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CT 44, 29 (P345538)
Incantation, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 29 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345538 |
| Museum no. | BM 078375 |
| 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)
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=UHF_₆₇₀ | a an-za-am-ma | “Anzamma, |
| 2=UHF_₆₇₀ | u₃-me-ni-de₂ | he had brought to him. |
| 3=UHF_₆₇₁ | {giš}šinig {u₂}in-nu-uš | a kind of juniper |
| 4=UHF_₆₇₁ | ša₃-ba u₃-me-ni-šub | In this place he placed it |
| 5=UHF_₆₇₃ | lu₂-ba u₃-me-ni-sig₃ | that man he has struck down, |
| 6=UHF_₆₇₃ | niŋ₂-nam gi-izi-la₂ u₃-me-ni-⸢e₃⸣ | He made the reed-beds shine like a flame. |
| 7=UHF_₆₇₄ | nam-tar su lu₂-ka ŋal₂-la-am₃ | The fate of the flesh of a man is carried off. |
| 8=UHF_₆₇₄ | he₂-em-ma-ra-an-zi-zi | may he rise for you. |
| 9=UHF_₆₇₅ | urudu niŋ₂-kalag-ga ur-saŋ an-⸢na-ke₄⸣ | The powerful copper, the hero of An |
| 10=UHF_₆₇₆ | za-pa-aŋ₂ hu-luh-ha-ni | whose screams are terrifying |
| 11=UHF_₆₇₆ | niŋ₂-hul ba-ab-ur₃-re | he destroyed it with evil intent. |
| b.e. | ||
| 1=UHF_₆₇₇ | ki za-pa-aŋ₂ šum₂-mu | from Zapâ is the name |
| r | ||
| 1=UHF_₆₇₇ | u₃-me-⸢sig₁₀⸣ | Ume-esig |
| 2=UHF_₆₇₇ | saŋ-tu-⸢uk-zu⸣ he₂-a | may it be a satû-demon! |
| 3=UHF_₆₇₈ | tu₆-dug₄-ga | incantation |
| 4=UHF_₆₇₈ | inim {d}en-ki-ga-ke₄ | by the command of Enki |
| 5=UHF_₆₇₉ | urudu niŋ₂-kalag-ga ur-sag an-⸢na-ke₄⸣ | The powerful one, the hero of An |
| 6=UHF_₆₈₀ | za-⸢pa-aŋ₂ me-lam₂-ma⸣ | The za-epa-priestess, the splendor |
| 7=UHF_₆₈₁ | u₃-[um-ma-dah] | I will add. |
| 8=UHF_₆₈₁ | ⸢udug⸣ [hul] ⸢a-la₂ hul⸣ | The evil udug ritual, the evil ala ritual |
| 9=UHF_₆₈₁ | [ha-ba]-⸢ra-e₃⸣ | Haba'e’e |
| 10=UHF_₆₈₂ | [gidim] ⸢hul⸣ gal₅-la₂ hul | Evil ghost, evil galla demon |
| 11=UHF_₆₈₂ | [ha]-⸢ba⸣-ra-e₃ | may he leave! |
| 12=UHF_₆₈₃ | [dingir] ⸢hul⸣ maškim hul ⸢ha⸣-ba-ra-e₃ | The evil god, the evil maškim demon came out |
Sources & licences
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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)
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