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YOS 11, 42 (P305493)
Ritual and liturgical, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 11, 42 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305493 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04184 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual and liturgical |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | esz3 abzu a-gub2-ba a tu5-[a] | Shrine Abzu, standing ready for water |
| 2 | kar ku3-ga szu du7#-a# | perfected at the holy quay |
| 3 | {d}en-ki lugal eridu{ki}-ga-ke4# | Enki, king of Eridu |
| 4 | kar a-tu5-a mu-un-sikil | At the quay of Atua he purified. |
| 5 | lugal-e erin2-a-ni kar sikil gub-ba | The king, his troops stationed at the pure harbor, |
| 6 | {gesz}szinig {u2}in-nu-usz gi sikil#? du3# | a šigû tree of innuš-plant, a pure reed |
| 7 | {gesz}erin gal {szim}li an-na mu#-un-te | He approached the great cedar and juniper of heaven |
| 8 | szu ku3 dingir-re-e-ne-ke4 | the holy hands of the gods |
| 9 | {gesz}tukul erin2-a-ni hu-mu-un-sikil | May his troops’ weapons be cleaned. |
| 10 | a tu5-a imin a-ra2 imin | Seven times seven, seven times seven |
| 11 | li kur-ra imin kar za-gin3-na | The li of the mountain, the seven quays of lapis lazuli |
| 12 | kar ku3-ga {d}en-ki-ga-ke4 | at the holy quay of Enki |
| 13 | nam#-tar kalam-ma-ke4 szu sikil-a | The fate of the land, in pure hands |
| 14 | mu#-te-na ra-a | the one who loves him |
| 15 | [ambar]-ra# gu2 nu-mu-ru-gu2-bi il2-la | In the marshes, whose necks are not stretched out, are raised. |
| 16 | [x] ki-ta gu2 nu-mu-ru-gu2-bi il2-la | ... raised from the ground, whose neck was not shaved |
| 17 | [GAN2] a#-sza3-ga gu2 nu-mu-ru-gu2-bi il2#-[la] | The field, whose banks are not irrigated, is raised. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | [da? hur]-sag-ga2 gu2 nu-mu-ru-gu2-bi [il2-la] | the side(?) of the mountain range that does not raise a neck |
| 2 | [a-ab]-ba# nig2 dagal-la-a gu2 nu-mu-ru-gu2-bi il2#-[la] | In the broad sea, where no one can raise their necks |
| 3 | [i7]-da# a si-ga a nu-mu-un-si-ga | In the river there was no water, no water was mixed. |
| 4 | gu2 <nu>-mu-ru-gu2-bi il2-la | raised its necks, |
| 5 | lugal-e ki {d}utu nam du10 he2-tar-re | May the king determine a good fate in the place of Utu |
| 6 | hu-mu-un-zalag-zalag-ge | may it shine brightly. |
| 7 | an-gin7 he2-em-ku3-ge | may he purify like heaven. |
| 8 | ki-gin7 he2-em-sikil-e | may he purify like earth. |
| 9 | sza3 an-na-ke4 he2-em-zalag-[zalag]-ge# | May the heart of An be bright! |
| 10 | eme hul-gal2 bar-sze he2-em-ta-gub | May the evil tongue stand aside. |
| 11 | inim-inim-ma lugal erin2-a-ni sikil-la-kam | It is a matter of king and his troops being pure. |
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