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VS 17, 13 (P343033)
Incantation, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 17, 13 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343033 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08348 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. 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 | a-e zig₃-ga-ta ki us₂-e | When the water rises, it follows the earth. |
| 2 | ur₃-ur₃-ra-a saŋ an-še₃ il₂-la | ... raised to the sky |
| 3 | lu₂-gu₂-ri ur₃-ra-ka nu-si-ig-ga | The gūru-priestess does not stop in the lap. |
| 4 | x x nu-dug₄-ga a-gub₂-ba diŋir-re-e-ne | ... not good, standing by the intertwined |
| 5 | abgal gal-e KIN bar-ra ba-an-gub | The great elder stood outside. |
| 6 | enkum ninkum | enkum ninkum |
| 7 | IM-ta e₃-ta pu₂-ta bal-bal-e | (Sum) The one who goes out from the wind, the one who runs away from the well (Akk) From the wind that comes out, he is torn out in the well |
| 8 | dumu abzu imin-am₃-ne-ne | the seven Abzu children, |
| 9 | [a] na-de₅-ga {d}en-ki-ga-ke₄ | the water that Enki gave to drink |
| 10 | [a]-gub₂-ba {d}nin-girimₓ(|A.HA.KUD.A.DU|)ma-ke₄ | the throne of Ningirim |
| r | ||
| 11 | [lu₂]-ulu₃ dumu diŋir-ra-na | a man, son of Ibirana |
| 12 | [he₂]-em-kug he₂-em-sikil he₂-em-dadag | May she be pure, may she be purified, may it be bright. |
| 13 | {[d]}udug hul gal₅-la₂ hul bar-še₃ he₂-em-ta-[gub] | May the evil udug-demon and the evil galla demon stand outside. |
| 14 | {d}udug sag₉-ga {d}lama sag₉-ga he₂-em-da-su₈-su₈-ge-eš | May the good udug and good lamassu stand with you |
| 15 | diŋir lu₂-ulu₃-ke₄ barag kug-ga-na im-mi-ni-ib-sikil | The Ibira, the man, purified his holy dais. |
| 16 | gud x x-ba mi-ni-ib-kug-ga-gin₇ | Like a ... ox that has been pure. |
| 17 | šag₄ amaš-bi-a mi-ni-ib₂-sikil-la-a-gin₇ | Like one who purifies the heart of its sheepfold |
| 18 | diŋir lu₂-ulu₃ barag kug-ga-na im-mi-ib₂-sikil-gin₇ | Like a man washing his holy dais, |
| 19 | lu₂-ulu₃ dumu diŋir-ra-na an-ta he₂-em-kug-ge | May a man, the son of a diŋir priestess, purify himself from heaven. |
| 20 | ki-gin₇ he₂-em-sikil-e | may he purify like earth. |
| 21 | šag₄ an-na-ke₄ he₂-em-dadag-ge | May the heart of An be brightened. |
| 22 | ka-inim-ma a sikil-la-kam | It is an invocation for pure water. |
Sources & licences
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