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FAOS 12, pl. 5-6 (P355879)
Prayer, Middle Babylonian, Nippur · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE
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| Designation | FAOS 12, pl. 5-6 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355879 |
| Museum no. | Ist Ni 02676 + Ist Ni 02997 + Ist Ni 04017 + Ist Ni 04018 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Middle Babylonian · c. 1400 BCE–1100 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Nippur (mod. Nuffar) |
| Coordinates | 32.1271, 45.2300 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1ʾ=UHF_₆₅₃ | [saŋ zid-gin₇ mu-un]-⸢zi⸣-zi | he raised up like a rising flood |
| 2ʾ=UHF_₆₅₄ | [u₂ nu-un-da-ab]-⸢gu₇⸣-e [a nu-un]-⸢da⸣-ab-nag-e | He does not eat food, he does not drink water. |
| 3ʾ=UHF_₆₅₅ | [...]-lu₂-hi igi ba-an-sig₁₀ | ... looked at ... |
| 4ʾ=UHF_₆₅₆ | [...] ⸢en⸣-ki-ra e₂-a ba-ši-in-kur₉ [...] na-an-de₂-e | He brought ... into the house for the E-en-ki temple, he did not bring ... |
| 5ʾ=UHF_₆₅₇ | [...] ⸢hul⸣ sila-a si-ga [...] ⸢x x⸣ | ... the evil-doer ... in the street |
| 6ʾ=UHF_₆₅₈ | [...]-⸢un-gi₄⸣ | ...-ungi-e |
| 7ʾ=UHF_₆₆₅ | [...]-⸢hi⸣ [...]-⸢gi₄⸣ | ... rejoicing ... |
| 8ʾ=UHF_₆₇₄ | [...]-⸢zi⸣ | ...-ezi’e |
| 9ʾ=UHF_₆₇₅ | [...]-⸢ke₄⸣ | ..., |
| ii | ||
| 1ʾ=UHF_₇₀₄ | hul [...] me-⸢lam₂ x-x-x-keš₂⸣ | Evil ... the elam ... |
| lem-[nu ...] | Evil ... | |
| 2ʾ=UHF_₇₀₅ | ud ka [...] ⸢un⸣-zu-a | When you open the mouth of your lord |
| 3ʾ=UHF_₇₀₆ | lu₂-ra ⸢hul⸣ ... ⸢mul-gin₇ sur-ru-da⸣ | For the man, the evil eše plant ... like a star it is torn out. |
| 4ʾ=UHF_₇₀₇ | lu₂ šu la₂-[...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | (If) a man’s hand ... |
| ⸢x⸣ [...] | ||
| 5ʾ=UHF_₇₀₈ | lu₂ gi₆ ⸢sa₂⸣ [...] | The black-headed people |
| 6ʾ=UHF_₇₀₉ | lu₂ ba-[...] šu-na [...] | The one who ... his hand |
| a-[me-lu] šu-⸢a-tim iṭ⸣-he-⸢e⸣ | That man is a “seizing-of-the-mouth’-bird | |
| 7ʾ=UHF_₇₁₀ | ⸢egir⸣-bi-še₃ mu-⸢un-du₃⸣ e₂-a-ni-še₃ ba-an-ŋen | He built a fortress there, he built his temple there. |
| it-ta-lak | has gone | |
| 8ʾ=UHF_₇₁₁ | giš-ge-en-ge-na-na ba-an-da-ha-lam | He destroyed his scepter |
| uh-tal₂-liq | he destroyed. | |
| 9ʾ=UHF_₇₁₂ | igi-ni i₃-bad-bad lu₂ ⸢igi nu⸣-un-bar-re | His eyes are darkened, no one can see. |
