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YOS 11, 69 (P305829)
Literary, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 11, 69 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305829 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04594 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | uncertain |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | zu₂ gal zu₂ kar-kar {d}nin-i₃-si-na-ka | the great teeth, the teeth of Ninisina, |
| 2 | zu₂ niŋ₂-⸢gu₇-gu₇⸣ {d}nin-gi-li₂-na-kam | It is the tooth of Ningilina |
| 3 | peš₂ ŋiš-gi niŋ₂ zu₂ ur | a reed stalk, a dog's teeth |
| 4 | peš₂ igi gun₃ peš₂ tur | a bright eye, a small eye |
| 5 | peš₂ ŋiš-ur₃-ra peš₂-niŋ₂-gilim-ma ⸢niŋ₂⸣ [...] | (Sum) The ‘eyes of the horizon’ are the eyes of a gilim-bird (Akk) The eye(s) of the lapis lazuli are the eye of an eagle |
| 6 | maš₂-anše lu-a niŋ₂-zi-ŋal₂-la-kam | It is an animal-fattener that should not raise a claim |
| 7 | an-eden-na en {d}nin-gi₄-li₂-na-kam | In the high steppe it is Lord Ningilina |
| 8 | niŋ₂ mu-ni-ib₂-hul-hul [x x x] | he destroys himself ... |
| 9 | ušumgal me huš-a sipad na-gada {d}nin-gi₄-li₂-na-ke₄-ne | The herald of the furious cosmic powers, the shepherd who guides Ningirina |
| 10 | igi-bi ki kur₂-še₃ im-mi-in-ŋar-re-eš | They have turned their faces towards a hostile place |
| 11 | {d}asal-lu₂-hi igi im-ma-an-sig₁₀ | Asalluhi looked at it |
| 12 | a-a-ni {d}en-ki-ra e₂-e ba-an-ši-in-kur₉ gu₃ mu-un-na-de₂-e | For his father Enki, he entered the house and spoke to him. |
| 13 | a-a-mu KA gal KA kar-kar {d}nin-i₃-si-in-na-kam | My father is the great gate of Ninisina. |
| 14 | a-ra₂ min₃-kam-ma-⸢aš⸣ šu ub-dug₄ | It is the second time that he has spoken. |
| 15 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ dumu-mu {d}asal-lu₂-hi mu-un-na-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄ | Enki answered his son Asalluhi: |
| 16 | dumu-mu a-na nu-e-zu a-na a-ra-ab-be₂-e | My child, what does not know, what will I say to you? |
| 17 | {d}asal-lu₂-hi a-na nu-e-zu a-na a-ra-ab-dah-e | Asalluhi, what does not know, what can I learn? |
| 18 | niŋ₂ i₃-zu-a-mu za-e in-ga-an-zu [...] | (Sum) My one who knows fear, you know it(?) (Akk) You know fear, [you know it] |
| 19 | u₃ niŋ₂ za-e ŋa₂-e [...] | And if only you would ... |
| 20 | ŋen-na [...] | “The lord |
| 21 | si ur₂ dara₃ {d}nin-tu-ra-ke₄ x [...] | The horns of the dara limbs of Nintur |
| 22 | {d}gira₂-ra [...] | For Gira |
| 23 | A [...] | son of |
| r | ||
| 1ʾ | {d}en-ki-ke₄ lugal [...] | Enki, the king |
| 2ʾ | {d}asal-lu₂-hi dumu eridu{ki}ga-ke₄ [...] | Asalluhi, son of Eridu |
| 3ʾ | uga{mušen} amar-saŋ{[mušen]} [...] | The uga bird, the amarsa bird |
| 4ʾ | igi hu-mu-un-bar-ra hu-mu-un-[...] | May he look at me, may he ... |
| 5ʾ | a₂-bi he₂-bi₂-šub pa-bi he₂-bi₂-[...] | May its arms be bound, may its mouth be ... |
| 6ʾ | ka-inim-ma uga{mušen} dab₅-ba eš₅ {ŋiš}šukur X [...] | Incantation: “The stag is seized, the ešû-demon is ..., |
| 7ʾ | i-na qe₃-e-em ša ši-pa-a-tim ta-ra-kas₃-ma ṣa-bi-it | You will harness (them) in the middle of the šipātu-vessel and it will be released. |
| 8ʾ | la ha-su-um la im-si-a-tum | “It is not a ḫašû-demon, it is not an imsītu-disease. |
| 9ʾ | ṭu-ub la ha-su-um la im-si-a-tum | “The one who does not have a spouse (or) a child, |
| 10ʾ | lu uš-x-x-ni lu uš-ku-ul-ti | Let them be ..., let them be sealed. |
| 11ʾ | ar-ha-tu-u₂-a ha-li-ba-tum | My arhatû-demon is a halībatum-disease. |
| 12ʾ | ma-la a-ba [...] la im-si-a-tum | As much as there is, who is not ...? |
| 13ʾ | {d}nin-girimₓ(|HA.KUD.A.DU|) | For Ningirim |
| 14ʾ | ka-inim-ma ma-aš-ka-du-um | Wording of a maškadû-vessel |
| 15ʾ | ha-a-ru ha-a-ru si-ru kar-su-um | “Ḫāru, ḫaru, siru, karsûm, |
| 16ʾ | am-ta-ni-pa-a mu-ta-x-um | Amtanipâ, ... |
| 17ʾ | i-ša-a-ti-a i-ṭe₄-x-hi | My hands ... |
| 18ʾ | ka-inim-ma lu₂ kur₂ {lu₂}sa-gaz a-na še la ṭe₄-he-e-em | Incantation: “Do not turn a hostile man into a criminal!’ |
| 19ʾ | limmu ka-inim-ma | eponym year of |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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