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SpTU 2, 003 (P348608)
Prayer/Incantation, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 2, 003 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348608 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer/Incantation |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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' | [zid₂-sur-ra {d}nisaba-ke₄] ⸢saŋ⸣ mu-un-ta-gi₆-⸢de₃⸣ [... i-ṣar]-⸢ru⸣-ru | The ziggurat of Nisaba, the esa-vessel, is to be turned back. |
| 2' | [sa-par₃ {d}nisaba-ke₄ he₂-ni]-⸢ib₂⸣-keš-re-e-[ne] [...] ⸢lik⸣-šu-su | May the net of Nisaba bind him |
| 3' | [... ib-ba]-⸢lak⸣-ki-it | ... he shall cut off |
| [... šu nam]-⸢ba⸣-bar-ra | May ... not release his hand | |
| [...] ⸢x⸣-ši-su | ... his | |
| [...]-a | ...-a | |
| [... la i-pal-la]-hu | ... they will not be afraid | |
| zi ⸢diŋir⸣ [gal-gal-e-ne-ke₄ ...]-⸢x⸣-x | The great ebony of the great rivers | |
| ni-ši DINGIR-MEŠ [GAL-MEŠ ...] | The nīši of the great gods | |
| 7' | diŋir gal-gal-e-ne-ke₄ IM ha-ba-ra-gur-ru-⸢ne⸣ [DINGIR-MEŠ GAL]-MEŠ li-ru-ru-šu₂ | May the great gods curse him. |
| 8' | e₂-a i₃-gi₄-gi₄-a ša₂ a-na E₂ it-⸢ta⸣-[nu]-ur-ru | If he returns to the house, he will be able to return it. |
| 9' | e₂ saŋ-ŋa₂-na-še₃ he₂-ni-ib₂-ku₄-ku₄-ne a-na E₂ pe-[...] li-še-ri-bu-šu₂ | they shall make him enter into a house of abundance. |
| 10' | ba-ra niŋin-niŋin-e ša₂ ina a-hat is-sa-na-⸢ah⸣-hu-ru | (Sum) The one who screams, the one who shouts in the street (Akk) It is the one that shouts at the street(?) |
| ba-ra ki ba-ra-la₂-e he₂-ni-ib₂-šu₂-mu | They shall make him enter into a place unknown to him | |
| ina a-hat a-šar la ma-a-ti ⸢x-x-x⸣-[...] | By means of the utterance of a foreign land | |
| 12' | ka₂-a-ni U₂ nu-ŋa₂-ŋa₂-e ša₂ ina ba-ab E₂ it-[...] | He does not eat food at his gate, he does not sleep at the door of the house |
| 13' | e₂ ki nam-tab-ba he₂-ni-ib₂-ku₄-ku₄-ne ana E₂ a-šar ⸢la⸣ [...] | They shall make him enter into a house of rivalry. |
| 14' | {ŋeš}ig {ŋeš}saŋ-kul-ta mu-un-da-gir₅-gir₅-ne ša₂ <ina> dal-tu₂ u ⸢x⸣-[...] | The door and the door bolt are twisted together with each other, the heart of the altu-demon and the ešumu-disease |
| {ŋeš}ig {ŋeš}saŋ-kul-ta sa nu-duh-u₃-da he₂-ni-[...] | May he ... the door and the door bolt that cannot be unlocked | |
| dal-tu₄ sik-kur-ru mar-ka-su la pa-ṭa-⸢ri⸣ [...] | (Sum) The storm, whose horns are unfathomable(?) (Akk) The wind, the horn(s) of the mountain(s), its horn not open | |
| 16' | ⸢kun₄⸣ za-ra an mu-un-za-ra-he₂-me-en ša₂ ina as-⸢kup⸣-[...] | You are the one who makes heaven tremble for you in the assembly |
| 17' | [ŋeš]-⸢ša₃⸣-kan₄-na nu-kuš₂-u₃-ta ⸢mu-un-x-x⸣-[...] | Without a gate, he ... the E-mun- gate |
| 18' | [a]-⸢gin₇⸣ he₂-e-nu-bal-e [...] | Like a flood they shall carry off |
| 19' | [dug]-⸢gin₇⸣ he₂-ni-ib₂-gaz-e-⸢ne⸣ [...] | They shall smash him like a pot |
| 20' | ⸢šika⸣-gin₇ he₂-ni-ib₂-keš-re-e-⸢ne⸣ [...] | May they bind him like a reed fence |
| 21' | [...] i₃-bal-e ša₂ [...] | ... will cross over |
| r | ||
| 1 | [pa-bi] he₂-ni-ib₂-⸢x⸣-[...] | May he/she say to you "let his mouth be opened" |
| 2 | [...] ⸢x⸣-na bar-ra-la₂-e ša₂ ina ap-ti [...] | (Sum) ..., the one who is torn out(?) in the open country(?) (Akk) The one who was thrown into the open land(?) |
| 3 | [gu₂]-bi he₂-ni-ib₂-x-mu-ne ki-šad-su [...] | They shall ... his neck |
