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MSL 17, 065 A2 (P388225)
Lexical, Neo-Babylonian, Babylon · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | MSL 17, 065 A2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P388225 |
| Museum no. | BM 042296 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Lexical |
| Find spot | Babylon (mod. Bābil) |
| Coordinates | 32.5350, 44.4258 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1 | [...] [ga]-ma-⸢lu⸣ | ... I want to go up to you |
| 2 | [...] [šu]-⸢zu-bu⸣ | ... he will recover. |
| 3 | [...] [e-ṭe]-ru | ... they entered |
| 4 | [...] {[d}IN]-⸢NI-NA⸣ | ... Ištar-emina |
| 5 | [...] [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 6 | [...] {[d]}⸢gu⸣-la | ... Egula |
| 7 | [...] ⸢ap⸣-kal-lum | ... ekallum plant |
| 8 | [...] [a]-ši-pu | ... I poured out |
| 9 | [...] [i]-⸢šib⸣-gal-lum | ... will arise. |
| 10 | [...] ⸢su-us⸣-bu-u₂ | “... šūṣû |
| 11 | [...] i-šip-pu | ... he will weigh out |
| 12 | [...] ⸢ra⸣-am-ku | ... I want to say to you |
| 13 | [...] [e]-nu | ... when |
| 14 | [...] [ni]-šak-ku | ... we will bind |
| 15 | [...] [e]-⸢da⸣-mu-u₂ | ... he made it rise. |
| 16 | [...] [pa]-ši-šu₂ | ... his mouth |
| 17 | [...] [gu]-da-ab-su-u₂ | ... he smote |
| 18 | [...] [IRI]-DU₁₀ | ... IRI-DU |
| 19 | [...] [ba-bi]-i-lu | ... Babilu |
| 20 | [...] [šu-an]-nu-u₂ | ... this |
| 21 | [...] [ur]-ru-um | ... a dog |
| 22 | [...] [pa]-lu-u₂ | ... are scattered |
| 23 | [...] [man]-zal-tum | ... a weapon |
| 24 | [...] [u₄]-mu-um | ... the day |
| 25 | [...] [...]-mu-um | ...-mum |
| ii | ||
| 1 | ha-⸢lam⸣ [...] | May he not be forgotten |
| 2 | ⸢hul dub₂⸣ [...] | The evil ešlabu-demon |
| 3 | ⸢hul-gig⸣-[ga] [...] | The evildoer |
| 4 | ⸢ni₂-te⸣ nu-ŋal₂-la [...] | The one who does not carry a scepter |
| 5 | ⸢saŋ⸣ gu₄-ud-⸢gu₄⸣-da šar-⸢ri⸣-[...] | The lord of oxen and bulls |
| 6 | ni₂ nu-zu la a-⸢di⸣-[rum] | who does not know fear |
| 7 | teš₂ nu-tuku la ba-[a-a-šu₂] | who has no equal |
| 8 | lu₂-e₂-bur₃-bur₃-ru ni-⸢it⸣-[tum] | Lu-eburburu, ni-eitum |
| 9 | lu₂-lul-la-⸢ga⸣ ra-⸢bi⸣-[ṣu] | “Lullaba-ega, its ra’ešbu |
| 10 | ni₂-⸢zu⸣ šar-⸢ra⸣-[qu] | Ni’ezu, the šaraequ priest |
| 11 | ŠU-HA sar-⸢ru⸣-[um] | Hand of a Scribe |
| 12 | saŋ-gir₅-gir₅ šam-[hu-tu₂] | sagirgir-sammû |
| 13 | niŋir{ni-⸢x⸣}si ⸢su-sa⸣-[pi-in-nu] | Nibirni-esi and Susa-epinnu |
| 14 | niŋ₂-GI-⸢BAD⸣ [an]-⸢sa⸣-[mul-lum] | Niŋ-GI-e-d’e-mullum |
| 15 | ziz₂{zi-iz}ziz₂ [...] | ... emmer |
| 16 | hul-gig ZI bil-[la-a-tum] | The evil-doer, ZI billātum |
| 17 | {su-u₂}su₇ maš-[ka-nu] | |
| 18 | kislah ni-bi-⸢ʾ-x⸣-[...] | The scepter of Nibbi- |
| 19 | {su-u₂}su₇ ni-[du-tum] | su-u-su, nidutum |
| 20 | kislah{ki-is-lah₃} ti-[rik-tum] | kislaḫ, tiriktum |
| 21 | kankal{ka-an-gal} ⸢tur⸣-[ba-lu-u₂] | the Kankalkangal, the Etur-ebalû |
| 22 | kikla{ki-ŋal₂-⸢la⸣} a-[šar-tu₂] | of Kullab, a kingship |
| 23 | bad₄{⸢ba-x⸣} ⸢dan⸣-[na-tu₂] | the fortified wall |
| 24 | ⸢KI⸣-[...]-⸢KAL⸣ [...] | |
