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VS 17, 28 (P343047)
Incantation, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 17, 28 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343047 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08395 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | lugal bar-ra-na niŋ₂ dingir-re-[e-ne (x)] | The king, the one who reveres the gods |
| 2 | nam gal dingir-re-e-ne ba-[x x x] | the great fate of the gods ... |
| 3 | {giš}banšur [x x x] | a table |
| 4 | ki ul ku₃ du₃ a-nun-na-ke₄-e-[ne x x x] | The Anuna ... the pure place. |
| 5 | su-na dug₃ [x x x] | a sweet fragrance ... |
| 6 | lugal u₃-sa₂-bi um-[x x x] | the king ... its ... |
| 7 | egir u₃-sa₂-bi maš₂-ŋi₆ hul ⸢giš DU⸣ (x) a me-eš | After it is done, the evil maštakal-plant ... water |
| 8 | igi bar igi duh-a-ni ša₃-ni gur₁₇ gal-la | The outer eye, the eye of her awe-inspiring beauty, her large body |
| 9 | su-na ⸢du₇⸣-[du₇]-⸢de₃⸣-da | in order to make the eduna-houses flourish |
| 10 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ dumu-ni {d}asar-lu₂-[hi] | Enki, his son Asalluhi |
| 11 | gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e | he spoke to him. |
| 12 | dumu-mu nig₂-⸢nu-zu⸣ a-ra-ab-kin-ga₂ | the son of Nig-nu-zu-e |
| 13 | {giš}šinig giš eden-na mu₂-a | a šinig tree, a tree that grows in the steppe |
| 14 | sukud-ta an kug-ga kalag-ga-ni ama a-bi | When he rises from the throne of holy An, his powerful one, mother, father |
| 15 | ki sikil-la-a-gin₇ | like a pure place |
| 16 | su-bi {giš}erin-na bar-bi {giš}ha-šu-ur₂-⸢gin₇⸣ | Its branches are cedar, its outside is cypress, |
| 17 | a ku₃ a-ab-ba a-tu₅ a-ba mu-ni-la₂ | Holy water from the sea, who dries the water? |
| 18 | ninda gu₇ dingir-re-e-ne-ke₄ {giš}šinig kug | the food that the gods eat with a pure scepter |
| 19 | {giš}šinig ku₃-ga šu um-me-ti | The holy scepter, the hand of Ummeti |
| 20 | bar-ra-na dingir-re-e-ne KA [(x)] | In his outer city the gods ... |
| 21 | a sikil-la a sikil u₃-me-[ti] | pure water, pure water of the day |
| 22 | lu₂-ulu₃ dumu dingir-ra-[ni x x x] | The man, the son of his god ... |
| 23 | a ku₃ saŋ-ŋa₂-na x [x x x] | pure water in his ... |
| 24 | [a] sikil bar-ra-na a [ku₃-ga] | pure water of her body, pure water |
| 25 | a dadag-ga šu-[na x x x] | The pure water in his hand ... |
| 26 | a nam-šub giri₃-⸢na⸣ [x x] | water of the footpaths |
| 27 | a kug bar-ra-na kug-⸢ga⸣-[am₃] | It is the pure water of her body, it is pure. |
| 28 | a sikil bar-ra-na sikil-⸢la⸣-[am₃] | The pure water of his outer courtyard is pure. |
| 29 | a dadag bar-ra-na dadag-⸢ga⸣-[am₃] | It is a pure water that is purified outside. |
| 30 | maš₂-ŋi₆ hul bar-ra bur₂-ra-[am₃] | It is an evil extispicy spread out outside |
| 31 | maš₂-ŋi₆ sa₆-bi su-na gal₂-⸢la⸣-[am₃] | Its beautiful kids are adorned in a soiled garment |
| 32 | ka-inim-ma nam-tar lugal bur₂-⸢ru-da⸣-kam | It is the wording of a king's decreed fate. |
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)
- 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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