| 4 | [ab] ⸢ti⸣-ti igi mu-un-ši-in-bar-ra ša₂ ina ap-ti ṣe-[li ...] | (Sum) The one who looks at the horizon, the one who sees the sky(?) (Akk) Who looked at the sky in the opening of the heavens |
| 5 | [igi-bi] ⸢he₂⸣-ni-ib₂-sig-e-ne pa-nu-šu₂ [...] | They shall strike his face with their eyes |
| 6 | [ab] igi la₂-ta gu₃ mu-un-an-de₂-e ša₂ ina ap-ti ⸢mu⸣-[...] | He shouted at the one with a missing eye: “Who in the Aptu ... |
| 7 | [ka-bi] ⸢he₂⸣-ni-ib₂-tab-e-ne pa-a-šu₂ li-⸢de⸣-[...] | May they block off his mouth so that he may ... his mouth |
| [ab]-⸢ti⸣ saŋ-ŋa₂-ta mu-un-da-ab-su₃-su₃-[e-ne] | The Abzu-eti-e3 priests sat down with him. | |
| [ša₂] ina ap-ti mu-uh-hu it-ta-na-at-⸢ba⸣-[ku] | (Sum) The one who screams in the open, the one who shouts at you (Akk) He who shouted at the open | |
| [kak]-kul-ta nu-pad₃-da-ta he₂-ni-ib₂-tum₃-mu-[ne] | they shall bring him from a trap that cannot be found. | |
| kak-kul-lu₄ la pa-te-e lik-tu-un-[šu₂] | May a scepter without boundaries be set upon him | |
| 10 | zalag₂-ti mu-un-ši-ku₁₀-ku₁₀ ša₂ ina na-ma-ri i-te-nik-⸢ki⸣-[...] | (Sum) The light that was darkened was dark (Akk) It darkened with daylight, it was darkening with daylight |
| 11 | zalag₂-ti ki {d}utu e₃-ta he₂-ni-ib₂-zi-zi-e-ne ina na-ma-ri a-šar ⸢ṣi⸣-[it ...] | They shall make him rise brightly from the place where Utu came out. At sunrise, the lord of the ešibītu-house |
| 12 | ku₁₀-ku₁₀-gin₇ nim-ŋir₂-gin₇ mu-un-ŋir₂-ŋir₂-e-ne <ša₂> ina ek-let ki-ma bir-qi₂ it-ta-⸢nab⸣-[ri-qu] | Like a storm, like a raging storm, they scatter (them) |
| ku₁₀-ku₁₀-ga irigal-la-ta he₂-ni-ib₂-keš-re-e-ne | They shall bind him with the darkness from the grave. | |
| ina ek-let ina qe₂-reb qab-ri₃ lik-lu-šu₂ | May they bless him in the dark, in the midst of the netherworld. | |
| 14 | pu₂-ta mu-un-šub-bu-x-de₃ ša₂ ul-tu bur-⸢ti il⸣-la-aʾ | He ... from the well |
| 15 | ⸢ub₄ x-x⸣-ta he₂-en-šub-bu-ne ana šu-ut-ta-⸢tu₄⸣ [lid]-du-šu₂ | they shall place him in the ... of heaven. They shall make him enter into the midst of heaven |
| 16 | [pu₂ du₁₀]-⸢us₂⸣-sa-ta mu-un-gir₅-gir₅-e-ne ša₂ ina bur-tu₄ nar-ma-ku i-hal-lu-pu | From the well Du'ušesa they are tearing out the heart of the singer with a spoon. |
| 17 | [pu₂] nu-ed₃-da-ta he₂-ni-ib₂-šub-bu-ne ana bur-tu₄ la a-le-e lid-du-šu₂ | they shall sprinkle him with water from a well that cannot be reached. |
| 18 | [gi-sal-ta] ⸢mu⸣-un-da-ab-sa₂-sa₂-e-ne ša₂ <ina> gi-sal-le-e it-te-nik-ši-du | They were bringing him out from the reed screen, he was going to the <reation room> |
| 19 | [...]-⸢ta⸣ he₂-ni-ib₂-ten₂-ten₂-e-ne e-ma al-la-ku li-ba-aʾ-u₂-šu₂ | they shall make him tremble wherever he goes. |
| 20 | [zu₂] ⸢keš⸣ gi-sal mu-un-da-gir₅-gir₅-e-ne ša₂ ina ki-ṣir {<MIN(gi-sal-le-e)>} i-hal-lu-pu | They cut off the branches of the reed screen in the courtyard |
| 21 | [e₂-a he₂]-ni-ib₂-zi-zi-e-ne ina bi-i-ti li-is-suh-hu-šu₂ | they shall remove him from the house. |
| 22 | [...]-a-šu₂ he₂-ni-ib₂-gi₄-gi₄-e-ne ana za-qi₂-qi₂ li-ter-ru-šu₂ | they shall return him to his place. |
| 23 | [...] ⸢x x x x x x hur-ri⸣ i-zi-qa | (Sum) ... he smote(?) the mountain(?) (Akk) The mountain/mountain(?) was destroyed |
| 24 | [... li]-hal-li-qa | ... may it be destroyed. |
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- 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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