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YOS 11, 29 (P305831)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Larsa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | YOS 11, 29 |
|---|---|
| ID | P305831 |
| Museum no. | YBC 04597 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh) |
| Coordinates | 31.2832, 45.8549 |
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 | [szum-ma i]-na#? ku?-mu-ur _lu2_ mi-iq-tum it-ta-s,i-a-am# | If in the presence of a man a fall has come out, |
| 2 | [x x x]-pa#?-a-am wa-ru-uq-tam {u2}hi-is-su2 {u2}ma#?-[x] | ... a reed bundle of ḫišu-plant, ma-x-plant |
| 3 | [x x x pa]-ni# si2-im-mi i-na pa-ni si2-im-mi# [ta-na-ad-di] | ... you will cast the face of the ghost in the face [of the ghost]. |
| 4 | [szum-ma] _lu2#_ ur-ba-tam# ma#-ru#-us,# x-x-sza-am-mi#? lu-ur-me e#?-[x]-im#? | If a man a dog bites, let me ... ... |
| 5 | [i-na] me-e te-me-se2-e#-ma# [x x]-sza-am al-lu-ha-ra-am# | When you have poured water, I will be frightened. |
| 6 | i-na ru#-usz-tim ru-su-un [i]-na# _mul_ li-bi-it-ma# | In a dream the dream interpreter sees a star. |
| 7 | i-na ba-lum# pa-ta-an szi!-qi2-szu#-ma ur-ba-tu2 i-na-an-di-a#-am#? | Without the permission of his lord, he will carry out the repairs to the wall footing |
| 8 | szum-ma _lu2_ i-na pi-i qi2-in-na-ti-szu ba-as-ki-il-tum it-ta-s,i-a-am | If a man from the mouth of his colleagues a concubine has gone out, |
| 9 | i-na me-e _gazi{sar}_ ba-asz-lu-tim {u2}kur{sar} u3 _za3-hi-li-a{sar}_ ta-sa2-ak-ma | In the water of the mašlû-tree, you crush kurru-plant and zaḫiliya-plant, and |
| 10 | a-ha-am ma-la a-hi-im tu#-sza#-am-s,a-a-ma ki-ma _zi3-da_ ta#-[ra]-ab#-ra-ak-ma | You mix together as much as one half and you rub it like flour. |
| 11 | ki-ma# _gazi#{sar} ki_ 1(disz) [_ki_ 2(disz) _ki_] 3(disz)# ta!-ra-ka-as#-ma# i-ba-lu-ut, | Like tamarisk, you mix together with one, two, three, and then he will recover. |
| 12 | [szum-ma _lu2_] x# x# [x x x]-a#-am i-s,u-tim zi-bi-ba#-na#? | If a man ... ..., he is a young child, |
| 13 | u3# _zi3-da_ mi-it-ha-[ri]-isz# tu-ba-al-la-al#-ma | and flour you mix together, and |
| 14 | i-na me-e ta-la-asz-ma ki-ma _ninda_ te-ep-[pi]-i-ma | You boil it in water and then you make it like bread. |
| 15 | ka#?-szu tu-x#-ma ta-sa2-ha-ap-ma _u4#_-[mu] 3(disz)#? [la] ta#-pa-at,#-t,ar#-ma# | You ... and you rub, but you do not wipe clean for three days. |
| 16 | i-na sza-al-szi-im _u4_-mi-im ta-pa-at,-t,ar | You will unharness (them) in the morning. |
| 17 | ga-a-a-ti zi-[x]-lu-tim i-na me-e# ta-la-asz-ma ki-ma _ninda_ te-ep#-[pi-i-ma] | You knead ... milk in water and you make it as if it were bread. |
| 18 | ka-szu ta-sa2-ha-ap-ma i-ba-lu-ut, | You crush (and) sieve beer, and then he will recover. |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | _en2! kalag ku3-sig17_ szi-na i-te-en-ni-a-am mu-szi u3 ur-ri-im | Incantation: “The strong one, the gold of the night and day, |
| 2 | at-ti a#-na# ra-mi-ia e tar-ku-si2-im bi-it-[ki] | You are my love, your spouse. |
| 3 | a-na dam-qi2-im bi-szi qa2-ti-i-ki e ta-ta-pa-al-si2#-[im] | To the good one, your hand you have smeared. |
| 4 | _{szim}ses_ i-na mu-uh-hi szi-in-ni sza tu-ul#-tum# ta#-sza#-ak#-ka#-an# [lu-u2] | You will place myrrh on top of the šinnu-flour of the new year. |
| 5 | i#!-na#! mu#-uh#-hi# x# x#-te ma#-ru#-usz#-tim ta-sza-ak-ka-an-ma i-ba-lu-ut, | On top of ..., you set up a censer, and then he will recover. |
| 6 | e#-pi#-isz# [lem-ne2-tim lem-ne2]-tu#-[szu] u2-ul i-sze-et-ta-szu lu-mu-un-szu pi-ri-hi-szu u2-ul u2!(GISZ)-wa-szar | The evil deeds of his evil will not approach him, his lord will not release his spittle. |
| 7 | za-ri lu-um-nim i-s,e-et qa2-ta-szu ki-pa-a-at us,-s,i-a-am u2-sza-an-nu-u2 ta-lu-szu | “Let me praise the lord, the one whose hand is like a lion’s horn, who makes his strength surpassing, |
| 8 | u2-ul i-ha-at,-t,i ba-ar-ba-ru i-mi s,e-ni u3 ne2-sza-am sza-gi-ma-am [x] da-mu-[x x x]-ia-a-tim | 'He will not be afraid of the storm, the light of the steppe, and the breeze of the šagimmu-demon, ... my ... |
| 9 | [x x x x] x-bu u ni-szi x [x x] x x [...] i-na zi-iq-tim | ... ... and people ... in a flood |
| 10 | [x x x x] sza-ki-in# [...] i-di-im | ... placed ... ... |
| 11 | [...] x-at-[x] | ... ... |
| 12 | [...] x-ar-[x] | ... ... |
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