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SBH 02 (P414269)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 02 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414269 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00247 + VAT 01815 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Ritual and liturgical |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] a-mat-su | ... his word |
| 2' | [... e]-⸢ne⸣-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni e-⸢lum⸣-[e u₅-a e-ne-eŋ₃]-ŋa₂-ni | ... he says, “Elum he said, alas, he is he! |
| 3' | an gu-la ⸢u₅⸣-[a ...] | Great An, the eagle |
| 4' | {d}mu-ul-lil₂-⸢la₂⸣ [...] | Enlil-ela-e23 |
| 5' | {d}am-an-⸢ki⸣ [...] | Aman-eki-e23 |
| 6' | ur-saŋ {d}asal-lu₂-hi [...] | Hero Asalluhi |
| 7' | umun {d}en-bi-lu-lu ibila(|DUMU.LIL₂|) {d}en-⸢ki⸣-[ke₄ ...] | Lord Enbilulu, heir of Enki |
| 8' | ur-saŋ {d}mu-ze₂-eb-ba-še₂₁-a [...] | Hero Mudugašea |
| 9' | umun {d}di-kud-mah-am₃ [...] | Lord Dikudmah |
| 10' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni a-zu ga-am₃-ma-ga a-zu-bi lul-la | I want to bring his word to the physician, this physician is false. |
| 11' | a-mat-su ana ba-ri-i ib-ba-ab-bal-ma ba-ru-u₂ šu-u₂ is-sa-ra-ar₂ | (Sum) His word carries radiance to the outside, that outside is torn out (Akk) He carries his word to a distant place, that distant place has been struck down |
| 12' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni šim-mu₂ ga-a-ma-ga šim-mu₂-bi lul-la | His word is a curse, its curse is false |
| 13' | <a-mat-su> ana ša₂-i-li ib-ba-bal-ma ša₂-i-li šu-u₂ is-sa-ra-ar₂ | <his> word is carried away into the heavens and that heaven is shattered. |
| 14' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni mu u₈-u₃ mu-ak mu-bi še am₃-ša₄ | His word makes the young man do "Woe!" That young man moans |
| 15' | <a-mat-su> ana eṭ-li ina u₂-a iz-zak-kar-ma eṭ-li šu-u₂ i-dam-mu-um | (Sum) His word is a flood that is to be smashed in the street (Akk) Its word is to smear on the street and that flood will come to an end |
| 16' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni gi u₈-u₃ mu-ak gi-bi [še] ⸢am₃⸣-ša₄ | His word is a reed of ewes he does, that young woman is its young woman. |
| 17' | <a-mat-su> ana ar-da-te ina u₂-a iz-⸢zak⸣-kar-ma | <his> word is thrown into the wind in the wind. |
| 18' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni tur-tur-bi ši-di kur-še₃ gul-gul-e | His word destroys the small ones in the netherworld |
| 19' | <a-mat-su> rab-bi-iš ina a-la-ki-ša₂ ma-a-ta u₂-ab-⸢bat⸣ | (Sum) His word is great, he makes the land tremble (Akk) His great word, when it comes to the land, it shakes the land |
| 20' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni gal-gal-bi ši-di e₂-am₃ na-tu₁₀-tu₁₀ saŋ-⸢am₃⸣ in-še₈-še₈ | His word is great, he goes around in the house. He trembles and shakes. |
| 21' | a-mat-su ra-bi-eš ina a-la-ki-ša₂ E₂-MEŠ u₂-hat-tu ma-a-ta u₂-sap-pa-⸢ah⸣ | (Sum) His great word, when he goes, destroys houses (Akk) When his great word is in the way of the temples, he destroys the land |
| 22' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni gakkul-am₃-ma al-šu₂ ša₃-bi a-ba mu-un-zu-zu šag₄-ga am₃-⸢niŋin⸣-ne₂ | His word is a mash tub, its inside - who can know it? Its outside he shouts |
| 23' | <a-mat-su> kak-kul-lu ka-tim-ti qe-reb-šu₂ man-nu i-lam-mad | <His word> is a kakkullu-demon, who can know its insides? |
| 24' | <a-mat-su> ki-ma ka-tim-ti kat-mat ina qer-be₂-e-ti i-ṣa-ad | (Sum) His word, like a lion, is smashed in the middle (of the earth) (Akk) Its word is as if it were a dragon, it was struck in the centre |
