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OECT 05, 19 (P345800)
Incantation, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OECT 05, 19 |
|---|---|
| ID | P345800 |
| Museum no. | Bod S 298 |
| Collection | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [x x]-na ⸢kur⸣-kur-ta ed₂-de₃ kalam-ma kug x x | From the ... of the Ekur to the steppe of the Land silver ... |
| 2 | [...]-KA-ra-am₃ ka-ka-bi ⸢sur₂⸣-ra-am₃ | It is ..., its mouth is the Esur. |
| 3 | [x]-ME-e-eš id₂-da ŋal₂ x x id₂-da ŋal₂ x | The ... of the river ... the river |
| 4 | x šag₄ ⸢tab⸣-ba x šag₄ ⸢dub⸣-saŋ-ni-⸢ir⸣ gub-ba | ... of the terrace ..., the terrace of the scribal school, stationed |
| 5 | lu₂ tur-tur im-ma-ab-x im-ma-da-ab-sig₃-⸢ge⸣-en | The little ones ..., I will beat them. |
| 6 | X-bi PA šag₄ im-ma-an-la₂-la₂ x su x gaba ba-kud-kud | Its ... was covered with ..., it was cut off from the chest. |
| 7 | akkil x x x ⸢nu⸣-zi-zi | akkil ēnu-ezizi |
| 8 | {d}asal-lu₂-hi igi im-ma-an-sum | Asalluhi saw it |
| 9 | a-a-ni {d}en-ki-ra e₂-e-a ba-ši-in-kur₉ | for his father Enki he brought into the house. |
| 10 | a-a-mu a-na i₃-⸢AK-AK⸣-nu-bi nu-zu a-na a-⸢ba-ni⸣-x x x | My father did not know to ..., to his father |
| 11 | dumu-mu a-na x-zu a-na a-ra-ab-dah-e | My son, to ..., to Arabbaḫe |
| 12 | {d}asal-lu₂-hi a-na a-ra-ab-dah-e | Asalluhi to Arabbaḫe |
| 13 | niŋ₂ i₃-zu-mu u₃ za-e in-⸢ga⸣-[x]-zu | You know fear, and you know how to ... |
| 14 | u₃ niŋ₂ za-e za-e i₃-⸢zu⸣ | And you, you are the one who rises. |
| 15 | ŋen-na dumu-mu | “Enna, my son |
| 16 | zid₂ še-muš₅ ⸢niŋ₂⸣-gig ⸢hul⸣-ba zid₂ ⸢gib⸣ [...] | The šemuš-flour of the enigid-house, the evil egibi-house |
| 17 | zi₃ {še}<in>-nu-HA niŋ₂-gig eden [...] | ... flour and šēnu-flour, the niŋ-gig of the steppe |
| 18 | ŋiš-nu₂-da-a-ni u₂ ⸢sikil⸣ [...] | His bed, esikil plant |
| 19 | {d}uri₃-gal ZA x [...] | Urgal |
| 20 | {d}kulla x en {ŋiš}ig [...] | Kulla, lord of the door |
| 21 | e₂-a ne-eš₂ [...] | In the house ... |
| 22 | zi an-na [...] | The life of heaven |
| 23 | zi ⸢ki⸣ [...] | The life of E-e-mukin |
| 24 | zi en-lil₂ lu₂ kur-kur-⸢ra⸣ [...] | The life of Enlil, the one of all the lands |
| 25 | zi {d}nanna maš₂ saŋ x x [...] | The life of Nanna, the goat ... |
| r | ||
| 26 | zi {d}iškur lugal an-x ⸢he₂⸣-[pad₃] | May the life of Iškur, king of An, be found. |
| 27 | zi {d}en-ki lugal abzu-ke₄ x [...] | The life of Enki, king of the abzu |
| 28 | zi {d}asal-lu₂-hi dumu eridu{ki}ga-ke₄ [...] | The life of Asalluhi, the son of Eridu |
| 29 | zi {d}utu lugal e₂-babbar₂-ra [...] | The life of Utu, king of the Ebabbar temple |
| 30 | zi {d}⸢nin-ŋiš⸣-zid-da gu-za-la₂ kur-ra he₂-[...] | May the life of Nin-biš-ezida, the throne bearer of the mountain |
| 31 | zi {d}⸢tišpak muš₃⸣ babbar₂ | life of Etišpak, white snake |
| 32 | zi {d}pa-bil-saŋ dumu an-na-ke₄ | the life of Pabilsa, the son of An |
| 33 | zi {d}ne₃-iri₁₁-gal lugal kur-kur-ra-ke₄ | the life of Nergal, king of all the lands |
| 34 | zi {d}NE-x i₃-du₈ kur-ra-ke₄ | the life of NE-x, the doorkeeper of the netherworld, |
| 35 | zi {d}am-an-na x-da an-na | The life of Enlil, the ... of heaven |
| 36 | diŋir gal-gal-e-ne ninnu-a-ne-ne | The great judges, their sisters, |
| 37 | {d}nam-tar imin-ne-⸢ne⸣ | and Nineveh, |
| 38 | dam an-na {d}uraš x an-na he₂-pad₃ | The spouse of heaven, Uraš, the ... of heaven may he find. |
| 39 | dam ban₃-da an-na-kam {d}šu-zi-an-na he₂-⸢pad₃⸣ | The one who has a spouse is An, may Šuziana find you! |
| 40 | sukkal an-na {d}x x he₂-pad₃ | the vizier of heaven, may ... be sworn. |
| 41 | x x {d}LIPIŠ-NE-KA ⸢he₂-pad₃⸣ | “O Lipiš-NE-KA, may it be found! |
| 42 | maškim saŋ mu-RU-ub-ba ⸢he₂-pad₃⸣ | the guarantor of the land, the one who ..., may it be found |
| 43 | eš₅ x-e-eš saŋ mu-ru-ba ⸢he₂⸣-pad₃ | The ... of the netherworld has been found, may it be found! |
| 44 | šu lu₂-ulu₃ dumu an-na i₃-⸢dug₄⸣ | Hand of a man, son of An |
| 45 | {d}utu na x ŋa₂-ŋa₂-⸢dam he₂-pad⸣ | Šamaš, may he find a place for it |
| 46 | {[d}en-ki] ⸢lugal abzu⸣-ke₄ ⸢he₂-pad⸣ | Enki, the king of the Abzu, the Ehepad temple |
| 47 | {[d}asal]-lu₂-hi dumu eridu{ki}ga-ke₄ x x | Asalluhi, son of Eridu |
| 48 | [...] x nam-mu-un-da-an-bur₂-⸢re⸣ | ... did not release him |
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