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CT 44, 27 (P345536)
Incantation, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 27 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345536 |
| Museum no. | BM 092505 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | en₂ e₂-nu-ru | Incantation: Enuru |
| 2 | en-e amaš ku₃-ga ŋen-a-na | The lord in his holy sheepfold |
| 3 | en gal {d}en-ki-ke₄ amaš ku₃-ga kur₉-ra-na | The great lord Enki in his pure sheepfold |
| 4 | ki sila₄-bi mi₂ mu-un-ni-in-dug₄ | She treated her lambs well. |
| 5 | uz₃ zig₃-ga im-ma-ab-|LAGAB.LAGAB|e | The raised goats tremble |
| 6 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ dumu-ni {d}asar-lu₂-hi-ir | Enki’s son Asalluhi |
| 7 | gu₃ mu-un-na-an-de₂-e | he spoke to him. |
| 8 | gin-na dumu-mu {d}asar-lu₂-hi | “Ginna, son of Asarluhi, |
| 9 | udu u₂ ne-ha im-mi-in-gu₇-a | he ate sheep and grass-fed meat. |
| 10 | a ne-ha im-mi-in-nag-a | he drank pure water. |
| 11 | udu amaš ku₃-ga ha-ab-x-la | ... sheep in the pure sheepfold |
| 12 | lugal-ra he₂-a | may it be for the king |
| 13 | eme ⸢KA⸣-e AN x RI ba-⸢kur₉⸣-a | The tongue of the ekur temple ... |
| 14 | ka-na [x]-⸢bi⸣-a {d}nin-girim₃-ka | and the ... of Ningirim |
| 15 | lugal-e dumu dingir-ra-na u₃-mu-un-e-gur-gur | The king, the son of his god, will return. |
| 16 | nam-tar a₂-sag₃ x [(x)]-zal-la ka i₃-gal₂-la | Namtar, the Asag demon, who is in the mouth, |
| 17 | udu amaš-bi-še₃ [...]-tum₃ | sheep brought to its sheepfold |
| 18 | ig dag ki-a nag-ga-še₃ ha-ba-an-tum₃ | he brought to the door of the netherworld as a drink. |
| 19 | ka-inim-ma x [...] a₂-sag₃-ra-kam | Incantation formula: ... of Asag. |
| 20 | en₂ e₂-nu-ru | Incantation: Enuru |
| 21 | ki in-gub-gub-a-na ki in-gub-gub-a-na | When she stands at the place where she stands, when she stands there, |
| 22 | nun a ri nun a ri ki nun-e nun-na ri-a-ta | The prince ..., the prince .... From the princely place ... |
| 23 | dingir huš dingir KAS₄-ma im-da-ri-a | A furious god, a terrifying god, |
| 24 | en-e eden dagal-la igi im-ši-in-bar | The lord looked at the broad steppe |
| 25 | en gal {d}en-ki-ke₄ eden dagal-la igi im-ši-in-bar | The great lord Enki looked at the broad steppe |
| 26 | šu bi₂-in-bar sila₄ šu ba-an-la₂ | He seized it, he carried away the lamb |
| 27 | ki-sikil lil₂-la₂-am₃ lil₂-la₂-am₃ ba-an-⸢ur₂⸣ | The young woman is a ghost, she is encircled by ghost. |
| 28 | ŋuruš lil₂-la₂-am₃ lil₂-la₂-am₃ ba-an-ur₃ | It is a liar, it is lilting! It has been wiped away! |
| 29 | su mu-un-bar su-ta im-ta-an-RI | (Sum) He smites the flesh (Akk) The flesh is smeared with blood from the flesh |
| 30 | ki en gal-zu šu ba-an-ši-in-us₂ | The place where your great lord has established your hand |
| 31 | {d}nin-x-la₂ e₂-kur-ra-ke | Ninla of the Ekur temple |
| 32 | lugal-e dumu dingir-ra-na sila₄-bi-ta | the king, son of his god, from his lamb |
| 33 | he₂-em-ši-ib-ku₃-ge he₂-em-ši-ib-sikil-e | May it be pure, may it be purified. |
| 34 | he₂-em-ši-ib-dadagₓ(UD)ge | may it be cleared away. |
| 35 | ka-inim-ma udu ti-la-kam | Incantation for living sheep. |
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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