| 25' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni šag₄-bi nu-un-zu-a bar-bi al-us₂-sa | His word does not know its interior, its outside is shattered |
| 26' | <a-mat-su> qe-reb-šu ul il-lam-mad a-ha-a-ti i-da-a-aš | (Sum) His word does not come out of his heart (Akk) He does not make his word come out from his heart |
| 27' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni bar-bi nu-un-zu-a šag₄-bi al-us₂-sa | His word does not know its outside, its inside is trembling |
| 28' | <a-mat-su> a-ha-a-ti ul il-lam-mad qer-be₂-e-tu₂ i-da-a-aš | (Sum) His word is a storm that cannot be dispersed(?) (Akk) The word of his word does not come near to the other, it cannot be heard (var.) It cannot be sung in the middle |
| 29' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni mu-lu mu-un-gig-gig-ge mu-lu mu-un-BU-BU-re | His word sickens the man, it ... the man. |
| 30' | <a-mat-su> ni-ši u₂-šam-ra-aṣ ni-ši un-na-aš u₂-ṣar-rap | (Sum) His word makes the people tremble (Akk) Its word causes the people to moan, the people are moaning |
| 31' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni an-na diri-ga-bi kur gig-ga na-nam | His word surpasses heaven, it is indeed a bitter mountain. |
| 32' | <a-mat-su> e-liš ina ne₂-qel-pi-ša₂ ma-a-tu₂ u₂-šam-ra-aṣ | (Sum) His word raises up the land (Akk) He enlarges the land with his word above |
| 33' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni ki-a di-da-bi kur ba-ba na-nam | His word, when it passes on earth, is indeed a foreign land. |
| 34' | <a-mat-su> šap-liš ina a-la-ki-ša₂ ma-a-tu₂ i-sa-ap-pa-ah | (Sum) His word is a flood that wipes away the land (Akk) Its word is an earthquake which wipes out the land |
| 35' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni ud-de₃ e₂ ia₂-ta ia₂-am₃ ba-ra-ab-e₃ | His word is a storm that goes out from a house of five. |
| 36' | <a-mat-su> u₄-mu E₂ ha-an-še-et ha-an-še-et u₂-še-eṣ-ṣa-a | His word is a storm that destroys houses and destroys cities |
| 37' | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}asal-lu₂-hi e₂ u-ta u-am₃ ba-ra-ab-e₃ | When Asalluhi went out from the house of ... |
| 38' | <a-mat-su u₄-mu> E₂ e-še-⸢ret⸣ e-še-ret u-še-eṣ-ṣa-a | His word is a storm that destroys houses, destroys cities |
| 39' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni an-ta ⸢ul₄⸣-e-en an-ta am₃-DIRI-ga | His word travels from heaven to earth. |
| 40' | [e]-⸢liš⸣ a-mat-su ur-⸢ru⸣-[hi-iš] ⸢u₂-ša₂-di⸣-ra-an-ni | “Eliš’e, his word, Ur-Eḫiši, my lord, |
| 41' | [...] ⸢ki⸣-ta am₃-sag₃-⸢sag₃⸣-[ge] | ... shakes from the E-house |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [ša₂] be-lu₄ a-mat-su ⸢ana-ku ana ma-ru⸣-[...] | (Sum) The word of the lord is “I will go to the scepter(?) of heaven (Akk) I will go into the ... of the word (of the king) |
| 3' | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ an-še₃ an ni₂ dub₂-ba-ni ⸢u₅⸣-[a e]-⸢ne⸣-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-[ni] | When heaven trembles, when heaven rises, |
| 4' | ina a-ma-ti-šu₂ e-liš AN{e} ina ra-ma-ni-šu₂-nu i-ru-ub ša₂ ša₂-di-i a-mat-su | (Sum) In his word, heaven enters into his word (Akk) By his word the heavens enter into their own word The heart of the land is his word |
| 5' | ma-ma a-ba ud me-na-gin₇ ma-a-a ⸢di⸣-di-in | Where is the future like the past? Where will I go? |
| 6' | e-lum tumu-gin₇ tumu-gin₇ | Honored one, like a wind, like wind |
| 7' | kab-tu ki-ma ša₂-a-ri ina me-he-e | The heavy one, like the wind, in the storm |
| 8' | e-lum tumu-gin₇ ni₂ mu-sag₃-sag₃-ge | Honored one, like wind, he trembles with fear. |
