Unread Atlas
SBH 05 (P414271)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | SBH 05 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414271 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00427 |
| 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 | ina a-mat {⸢d}EN u⸣ GAŠAN-ia₂ ⸢lis⸣-lim | By the command of Bel and my lady, may it be well |
| 2 | an-na e-lum-[e] u₅-⸢a⸣ [e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni] | An, the important one, his word |
| 3 | ša₂ {d}a-nim kab-⸢tu⸣ ša₂-⸢qa⸣-[... a-mat-su] | The word of Anu is “the mighty, the mighty , |
| 4 | an gu-la u₅-⸢a⸣ <e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni> | Great An, his word |
| 5 | {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ u₅-a <e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni> | Enlil, alas, his word |
| 6 | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} a-zu ga-am₃-ma-⸢ga⸣ [a-zu-bi lul-la] | His word, “Alas, I want to utter an arazu prayer to you’ |
| 7 | ⸢e⸣-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} šim-mu₂ ga-am₃-ma-⸢ga šim⸣-[mu₂-bi lul-la] | His temples, I want to utter an arazu prayer to them, but their temples are false |
| 8 | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} mu AN-ma-a mu-ak mu-bi ⸢še⸣ [am₃-ša₄] | His word is “Alas, the name of the heavens he did,’ that name is eše-e3. |
| 9 | [e-ne]-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} gi AN-ma-a mu-ak gi-bi [še am₃-ša₄] | His word is “Alas, the reeds of heaven are being made,’ that young woman moans. |
| 10 | [e-ne]-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} tur-tur-bi ši-di kur-še₃ ⸢gul⸣-[gul-la] | His word is a flood that destroys small watercourses in the netherworld |
| 11 | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} gal-gal-bi ši-di e₂-a na-⸢tu₁₀⸣-[tu₁₀] | His word is “Alas, the great flood that sweeps through the house! |
| 12 | e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} gakkul-am₃-ma al-šu₂ šag₄-bi a-⸢ba⸣ [mu-un-zu-a] | His word is “Alas, it is a kukul-demon’s,‘Its inside is an adab-ešag-disease,' according to his lord |
| 13 | ⸢e⸣-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} šag₄-bi nu-un-zu-a bar-bi ⸢al⸣-[us₂-sa] | His temples that did not know the water of their midst, its outside was an empty wind |
| 14 | ⸢e⸣-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} bar-bi nu-un-zu-a šag₄-bi [al-us₂-sa] | His eunuchs who did not know the outside of water were carried off. |
| 15 | ⸢e⸣-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} mu-lu mu-un-gig₂-gig₂-ga ⸢mu⸣-[lu mu-un-BU-BU-re] | His temples, water that sickens men, he ... the temples. |
| 16 | ⸢e⸣-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} an diri-ga-bi kur gig₂ na-[nam] | His temples, whose water is surpassing heaven, are indeed bitter mountains. |
| 17 | ⸢RU⸣ }} e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} ki-a ⸢di-da⸣-bi kur ba-ab na-nam | His word is a flood that covers the land. |
| 18 | ⸢x⸣ }} e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} ud-de₃ e₂ ia₂-ta ia₂-am₃ ba-⸢ra⸣-[ab-e₃] | His word, “Alas, the storm has come out from a house of two, two!’ |
| 19 | ⸢x⸣ }} e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a }} ud-de₃ e₂ u-ta u-am₃ ba-ra-⸢ab-e₃⸣ | His word, woe! The storm swept away the house that had been plundered. |