| pe₂-ta-ma ⸢ma⸣-an-ma ul i-na-ṭal | open, and he will not take (it) away. | |
| 10ʾ=UHF_₇₁₃ | ⸢ŋeštu₂⸣-ga-ni ŋal₂ tag₄-a [lu₂-a-še₃] ⸢ŋeštu₂⸣ nu-un-tuk-tuk | His eštu’e-demon was seized by a man, he did not have a “seizing-of-the-mouth'' (demon). |
| uz-⸢ni⸣-ma [...] ma-an-ma ul i-ši-me | ... no one will ever hear | |
| 11ʾ=UHF_₇₁₄ | [...]-⸢ulu₃⸣-bi šu nam-tar-ra-ka-na [...] ⸢mu⸣-un-kuš₂-u₃ [...]-⸢x⸣ | Its ..., in the hand of his fate |
| 12ʾ=UHF_₇₁₅ | [...]-⸢ga⸣ niŋ₂-gig mu-un-šu₂-šu₂ | (Sum) ..., he is afflicted by fear(?) (Akk) The ... of my ... is affected by fear |
| mar-ṣi₂-iš is-sa₃-hap₂-šu₂ | he was struck by a sword | |
| 13ʾ=UHF_₇₂₁ | [...]-⸢lu₂⸣-hi igi ba-an-sig₁₀ | ... looked at ... |
| 14ʾ=UHF_₇₂₂ | [...] ⸢zu⸣-a-mu za-e in-ga-zu | ... my house, you know it. |
| 15ʾ=UHF_₇₂₃ | ⸢ŋen-na⸣ dumu-mu {d}asal-lu₂-hi {dug}sahar₂-ra šu u₃-me-e-ti | Enna-e23, son of Asalluhi, the sahara vessel, hand of Umeti |
| 16ʾ=UHF_₇₂₄ | a-gub₂-ba {d}en-ki-ke₄ u₃-me-ni-tum₂ | When Enki sat down on the dais, |
| 17ʾ=UHF_₇₂₅ | nam-šub eridu{ki}ga u₃-me-ni-⸢sig₁₀⸣ | The fate of Eridu has been decreed |
| 18ʾ=UHF_₇₂₆ | ⸢lu₂⸣-ulu₃ dumu dingir-ra-na ŋiš-nud-da-ne-ne [...] u₃-me-ni-su₃ | The e’ulu-priests, the sons of his (personal) god, ... their sleep |
| ana i-li₂-šu₂ i-na er-ši-šu | to his god in his earth | |
| 19ʾ=UHF_₇₂₇ | [...] ⸢niŋ₂-kalag⸣ ... ⸢ur-saŋ⸣ [an-na]-⸢ke₄⸣ | ... Eni-kalag ... Ursa-e3 |
| iii | ||
| 1ʾ=UHF_₇₃₉ | [...] ⸢nam-ba-kur₉⸣ [...] | ... the Enambakur temple |
| 2ʾ=UHF_₇₄₀ | {giš}gu-za-na nam-mu-[...] | Do not ... the throne |
| 3ʾ=UHF_₇₄₁ | {giš}nud-⸢da⸣-na nam-ba-⸢nu₂⸣-[...] | Do not lie down on his bed |
| 4ʾ=UHF_₇₄₂ | ur₃-še₃ nam-ba-e₃-⸢de₃⸣ | do not go out to the roof! |
| 5ʾ=UHF_₇₄₃ | e₂ ki-tuš-še₃ nam-ba-ku₄-ku₄-⸢de₃⸣ | Do not enter the house of the dwelling |
| 6ʾ=UHF_₇₄₄ | [...] ⸢dingir⸣ gal-gal-e-ne-ke₄ [...]-⸢re⸣-pa₃ ha-ba-ra-du-un | ... of the great gods, may they gather for you |
| 7ʾ=UHF_₇₄₅ | ⸢zi⸣ an-na he₂-pa₃ zi ki-a he₂-⸢pa₃⸣ | May the ziggurat of heaven be found, may it be true on earth. |
| 8ʾ=UHF_₇₆₇ | [...] e₂-nu-ru | ... the Enuru temple |
| 9ʾ=UHF_₇₆₈ | [...] ⸢hul⸣ a-la₂ hul gidim hul gal₅-la₂ hul kur-ta im-ta-e₃ | ... the evil ala-demon, the evil ghost, and the evil galla demon came out from the mountains |
| iš-tu er-⸢ṣe-tim⸣ u₂-ṣu₂-ni | from the Ereštum he created | |
