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VS 02, 096 (P342904)
Incantation, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 096 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342904 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01414 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [x x] ⸢x⸣ inim mu-un-tuku a mu-⸢gi₁₇-ib⸣ [...] ⸢ur⸣-ra | ... had spoken a word, he cried out a lament |
| 2 | ⸢e₂⸣ ku₃ e₂ šen-na inim mu-un-tuku [...] | The holy house, the pure house, had a word |
| 3 | an-ur₂-bi-a inim mu-un-⸢tuku⸣ [...] | In its midst, he spoke a word |
| 4 | ⸢ki⸣-a gaba-bi-a inim mu-un-⸢tuku⸣ [...] | In the Ekia temple he spoke a word on its surface |
| 5 | ma ni-ŋa₂-ra-ka inim mu-un-⸢tuku⸣ [...] | In the temple of Nibara he speaks a word |
| 6 | i-ni-ŋa₂-ar ki ku₃-ga inim mu-⸢un⸣-[tuku ...] | Inibar, in the holy place, he has spoken a word |
| 7 | ki-tuš ⸢tuš⸣-ša-ni inim ⸢mu⸣-[un-tuku ...] | His dwelling place, his dwelling place of utterances |
| 8 | ⸢x x⸣ [x (x)]-⸢ša inim⸣ [mu-un-tuku ...] | (Sum) ... (Akk) The word(s) of ... that have no rival |
| 9 | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ki⸣ sa zi [...] | ... E-e-e, true bundle of ... |
| 3' | [x]-⸢mu⸣-ra ši-im ⸢eren TUR⸣ [...] | ... the name of the cedar, the small cedar |
| 4' | x-x ⸢e⸣-ri-im-zu ši-im ⸢eren ši-im x x⸣ [...] | Your ... cedar, cedar ... |
| 5' | ⸢u₄⸣ hul-lu-hul-le la-lu {d}utu lu₂-⸢gal⸣ [...] | The evildoer, the lulu-demon, Utu, the palace-enterer |
| 6' | a-ŋa₂ dug₄ ki-a dug₄-ge ši-ga-ŋa₂ ⸢ŠI⸣ [...] | The one who fills the earth with water, the one who makes the earth tremble |
| 7' | šu-ni ba-ra-ku-la ur₅-še zi ⸢am⸣-[...] ši-ga-ŋa₂ DI ši-ga-⸢ŋa₂⸣ [...] | (Sum) His hand was cut off(?) (Akk) He is cut off (from) his hand, the righteous one ... |
| 8' | x-x-bi-da ⸢am⸣ nu-zu-ŋu₁₀ ši-ga-⸢ŋa₂⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... does not know the ... (Akk) The ... is not known, the šiga ... |
| 9' | [x x] ⸢ia⸣-ru-ru a-ŋu₁₀ ia-ru-ru | ... ya’eruru, alas, yaruru |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | [x x (x)] ⸢x am⸣ nu-zu-ŋu₁₀ | ... why does he not know ...? |
| 2 | [x x]-⸢hi⸣ hul su hi-ri-hi am nu-zu-ŋu₁₀ | ... evil ..., a wild bull that knows no mother |
| 3 | [x x] ⸢x⸣-hi gi₆ su hi-ri-hi am nu-zu-ŋu₁₀ | The ... of the night, the black-headed ones, the wild bulls that do not know |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-MI ga-ša mi hul-du nu-uš-bi-⸢du⸣ | ... I, the lady, do not let evil come out |
| 2 | an-na ur-bi-a hul-du nu-uš-bi-du | In heaven and on earth evil cannot be imposed. |
| 3 | ki-a gaba-bi-a hul-du nu-uš-⸢bi-du⸣ | On earth evil will not come forth from its surface |
| 4 | hul-le hul-le a mu-li [...] | Evil, evil ... |
| 5 | hul-dam hul-dam ⸢gu₂⸣-x mu-⸢da⸣-[...] | (Sum) It is destroyed, it is destroyed ... (Akk) The destruction, the destruction ... |
| 6 | ŋi₆-a na KA ⸢mu-ši⸣-x [...] | In the river ... |
| 7 | a-ŋa₂ dug₄ ki-a dug₄-⸢ge⸣ [...] | The one who fills the earth with water, the one who ... the earth |
| 8 | [x x (x)] ⸢KA ŠI-bi⸣ MI-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... ... |
| 1' | ⸢am x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | u₃ lu-la ⸢ku-ku⸣ [...] | “Oh, lula, ekukû-vessel |
| 3' | x e₂ mu-da-ab-⸢si-sa₂⸣ [...] | ... he made the house resplendent |
| 4' | a-ša₃-ga še mu-da-⸢x⸣-[...] | In the field ... |
| 5' | na-ŋu₁₀ mu-na-⸢ab⸣ a-ba mu-⸢da⸣-[...] | Who can compare with you? |
| 6' | u₃-mu-un-⸢ŋu₁₀ x⸣ me-diš₂ [...] | Umun-ebbu, the ... of battle |
| 7' | {d}⸢ti⸣-[...]-⸢nu⸣ me-diš₂ [...] | “Eti-e...-nu’e |
| 8' | {⸢d⸣}ga-⸢ša⸣-[an]-⸢x⸣-[x]-nu me-diš₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | “Ga-eša-E-an-e-x-nu, son of ..., |
| 9' | x [...]-⸢ba⸣ in-zi-zi-⸢ke⸣-[en] | ... you rise up(?) |
| 10' | [...]-⸢ba⸣ in-di-⸢di⸣-mi-en | I wander around in the ... of the city |
| 11' | [...]-da-de₃ me ab-mu-mu-de₃ | In order to ..., in order to bring forth the divine powers |
| 12' | [...] ⸢ab⸣-šu-šu-de₃ | In order to ... the ešû demon |
| 13' | [...]-x-bi di u₃-bi ba-da-ab-ga [(x)] | ... its ... was seized ... |
| 14' | [...]-⸢x⸣-bi di-da e ba-da-ab-ga [(x)] | Its ... that is to be judged, it has been seized |
Sources & licences
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