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ZA 085, 179 (P355688)
Incantation, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ZA 085, 179 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355688 |
| Museum no. | MAH 16003 |
| Collection | Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 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 | [...] ⸢ki⸣ šar₂ eme gud diš-am₃ | ... of E-e, king of tongues, oxen |
| 2 | [eme] ⸢udu⸣ diš-am₃ | a tongue of ewes |
| 3 | [x] nam-lu₂-ulu₃ uktin gud x | ... humanity, oxen ... |
| 4 | ⸢eme⸣ nam-lu₂-ulu₃ i₃ hul ga hul | The tongue of mankind, evil oil, evil milk |
| 5 | ⸢šu⸣ tab-ba AN a₂ zid-da | “If he is surrounded by a cloud, he will be able to rise. |
| 6 | |IRI×GA.ME|ga-la₂ ga nu-si-sa₂ me-eš | I am the one who does not eat milk in the city of Lagaš |
| 7 | |IRI×GA.ME|da buluŋ₃ si-sa₂ nu-tum₂ | “(If) a city does not carry a proper gate, |
| 8 | lu₂ er₂-kam uru-a UN me-en | I am the one of tears in the city. |
| 9 | ⸢lu₂⸣-kin-gi₄-a saŋ-du nam-tar-ra | The messenger, the sadu priest of fate |
| 10 | [e₂]-e ku₄-ku₄-da-ni | when he enters the house |
| 11 | x ma₂-a mi-ni-in-ri | he sank a boat. |
| 12 | x-x-ŊIR₃-nun-na | -irnuna |
| 13 | [zu₂ keš₂]-bi he₂-du₈ | may their bound limbs be cut off |
| 14 | {d}nin-tud ama kalam-ma-kam | Nintud is the mother of the land |
| 15 | zu₂ keš₂-bi he₂-du₈ | may their knots be bound. |
| 16 | {d}en-ki en dug₄-ga zig₃-ga | Enki, steadfast lord, |
| 17 | zu₂ keš₂-bi he₂-du₈ | may their knots be bound. |
| 18 | {d}inana zabalam{ki} | Inana of Zabalam, |
| 19 | nin KA-HAR{ki} šu du₈ | the lady of KA-HAR received. |
| 20 | zu₂ keš₂-bi he₂-du₈ | may their knots be bound. |
| 21 | {d}en-ki lugal abzu-ke₄ | Enki, king of the abzu |
| 22 | zu₂ keš₂-bi he₂-du₈ | may their knots be bound. |
| 23 | ⸢sag₉⸣-sag₉-ge zil₂-zil₂-bi za-a-kam | It is an esaĝu-vessel with all its aromatics. |
| 24 | [x] x zi-le x | ... true ... |
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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