| 9' | kab-tu ki-ma ša₂-a-ri ina ra-ma-ni-ia u₂-šab-ba-an-ni | (Sum) The mighty one, like a wild bull, dwells on my own (Akk) The powerful one, as if in a pasture of my own |
| 10' | e-lum-e umun kur-kur-ra-ke₄ | Important one, lord of all the lands |
| 11' | kab-tu be-el ma-ta-a-tu | the powerful, lord of the land, |
| 12' | šag₄ sud-da-ke₄ e-ne-eŋ₃ zid-da-ke₄ | The one of the deep, the true word |
| 13' | lib-bu ru-u₂-qu ša₂ a-mat-su ki-na-at | (Sum) The heart, the radiance of his word is true (Akk) The inner, the exalted one, whose word is truth |
| 14' | aŋ₂-dug₄-ga ka-na nu-gi₄-gi₄-de₃ | In order to not return the favor of the land |
| 15' | a-na qi₂-bi-ti-šu₂ la i-tur-⸢ru⸣ | to his command they shall not return |
| 16' | alim-ma {d}mu-ul-lil₂ inim ka-na šu nu-bal-⸢e⸣-de₃ | Important one, Enlil, the word of his mouth cannot be changed |
| 17' | kab-tu {d}{<MIN(...)>} ša₂ ṣi-it pi-i-šu la uš-⸢te⸣-pel-lu₄ | The important one, ditto, whose word cannot be changed |
| 18' | e-ne ud-de₃ tur₃ gul-gul-la-bi ⸢amaš bur₁₂⸣-bur₁₂-ra-bi | When the storm destroys the cattlepen, when the eagle bursts |
| 19' | šu-u₂ u₄-mu tar-ba-ṣa i-a-ab-bat su-pu-ri [i]-⸢na⸣-as-sah | That storm will afflict (the land) with a storm that will cause it to rain down. |
| 20' | arina-ŋu₁₀ bur₁₂-bur₁₂-ra-bi {ŋeš}tir-ŋu₁₀ su₃-a-bi | Its “seizing-of-the-mouth’-plants, it's long-lasting tirbu plant |
| 21' | šur-šu-u₂-a nu-us-⸢su-hu⸣ qi₂-ša₂-tu-u₂-a ur-ra-a | May my hands not be loosened, my hands are long. |
| 22' | {d}A-nun-na me-ŋu₁₀ ⸢nam⸣-[tar]-⸢ra⸣ šu bal ak-a-bi | The Anunna gods of the Me-nam-etar-e-ra-e temple, whose work is completed |
| 23' | ina {d}A.NUN.NA.KE ⸢par-ṣu₂⸣-u₂-a ana pa-ra-as ⸢uš⸣-[te]-⸢pe-el⸣ | In the Anuna, my ‘paršû-plants’ are set up for you. |
| 24' | uga{mušen}bi {ŋeš}tir-ŋu₁₀ ⸢su₃⸣-[a]-bi | Its eagles, its tirbu-birds |
| 25' | a-re-bu-šu qiš-tu ur-[ra-a] | his slaves, hand of the enemy |
| 26' | umun kur-kur-ra mu-lu til-la-gin₇ na-ra-DI-⸢x⸣-[...]-⸢en⸣ | Lord of all the lands, like one who is finished, do not ... for you |
| 27' | be-el KUR-MEŠ ki-ma a-wi-lu-ti la ⸢x⸣-[...]-⸢x⸣ | The lord of the lands like a man does not |
| 28' | šag₄-ŋu₁₀ ma-al-la-gin₇ na-ra-<...> | As if there were a field, one should not ... for you |
| 28a' | ki-ma ša₂ [ina lib₃-bi]-⸢ia⸣ ib-⸢x-x⸣ <...> | Like what is in my heart ... |
| 29' | lipiš-ŋu₁₀ u₂ mu-da-e-kud | He eats grass with a libation vessel |
| 30' | ana lib₃-bi-ia ma-ka-la-a ⸢ip⸣-[...]-⸢ra⸣-as | “My heart is full of rejoicing(?) |
| 31' | ur₅-ŋu₁₀ ša₃-ba-ŋu₁₀ x x }} ši ba-⸢e⸣-ni-⸢gi⸣ | (Sum) The šabû demon, the one who ... (Akk) The hero, the hero ... |
| 32' | ka-bat-ti lib₃-bi-ia ⸢x-x-x-x-ir⸣ | my heart’s desire |
| 33' | nu-mu-ra-an-tuku-a gi₁₆-<le>-eŋ₃ ⸢nu⸣-[mu-ra-an]-⸢tuku⸣-a | If he does not have it, if only he would have it for you! |
| 34' | x x }} ul i-šu-ka šah-lu-⸢uq⸣-[ta ul i-šu]-⸢ka⸣ | He does not have , he does not possess a šaḫulû-demon. |
| 35' | ul i-qab-bi ša₂-⸢ah⸣-[lu-uq-ta ul i]-⸢qab⸣-bi | He will not say “It is too much for you, it is too little for you! |
| 36' | gi dili du₃-a-gin₇ e-lum-ma ⸢gi⸣ [dili du₃-a-gin₇ ...]-⸢sag₃⸣-ge | Like a single reed built, Honored one, like a one-creed eel, |
| 37' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...]-⸢e e⸣-de-⸢ne₂⸣-[e ...] ina ⸢ra⸣-ma-ni-ia ⸢u₂-šab-ba⸣-ni | (Sum) ... I want to go up to the temple(?) (Akk) In my temple, in my temple(?), in the temple of the lord(?) |
| 38' | [e-lum-e umun kur-kur-ra]-ke₄ | Important one, lord of the lands |
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