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CT 44, 34 (P345543)
Incantation, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 44, 34 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345543 |
| Museum no. | BM 078199 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| 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' | [...] ⸢uš₇ bi₂-in-du₁₁⸣ [niŋ₂-ak bi₂-in-ak] | ... he said to the uš plant, he did it by himself |
| 2' | [lu₂]-ra ba-ni-⸢in⸣-[naŋ] | to the man he had brought |
| 3' | i₃-a ⸢uš₇⸣ bi₂-in-du₁₁(naŋ) niŋ₂-ak-a bi₂-in-⸢ak⸣ | He poured oil, he poured a libation. |
| 4' | lu₂-ra ba-ni-in-šeš₂ | to a man he has caused to die |
| 5' | {d}utu an-na-še₃ a im-ma-an-zi | Utu raised the water to heaven |
| 6' | ⸢eri₁₁⸣-gal-la a-pap ŋal₂ tag₄(na₂-)ba-a e bi₂-in-⸢de₂⸣ | In the “Great Oval,' he smote(?) the apsû-demon |
| 7' | ti-ri-da diŋir-ra nu-me-a | It is not a river of intertwined waters |
| 8' | a₂ ŋiš-ra diŋir-ra nu-me-a | “It is not a crossroads, it is not an intertwined canal.’ |
| 9' | lu₂-ulu₃ pa₄-ḫal-la-aš su-na ba-an-ḫir-ḫir | (Sum) The one who is enraged, he trembles in his sleep (Akk) The person who is angry, tremors has broken through his sleep |
| 10' | {d}en-ki eridu{ki}ta en na-nam | Enki is indeed the lord of Eridu. |
| 11' | lu₂ tu-ra igi im-ma-an-si₃ | He looked at the young man. |
| 12' | saŋ-ŋa₂ šu bi₂-in-ŋar bar-ra SU bi₂-in-ZU | He shook his hand, he twisted his body |
| 13' | ki-gig lu₂-ulu₃-ba ni₂-te-a-ni in-zu | He knows the kigi-illness of mankind. |
| 14' | ki-gig bar-ŋiš-ra su lu₂-ka i₃-ŋal₂-la | The kigig priestess of the outer city, the body of a man, is carried off. |
| 15' | a₂-sag₃ bar-ra-na | his outer asag weapon |
| 16' | gidim-ta bar-ra-na | outside of the ghost, |
| 17' | ⸢a₂⸣ ŋiš ra diŋir-ra bar-ra-na | “At the side of the river, in the middle of the sea, |
| 18' | ḫul-ŋal₂ eme nam-lu₂-ulu₃{lu} ḫe₂-a | The one who carries the tongue of humanity, the one who makes people rejoice |
| 19' | {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi igi im-ma-an-si₃ | Asalluḫi looked at him |
| 20' | niŋ₂ ŋa₂-e za-ŋu₁₀ u₃ za-e in-ga-e-zu | (Sum) You are the one who ... (Akk) You (are) the one of ..., you know (about it) |
| 21' | ŋen-na dumu-ŋu₁₀ {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi | Enna, son of Asalluḫi |
| 22' | zi₃ še-muš₅-a niŋ₂-gig gidim-ma | flour of the šemuš-priest, the niŋ-gig of the ghost |
| 23' | zi₃ {še}gib₃-ba niŋ₂-gig diŋir-ra | flour of the šegib priestess, diarrhoea, |
| 24' | zi₃ ⸢gu₂⸣-niŋ₂-⸢ar₃⸣-ra niŋ₂-uš-bur₂-da-ke₄ | The flour of the threshing floor that is to be poured out, |
| 25' | šu um-me-te | Hand of ummetu |
| r | ||
| 1 | teš₂-bi-a u₃-me-ni-lu | Together they made it abundant. |
| 2 | lu₂-ulu₃ dumu diŋir-ra-na u₃-me-te-gur-gur | (Sum) The man, the son of the intertwined family, has turned away from him (Akk) He turned away the one, the child of his mixed family |
| 3 | ša₃ {gi}bisaŋ-gin₇ keš₂-da-keš₂-da-ni ḫe₂-du₈-e | May he be bound like a reed mat for him |
| 4 | niŋ₂-ak-a {gi}bisaŋ-gin₇ keš₂-da-ni ḫe₂-du₈-e | May he be bound up like a reed bundle in his limbs |
| 5 | u₂ <e₃>-a-gin₇ u₂ ḫe₂-si-⸢il⸣-le | Like the plants of the ea, may the plants flourish |
| 6 | {id₂}idigna-a-gin₇ ... gu₃-nun-bi ḫe₂-me-en | Like the Tigris ... I am its bellows |
| 7 | ša₃ ⸢si-il⸣-a ša₃ an-na-⸢še₃⸣ du-du | In the ‘House of Silence’, in An, in Dudu |
| 8 | niŋ₂-⸢ak⸣-a-ni pa₄-ḫal-la u₂-munsub-a-ni ḫe₂-du₈ | His limbs are swollen, his muscles are loosened. |
| 9 | a {dug}<bar>-su₃-gin₇ ḫu-mu-un-bi-bi-iz-ze₂ | May he pour water like a libation vessel |
| 10 | {d}nin-girima₃ {d}utu an-na-ta zu₂-keš₂-bi ḫe₂-du₈ | Ningirima, after Utu had sworn it by An, |
| 11 | {ŋiš}U₅ dumu ti-bi-ra-ke₄ | the ewes, sons of Tibira |
| 12 | {ŋiš}dim₃ tur-tur dumu nagar-[ra]-ke₄ | the small clay molds, the sons of the carpenter |
| 13 | uš₇-bi ka-ba u₃-me-si₃ | Its mouth trembled |
| 14 | ša₃-be₂ nu-du₁₁-ga u₃-me-[(x)]-DU | Its inside is not spoken, it ... |
| 15 | ŋiri₃ ku₃ su-za ŋiri₃ ki-a ⸢gub-ba⸣-za | “The holy tavern is your seat, the holy treasury is your place of stationing. |
| 16 | mu-ḫu-uš ki-a ⸢sa₆-ga⸣-za | on the foundation of your beautiful temple |
| 17 | ⸢nundum⸣ ku₃ na-de₅-⸢ga⸣-za | When you bring the pure enundum-vessel |
| 18 | lu₂-ulu₃ dumu diŋir-ra-na u₃-me-sikil u₃-me-dadag | (Sum) The man, the child of his intertwined family, purifies and purifies (Akk) The one, the son of his mixed family, cleanses and purify |
| 19 | {na₄}bur sa-gin₇ u₃-me-ni-luḫ-luḫ | like a ... bur stone, he was frightened |
| 20 | {na₄}bur i₃-nun-na-gin₇ u₃-me-ni-su-su-ub | Like a bur of ghee I sprinkled it for him. |
| 21 | {d}utu saŋ-kal diŋir-re-ne-ke₄ šu-na u₃-me-[si₃] | Šamaš, foremost of the intertwined gods, he made his hand tremble |
| 22 | {d}utu saŋ-kal diŋir-re-ne-ke₄ silim-ma-ne₂ šu [...] | Šamaš, the foremost of the intercessors, his hand ... in peace |
| 23 | ⸢diŋir⸣-ra-⸢na⸣-[še₃] ḫe₂-en-ši-in-gi-⸢gi⸣ | May he return to the “house of the mountain range’ |
| 24 | [x-x-x-x-x] x-x ⸢me-teš₂⸣ ḫe₂-[i-i] | ... may they be happy. |
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