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CDLI Literary 000331h OB Catalogue of Incantations (P363162)
Incantation, Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | CDLI Literary 000331h OB Catalogue of Incantations |
|---|---|
| ID | P363162 |
| Museum no. | JRL 1061 |
| Collection | John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | gud piriŋ [x x x] | ... ox or billy goat |
| 2 | u₄ zal-le šag₄-gig [x x x] | The storm that passes by is a šaggig storm |
| 3 | x (x) gig-gin₇ nam-[x x x] | ... like a sickle ... |
| 4 | ⸢ze₂⸣-a u₂-šim [x x x] | the ezêa-plant |
| 5 | {d}nin-in-si-in X kalam-ma-ke₄ | Nininsina, the ... of the land |
| 6 | {giš}ma-nu dim {giš}ma-nu | a manu-vessel, a reed |
| 7 | {[d}en]-KI-ne {d}nin-ki-ke₄-ne | Enki and Ninki |
| 8 | {d}dim₃-me an eden-na mu₂-da | Lamaštu, growing in the high steppe, |
| 9 | {d}udug {d}dim₃-me u₄ huš kalam-ma ri | The udug priestess and the dimme priestesses, the furious storm that sweeps over the Land |
| 10 | igi muš-huš | before a snake |
| 11 | giš-am₃ ⸢inim⸣-ma-am₃ | It is a tree, it is an incantation |
| 12 | ki-sikil sag₉-ga | the beautiful maiden |
| 13 | ki-sikil DU x-ra | Young woman ... |
| 14 | murgu₂ dub-a-ni | his writing-boards |
| 15 | igi mah-e | with a magnificent face |
| 16 | eš₃ {d}nanše-kam | It is the shrine of Nanše |
| 17 | ur-bar u₃-bi₂-x-re hi-li-a | The dog ... in allure. |
| 18 | KA lu₂-u₁₈-lu | the mouth of a man |
| 19 | munus-e {e₂}tur₃ ⸢amaš⸣ kug-ga | The woman in the cowshed, the pure eagle |
| 20 | munus-ba a₂ gub-ba | the woman, at her right side |
| 21 | dumu ki šub {d}nin-ŋir₂-su | son born in the place of Ninbirsu |
| 22 | a₂ kug ša₃-bi | its silver wages |
| 23 | li gal li gal-e | Great one, great one! |
| 24 | niŋ₂ ni₂-ŋa₂-ta | by means of fear and fear |
| 25 | u₃-luh zabar | bronze uluḫ vessel |
| 26 | a bur šu ba-ti | A bowl received |
Sources & licences
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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)
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