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VS 24, 045 + 052 + 061 (P347164)
Old Babylonian, Babylon · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | VS 24, 045 + 052 + 061 |
|---|---|
| ID | P347164 |
| Museum no. | VAT 17131 + VAT 17152 + VAT 17397 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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 i | ||
| 1ʾ | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2ʾ | [...] ⸢bi₂⸣-in-šeŋ₃-šeŋ₃ | ... the ešû-priests |
| 3ʾ | [...] a bi₂-in-dub | ... poured water |
| 4ʾ | [...] x bi₂-in-šu₂-šu₂ | ... he made it |
| 5ʾ | an-⸢šar₂⸣ x [...] x ⸢bi⸣-in-dul | An-šar-e3 ... covered that temple |
| 6ʾ | ki sig₉-ga x x ba-ni-in-TAG | He ... the favorable place. |
| 7ʾ | e₂-a-ni x x ba-ni-in-dab₅ | his house he seized. |
| 8ʾ | lu₂-ulu₃ pa-hal-la saŋ-gig-ga | The man of the pahal temple, the sick person |
| 9ʾ | ⸢šu⸣-na ba-ni-in-dab₅ ŋir₃-ni ba-ni-in-dab₅ | He seized his ešu’ena, he seized her birni. |
| 10ʾ | su lu₂ gaba lu₂-ka ba-ni-in-dab₅ | The flesh of a man has been seized by the chest of another man. |
| 11ʾ | KA lu₂ igi lu₂-ka ba-ni-in-dab₅ | He seized the mouth of the man before the man. |
| 12ʾ | a₂ šu lu₂-ulu₃-ka ba-ni-in-dab₅ | the wages of the slaves he took |
| 13ʾ | lu₂-ulu₃ dug bi₂-gaz a-gin₇ | How could a man be destroyed by a pot? |
| 14ʾ | x ⸢maš⸣-da₃-gin₇ saŋ im-x-[...] | Like a emāšda bird, he ... the net |
| 15ʾ | udu x ⸢gig⸣-ga-gin₇ | like ... sheep |
| 16ʾ | ki-zu ki dug₃-ga-am₃ IGI [...] | Your place is a pleasant place |
| 17ʾ | PA A x dug₃-ga-am₃ a₂ [...] | ... is good ... |
| 18ʾ | u₃ idim-ma u₃ idim u₃ [...] | And the ghost, and the ghost ... |
| o iii | ||
| 1ʾ | [...] dub-be₂ [...] | ... writing tablets |
| 2ʾ | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 3ʾ | [...] A ⸢mi-in⸣-x ⸢eme⸣ [x]-⸢e⸣ mu-[...] | ... descendant of emin-x, eme-e, ...-e |
| 4ʾ | [...] A x x x x x [...] | ... ... |
| 5ʾ | [...] x x [...] A i-ni-in-gi₄-⸢gi₄⸣ [...] | ... he will return ... |
| 6ʾ | [...] x x igi im x x x [...] | ... before ... |
| 7ʾ | [...] ⸢kug⸣-ga ga ab₂ x x [...] | ... e-kug-e-ga milk of cows |
| 8ʾ | [...] mu-e-ni-x-[...] | ... you ... |
| 9ʾ | [...] x-ga na-de₅-ga u₃-mu-[...] | ... the one who is to be brought ... |
| 10ʾ | [...]-na-ab mu-e-[...] | ... you ... |
| 11ʾ | [...] u₃-mu-e-ši-[...] | ... I want to utter a lament |
| 12ʾ | [...] x zid-da-na ⸢u₃-mu⸣-[...] | ... his right ... |
| 13ʾ | [...] x-na u₃-mu-e-[...] | ... I want to ... |
| 14ʾ | [...]-⸢la⸣ a₂-sag₃ a-na [...] | ... the asag-demon to |
| 15ʾ | [...] x [x] x [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1ʾ | [...] x im-x-[x] | ... ... |
| 2ʾ | [x] x x-ba im-da-[x] | ... ... |
| 3ʾ | x x kar-ta ⸢DU⸣ | from the quay of the Dūr-Eštar |
| 4ʾ | ⸢na⸣-de₅-ga {d}en-ki-ga-⸢ke₄⸣ | Enki erected the e-de-ga. |
| 5ʾ | a-gub₂-ba {d}nin-girimₓ(|HA.KUD.DU|) | agub priestess of Ningirim |
| 6ʾ | {d}asal-lu₂-hi dumu eridu{ki}ga-ke₄ | Asalluhi, son of Eridu |
| 7ʾ | he₂-em-kug he₂-em-sikil he₂-em-dadag | May she be pure, may she be purified, may it be bright. |
| 8ʾ | eme hul-ŋal₂ bar-še₃ he₂-em-ta-gub | May the evil tongue stand outside. |
| 9ʾ | ka-inim-ma gu gada lugal keš₂-da-kam | It is the wording of a royal linen garment. |
| 10ʾ | gu ni₂ me-lam₂-ma im-ma-da-ri | He surrounded it with an aura of fearsomeness and radiance. |
| 11ʾ | gu ni₂ me-lam₂-ma {d}a-nun-na-ke₄-ne | The Anuna gods, whose aura is awe-inspiring, |
| 12ʾ | nun-e abzu-ta šu kug mu-ri-in-NE | The prince ... the holy hand from the Abzu |
| r ii | ||
| 1ʾ | [...] x | |
| 2ʾ | [...] x | |
| 3ʾ | [...] x | |
| 4ʾ | [...] ⸢ŋal₂⸣-la | ... is to be carried off |
| r iii | ||
| 1ʾ | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2ʾ | a-ga-gin₇ LI x x ⸢u₃⸣-[...] | Like this ... |
| 3ʾ | BUL x šum-ma-ni u₃-mu-[...] | If he ... |
| 4ʾ | a-šag₄ zu₂ sig₁₀-ga ŋiš-gi x [...] | A green field, a reed ... |
| 5ʾ | {kuš}a-ŋa₂-la₂ keš₂-da-bi he₂-x-[...] | May he ... its bound sandals |
| 6ʾ | tu₆ dug₄-ga {d}en-ki-x [...] | The good incantation of Enki |
| 7ʾ | {d}asal-lu₂-hi dumu eridu{ki}[...] | Asalluhi, son of Eridu |
| 8ʾ | abzu eridu{ki}ga nam-mu-un-da-an-x | Do not ... the Abzu of Eridu |
| 9ʾ | ka-inim-ma uh gu₇ {ŋiš}hašhur-{ŋiš}hašhur zi-zi [...] | Incantation: “It is enough, it is enough. It is enough! Rise up! |
| 10ʾ | imin {d}udug hul-a-kam | Seven are the evil udug-demons, |
| 11ʾ | eš₅ zi hul dub₂-ba-kam | It is a true and evil ešu-demon |
| 12ʾ | diš a₂-sag₃-kam | It is an asag-demon |
| 13ʾ | diš saŋ-gig-ga-kam | It is a sick person |
| 14ʾ | min-kam gu₇-a | a second time eaten |
| 15ʾ | diš AN lugal x x pa e₃-a | AN, king ... emergent |
| 16ʾ | [...]-x-a-kam | It is of ... |
| 17ʾ | [...] x x-kam | ... ... |
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