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SBH 08 (P414274)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 08 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414274 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00158 |
| 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)
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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 {d}NA₃ lis-lim | By the command of Bel and Nabû may it be well |
| 2 | umun {{ a }} e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni e-ne-eŋ₃-[ŋa₂-ni] | Lord, alas, his word |
| 2a | ša₂ be-lu₄ a-mat-su | The word of the lord |
| 3 | umun e-ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni {{ a-e }} {e₂}tur₃-ra gig bi₂-[ak] | Lord, his word makes the water of the cattlepen bitter. |
| 4 | ša₂ be-lu₄ a-mat-su tar-ba-ṣi ma-ru-uš-tu₄ [...] | (Sum) The word of the lord, his word is a flood that covers the land (Akk) Its word, its word is an afflicted land |
| 5 | e-ne-eŋ₃ an gu-la-ke₄ {{ a-e }} e-ne-eŋ₃-⸢ŋa₂⸣-[ni] | The word of Great An, woe, his word |
| 6 | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂-ke₄ {{ a-e }} e-<ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni> | The word of Enlil, woe, his word |
| 7 | ur-saŋ umun-irigal-la {{ a-e }} e-<ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni> | Ursa, lord of Igigal, woe, his word |
| 8 | {d}mes-lam-ta-e₃-a {{ a-e }} e-<ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni> | Meslamtaea, his word |
| 9 | ŠU₂ |AB₂×(ME.EN)| LU }} am gal umun-ir₉-ra {{ a-e }} e-<ne-eŋ₃-ŋa₂-ni> | Hand of the great wild bull, Lugalirra, “Ay, his word |
| 10 | ⸢x⸣-lu }} e-ne-eŋ₃ <an>-še₃ {{ a-e }} an al-⸢dub₂⸣-[ba-a-ni] | The elu priestess, when he goes to the water of heaven, he makes heaven tremble |
| 10a | a-ma-at ša₂ e-liš AN{⸢e⸣} [...] | The word of heaven and earth |
| 11 | e-ne-eŋ₃ ki-še₃ {{ a }} ki al-⸢sag₃⸣-[ga-a-ni] | His word in the earth, woe, earth shaking |
| 12 | a-ma-at ša₂ šap-liš KI{ti₃} [...] | The word of the lower world |
| 13 | e-ne-eŋ₃ {d}a-nun-na {{ a }} in-gi₁₆-[le-eŋ₃-ŋe₂₆-eš-a-ni] | The Anuna gods, alas, his misdeeds |
| 14 | a-ma-at {d}{<MIN(...)>} ša₂ ša₂-[...] | The word of Ditto, the heart of |
| 15 | a-zu nu-tuku šim-⸢mu₂⸣ [nu-tuku] | has no physician, has no šim-ēmur priest |
| 15a | ba-ra-a ul i-ši [...] | ... does not know |
| 16 | a-ma-ru zig₃-ga {{ a }} ⸢gaba-šu⸣-[ŋar ...] | The rising flood, the water of the Egabašu-ebar canal |
| 17 | a-bu-bu te-bu-u₂ [...] | (Sum) The flood, the storm, the flood, ... (Akk) The flooding, the flooding, .... |
| 18 | an al-dub₂-dub₂-be₂ {{ a }} [...] | Heaven trembles, water ... |
| 19 | AN{e} u₂-ra-bi [...] | “Its roots ..., |
| 20 | {gi}|KID.MAH|am₃ ama ⸢dumu-bi⸣ [...] | It is a reed mat, the mother of its children |
| 21 | ki-ma bu-re-e [...] | Like a pig ... |
| 22 | {gi}en₃-bar ⸢pu₂⸣-[ba-am₃ ...] | It is a reed mat in a well |
| 23 | ap-pa-⸢ra⸣ [...] | I will ... to you |
| 24 | buru₁₄ ⸢išin⸣-[ba ...] | At the harvest time of the esvin-eba-festival |
| 25 | ⸢e⸣-[bu-ra ...] | In the Ebura temple |
| 26 | ru }} a ⸢zig₃⸣-[ga-am₃ ...] | The wild bull, the water of the ziggurat |
| r | ||
| 1' | a }} ⸢gud⸣-[...] | The water of the oxen |
| 2' | ⸢qar⸣-[...] | ... ešāru-plant |
| 3' | bur-[zi ...] | Burzi ... |
| 4' | nap-[...] | ... nap- |
| 5' | RU a }} ⸢il₂⸣-[la-ab ...] | ... the Eilaba temple |
| 6' | ⸢ša₂⸣-[qu-u₂ ...] | The ešaeqû-priest |
| 7' | u }} umun-⸢ŋu₁₀⸣ [...] | and Lugaleš |
| 8' | |AB₂×(ME.EN)| la₂ u }} umun-⸢irigal⸣-[la ...] | ... Lugal-irigal-ela |
| 9' | |AB₂×(ME.EN)| DU a }} ⸢uru₂⸣-[zu ...] | ... the E-uru-e-zu |
| 10' | ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | The ša’e23-plant |
| 11' | a }} ⸢uru₂⸣-[zu ...] | The water of your city |
| 12' | elam-[ma{ki} ...] | Elam |
| 13' | a }} ⸢x⸣ [...] | “Alas, e’e23 |
| 14' | a }} šag₄ a-[ab-ba-ke₄ ...] | The water of the sea |
| 15' | u }} ga-am₃-[ma-ŋen-ŋen ...] | And I want to say “I want to ... |
| 16' | ⸢lul⸣-[lik-šu₂ ...] | his elul priestess |
| 17' | nis-hi MIN{u₂} [...] | alternatively, DITTO |
| 18' | GABA.RI TIN.⸢TIR⸣{[ki} ...] | Copy from Babylon. |
| 19' | DUMU {d}MU-{d}⸢x⸣-[...] | son of Šuma-e... |
| 20' | u₃ ši-pir ni-[...] | and the work of ... |
| 21' | ša₂ i-na-aš₂-šu₂-šu₂ ⸢x⸣-[...] | That which he has caused to be destroyed |
| 22' | TIN.TIR{ki} {iti}NE ⸢U₄⸣ [...] | Babylon, Abu, the ešû-dais |
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