| 10ʾ=UHF_₇₆₉ | du₆-ku₃ kur idim-ta ša₃ ⸢i₃-im-ta⸣-e₃ | From the Dukug, the land of the Idim, to the E-immta-e-e |
| 11ʾ=UHF_₇₇₀ | an-na nu-⸢un-zu⸣ me-eš ki-a nu-un-⸢zu⸣ [meš] | Heaven does not know, earth does not understand |
| 12ʾ=UHF_₇₇₁ | gub-ba nu-un-⸢zu⸣ me-⸢eš⸣ tuš-a nu-un-zu me-eš | She does not know where to stand, she does not understand where to sit. |
| 13ʾ=UHF_₇₇₂ | su₈-ba ki-tuš-ka mu-ni-in-ra-⸢aš⸣ | He made the shepherd enter into his dwelling place |
| re-e₂-a a-šar ra-⸢ba-ṣi⸣ i-du-ku | The shepherd, the lord of Ra’ebaš, killed | |
| 14ʾ=UHF_₇₇₃ | udul ki udul-ka mu-ni-in-ra-aš | He made the canopy of the place of the canopy rise for you |
| 15ʾ=UHF_₇₇₄ | guruš ki me₃-ta mu-ni-⸢in⸣-ra-aš | The young man ... from battle |
| 16ʾ=UHF_₇₇₅ | ki-sikil ama₅-ni-ta mu-ni-⸢in⸣-ra-aš | The maiden went out from her chamber |
| ina maš-ta-ki-ša₂ | in her maštakku-vessel | |
| 17ʾ=UHF_₇₇₆ | di₄-di₄-la₂ ki ⸢ešemen⸣-ta mu-ni-in-ra-aš | The little ones, from the esvemen’s |
| 18ʾ=UHF_₇₇₇ | šul dingir nu-tuku-ra bar-še₃ mu-un-na-tag me-eš | He touched the head of a god who has no rival |
| ana la be-el |DINGIR.MEŠ| ana zum-ri-šu [x] šu ti | To the lord of the gods to his body ... hand | |
| 19ʾ=UHF_₇₇₈ | niŋ₂-gig niŋ₂-hul su-na mi-ni-in-ŋar-re-eš | They have smeared him with a niŋ-gimmu-disease (and) an irrational fearsomeness |
| ma-ru-uš-tam ina SU{ri}šu₂ iš-šu-u | He is a lion in his body | |
| 20ʾ=UHF_₇₇₉ | lu₂-u₁₈-lu nu₂-a-ba ⸢ba-an-da⸣-zi-zi | When a man lies down, he rises up. |
| [... in/i]-⸢na-sa-hu⸣ | ... he will remove it | |
| iv | ||
| 1ʾ=UHF_₇₉₆ | en₂ ⸢e₂⸣-[nu-ru] | Incantation: House-of-Enuru |
| 2ʾ=UHF_₇₉₇ | udug hul eden-⸢na⸣ [...] | The evil udug-demon of the steppe |
| 3ʾ=UHF_₇₉₈ | a-la₂ hul eden-⸢na⸣ [...] | The evil ala drum of the steppe |
| 4ʾ=UHF_₇₉₉ | a₂-sag₃ <gig>-ga eden-na ⸢la₂⸣ | The asag-demon, the sick one of the steppe, the e’ela-disease |
| ša₂ ša₂ i-kas-⸢su⸣ | that which he will crush | |
| 5ʾ=UHF_₈₀₀ | an mah-e {d}en-lil₂ [...] | Great An, Enlil |
| 6ʾ=UHF_₈₀₁ | {d}en-lil₂ {d}en-ki-⸢ban₃⸣-[...] | Enlil, Enki-eban |
| {d}ne-eš-ši-kum-ma | Nešikum | |
| 7ʾ=UHF_₈₀₂ | {d}a-nun-na-ke₄-e-[ne] urugal-la a-ri-[a] | of the Anuna gods in the city Ariana |
| ra-hu-u | rahû | |
| 8ʾ=UHF_₈₀₃ | urugal-la ki-tuš mah-a-[...] | In the capital city, the supreme residence |
