the mašmaššu-priests, the temple-enterers and the bearers of the carrying pole greet Anu, greeting as before. |
| Obverse [23:27] o 2424–o 2727 | From the Kagallugal gate up to the temple of the akītu-festival, the temple of prayer, the mašmaššu-priests recite the incantations exactly as in the street Suq-ili. They stop (reciting) the incantations and the high priest, the mašmaššu-priests, the temple-enterers and the brewers, who are yoked to the carrying pole, carry out the greeting in full 7 times and so greet Anu. |
| Reverse [0:4] r 1r 1–r 44 | As soon as Anu has reached the temple of the akītu-festival, the mašmaššu-priests recite the incantation 'Pure house, house of the gods', the incantation 'An, my king, to your good heart', the incantation 'The dining hall of the evening meal of heaven', the incantation 'Befitting the majestic dais', the incantation 'The temple has been purified', and the incantation 'The dwelling of the great gods'. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | 'Great Anu, may heaven and earth greet you. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | 'May Ellil, Ea and Belet-ili greet you joyfully. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | 'May both the gods Sin and Šamaš greet you on their appearance. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | 'May Nergal and the Seven greet you in the loyalty of their hearts. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | 'May the Igigu (gods) of heaven and the Anunnakku (gods) of earth greet you. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | 'May the gods of Apsu and the gods of Duku greet you. |
| Reverse [10:12] r 1111–r 1212 | 'May they greet you daily, day, month and year.' |
| Reverse [11:14] r 1212–r 1414 | This (is) the greeting (with) which the high priest, the mašmaššu-priests, the temple-enterers and the brewers, who are yoked to the carrying pole, greet Anu 7 times, from the Reš temple up to the temple of the akītu-festival. |
| Reverse [14:15] r 1515–r 1515 | Incantation: 'The king has come out, the king has come out.' |
| Reverse [15:16] r 1616–r 1616 | (Colophon:) Written in accordance with its original and then checked and made good. Copy of an ancient writing board, the property of Anu and Antu. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 1717–r 1717 | Tablet of Anu-ah-ušabši, son of Kidin-Anu, descendant of Ekur-zakir, mašmaššu-priest of Anu and Antu, high priest of the Reš temple, Urukean. |
| Reverse [17:18] r 1818–r 1818 | (Copied by) the hand of Anu-balassu-iqbi, his son. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | Uruk. (Month of) Duʾuzu, 24th day, year sixty 1, Antiochus, king of all the lands. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| t.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢ina a-mat {d}60 u an-tu₄ liš-lim | |
| o | ||
| 1 | [... ki]-⸢ma⸣ ša₂ {d}a-nu₃ TA E₂.NAM.EN.NA {e₂}pa-pa-ha it-ta-ṣa-a | |
| 2 | [a]-⸢na⸣ KA₂.MAH KUR{ad₂} {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ gab-bi EN₂ LUGAL it-ta-ṣa-a 3-šu₂ ŠID{nu-u₂} | |
| 3 | {⸢lu₂⸣}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ i-kal-lu-i-ma EGIR-šu₂ {lu₂}ŠEŠ.GAL{u₂} {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ | |
| 4 | {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ u {lu₂}LUNGA₃-MEŠ ša₂ {giš}tal-lu ṣa-an-du | |
| 5 | {d}a-nu₃ GAL{u₂} AN{e} u KI{ti₃} lik-ru-bu-ka a-na {d}60 i-kar-rab | |
| 6 | EGIR ka-ra-bi {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ EN₂ LUGAL it-ta-ṣa-a a-di su-qa—DINGIR-MEŠ 4-šu₂ ŠID{nu-u₂} | |
| 7 | {lu₂}ŠEŠ.GAL{u₂} {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ u {lu₂}LUNGA₃-MEŠ ša₂ {giš}tal-lu ṣa-an-du | |
| 8 | {d}a-nu₃ GAL{u₂} AN{e} u KI{ti₃} lik-ru-bu-ka a-na {d}a-nu₃ i-kar-rab | |
| 9 | EGIR ka-ra-bi ina su-qa—DINGIR-MEŠ {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ EN₂ lugal-e an ki-a lugal-ta e₃-a | |
