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CT 44, 26 (P345535)
Incantation, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 26 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345535 |
| Museum no. | BM 092670 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | s; 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | en₂ e₂-nu-⸢ru⸣ | Incantation: Enu'eru’e |
| 2 | a₂-sag₃ gig-ga su lu₂ x | The bitter asag-demon, the one who ... |
| 3 | lu₂-ulu₃ pa₄-hal-la KU-gin₇ im-⸢mi⸣-[...] | The man ... like a fish in the marshes |
| 4 | šu-ni giri₃-ni nu-ub-ši-in-[...] | His hands and feet did not ... |
| 5 | nun gal {d}en-ki en ka-inim-ma-⸢ke₄⸣ | Great prince Enki, lord of the incantation |
| 6 | {d}en-ki-ne-še₃ {d}nun-ki-ne-[še₃] | Enki and Nunki |
| 7 | zi sag gaba-ri-a ba-an-šum₂ | He has sworn by the life of the first-born son |
| 8 | sag maš₂ sag lu₂-še₃ ba-an-šum₂ | The head of the goat was carried away by the head of a man |
| 9 | gu₂ maš₂ gu₂ lu₂-še₃ ba-an-šum₂ | The neck of a goat was taken away by a man |
| 10 | gaba maš₂ gaba lu₂-še₃ ba-an-šum₂ | He brought it before the goat, before the man |
| 11 | mud₂ maš₂ mud₂ lu₂-še₃ ba-an-šum₂ | The blood of the goat was carried away by the blood of a man |
| 12 | lipiš maš₂ lipiš lu₂-še₃ ba-an-šum₂ | The extispicy of a kid is carried away by a man |
| 13 | a₂ zid-da a₂ zid-da-še₃ ba-an-šum₂ | The right arm was brought to the right arm |
| 14 | a₂ gub₃-bu a₂ gub₃-bu-še₃ ba-an-šum₂ | The left arm was brought to the right arm |
| 15 | ti-ti-še₃ ba-an-šum₂ {uzu}murgu-{uzu}murgu-še₃ ba-an-šum₂ | He brought it to Titus, he brought the murgû-plant |
| 16 | giš-ge-en-ge-na-giš-ge-en-ge-na-[še] ⸢ba⸣-[an]-⸢šum₂⸣ u₃-mu-e-šum₂ | “At the gišengēna-gidengêše, the eba-e-an-e’e-and-u-e23-ṣum-e3 |
| 17 | igi x-ar-ra-na šu u₃-mu-ni-su-su-ub | In front of his ... he kissed him |
| 18 | [x] am₃-AŠ-ma-na u₃-me-ni-e₃ | ... came out for him. |
| 19 | ze₂-ba gi-izi-la₂ u₃-me-ni-bil | She carried the reed mats and firewood. |
| 20 | ⸢gidim⸣ hul a-la₂ hul su lu₂-ta he₂-eb₂-ta-NUN-[x]-DI;-ta-<(...)> NUN ... | May the evil ghost (and) the evil ala creature leave the man’s body |
| 21 | [...]-ra-ne-ta x he₂-eb₂-ta-[x] | May he ... from among his ... |
| 22 | {[d}udug] ⸢hul⸣-a {d}lama₃ ⸢hul⸣-[a] | The udug priestess of the Eḫula temple, the lamassu priesteses of the Elamite temple |
| 23 | [...] bar-da su₈-su₈-⸢ge-eš⸣ | ... outside they are smitten(?) |
| 24 | ka-inim-ma maš₂ duh-⸢duh⸣-[kam] | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer |
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