| ina ab-rum šub-tum | in the middle of the field | |
| 9ʾ=UHF_₈₀₅ | ki ni₂ dub₂ ni₂ ⸢te⸣ [...] | At the place where fear is imposed, where fear ... |
| a-šar a-ni-hi u-⸢ṭa₂-hu⸣ | As for the one who removes my inscription | |
| 10ʾ=UHF_₈₀₆ | nam-ba-ne-ne mu-un-tar-re-[eš] | they decreed their fates |
| ši-ma-ti-šu₂ i-⸢ši-mu⸣ | his curse will be undone | |
| 11ʾ=UHF_₈₀₇ | mu-un-tag-⸢tag⸣-[...] ur-ra mu-[...] | He touched it, he touched it in the dog |
| SU ir-bi-ṣu ; ina la-[pa]-⸢ti⸣ | (If) a person's body is swollen: in distress. | |
| 12ʾ=UHF_₈₀₈ | ŋen-na dumu-[mu] | “Enna, my son |
| r i | ||
| 1ʾ=UHF_₈₂₃ | [ŋa₂-e tu₆-tu₆ ŋal₂ abzu-ke₄ mu-un]-ku₃-⸢ge⸣-[eš-am₃] | The rites of the ritual assemblage of the Abzu were purified |
| 2ʾ=UHF_₈₂₄ | {[d}nin]-mah-e {⸢d⸣}[nin-hur-saŋ-ŋa₂-ke₄] | Ninmaḫ and Ninhursa |
| 3ʾ=UHF_₈₂₅ | [... {d]}en-ki nam-šub [...] | ... Enki, establish a destiny |
| 4ʾ=UHF_₈₂₆ | [...]-⸢ra⸣ gig-ga [mu-un-til₃-la] | ... living in bitterness |
| 5ʾ=UHF_₈₂₇ | [...] ⸢sig₃⸣-ga-ni ⸢a₂⸣ [...] ⸢he₂⸣-em-⸢ta⸣-[...] | ... his brickwork, the brickwork of ..., may he ... from it |
| 6ʾ=UHF_₈₂₈ | [niŋ₂ hul]-⸢ŋal₂-e⸣ [sil₇ igi-mu-ta] | the fear of the evildoer, from the shadows of my eyes |
| 7ʾ=UHF_₈₂₉ | [udug hul a-la₂ hul gidim hul gal₅-la₂ hul e₂-ta ha-ba-ra-e₃] | May evil udug, evil ala, evil ghost, evil galla demons come out from the house |
| 8ʾ=UHF_₈₃₀ | [bar-ta-bi-še₃ ha-ba-ra-an-gub-ba] | may he stand outside for you |
| 9ʾ=UHF_₈₃₁ | u₃-⸢bi₂⸣-[zu/zi hul-dub₂] zi an-⸢na⸣ [he₂-pa₃ zi ki-a he₂-pa₃] | “Ubi-Ezuzi, the evildoer, be exorcised by An! Be exorcerated by the earth! |
| 10ʾ=UHF_₈₃₃ | en₂ e₂-[nu-ru] | Incantation: Enuru |
| 11ʾ=UHF_₈₃₄ | udug ⸢hul⸣ [a-la₂ hul] lu₂-ra [ba-gub-ba] | The evil udug ritual, the evil ala ritual that stood for a man |
| ša₂ ana [LU₂] iz-⸢zi-zu⸣ | who stands up against a man | |
| 12ʾ=UHF_₈₃₅ | gidim ⸢hul⸣ [lu₂-ra ŋar-ra] | The ghost of the evildoer, to the enemy |
| ša₂ ana [LU₂ iš-šak]-⸢nu⸣ | which to a man he has sworn | |
| 13ʾ=UHF_₈₃₆ | ŋa₂-e [lu₂-mumun] {d}en-ki-[ga me-en] | I am the lord of Enki |
| 14ʾ=UHF_₈₃₇ | maš-maš gal {[d}asal-lu₂-hi me-en] | I am the great exorcist Asalluhi |
| 15ʾ=UHF_₈₃₈ | udug ⸢hul⸣ [a-la₂ hul] lu₂-⸢ra⸣ [nam-ba-te-ŋa₂-e-de₃] | May the evil udug-demon and the evil ala-demon not approach a man. |
