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ZA 091, 227-228 (P355685)
Incantation, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ZA 091, 227-228 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355685 |
| Museum no. | TCD 4687/9 |
| Collection | Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 | [i₃ barag]-ga i₃ šar₂-ra | oil for the dais, oil of the prince |
| 2 | i₃ pad₃ i₃ ab-sin₂ ⸢i₃⸣ buluŋ₃-ke₄ | pressed oil, furrow-flour, e22-i-e23-plant |
| 3 | {d}en-ki mu-un-dim₂-dim₂-ma | Enki created, and |
| 4 | i₃ ŋiš ŋiš-e tud-da | ... oil, given birth |
| 5 | i₃ ki-in-du sig₇-sig₇-ga | yellowed oil |
| 6 | i₃ an in-sub₆ an im-sikil | oil poured over heaven, heaven was purified. |
| 7 | i₃ ki in-sub₆ ki im-sikil | he poured oil on the ground, he purified the ground. |
| 8 | i₃ an im-sub₆ an im-sikil-la-gin₇ | like oil poured over the heavens, like pure heaven, |
| 9 | i₃ ki im-sub₆ ki im-sikil-la-gin₇ | like oil from a well, a clean place, |
| 10 | lugal-e niŋ₂-AK-AK-da-ni | the king himself |
| r | ||
| 11 | he₂-em-dadag-ge | may he be bright. |
| 12 | inim hul eme hul | evil word, evil tongue |
| 13 | bar-še₃ he₂-em-gub | may he stand outside. |
| 14 | a-la₂ sigₓ(ERIN₂) {d}lama sigₓ(ERIN₂) | ala of red wool, Lamassa of blue wool, |
| 15 | he₂-em-da-šu-ge | may he establish with 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)
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