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CT 04, pl. 08, Bu 1888-05-12, 0051 (P355757)
Incantation, Old Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CT 04, pl. 08, Bu 1888-05-12, 0051 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355757 |
| Museum no. | BM 092518 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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 | šag₄-gig ⸢IN⸣ {gi}pisan-gin₇ keš₂-da | The šaggig demon, the e’in demon like a reed basket |
| 2 | li-ib-bu ma-ar-ṣu₂ ša ki-ma pi₂-ša-an-ni ka-at-mu | (Sum) The libbu priestess, who like my mouth is bound (Akk) The lamentation priest who is bound like my tongue is bound |
| 3 | a id₂-da-gin₇ al-du-un nu-zu | Like water flowing in the river, he does not know how to swim. |
| 4 | ki-ma me-e na-ri-im e-ma i-il-la-šu₂ u₂-ul [i-šu] | Like water of the river, wherever he goes, he does not have. |
| 5 | a pu₂-gin₇ a-ŋi₆-a x nu-tuku | Like water from a well, he does not have ... |
| 6 | ki-ma me-e bu-ur-ti a-gi-a u₂-ul i-šu | Like the water of the river, he does not have water. |
| 7 | gakkul-gin₇ x x x-la | Like a ... |
| 8 | ki-ma ka-ak-ku-li [...] KA-ti-im | Like a ... ... |
| 9 | a nu-mu-un-da-ku₄-ku₄ ninda nu-mu-un-da-ku₄-ku₄ | There is no water, there is no bread. |
| 10 | a-ka-lu u₃ mu-u₂ u₂-ul i-ir-ru-bu-šum | The food and water will not enter him. |
| 11 | {d}asal-lu₂-hi igi-ni im-ma-an-sig₁₀ | Asalluhi looked at him. |
| 12 | {d}marduk ip-pa-li-is₂-su₂-ma | Marduk looked at him, and |
| 13 | a-a-ni {d}en-ki-ke₄ gu₃ mu-e-na-de₂-e | His father Enki spoke to him: |
| 14 | a-na a-bi-šu {d}e₂-a i-ša-as₂-si | to his father Ea he shall remove |
| 15 | a-a-ni šag₄-gig-ga IN {gi}pisan-gin₇ keš₂-da | His father, the šaggig priestess ... like a basket |
| 16 | a-bi li-ib-bu ma-ar-ṣu₂ ša ki-ma pi₂-ša-an-ni ka-at-mu | (Sum) My father, who was enraged with me (Akk) The father who was angry with me was furious with me |
| 17 | a id₂-da-gin₇ al-du-un nu-zu | Like water flowing in the river, he does not know how to swim. |
| 18 | ki-ma me-e na-ri-im e-ma i-il-la-šu u₂-ul i-šu | Like water of the river, wherever he goes, he does not have. |
| 19 | a pu₂-gin₇ a-ŋi₆ x nu-tuku | Like water from a well, it has no water. |
| 20 | ki-ma me-e bu-ur-ti a-gi-a u₂-ul i-šu | Like the water of the river, he does not have water. |
| r | ||
| 21 | ⸢gakkul⸣ [...] tab-ba ma | The gukkul-vessel, the ... of the netherworld, was smashed |
| 22 | ki-ma ka-ak-[ku-li x x x] KA-ti-im | like a weapon ... the mouth |
| 23 | a nu-um-da-ku₄-ku₄ ninda nu-mu-un-da-ku₄-ku₄ | There is no water, there is no bread. |
| 24 | ninda₂ u₂ mu-u₂ u₂-ul i-ir-ru-bu-šum | bread made with grass will not enter him |
| 25 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ {d}asal-lu₂-hi mu-un-na-ni-ib₂-gi-gi | Enki answered Asalluhi: |
| 26 | {d}e₂-a {d}marduk i-ip-pa-al | Ea and Marduk will look. |
| 27 | dumu-mu a-na-am₃ ne-zu a-na-am₃ ba-ra-ab-dah-e | What does my child know? What will he take away? |
| 28 | ma-ri mi-i-na la ti-di-ma mi-i-na-am lu-ṣi-ib-x | What did you not know? What should I ...? |
| 29 | niŋ₂ ŋa₂-e zu-mu u₃ za-e ŋa₂-zu | “You are the one who knows me, and you know me. |
| 30 | ša a-na-ku i-du-u₂ u₂ at-ta ti-di | That which I know, you know. |
| 31 | u₃ za-e ŋa₂-zu niŋ₂ ŋa₂-e-zu-mu | And you, yourself, yourself |
| 32 | ša at-ta ti-du-u₂ a-na-ku i-di | That which you know, I know |
| 33 | lu₂ he₂-a gud ⸢he₂⸣-a udu he₂-a | Whether a man or an ox or a sheep, |
| 34 | lu-u₂ a-wi-lu-tu₄ lu-u₂ al-pu lu-u₂ im-me-ru | either a man or a woman, or an immorru |
| 35 | lag mun u₃-ha-še-na u₃-un-du₈-he u₃-bi₂-⸢in⸣-[...] | After he has poured out the beer and salt, he ... it for you |
| 36 | ki-ir-ba-an ṭa-ab-ti u₃ ha-ši-i uṣ-ṣa-x-[...] | (Sum) The ki’irban, the taqribtu and ḫašî-demon(s) (Akk) The circle of Ṭābti and Ḫašu'i (demons) |
| 37 | še₁₀ ki-še₃ he₂-si-il-le ki-ma ši-it-[...] | May the earth tremble like a wind |
| 38 | bu-lu-uh-gin₇ he₂-si-il-le ki-ma x [...] | May he purify like a sulphur, like |
| 39 | tum₉-gin₇ ⸢gu⸣-du-še₃ e₃-ib₂-ta ki-ma [...] | Like a wind blowing through the Egu’edu, like |
| 40 | ša re-eš ZA-DAB-bi LU an ki x [...] | Whose head is a ZA-DAB₂-bi |
| 41 | i-nu-ma a-na lu₂ hul₂-la DU-x LU [...] na-ad-di i-NUN-tim i-li-im x [...] | When to a man who is happy ... ..., the provider of the gods ... |
| l.e. | ||
| 42 | li-ib-bu i-na IH-ŠAR [...] | (Sum) The heart of ... (Akk) In the heart of the heart ... |
| 43 | min šag₄-dab₅ ša li-ib-bi | Two šagdab-measures of the heart |
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- 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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