| 16ʾ=UHF_₈₃₉ | {⸢giš}ma⸣-[nu {giš}tukul mah dingir gal-gal-e-ne-ke₄ šu mu-un-da-an-du₈] | The boat, the supreme weapon of the great gods, held him back |
| r ii | ||
| 1ʾ=UHF_₈₄₀ | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2ʾ=UHF_₈₄₁ | en₂ e₂-nu-[ru] | Incantation: Enuru |
| 3ʾ=UHF_₈₄₂ | ⸢udug⸣ hul ⸢eden⸣-[zu-še₃] a-la₂ hul ⸢eden⸣-zu-⸢še₃⸣ | The evil udug demon of your steppe, the evil ala demon (of your) steppe |
| ana ṣe-ri-ka | to you | |
| 4ʾ=UHF_₈₄₃ | gidim hul eden-zu-⸢še₃⸣ gal₅-la₂ hul eden-zu-še₃ | Evil ghost of your steppe, evil galla demon of the steppe |
| 5ʾ=UHF_₈₄₄ | {kuš}a-ŋa₂-la₂-zu{⸢na⸣-de-e-ka} šu ⸢he₂⸣-bi₂-in-ti | “May the hand of your balazu sandals be upon me! |
| 6ʾ=UHF_₈₄₅ | šuku-i-zu šu he₂-⸢bi₂⸣-in-ti | May your hand be swollen |
| 7ʾ=UHF_₈₄₆ | ki gub-ba-⸢zu⸣ {d}utu e₃-da nu-me-⸢a⸣ | The place where Šamaš came out was not able to enter. |
| ma-an-za-az-ka ul ṣi-it šam-ši | Your throne is not equal to heaven | |
| 8ʾ=UHF_₈₄₇ | ki-gub-ba-<zu> {d}utu šu₂-a-še₃ nu-me-a | Your standing place is not a hand of Utu |
| e-reb {d}<UTU> | Enter the sun! | |
| 9ʾ=UHF_₈₄₈ | u₂-gu₇-zu u₂-gu₇ gidim-e-ne-ke₄ | Your food, the food of the ghosts, |
| ma-kal-ka ma-kal e-ṭi-⸢mi⸣ | “Your boat is a boat, it is an eṭi-ēmi boat. | |
| 10ʾ=UHF_₈₄₉ | a-nag-zu a-nag ⸢gidim⸣-e-ne-ke₄ | Your drink, the drink of the egidim priestesses |
| maš-qit-ka maš-⸢ti⸣-it e-ṭim₂-me | Your extispicy is a ghost. | |
| 11ʾ=UHF_₈₅₀ | lu₂-⸢ulu₃⸣ dumu dingir-ra-na | Lu-eulu-e23, son of his god |
| 12ʾ=UHF_₈₅₁ | ub-ta ba-ra-an-da-gub-gub-bu-de₃ | In order to stand with him in the corner, |
| ina tu-ub-qi₂ la ta-az-za-zu | Do not stand at the threshing floor, | |
| 13ʾ=UHF_₈₅₂ | da-ta ba-ra-an-da-dur₂-e-de₃ | (Sum) She does not sit with him at the side (of the river) (Akk) I do not sit beside him |
| 14ʾ=UHF_₈₅₃ | ša₃ uru-ka nam-ba-niŋin-e-de₃-en | Do not enter the city |
| 15ʾ=UHF_₈₅₄ | ki-ur₃ kur-ra-ka-ke₄ kukku₂-zu-še₃ gub-ba | In the Kiʾur of the netherworld your kukku-vessel is stationed |
| 16ʾ=UHF_₈₅₅ | zi dingir gal-gal-e-ne-ke₄ i-re-pa₃ ha-⸢ba-ra⸣-du-un | May the word of the great gods be uttered to you |
| 17ʾ=UHF_₈₅₆ | ⸢en₂ e₂-nu⸣-[ru] | Incantation: Enu’eru |
| r iii | ||
| 1ʾ=UHF_₈₅₇ | [a-la₂ hul] ⸢siskur⸣ [nu-un-zu-a zi₃] ⸢ma⸣-ad-ŋa₂ ⸢nu⸣-[tuku-a he₂] | May the evil ala drum, the eškur prayer, and the flour of the māe-ad-ba prayer be uttered to you. |
