SpTU 3, 078 (P348682)
Hymn-Prayer, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 3, 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348682 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Hymn-Prayer |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...]. May mouth and tongue pray devoutly for me. May ... [...] not [...]. |
| Obverse [1:3] o 2'2'–o 3'3' | May anything evil, anything unfavourable not come near me; and as for them, let [the magical procedures] of the sorceror and sorceress, their witchcraft, their ruhû-sorcery, (and) their rusû-sorcery, bad (and) unfavourable, turn back upon themselves! |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'–o 5'5' | May the knot of the sorceror and sorceress release the incantation of Eridu. May their evil knots release the sage of the gods, Marduk. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | May my limbs be clean (of illness); may my limbs be agreeable to me. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | May heaven be joyful over you. May the Apsu rejoice over you. May the gods of the pantheon pray for you. May the great gods satisfy your heart. May the gods, the Igigi say good things about you! |
| Obverse [8:11] o 9'9'– | Šuʾillakku-prayer to Ea. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Incantation: Strong one, resplendent one, lord of Eridu, exalted prince, son of Nudimmud, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Wise Marduk, one who gives the Engur cause for rejoicing, lord of the Esaggil, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Help of Babylon, one who loves the Ezida, safeguarder of life, first and foremost of the Emahtila, |
| Reverse [3:6] r 44–r 66 | Provider of life, protection of the land, saviour of the extensive people, great dragon of the cult daises everywhere. Your name is good in the mouth of people everywhere. O Marduk, great [lord], let me live (and) be healthy at your true command that I may praise your divinity! May I obtain [whatever] I wish for. |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | Put truth [in my] mouth. [... in] my heart. May the tīru-courtier and the attendant decree prosperity for me. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | [...]. May a safe-guarding god be constantly present at my side. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | [...]. May [...] that I say, be favoured. |
| Reverse [9:12] r 1010– | [...] splendidly before you. |
| Left [0:1] l.e. 1l.e. 1–l.e. 1l.e. 1 | These signs ... [...] |
| Left [1:2] l.e. 22–l.e. 22 | Recipient ... [...]. |
| Left [2:3] l.e. 33–l.e. 33 | And ... [...] |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢KA⸣ u EME liš-te-me-qu-nu a-a E x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] a-a DIM₄-nu mim-ma lem-nu mim-ma la₃ DU₁₀.GA u ⸢šu⸣-[nu u₂-piš] | |
| 3' | {[lu₂}UŠ₁₁].⸢ZU⸣ u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU kiš-pi-šu₂-nu ru-he-e-šu₂-nu ru-se-e-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu] | |
| 4' | ⸢lem⸣-nu-tu₂ la₃ DU₁₀.GA-MEŠ li-ne₂-e GABA-su-un ri-kis kaš-šap u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU | |
| 5' | DU₈ šip-ti ša₂ eri-du₁₀ rik-si-šu₂-nu lem-nu-tu₂ DU₈ ABGAL DINGIR {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 6' | li-bi-bi mi-na-tu-u₂-a meš-re-tu-u₂-a UGU-ia li-ṭib | |
| 7' | AN{u₂} lih-du-ka ABZU li-riš-ka DINGIR-MEŠ ša₂ kiš-šat lik-ru-bu-ki | |
| 8' | DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ lib₃-ba-ka li-ṭib-bu(KU) SIG₅-ka liq-bu-u₂ DINGIR-MEŠ {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ | |
| 9' | ŠU.IL₂.LA₂ {d}EN.KI-GA.KE₄ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢EN₂⸣ gaš-ri šu-pu-u₂ NIR.GAL₂ eri-du₁₀ NUN ti-iz-qa-ru bu-kur₂ {d}NU.DIM₂.MUD | |
| 2 | {⸢d}AMAR⸣.UTU šal-ba-bu mu-riš ENGUR.RA EN E₂.SAG.IL₂ | |
| 3 | ⸢tuk-le⸣ E{ki} ra-aʾ-im E₂.ZI.DA mu-šal-lim ZI a-ša₂-red E₂.MAH.TI.LA | |
| 4 | mu-deš-šu-u DIN ṣu-lul KUR ga-⸢mil UN-ME DAGAL⸣ UŠUMGAL ka-liš BARA₂ MU-ka ka-liš | |
| 5 | ⸢ina KA⸣ UN-ME ṭa-a-bi {d}AMAR.⸢UTU⸣ [EN GAL]{u} ina qi₂-bit-ka kit-tu₂ lu-ub-luṭ | |
| 6 | ⸢lu-uš-lim⸣-ma lu-uš-tam-mar DINGIR{⸢ut⸣}[ka e-ma u₂-ṣa-am]-⸢ma⸣-ru lu-uk-šu-ud | |
| 7 | ⸢šu-uš⸣-[kin kit]-⸢tu₂⸣ [ina] ⸢KA⸣-[ia ... ina lib₃]-⸢bi⸣-ia ti-ru u na-an-za-za liq-bu-u SIG₅{tu₂} | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢DINGIR mu⸣-šal-lim ina A₂-ia₅ lu ka-a-a-⸢an⸣ | |
| 9 | [... a]-⸢qab-bu⸣-u lu ma-⸢ag⸣-[rat] | |
| 10 | [... IGI]-ka ⸢nam-riš⸣ | |
| l.e. | ||
| 1 | ⸢GISKIM MU-MEŠ⸣ ZA NI AD x [...] | |
| 2 | ma-⸢hir-ti⸣ IGI x [...] | |
| 3 | ⸢u₃⸣ LUH A x [...] | |
| 4 | ⸢li-bi⸣-x [...] | |
| 5 | IGI AL 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)
- 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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