| r i | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢ri⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢teš₂-ša₂⸣-ri [...] | “It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient! |
| 3' | kiri₄ šu ⸢x⸣ [x] ⸢ŋal₂⸣ ⸢ba-la-ṣu⸣ | Hand of the ...-house |
| 4' | kiri₃ šu ŋal₂ di-di ba-a-lum | Hand-lifting prayer that is to be heeded |
| 5' | kiri₃{ki-ir} ⸢šu⸣ ŋal₂ tu-ša₂-rum | In Kirir, the ēšû-priestess is the one who carries off the tušarum-plant |
| 6' | mah a-⸢ku⸣-u₂ | the supreme one, the akû priest |
| 7' | AŠ AL ma-⸢ṭu⸣-u₂ | AL (means) mashbu-ēdu-disease |
| 8' | kal-la en-⸢šu⸣-um | mighty one, lord |
| 9' | {mur-gu}⸢murgu₃⸣ lib-ba-⸢a-tum⸣ | “The murgû-demon, the libba’eatum-disease, |
| 10' | ⸢lipiš⸣ bala uz-⸢za-tum⸣ | The elipiš ritual for the uz-ešatum ritual |
| 11' | [ša₃]-⸢ib₂⸣-ba na-⸢an-gu-gu⸣ | In its sanctuaries he should not be negligent |
| 12' | ⸢i₅⸣ ŠEŠ a-⸢DU⸣-[x] | (Property) of Aya-bani- |
| 13' | {i}i₅ šu-uš ra ṣa-ra-hu | The river, the hand of the šû-priestess |
| 14' | {i}i₅ šu-uš ra-ra na-ha-a-[rum] | the Euphrates River, a river of fearsomeness |
| 15' | dungu sir₂-ra ša₂-pi-[tum] | dust from the ša-pītum |
| 16' | ze₂-ze₂ u₂-pu-[u₂] | he made sweet. |
| 17' | {<⸢MIN⸣(ze₂-)>}la₂ er-pe-[tum] | erptum lazuli |
| 18' | saŋ {sa-kar}sakar ub-bu-[bu] | sa-car-sakar-car ubbubu |
| 19' | saŋ sakar-ra ru-⸢um⸣-[mu-ku] | the sakar-offering of the ru’eumumku-priest |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] [...] | |
| 2' | sig₃-[ga] [...] | ... brickwork |
| 3' | niŋ₂-[sukud-da] [...] | ... awe-inspiring radiance |
| 4' | niŋ₂-⸢gul⸣-[lu-da] [...] | With Nigulu |
| 5' | ni-⸢se₃⸣-[se₃-ke₄] [...] | Ni’ese |
| 6' | [...] [...] | |
| 7' | [...] [...] | |
| 8' | us₂-sa-⸢DU⸣ [...] | (Sum) I am the one who brings out(?) ... (Akk) I bring out ... |
| 9' | tuku₄-⸢tuku₄⸣ [ra-a]-bu | a great flood |
| 10' | ⸢a₂⸣ ŋa₂-⸢ŋa₂⸣ [ra-a]-du | “It is enough, it is enough! It is too much! |
| 11' | ⸢lipiš tuku₄-tuku₄⸣ [ra-a]-du | “The one who screams, the one who is smitten |
| 12' | ⸢hub₂-zu⸣ [ra]-a-⸢bu⸣ | the hubzu temple, the great temple |
| 13' | ⸢ša₃⸣ sig₃-sig₃-ga ⸢šu⸣-tak-⸢tu⸣-[mu] | The brickwork of E-tak-e-mu |
| 14' | dub₂-dub₂-bu it-⸢PU-ṣu⸣ | “If he slips through the thresholds, |
| 15' | NIŊ₂ ur₂-pad ⸢ak⸣ sa-⸢la⸣-[hu] | “(If) he slips through the roof beams, |
| 16' | [DUB] 5KAM erim-⸢huš⸣ [x x x] ZA₃-TIL-LA-[BI]-ŠE₃ | Tablet 5 of Erība-ḫuš-e23. |
| 17' | [x GABA]-⸢RI⸣ TIN-TIR{⸢ki} SAR⸣-ma IGI-⸢TAB⸣ IM-GI₃-[DA {m}x-x]-MEŠ | Written and checked according to its original. Imgida tablet of ... |
| 18' | [A-šu₂ ša₂ x]-⸢x⸣-mu-šal-⸢lim⸣ A LU₂-⸢MAH a⸣-ga-de₃{ki} ⸢LU₂⸣-x x x | son of ...-mušallim, descendant of Lu-emaḫ Egade |
| 19' | {[iti]}⸢NE⸣ MU 9KAM {m}AK-NIG₂-DU-URI₃ LUGAL TIN-TIR{ki} | Month of Abu, 9th year of AK-kudurri-uṣur, king of Babylon. |
| 20' | [...] ⸢x⸣ MURUB₄-šu₂ a-na TIL-šu₂ GUR-šu₂ | ... its middle part to its end will turn |
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