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AfO 24, pl. 02 JRL 1059 (P355873)
Prayer, Old Babylonian, Sippar (?) · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 24, pl. 02 JRL 1059 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355873 |
| Museum no. | JRL 1059 |
| Collection | John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Sippar (?) |
| Coordinates | 33.0592, 44.2538 |
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 | ⸢ḫul⸣-ŋal₂ igi ḫul dumu ḫa-lam-ma-⸢ke₄⸣ | before Ḫul, son of Ḥalama-e23 |
| 2 | uš₇-zu uš₇-ri-a šu dag-dag-[ge] ; nita lil₂-la₂-am₃ i₃-bu-bu | (Sum) Your ..., the hand of a ghost (Akk) The hand of the ghost (var.) The man who is haunted by ghost |
| 3 | ki-sikil ŋuruš šu-du₃-a a₂ la₂-⸢e⸣-[de₃] i₃-ŋen im ⸢abzu⸣ | The young woman who has a baby, in order to reduce the labor of the apsû-priest |
| 4 | ⸢ḫabrud⸣-da {siki}ḫamanzer-re ⸢šu im⸣-[ma-ab-ti] | He seized the ḫabrud plant, the amanzer plant |
| 5 | ⸢alan⸣ mu-un-dim₂ ḫamanzer-⸢re šu im⸣-[ma-an]-⸢gur⸣ | He fashioned a statue of himself and presented it to him as a gift. |
| 6 | ⸢munsub⸣-a-ne₂ lu₂ ba-an-{⸢gi⸣}{ir}gir₁₁-gir₁₁-re | When he opens his mouth, a man trembles |
| 7 | ⸢uš₇⸣ i-ni-in-du₁₁ ki-a bi₂-in-tum₂-⸢ma⸣ | He said “It is enough, I will bring it into the netherworld.’ |
| 8 | ⸢uš₇⸣ du₁₁-du₁₁ niŋ₂-gu₇-ka ŋa₂-ŋa₂ | “If he eats food, if he drinks water, |
| 9 | ⸢uš₇⸣ kaš-a ⸢de₂-a⸣ ... eme-ŋar ḫul-⸢gi⸣-ga | The eušû-plant, beer, the edea-plant emebar ḫul-egi |
| 10 | lu₂-ulu₃{lu} pap-⸢ḫal-la ki⸣ nu-zu-a-ni ⸢ba-an-ŋen⸣ | The one who does not know the Pap-ehbala temple, the E-ban-e-23 temple |
| 11 | lu₂-ulu₃{lu}bi a₂-šu-ŋiri₃-ni ... sa-ad-nim im-šub | (Sum) Its people gathered together (Akk) The people gather together(?) |
| 12 | zag-še im-gur₂-gur₂ | he made bow down at the front |
| 13 | {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi igi im-ma-an-si₃ | Asalluḫi looked at him |
| 14 | a-a-ni {d}en-ki-ra e₂-a ba-an-ši-in-ku₄ gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e | He brought him into the house of his father Enki and spoke to him: |
| 15 | a-a-ŋu₁₀ lu₂-uš₇-ri-a a-na ⸢ba-an-ak-e⸣ ; ŋa₂-e ba-da-la₂-e-en | (Sum) My father, when you go to the quay, you are carried away (Akk) I am the father of the charioteer, I am carried away |
| 16 | a-na ib₂-be₂-en-na-bi nu-zu a-na ⸢ba-ni⸣-ib-gi₄-gi₄ | What is it that you do not know? What does he return? |
| 17 | {d}en-ki-ke₄ dumu-ni {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi ; mu-un-na-ni-ib-gi₄-gi₄ | Enki answered his son Asalluḫ: |
| 18 | [dumu]-ŋu₁₀ a-na nu-e-zu a-na a-ra-ab-daḫ-e | My son, what do you know? What can I learn from you? |
| 19 | {d}asal-lu₂-ḫi-e a-na nu-e-zu a-na a-ra-ab-⸢daḫ-e⸣ | Asalluḫi, what does not know, what can I learn from you? |
| 20 | ⸢niŋ₂⸣ ŋa₂-e zu-a-ŋu₁₀ u₃ za-e in-ga-e-zu | “You are the one who knows everything, and you know it. |
| 21 | a kar sikil-la-ta dug-saḫar₂ u₃-mu-e-ni-si | After you pour the water from the pure harbor, |
| r | ||
| 1 | {ŋiš}šinig {u₂}in-nu-uš naŋa-si gi-⸢šul-ḫi⸣ | šinig plant, innušu-plant, alum, reed bundle |
| 2 | {šim}li {ŋiš}eren babbar ša₃-be₂ u₃-me-ni-ŋar | “I have poured out a white cedar šumlalû-tree into it. |
| 3 | [nam]-šub-ba eridu{ki}ga u₃-me-šum₂ | the fate of Eridu was decreed |
| 4 | ⸢lu₂⸣-ulu₃{lu}bi a ugu saŋ-ŋa₂-na u₃-me-de₂ | Its eulu priestess poured water over his shoulder. |
| 5 | niŋ₂-ak su-a ŋal₂-la-ni a-gin₇ ḫe₂-em-⸢zal-e⸣ | How can he pass the time in his sleep? |
| 6 | ir-gin₇ su-a-na ḫe₂-em-ma-ra-⸢e₁₁⸣ | Like a lion may he enter his body. |
| 7 | im-e ḫa-ba-ab-re₆-eš | may the clay be poured out for you |
| 8 | uš₇-zu niŋ₂-ak ⸢uš₇⸣-ḫul-dim₂-ma-ni | When he performs the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ ritual, |
| 9 | {d}ŊIŠ{bil}{ga}mes-⸢e zu₂-keš₂⸣-bi u₃-me-du₈ | Adad-Meš-e’e, the doorkeeper, opened it. |
| 10 | ki-⸢maḫ tum₂⸣-ma-na ⸢bar-še₃ na-an-ši-in⸣-te-ŋe₂₆ | When he brings it to the Great Oval, he should not approach it. |
| 11 | niŋ₂-zu niŋ₂-⸢ak uš₇⸣-ḫul-dim₂-ma-ni | Your fear, his fear of the ešḫuldim ritual |
| 12 | šu-si-ni ⸢ga-ar₃-gin₇⸣ ḫe₂-tukur₂-re | His hand is like a gypsum plant |
| 13 | inim-ma-ni esir-gin₇ ḫe₂-šid-šid-e | May his word be uttered like a censer |
| 14 | arḫuš-bi {dug}niŋ₂-⸢dur₂⸣-buru₃-gin₇ ⸢ḫe₂⸣-bi-iz-bi-iz-e | Its branches, like a bowl of ešumû-flour, stand there. |
| 15 | {d}utu di-ku₅ an-ki-a-<ke₄> ⸢nam⸣ gig-ga ḫe₂-ni-⸢tar⸣ | Šamaš, judge of heaven and earth, may he curse him bitterly |
| 16 | {⸢d⸣}ne₃-eri₁₁-gal ⸢lugal erigal⸣-la-ke₄ ; ⸢gidim⸣-ma-ni ⸢gidim⸣ nu-šid-de₃ | Nerigal, the king of the Erigal temple, his ešgigi-demon, did not provide (them) |
| 17 | {[d]}⸢nin⸣-ŋiš-zi-da gu-[za]-la₂ kur-ra-ke₄ | the throne-bearer of the nether world |
| 18 | ⸢gidim⸣-ma-ni-še₃ a sed(bur) ⸢ḫe₂⸣-ni-in-ku₅-ku₅-de₃ | In order to cut off the cool water of his scepter |
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