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VS 02, 098 (P342906)
Incantation, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 02, 098 |
|---|---|
| ID | P342906 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01413 |
| 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)
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 | ||
| 1ʾ | [...] x x da-ga x x x [...] | ... the side ... |
| 2ʾ | niŋ₂-nam hul gi AN x-ta [...] x-a | Fear, evil reed ... |
| 3ʾ | {d}asal-lu₂-hi igi im-ma-an-sum | Asalluhi saw it |
| 4ʾ | a-a e₂-a-ni {d}en-ki-ra ⸢e₂⸣-e ba-an-ši-kur₉ | For father Enki he built the E-e-e. |
| 5ʾ | a-a-mu igi zi-zi su lu₂-lu₂-ka ŋal₂-la | (Sum) My father, look at him with a rising eye (Akk) Look at my father, the rising eye of the man |
| 6ʾ | a-ra₂ min-kam-ma šu ub-du | It is the second time that he will die. |
| 7ʾ | a-na zu-e-na-bi nu-zu a-na ba-ni-ib-gig-ge | What is it that you do not know? What does it make you sick? |
| 8ʾ | {d}en-ki-ke₄ dumu-ni {d}asal-lu₂-hi mu-un-na-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄ | Enki answered his son Asalluhi: |
| 9ʾ | dumu-mu a-na nu-zu a-na <a>-na-ab-⸢dah⸣-e | My son, what does he know? What can he learn from him? |
| 10ʾ | {d}asal-lu₂-hi a-na nu-⸢zu⸣ [a-na na]-ab-dah-e | Asalluhi, to the one who does not come out to see |
| 11ʾ | niŋ₂-gig-za mu x x [...] x x eš x [...] | Your fearsomeness ... |
| 12ʾ | [...]-mu za-e x [...] x TU [x] x TE | ... you ... ... |
| 13ʾ | [nam-šub eridu{ki]}ga-ke₄ u₃-me-de₃-sig₁₀-[...] | The fate of Eridu is to be bestowed upon you |
| 14ʾ | [...] a-ra₂ ilimmu ud na igi-ni he₂-[...] | ... for the gods of the day, may his eyes |
| 15ʾ | [...] x x na-an-ni-[...] | ... do not ... |
| 16ʾ | [ka]-⸢inim⸣-ma igi ⸢gig⸣-[ga-kam] | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| r | ||
| 1ʾ | [...] x ZAR x [...] | ... ... |
| 2ʾ | [...] x na-an-x-[...] | ... should not ... |
| 3ʾ | [...] ⸢ka⸣-inim-ma x x [...] | ... the wording of |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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)
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