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VS 24, 054 (P347173)
Prayer/Incantation, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | VS 24, 054 |
|---|---|
| ID | P347173 |
| Museum no. | VAT 17056 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer/Incantation |
| 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 | ||
| 1' | [ŋeš-hur an-ki-a] [u₂]-⸢ṣu-rat AN{e} u KI{ti₃} ša₂ la ut-tak⸣-ka-ru [nu]-⸢kur₂⸣-ru-⸢da⸣ | The one who makes heaven and earth tremble, the one who cannot be changed, is not to be changed |
| 2' | [diŋir diš-am₃ ...] [...] ⸢iš⸣-ta-a-an la uš-pe-el-lu nu-bal-⸢e⸣ | It is a river ... ... it has not been defiled, it will not be released. |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ip⸣-pa-aš₂-ša₂-ru nu-mu-un-da-bur₂-⸢re⸣ | ... did not release the ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic |
| 4' | [ŋeš-par₃ nu-dib-ba giš-par-ru la e-te-qi₂ ša₂ ana] ⸢lem⸣-ni re-tu-u₂ hul-ŋal₂-še₃ du₃-a | The scepter that does not pass by, the “snake-of-a-thousand’ that is not passed to the evil-doer, |
| 5' | [sa-par₃ nu-e₃-a sa-pa-ru la a-ṣe-e ša₂ ana lem]-ni tar-ṣu hul-ŋal₂-še₃ la₂-a | a net that cannot be removed, a sabar net that is not to be opened against evil, which is bound against evil |
| [udug hul he₂-a a-la₂ hul he₂-a gidim hul he₂-a gal₅]-⸢la₂⸣ hul he₂-a diŋir hul he₂-a maškim ⸢hul he₂⸣-a | Whether it is an evil udug demon or an evil ala demon, whether it is a cursed ghost or an ominous gallû demon [or an evil diŋir demon] or a malicious maškim demon | |
| [...] ⸢lem⸣-nu lu-u₂ gal-lu-u₂ lem-nu lu-u₂ DINGIR ⸢lem-nu lu⸣-u₂ ra-bi-ṣu lem-nu | ... the evildoer, or the wicked gallû-demon or the evil god, the evil grandiose | |
| [...] {⸢d⸣}dim₉-<me>-LAGAB he₂-a | ... may it be E-e-dimme-LAGAB | |
| [... lu-u₂] ⸢ah⸣-ha-za | ... or eḫāza plant | |
| [... ki]-⸢sikil⸣-ud-da-⸢kar⸣-[ra he₂-a] | ... may it be for the “ki-sikil-e-ud-da-ekar-e3-song. | |
| [... ar]-⸢da⸣-at [...] | ... is surrounded by ... | |
| 9' | [... tur₅-ra] ⸢nu-dug₃⸣-[ga he₂-a] | ... may it be a “nudug-vessel’ for the sick man |
| r | ||
| 1' | [tu₆ {d}asar-ri abzu]-a | Incantation of Asari of the Abzu |
| [mu₇-mu₇ abzu eridu{ki}ga nam-mu]-⸢un-da⸣-ab-bur₂-re | Do not release the radiance of the Abzu of Eridu | |
| [ši-pat ap-si-i u eri-du₁₀ a-a] ip-pa-ši-ir | May the path of the Apsu and Eridu not be blocked. | |
| 3' | [ka-inim-ma zid₂-sur-ra] ŋeš-hur-a-⸢kam₂⸣ | Wording of a ziggurat |
| 4' | [... {m}{d}MUATI]-NIR.GAL₂-DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢x⸣ | Nabu-kudurri-ilāni |
| 5' | [... {m}{d]}⸢EN-TIL₃⸣.LA | Bel-uballiṭ |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
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)
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