| 10 | 4-šu₂ ŠID{nu-u₂} EN₂ i-kal-lu-i-ma {lu₂}ŠEŠ.GAL{u₂} {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ | |
| 11 | u₃ na-še-e {giš}tal-lu ki-ma mah-ri-im-ma a-na {d}a-nu₃ i-kar-rab | |
| 12 | EGIR ka-ra-bi {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ EN₂ lugal-e ezem-ši in-mu-un-du | |
| 13 | u EN₂ a-gub₂-ba kug-ga-ta a-di KAR.KU₃.GA a-ram-mu ša₂ {giš}MA₂.AN.NA | |
| 14 | ma-la-ki DINGIR-MEŠ 7-TA.AM₃ ŠID{nu-u₂} EN₂ i-kal-lu-i-ma {lu₂}ŠEŠ.GAL{i} | |
| 15 | {⸢lu₂⸣}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ u na-še-e {giš}tal-lu a-na {d}a-nu₃ i-kar-rab | |
| 16 | ki-ma ša₂ {d}a-nu₃ a-na muh-hi a-ram-mu ša₂ {giš}MA₂.AN.NA ik-tal-du | |
| 17 | {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ u {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ EN₂ {ŋeš}ma₂-gur₈ mu-un-u₅ ŠU.IL₂.LA₂.KE₄ | |
| 18 | a-na {d}a-nu₃ IL₂{u₂} EGIR-šu₂ {lu₂}ŠEŠ.GAL{u₂} {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ | |
| 19 | u₃ na-še-e {giš}tal-lu ka-ra-bi ki-ma mah-ri-im-ma ana {d}60 i-kar-rab | |
| 20 | TA muh-hi a-ram-mu e-lu-u₂ ša₂ KAR.KU₃.GA a-di KA₂.GAL.LUGAL | |
| 21 | {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ EN₂ lugal-ta e₃-a sila-a kug-ga ba-dib-a-ta 7-šu₂ ŠID{nu-u₂} | |
| 22 | EN₂ i-kal-lu-i-ma ina KA₂.GAL.LUGAL {lu₂}ŠEŠ.GAL{u₂} {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ | |
| 23 | u₃ na-še-e {giš}tal-lu ka-ra-bi ki-ma mah-ri-im-ma ana {d}60 i-kar-rab | |
| 24 | TA KA₂.GAL.LUGAL a-di E₂ a₂-ki-tu₄ E₂ ik-rib {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ | |
| 25 | ki-ma ša₂ ina šu-u₂-qu—DINGIR-MEŠ EN₂-MEŠ ŠID{nu-u₂} EN₂-MEŠ i-kal-lu-i-ma | |
| 26 | {lu₂}ŠEŠ.GAL{i} {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ u {lu₂}LUNGA₃-MEŠ ša₂ {giš}tal-lu | |
| 27 | ṣa-an-du ka-ra-bi a-di 7-šu₂ u₂-šal-la-mu-ma ana {d}60 i-kar-rab | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ki-ma ša₂ {d}a-nu₃ E₂ a₂-ki-tu₄ ik-tal-du {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ | |
| 2 | EN₂ e₂ kug-ga e₂ diŋir-re-e-ne EN₂ an lugal-ŋu₁₀ šag₄ dug₃-ga-zu-še₃ | |
| 3 | EN₂ unu₂ kiŋ₂-sig an-na-ke₄ EN₂ me-te barag mah EN₂ u₂-tal-lil E₂ | |
| 4 | u₃ EN₂ šub-tu₄ ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ŠID{nu-u₂} | |
| 5 | {d}a-nu₃ ra-bu-u₂ AN{e} u KI{ti₃} lik-ru-bu-ka | |
| 6 | {d}EN.LIL₂ {d}e₂-a u {d}be-let—DINGIR-MEŠ ha-diš lik-ru-bu-ka | |
| 7 | DINGIR-MEŠ ki-lal-la-an {d}30 u {d}UTU ina IGI.DU₈.AM₃-šu₂-nu lik-ru-bu-ka | |
| 8 | {d}NERGALₓ(|U.GUR|)(|EŠ.GUR|) u {d}7.BI ina kun-nu lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu lik-ru-bu-ka | |
| 9 | {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ ša₂ AN{e} u {d}A.NUN.NA.KI ša₂ KI{ti₃} lik-ru-bu-ka | |
| 10 | DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ ap-si-i u DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ DU₆.KU₃ lik-ru-bu-ka | |
| 11 | u₄-mu ITI u MU.AN.NA u₄-mi-šam lik-ru-bu-ka | |
| 12 | an-na-a ka-ra-bi ša₂ {lu₂}ŠEŠ.GAL{i} {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ {lu₂}KU₄.E₂-MEŠ | |
| 13 | u₃ {lu₂}LUNGA₃-MEŠ ša₂ {giš}tal-lu ṣa-an-du iš-tu {e₂}re-eš | |
| 14 | a-di E₂ a₂-ki-tu₄ a-na {d}a-nu₃ 7-šu₂ i-kar-rab | |
| 15 | EN₂ LUGAL it-ta-ṣa-a LUGAL {it-ta}E₃{a} | |
| 16 | ki-ma SUMUN-šu₂ SAR-ma ba-ru₃ u₃ up-puš₄ GABA.RI {giš}DA SUMUN{bar} NIG₂.GA {d}60 u an-tu₄ | |
| 17 | IM {m}{d}60—ŠEŠ—GAL₂{ši} A ša₂ {m}ki-din—{d}60 ŠA₃.BAL.BAL {m}E₂.KUR—za-kir {lu₂}MAŠ.MAŠ {d}60 u an-tu₄ | |
| 18 | {lu₂}ŠEŠ.GAL{i} ša₂ {e₂}re-eš UNUG{ki}{u₂} ŠU-MIN {m}{d}60—DIN-su—E DUMU-šu₂ ana a-ha-a-zi-šu₂ | |
| 19 | GID₂.DA U₄-MEŠ-šu₂ DIN ZI{ti₃}šu₂ u kun-nu SUHUŠ-MEŠ-šu₂ SAR-ma ina UNUG{ki} u {e₂}re-eš | |
| 20 | E₂ EN{u₂-ti}šu₂ u₂-kin pa-lih {d}60 u an-tu₄ ina šur-qu la₃ TUM₃-šu₂ | |
| 21 | ⸢UNUG⸣{ki} {iti}ŠU U₄ 24-KAM MU ŠU 1-KAM {m}an-ti-ʾi-ku-su LUGAL KUR.KUR | |
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