| 1ʾ,Š=UHF_₈₅₇ | [a-la₂ hul] ⸢siskur⸣ [nu-un-zu-a zi₃]-⸢ma⸣-ad-ŋa₂ ⸢nu⸣-[tuku-a he₂] | May the evil ala drum, the eškur prayer, that does not know flour and emādba prayer be uttered to you |
| ⸢ša₂⸣ ni-qa-a la [i-du-u₂] ma-aṣ-ha-tu₂ la ⸢i⸣-[šu-u at]-⸢ta⸣ | They did not know the niqâ ritual, they did not understand the maṣaḫatu ritual | |
| 2ʾ=UHF_₈₅₈ | [a-la₂] hul lu₂-ra {giš}ma₂-[gin₇ ... he₂] | May the evil ala prayer be uttered to a man like a boat |
| ša₂ LU₂ ki-ma e-te-bi-⸢ir x x x⸣ | of a man like a ... | |
| 3ʾ=UHF_₈₅₉ | [a]-la₂ hul lu₂-ra giš-nu₂-[da-gin₇ ...] LU₂ ki-ma er-ši-[...] | The evil ala prayer of a man like a bed |
| 4ʾ=UHF_₈₆₀ | ⸢a⸣-la₂ hul lu₂-ra ma-⸢mu₂⸣-[da-gin₇ šu bi₂-in]-ra-ra-e-a ⸢he₂⸣ | As if it were the evil of a curse that had struck a man, may it be released for you |
| šu-ut-ti nen-[mu]-du | Hand of Enmudu | |
| 5ʾ=UHF_₈₆₁ | [a-la₂] ⸢hul⸣ su-din{mušen} ki-in-dar-gin₇ [gi₆-a] ⸢i₃⸣-in-dal-dal-le-e-da he₂ | “May the ala-demon, the evil-doer, the šudin-bird, and the ki’indar-bird fly away night and day with you! |
| su-ut-ti-in-ni ina ni-gi₅-ṣa-ti [ina mu-ši] it-ta-nap-ra-šu | “Suttinni, by means of the rejoicing has been repeatedly sprinkling him in the night | |
| 6ʾ=UHF_₈₆₂ | a-la₂ ⸢hul mušen ŋi₆⸣-a-⸢gin₇⸣ igi kukku₂-[ga i₃]-in-dal-dal-e-a ⸢he₂⸣ | The evil ala drum, like a snake rising up from the river, the eye of a kukku drum that is to be swept away, may it rise up! |
| ina ik-⸢le⸣-[ti ki-ma iṣ]-⸢ṣu⸣-ri it-<ta-nap-ra-šu> | In the rites, like an ik-ēšûtu-demon, he constantly sends him | |
| 7ʾ=UHF_₈₆₃ | a-la₂ hul ⸢lu₂⸣-[ra] sa dul-gin₇ ab-dul-lu-a he₂ | May the evil ala drum of the elû-priest be covered like a twisted knot |
| ina ⸢e⸣-ba-⸢al⸣ ša i-ka-at-ta-mu | in the Ebaba-eal temple that he shall be seated | |
| 8ʾ=UHF_₈₆₄ | a-la₂ hul lu₂-ra sa-al-hab₂-gin₇ ab-šu₂-šu₂-a he₂ | May the evil ala prayer be uttered to the man like a salab prayer |
| ša₂ ki-ma al-lu-ha-pi₃ ša u₂-sa₃-ha-pu | That which is like alluḫāpu (and) that which is sahāḫu | |
| 9ʾ=UHF_₈₆₅ | a-la₂ hul ŋi₆-u₃-na-gin₇ igi(A) du₈-a nu-un-tuku-a | Like a destructive ala drum that has no rival |
| ⸢ša₂ ki-ma x x⸣ ni-iṭ-la la i-šu₂-u₂ | he does not have ... like a ... | |
| 10ʾ=UHF_₈₆₆ | a-la₂ hul ka₅-a uru si-ga-gin₇ ŋi₆-a i₃-du₉-du₉-e-da he₂ | May the evil ala drum, like one tearing out a city, be played with in the river. |
