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VS 24, 100 (P347219)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | VS 24, 100 |
|---|---|
| ID | P347219 |
| Museum no. | VAT 17349 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila |
| 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' | [...]-a-ti [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | [...] GAL-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | ... the chief builders |
| 3' | [...] ⸢ṣe-er⸣-[...] | ... the ṣēr temple |
| 4' | [x x x] ⸢x TI⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... you take ... ... |
| 5' | ina [x] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | in ... ... |
| 6' | DINGIR ga-⸢aš-ru⸣ [...]-⸢MEŠ⸣ | God, I want to utter an arazu prayer to you |
| 7' | e-ma ⸢x x⸣ [(x)] U₂ [...] ⸢ME⸣ | Wherever ... ... |
| 8' | i-za-⸢az⸣-[zu] ⸢x x x⸣ NU ⸢x⸣ [(x)]-MEŠ [...]-⸢x⸣-ti | “If he screams, he will not be able to ..., |
| 9' | MU-⸢ka⸣ iš-tam-ma-ra NI [...] ⸢x x x-AS⸣-SU-ka | Your name has been praised, your ... |
| 10' | [x x (x)] ⸢x LU⸣ mar-ṣu-⸢ti⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ | ... the man of Maršbu-eti-e23 |
| 11' | [x x] ⸢x lib-ba-ka x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | ... your heart |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 15' | ⸢x⸣ [x (x)] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 16' | ⸢x x x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 17' | ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 18' | ⸢x x x⸣ TA [...] ⸢x ŠA₃⸣ [...] | “[... ...] ... , ... |
| 19' | ⸢x-x⸣-ap-pi-ra [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | “E-appira, ..., e-ap-pira |
| 20' | ⸢U₂ x x⸣ qi₂-bi-ka u BAR [...] NI [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | “Ea ..., your command ... ... |
| 21' | [...] ⸢x MU KI⸣ ŠU TE ⸢PI x⸣ [...] | ... ... with ... hand ... |
| 22' | [...] ⸢x⸣ U ⸢x⸣ NI ⸢BI x⸣ [...] | ... and ... ... its ... |
| 23' | [...] ⸢x⸣ BU IŠ ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... e’e23 |
| 24' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢na⸣-piš-ti UN-MEŠ [...] | ... the people |
| 3' | [... a]-ba-rak-ka-tu [...] | ... the abarrakkatu-festival ... |
| 4' | ⸢la-mas-si⸣ šu-te-mu-qi₂ ŠE.AM lu-u₂ [...] | “Elamassī-ēriš, the guardian of life, may ... |
| 5' | lik-tar-ra-ba la-mas-si a-na ⸢URU⸣-[ia] | May Lamassu bless my city |
| 6' | mah-ra-tu-u₂-a li-ši-ra-ma lid-me-qa ar₂-⸢ka⸣-[tu-u₂-a] | May my first days be long and may my years be long. |
| 7' | a-di u₄-mu eṣ-ra-ni lu-u na-ma-ru ⸢UGU⸣-[ia] | until the day of the ešrānu festival, may it be seen upon me. |
| 8' | pa-li-ih DINGIR šu-ku-un a-na qa-⸢ti-ia⸣ | He who reveres the god, may it be placed in my hand. |
| 9' | ik-rib DINGIR u LUGAL lib-tar-ru-u₂ ina NUNDUN{i} | May god and king be reconciled in the sceptre. |
| 10' | da-⸢me-eq-ti⸣ {d}AMAR.UTU be-li₂-ia lu-u₂ ka-a-a-an ina KA-ia | May Marduk, my lord, always be present in my mouth. |
| 11' | lu-⸢pu-uš⸣-ma ša₂ la-le-e-a | Let me do that which is pleasing to me |
| 12' | a-hi šu-te-⸢ši-ra-am⸣-ma KA šur-ša₂-an-⸢ni⸣ | Father Šute-šīram, king of kings |
| 13' | ši-man-ni-ma ši-[mat] ⸢ka⸣-ba-⸢ti⸣ | “Look at me, and the destiny of your house |
| 14' | NIG₂.GA UN-MEŠ lu-u₂ šuk-⸢lu⸣-lak a-⸢na-ku⸣ | May the property of the people be well; I am well. |
| 15' | mil-ku dam-qu lib-ni i-na lib₃-bi-⸢ia⸣ | Good advice in my heart, |
| 16' | a-na pi-ia šu-ku-⸢un ba⸣-ni-⸢ta⸣ | In my mouth a šukû-container was placed |
| 17' | a-mat ta-šim-ti ⸢lud⸣-bu-<<AŠ₂>>-ub a-na-ku | I am the one who speaks the word of reconciliation. |
| 18' | la kit-tu₄ a-a aq-bi-ma ṣi-tu₂ a-a ar₂-ši | May I not speak falsehood, and may I not be negligent. |
| 19' | pa-ri-tu₄ a-a ⸢aq⸣-bi ṭu₂-⸢ul-la⸣-a a-a ar₂-ši | May a future ruler not utter an arazu prayer to me, may he not abandon me. |
| 20' | [x x x] ⸢x ak-la⸣ u mu-u₂ ina ⸢EDIN⸣ a-a ar₂-ši | May the ... of the Aklā-E-house and the water in the open country not come near me! |
| 21' | [...] ⸢mu⸣-uz-zap-ra ⸢ter-ra⸣ la ki-i-nu | (Sum) ... is not true, it is not false |
| 22' | [ŠU.ŠI HUL{ti₃]} ⸢a-a⸣ it-ta-⸢ri-iṣ⸣ EGIR-ia | Hand of Evil (against) Aya’e, he has returned behind me |
| 23' | [up-ša₂-šu-u kiš-pu ru-hu]-⸢u₂⸣ ru-⸢su⸣-u₂ a-a is-ni-qu-ni ia-a-ši | May witchcraft, magic, sorcery, (and) spittle not come near me! |
| 24' | [...] ⸢ib⸣-ri u tap-pe-e liš-te-mi-⸢qu-ni⸣ | ... may my lord and my companion continually praise me. |
| 25' | [...] NAM-MEŠ | ... destinies |
| 26' | [...] HUL₂-ka | ... your joy. |
| 27' | [... li-ši]-⸢mu ši-mat⸣-ka | May [. . ] release your destiny. |
| 28' | [... lik-ru-bu]-ka | ... may they bless you. |
| 29' | [... liq-bi]-⸢ka⸣ | ... may they say to you |
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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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