| 20 | a gašan-ŋu₁₀ erim₃-ma-ŋu₁₀ te ⸢di⸣-di-di-in | “Alas, the enemy, how are you going to the storehouse? |
| 21 | ana ⸢a⸣-a be-⸢el⸣-ti ⸢ana⸣ i-šit-ti-⸢ša₂⸣ mi-na i-da-al | For the lord of the eaštu-temple, the isvitti-esḫa temple, what does he know? |
| 22 | [a]-a {⸢d}mu-ul⸣-lil₂-la₂ ⸢uru₂⸣-na nibru{⸢ki⸣}<<ki>>-na | Father Enlil, in the E-uru-e-na, in Nippur |
| 23 | [e₂]-⸢kur⸣ e₂ ⸢šag₄⸣-ge ⸢pad₃⸣-da-na {{ a }} | The Ekur temple, the temple of the šaĝ-priestess, and the Epada temple |
| 24 | [...] {{ ⸢x-x-x MU-MEŠ⸣ GU₄.U₄-MEŠ }} e₂-durah-an-na-na | ... those oxen of the Edurahana temple |
| 25 | [...] ⸢x-x-x-x⸣-NI {{ e }} | ... eši-ni |
| 26 | [...]-NI {{ [e] }} | ...-NI |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ma [...] | ... and |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ina la-i-ra-⸢ni⸣ [...] | ... in lārānû |
| 3' | [na-aŋ₂ na-aŋ₂]-tar-ra-bi-še₃ mu-lu-bi ⸢ad⸣ [...] | Because of the fate of this man, the E-ad-e-23 temple |
| 4' | [ama] {⸢d⸣}nin-lil₂ er₂ e₂-kur-ra-še₃ {{ e }} | Mother Ninlil weeping over the Ekur temple |
| 5' | [dim₃-me]-er-mah-am₃ na-aŋ₂ e₂-mah-a-še₃ {{ e }} | Immēr-maḫ, the one who resides in the Emah temple, |
| 6' | [gašan]-⸢nibru⸣{ki}a na-aŋ₂ e₂-šu-me-ša₄-a-še₃ {{ e }} | Gašan-Enibru, the provider of the Ešumeša temple |
| 7' | ⸢gašan-ma⸣-gi₄-a na-aŋ₂ e₂-u₄-sakar-a-še₃ {{ e }} | The E-gašan-ma-e-gia temple, the place of the E-usakar temple |
| 8' | gašan-tin-tir{ki} na-aŋ₂ e₂-saŋ-il₂-la-še₃ {{ e }} | Gašan-Tintir, the one who resides in the Esaila temple |
| 9' | dumu ⸢saŋ⸣ an uraš-a na-aŋ₂ e₂-zid-da-še₃ {{ e }} | son of Esae, An and Uraš, to the Ezida temple |
| 10' | gašan-⸢ka⸣-teš₂-a-sig₁₀-ga-ke₄ na-aŋ₂ e₂-mah-til₃-la-še₃ {{ e }} | Gašan-eteš-asiga, the one who resides in the Emahtila temple |
| 11' | ama {d}ba-ba₆ na-aŋ₂ uru₂-saŋ-ŋa₂-še₃ {{ e }} | Mother Baba, to the ... of Urusa ... |
| 12' | gašan-tin-lu-ba na-aŋ₂ e₂-gal-mah-a-⸢še₃ {{ e⸣ }} | Gašantinluba, the one of Egalmaḫa-eše, the temple |
| 13' | gašan-i₃-si-in{ki} na-aŋ₂ i₃-si-in{⸢ki⸣}[še₃ {{ e] }} | Gašan-Isin, the beloved of Isin |
| 14' | gašan-an-na na-aŋ₂ e₂-an-⸢na⸣-[še₃ {{ e] }} | Gašanana, the one of the Eana-eše temple |
| 15' | er₂ gi₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ta er₂ nu-mu-ni-⸢x⸣-[...] | Because of the lament of the treasure, she does not lament |
| 16' | urim₂{ki} [ki] ⸢dug₃⸣-ga {{ a }} {d}mu-ul-⸢lil₂⸣-[la₂ ...] | Urim, the place of the e’udug ritual, the water of Enlil |
| 17' | u₂-ri aš-⸢ru⸣ ṭa-a-bi {d}{<MIN(...)>} ina [...] | (Sum) My city, the ... of the gods, its ... in (Akk) The city, its temple, its shrine(s) in (its) midst |
| 18' | nis-hu reš-tu-u₂ an-na e-lum-e NU AL.TIL ⸢ana⸣ DU₁₂{ru} [...] | First extract of the balaŋ composition anna elume, not finished. Eana e23 d[ay ...] |
| 19' | {m}{d}IDIM-DIN-su-E A ša₂ {m}{⸢d}EN-A-MU⸣ A {m}[...] | Ea-balāṭsu-iqbi, son of Bel-apla-iddina, descendant of |
| 20' | {m}{d}ŠU₂-NUMUN-DU₃ A-šu₂ {lu₂}GALA.TUR{ru} {d}ŠU₂-⸢KAM₂⸣ [...] | Šamaš-zer-ibni, his son, the junior lamentation priest of Sagig-e22 |
| 21' | MU DIŠ-ME-U-DIŠ-KAM₂ ša₂ ši-i MU DIŠ-ME-DIŠ-U-IA₂-KAM₂ {d}⸢ar⸣-[...] | It is the year Xerxes, the king. |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.