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SBH 03 (P414270)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 03 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414270 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00270 |
| 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 | [e-ne-eŋ₃-zu-še e-ne-eŋ₃]-zu-še₃ a e₂ e-ne-eŋ₃-[zu-še₃] | Your word, your word, woe, the house! Your word |
| 2 | [ina a-ma-ti-ka ina a-ma]-⸢ti⸣-ka ⸢u₈-i⸣ E₂ [ina] ⸢a-ma-ti⸣-[ka] | In your word, in your word the ewes, the house, in (your) word |
| 3 | [uru₂-zu] ⸢nibru⸣{ki} e-ne-⸢eŋ₃⸣-[zu-še₃] | When you enter your city Nippur |
| 4 | [še]-⸢eb⸣ e₂-kur-ra e-<ne-eŋ₃-zu-še₃> | When you enter the Ekur |
| 5 | [ki]-ur₃ ki gal e-<ne-eŋ₃-zu-še₃> | When you enter the Ki'ur, the great place |
| 6 | ⸢eš₃⸣ e₂-nam-til₃-la e-<ne-eŋ₃-zu-še₃> | When you enter the Enamtila temple |
| 7 | še-eb zimbir{ki} e-<ne-eŋ₃-zu-še₃> | The brickwork of Sippar, towards your word |
| 8 | eš₃ e₂-babbar-ru₃ e-<ne-eŋ₃-zu-še₃> | The shrine Ebabbar, because of your word |
| 9 | še-eb tin-tir{ki} e-<ne-eŋ₃-zu-še₃> | The brickwork of Babylon, towards your word |
| 10 | še-eb e₂-saŋ-il₂-la e-<ne-eŋ₃-zu-še₃> | The brickwork of the Esa temple, towards your word |
| 11 | še-eb bad₃-si-ab-ba{ki} e-<ne-eŋ₃-zu-še₃> | The brickwork of Borsippa, to your utterance |
| 12 | še-eb e₂-⸢zid⸣-da e-<ne-eŋ₃-zu-še₃> | The brickwork of the Ezida temple, towards your word |
| 13 | e₂-mah-⸢til₃⸣-la e-<ne-eŋ₃-zu-še₃> | When you enter the Emaḫtila temple |
| 14 | e₂-te-me-an-ki e-<ne-eŋ₃-zu-še₃> | Etemenanki, to your servant |
| 15 | e₂-durah-an-na e-<ne-eŋ₃-zu-še₃> | When you enter the Edurahana temple |
| 16 | e-ne-eŋ₃-zu-še an al-dub₂-⸢bu⸣-ne | Because of your word, heaven is trembling |
| 17 | ina a-ma-ti-ka [AN{e]} ⸢i⸣-ru-ub-⸢bu⸣ | By your word the heavens tremble |
| 18 | e-ne-eŋ₃ mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ ki al-⸢sag₃⸣-[ge] | The word of Mullil shakes the earth |
| 19 | ina a-ma-at {d}{<MIN(...)>} [...]-⸢x i-nar-raṭ⸣ | At the command of ...-e, he will be praised. |
| 20 | x e-ne-eŋ₃-zu ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | (Sum) Your word(?) ... (Akk) ... your word ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ana ar-kat ⸢u₄⸣-[mi ...] | In the future |
| 3' | {ŋeš}mes gal-gal-⸢la⸣ [...] | The great mes |
| 4' | mi-si rab-bu-tu₂ [...] | (Sum) I am a great lady, ... (Akk) The great lady ... |
| 5' | ⸢buru₁₄⸣ išin-ba mu-ni-ib₂-su-su u₂-a al-gu₇-[...] | The harvest he brought in, and the food he ate |
| 6' | [e]-⸢bu⸣-ri ina si-ma-ni-šu₂ u₂-ṭa-ab-bi ma-ka-la-a ⸢x⸣-[...] | (Sum) The ebbû-priestess, in her womb ... (Akk) Its ebiru-priests ... in her own whirlwind(?) |
| 7' | ma-[...] ⸢a-ba⸣ ud me-na-gin₇ ma-a-a di-di-⸢in⸣ | ... where is the house, how long? Where can I go? |
| 8' | ⸢e₂⸣ [...]-⸢x⸣ i₃-gul-gul-e ud re-en₃-na-am₃ šum₂-mu a-ba ⸢kud⸣-[...] | He destroyed the temple, he ruined the temple. At that time, who was able to ... the temple |
| 9' | E₂ ⸢ki-x⸣ [...]-DI u₂-ta-tab-bit ki-ma ša₂ u₄-⸢mi ul-lu⸣-ti ub-⸢ba-lam⸣ man-nu ip-par-⸢ra⸣-as | (Sum) The temple of Eki-... (Akk) It has been destroyed like a day of distant days, who can escape (it)? |
| 10' | nis-hu MIN{u₂} ud-dam ki am₃-us₂ NU AL.TIL ⸢ana⸣ DU₁₂ ⸢ZI{hi⸣} | Ditto! The day is over, the earth trembles. Not finished. Eana’e3 prayer, Ezidḫe |
| 11' | IM.GID₂.DA {m}{d}EN-A-⸢MU A⸣ ša₂ {m}{d}⸢IDIM⸣-TIN-su-E ⸢A⸣ | Tablet of Bel-apla-iddin, son of Ea-balāṭsu-iqbi, scribe. |
| 12' | {m}{d}nanna-u₃-tud ŠU {m}{d}EN-MU-NA A ⸢ša₂⸣ | Nanna-utud, hand of Bel-šuma-iddin, descendant of Eša-e23 |
| 13' | {m}KI-{d}ŠU₂-TIN A {m}e₄-gi₇-ba-til₃-la ⸢TIN.TIR⸣{[ki]} | Itti-Šamaš-balāṭu, son of Egibatila, the temple of Babylon |
| 14' | {iti}AB U₄ U-3(DIŠ)-KAM₂ MU DIŠ-ME-4(U)-5(DIŠ)-KAM₂ ša₂ ši-i [...] | Month of Ṭebētu, 3rd day, 5th year, that is |
| 15' | [...]-⸢KAM₂⸣ {d}ar-ša₂-kam₂ LUGAL ⸢LUGAL-MEŠ⸣ | ... of Arsaces, king of kings |
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