| ša₂ ki-⸢ma⸣ še-lib a-lim(PI) ša₂-qum-mi [ina] mu-ši i-du-lu | The heart of the earth, the heart of a bison, the šaqummu-demon, in the night they tremble | |
| 11ʾ=UHF_₈₆₇ | [ŋa₂-e] ⸢šim⸣-mu₂ sanga₂ mah [me kug]-⸢ga⸣ eridu{ki}ga me-en | I am the šim-ēmu temple administrator, the supreme temple administrator of Eridu. |
| ⸢a⸣-ši-pu ša-<an-gam-ma-hu> ša₂ par₂-ṣi [el]-lu-ti ša₂ eri₃-du₁₀ | Ea-ešipu Šacangammaḫu of the pure rites of Eridu | |
| 12ʾ=UHF_₈₆₈ | lu₂-[kin]-⸢gi₄⸣-a igištu-⸢ra⸣ {d}en-⸢ki-ga⸣ me-en | I am the messenger of Enki |
| ⸢mar⸣ ši-ip-ri a-ša₂-⸢re⸣-du [ša₂ {d}e₂]-a ana-ku | “I am the messenger of Ea, | |
| 13ʾ=UHF_₈₆₉ | {d}⸢asal⸣-[lu₂-hi] ⸢maš⸣-maš ku₃-zu dumu-⸢saŋ⸣ {[d}idim] me-en lu₂-[kin]-⸢gi₄⸣-a me-en | I am Asalluhi, the pure mašmaṣ priestess, the son-in-law of Idim, I am the messenger of the bride. |
| mar šip-ri-šu₂ | son of Šiprišu | |
| 14ʾ=UHF_₈₇₀ | ka-⸢tu₆⸣-[gal₂] eridu{ki}ga me-en [nam-šub] ⸢galam⸣-ma-ni me-en | I am the ka’etu-egal priest of Eridu, the provider of his palace |
| 15ʾ=UHF_₈₇₁ | [a-la₂ hul] ⸢zi-ga⸣-[zu-še₃ gaba-zu zi-zi-ga-de₃] | In order to raise your chest against the evil ala drum of your ziggurat |
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| 1ʾ=UHF_₈₇₂ | [...]-⸢a⸣ [...] | ...-ea-e23 |
| 2ʾ=UHF_₈₇₃ | [da-da-ta ga-ba]-⸢gub⸣ [nam-ba-ab]-⸢be₂⸣-en | Let me stand at the side, let me not come up. |
| 3ʾ=UHF_₈₇₄ | [udug hul e₃]-ba-ra [ki-bad-ra₂]-⸢še₃⸣ | To the evil udug coming out, to the Kibadra |
| 4ʾ=UHF_₈₇₅ | [a-la₂ hul ŋen]-ba [a-ri-a]-še₃ | The evil ala drum of this en priestess |
| ⸢ana⸣ [ni-sa]-a-tim | anā-e-nisa-tim | |
| 5ʾ=UHF_₈₇₆ | [ki-gub]-ba [ki saŋ] ⸢kud-da⸣ | at its standing place, the place of Kudda'e |
| 6ʾ=UHF_₈₇₇ | [ki-tuš-a]-⸢zu⸣ [e₂ šub-ba a]-ri-a | Kituša-ezû |
| 7ʾ=UHF_₈₇₈ | [sil₇] igi-mu-ta [hul]-⸢dub₂⸣ u₃-bi₂-tum₂ | After he had brought out the ‘pure’ from before me, |
| 8ʾ=UHF_₈₇₉ | [zi an]-⸢na⸣ he₂-pa₃ [zi ki]-a he₂-pa₃ | “May the zizi of heaven be found, may the zi zi of earth be found! |
| 9ʾ=UHF_₈₈₀ | [ka-inim-ma ...] ⸢x⸣-ru ⸢a₂⸣ zi-zi-da | Incantation formula: “ ... e’eru, e22a, zizida |
| 10ʾ=UHF_₈₈₁ | [en₂ e₂]-nu-ru | Incantation: Enuru |
| 11ʾ=UHF_₈₈₂ | [...] ⸢x⸣ šu TUR-la₂ | ... hand of a boy |
| 12ʾ=UHF_₈₈₃ | [...]-⸢ta⸣ | ...-etae |
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