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VS 17, 33 (P343052)
Incantation, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 17, 33 |
|---|---|
| ID | P343052 |
| Museum no. | VAT 08381 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| 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 | munus-e {e₂}tur₃ amaš ku₃-ga im-da-an-zi-ib-ba-na | The woman, when she raised the stall and the pure sheepfold |
| 2 | e₂ tu-ud gal₂ {e₂}tur₃ amaš ku₃-ga im-da-an-zi-ib-ba-na | When he raised the stall and the pure sheepfold in the house of birthing, |
| 3 | numun zi nam-lu₂-ulu₃ šag₄-ga ba-ni-in-ri | He brought forth the true seed of mankind in the sand |
| 4 | {e}a šag₄-ga degₓ(RI)a zu₂ keš₂{ki-ši}ra₂ lu₂-ra i-šum₂{šu}mu | In the midst of the storm, the teeth of Keši-rē’a are for the man. |
| 5 | munus-e u₂-lal₃-e {zu}zu₂ {bi}bi₂-in-gub{gu-ub} šag₄-gal-da {bi}bi₂-in-gur | The woman set up the honey, she turned it into a heap of dust. |
| 6 | u₂-lal₃ ninda ki aŋ₂-ŋa₂-ne₂ {zu}zu₂ {bi}bi₂-in-gub{gu-ub} ša₂-gal-da {bi}bi₂-in-gur | The honey and bread at the place of his birth he set up, he returned it to its place. |
| 7 | munus-e ud-da-ni iti-da-ni na-nam | The woman, her day is indeed her month. |
| 8 | šu šag₄ nam-dumu-ni gu₂ ki ba-ni-in-ŋar | He made the hand of his son bow down at the ground |
| 9 | gu₃{gu₂} an-ne₂ bi₂-te {gu₂}gu₃ ki-še₃ ba-te | He approached heaven, he approached the earth. |
| 10 | gu₃{gu₂} šu-nigin-na an-ur₂-ra tug₂-gin₇ im-mi-in-dul | He covered the throne in the lap of heaven like a garment |
| 11 | ma₂ en-na-gin₇ gada-<<gin₇>> im-mi-in-⸢bur₂⸣ | Like the boat of the lord, like linen, he burst it. |
| 12 | ma₂ lugal-la-ke₄ niŋ₂-gur₁₁ im-mi-in-si | The king's boat filled with fear. |
| 13 | ma₂ {na₄}gug za-gin₃-na {na₄}gug za-gin₃-na im-si | He filled the boat with lapis-lazuli and lapis lin. |
| 14 | mu-zu ba-da-bal {d}asar-lu₂-hi igi im-ma-an-sig₁₀{zi} | Your name has been carried off, Asalluhi has seen it |
| 15 | niŋ₂ ŋa₂-e {i}i₃-zu-mu u₃ za-e in-gi₄-zu | (Sum) You are the one who is enraged with yourself(?) (Akk) You (are) angry with yourself, you are angry at yourself |
| 16 | [i₃] ab₂ ku₃-ga {ra}gara₂ ab₂-šilam-ma u₃-me-ni-dib | He passed the oil of the pure cows in the threshing floor of the cows. |
| 17 | [DAG] agrun-na-ka im-mi-gub-ba šu u₃-me-te{ti} | who stands in the midst of the cella, hand of Umete |
| 18 | [nam]-⸢šub⸣ eridu{ki}ga murgu{mu-ur-gu} sa-sa-al ti-ti | the enthroned priesthood of Eridu, the murgu-demon, the sasal priest of Tīti |
| 18b | munus{mu-nu-us₂}be₂ u₃-me-ni-dib | The woman passed by. |
| 19 | [im]-A an-na-gin₇ he₂-em-mi-{du}duh | like the clay of heaven he heaped up |
| 20 | {[ŋeš}šu₂]-⸢dul₄⸣-gin₇{⸢šu-du⸣-ul-gi} he₂-em-mi-{tu-uh₂}duh | Like a stele, may it be adorned with splendor. |
| 21 | [ubur] ⸢zid⸣ an-ur₂-ra-gin₇ he₂-em-ma-ra-ab-la₂-e | May he spread it out for you like a tuft of ebony in the horizon. |
| 22 | nita he₂-a {giš}tukul {urudu}ha-zi-in-na-ni | Whether he is a man or a fugitive, his hazin weapon |
| 23 | a₂ nam-ur-saŋ-ŋa₂-ka-ni šu mu-ni-in-{da-ab}dab₅ | He seized his strength of heroism |
| 24 | munus he₂-a {giš}bal {giš}kirid-da-ni šu mu-ni-in-gal₂ | Whether it is a woman or a man, he has a hoe and a kiridda weapon. |
| 25 | {d}gu-la agrig šu dim₄{di-im}ma-ke₄ | Gula, steward of the hand of the god |
| 26 | li-dur nam-tar e₂ ad-da-ni | May the fate of her father’s house be decreed. |
| 27 | šu he₂-em-da-an-bur₂-re | May he release his hand |
| 28 | ka-inim-ma a-ru-uh₂-tum ki-ki-ta-ša I₃ u₃ I₃-NUN | Wording of a ritual for removing oil and ghee. |
| 29 | tu-ba-al-la-al-ma i-na šer bu-di-im ba-am-ti-ša | “You will fill it, and in the brickwork of its foundations |
| 30 | ki-la-ti-in ta-pa-aš-ša-aš-ma it-ta-ṣa-a | “You are attentive, and then he will get well.’ |
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- 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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