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JCS 08, 146, WCMA 20.1.30 (P355884)
Incantation, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | JCS 08, 146, WCMA 20.1.30 |
|---|---|
| ID | P355884 |
| Museum no. | WCMA 20.1.30 |
| Collection | Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ki-sikil sa₆-ga sila-a ⸢gub⸣-ba-am₃ | The beautiful young woman stands in the street. |
| 2 | ki-sikil kar-kid dumu {d}inanna | maiden Karkid, son of Inanna |
| 3 | ki-sikil dumu {d}inanna e₂ eš₂-dam-ma ba-gub | The maiden, the son of Inanna, stood in the house of the ešdam. |
| 4 | i₃ šar₂-ra-am₃ gara₂ šar₂-ra-am₃ | It is oil of the king, it is gara |
| 5 | ab₂ munus mah {d}inanna-ke₄ | cow of the supreme woman of Inanna |
| 6 | ga₂-nu mah {d}en-ki-ga-kam | It is the supreme storehouse of Enki. |
| 7 | ki-sikil dur₂-a-ni tir ha-su-ur₂-ra ul gur₃-ru-am₃ | The young woman whose limbs are bound by a hāsūru forest, |
| 8 | na₂-a-ni pa-zu an-dul₃ aka-am₃ | His utterance is a canopy of protection. |
| 9 | [šu] mu-ši-la₂ šu šag₄ ki-aŋ₂-ŋa₂-kam | Hand of Mišala Hand of the Earth |
| 10 | [igi] ⸢mu⸣-ši-la₂ igi ša₃ ki-aŋ₂-kam | before E’emu-ešila, eye of the earth |
| 11 | ⸢ŋiri₃⸣ ša₃ ki-aŋ₂-kam | “House-of-Bīti-Ešum, in the earth |
| 12 | [x x] ⸢kug⸣-ga BI ŠE za-gin₃-na | ... of ega-stone, that is the price of lapis |
| 13 | [x x x] ki i-dib-e TUG₂ x | ... where he passes, a ... garment |
| 14 | [x x x] a gi₄-gi₄ x | ... return! |
| 15 | [i₃] ab₂ kug-ga ga udu ab₂ [(x)] | oil for the pure cows, milk for the cows |
| 16 | [i₃] ab₂-ba ab₂ babbar₂-ra | oil for cows, white cows |
| 17 | ⸢bur⸣ šaŋan sig₇-sig₇-ga-ba | When the ešubû-house is decorated with reddish radiance |
| 18 | u₃-ba-e-ni-de₂ | he will bring it to him. |
| 19 | gaba ki-sikil-la-ke₄ u₃-um-tag | She touches the chest of the maiden. |
| 20 | ki-sikil-e {giš}ig ŋal₂ tag₄-a nam-mu-un-keš₂-de₃ | The young woman should not tie the door with a bolt |
| 21 | dumu er₂ pa₃-da-ni nam-mu-un-di-de₃ | One should not let a child who has been weeping go by. |
| 22 | egir-mu-še₃ kas₄ hu-mu-ni-ib-gi | After me, may the runners return. |
Sources & licences
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