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Akkadica 141, 115-125 (P409806)
Prayer, Old Babylonian, Babylonia · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Akkadica 141, 115-125 |
|---|---|
| ID | P409806 |
| Museum no. | CUNES 48-10-185 |
| Collection | Department of Near Eastern Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Babylonia |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | en₂-e₂-nu-ru | En-enuru |
| 2 | a-ab-ba ama diŋir-re-ne | The sea, mother of the bīr-demons, |
| 3 | ki-tuš mah {d}en-⸢ki⸣-kam | It is the supreme residence of Enki |
| 4 | gi-gun₄-na engur gal ur-saŋ-ŋa₂ | In the Giguna, the great marsh Ur-saba |
| 5 | {d}asar-alim-nun-na-kam | It is Asaralimnuna. |
| 6 | ŋeš-gi daŋal ama {d}nanše-kam | It is the reed mat of the mother Nanše |
| 7 | gi sumun gi sumun na₄ sig₇-ga | old reeds, old ... stone, |
| 8 | ambar-ambar ki kug dug₃-ga-kam | The Ambarambar is a pure place. |
| 9 | ⸢gi-zi⸣ gi gal-gal an-dul₃-eš ak | Great reeds covered with a canopy(?) |
| 10 | [suhur]{⸢ku₆⸣} eštub{ku₆}e | adjoining the eštub-fish |
| 11 | [kun-bi mu]-⸢un⸣-sud-e | Its tail stretches out. |
| 12 | [mušen-e] ⸢šeg₁₁⸣ mu-un-gi₄-gi₄-gi₄ | The snake answers the ešeg-priest |
| 13 | {[d}en-ki en du₆] ⸢kug⸣-ga-ke₄ | Enki, the lord of the holy mound |
| r | ||
| 1 | [mu-un-kug mu]-⸢un⸣-sikil mu-un-dadag | He purifies, purifies and brightens |
| 2 | {[d}asar-lu₂]-⸢hi⸣ dumu eridug{ki}ga-ke₄ | Asalluhi, son of Eridug |
| 3 | [...] ⸢nam⸣-šub ba-an-sig₁₀ | ... the enamšub-vessel was covered |
| 4 | ⸢a₂⸣-sag₃ nam-tar su lu₂-ka ŋal₂-la | The e’esag-demon, the fate of the flesh of a man, is carried off. |
| 5 | mušen-e ŋeš-gi daŋal-la-⸢še₃⸣ | The snake rises up like a wild bull |
| 6 | he₂-em-ma-ni-ib-ku₄-ku₄ | may he bring in. |
| 7 | niŋ₂-ak niŋ₂ hul-dim₂-ma-ni | His fear, his evil fear, |
| 8 | ku₆ engur-ra-aš ha-ba-ni-ib-gid₂-de₃ | may the fish of the deep be recited to you |
| 9 | ka-inim-ma ku₆ mušen-kam | Incantation for a fish of the snake |
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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