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ZA 083, pl. 6b (P355687)
Incantation, Old Babylonian, Susa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ZA 083, pl. 6b |
|---|---|
| ID | P355687 |
| Museum no. | Sb 12353 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | Susa (mod. Shush) |
| Coordinates | 32.1895, 48.2569 |
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 i | ||
| 1 | [en₂] e₂-nu-ru | Incantation: Enuru |
| 2 | [niŋ₂] ⸢lu₃⸣-lu₃-še₃ niŋ₂ la₂-la₂-še₃ | To the elû demon, to the lala demon |
| 3 | ⸢tu⸣-tu kalam-ma-še₃ | the eštu’etu of the land |
| 4 | lu₂-ra gi nam-lu₂-u₁₈-lu-še₃ | To the man, the reed of humanity |
| 5 | igi niŋ₂-hul-dim₂-ma pa₄-hal-la-še₃ | before Niḫuldima, the gatekeeper |
| 6 | ub-še₃ im-ši-in-bar ub in-su₃ | he removed it from the corner, he filled the corner |
| 7 | da-še₃ im-ši-in-bar da in-su₃ | he stretched out a net, he twisted the straps |
| 8 | erim₃ kalam-ma-še₃ im-ši-in-bar erim₃-bi in-su₃ | The storerooms of the Land he removed, its storeroom he filled. |
| 9 | lu₂-u₁₈-lu pa₄-hal-la im-ši-in-bar | The man smote the phlegm |
| 10 | {ŋiš}hašhur-gin₇ gu₂ ki-še₃ mi-ni-in-ŋal₂ | He carried it like a fig tree on the ground. |
| 11 | pu₂ {ŋiš}kiri₆ ba-an-na-te lal₃ ŋeštin in-hul | The wells of the orchard were irrigated, honey and wine were destroyed. |
| 12 | [...] x-ra in-hul | ... destroyed ... |
| 13 | [...]-x | |
| 14 | [...]-a | ...-a |
| 15 | [...]-a | ...-a |
| o ii | ||
| 1 | [...] x NIN a-ba x [...] | ... who ...? |
| 2 | [...] x TUR NIN ⸢ru⸣-uh [...] | ... a young lady, a lament ... |
| 3 | x ba-na UN TUM U₂ HU x [...] | ... ... |
| 4 | ta BU HU TUM U₂ HU NIN NIŊ₂ [...] | ... ... lady ... |
| 5 | x NIŊ₂ NIN ZU TUM U₂ | ... a lady ... |
| 6 | mu-DU ta-AD NIN [...] | ... lady ... |
| 7 | AN zu HI ZA KA U₂ HU an-[na] | ... in heaven |
| 8 | bi-ib-ba za-an in-ŋar x [...] | (Sum) The one who ... a šēdu-disease, ... (Akk) (The one who) ... an adversity, he ... |
| 9 | HA an-na du₇ HU x x [...] | ... in heaven ... |
| 10 | ka-inim-ma IM [...] | Incantation formula: ... |
| 11 | IB₂ IGI HI ŠAG₄ x [...] | (If) a pig sees ... . |
| 12 | HA MU BAD [...] | ... ... |
| 13 | IB₂ IGI [...] | first appearance [in the west ...] |
Sources & licences
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