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SBH 17 (P414283)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 17 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414283 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00369 |
| 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 | [... tar]-ba-ṣi la-mu-u₂ lib₃-ba-šu₂ ta-ne₂-hum-ma | ... his anger, the anger of his heart, you have ceased |
| 2 | [...] {{ |TUR&TUR| }} ša₃-bi {{ e }} a-še-er-[ra-am₃] | ... its inside is a flood(?) |
| 3 | [... tur₃]-gin₇ niŋin-na-am₃ {{ |TUR&TUR| }} ša₃-bi {{ e }} <a-še-ra-am₃> | Like a stall, it is full of fright, its inside is filled with tears |
| 4 | [e₂] ⸢zid⸣-ŋu₁₀ {{ u }} še-eb e₂-kur-ra-[ŋu₁₀] <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The house of the ezid-priestess and the brickwork of the Ekur are in tears. |
| 5 | [ki-ur₃] ki-gal-ŋu₁₀ {{ u }} eš₃ e₂-nam-til₃-[la] <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The Ki’ur, Kigalbu, and the shrine Enamtila are in tears. |
| 6 | [e₂] ⸢zid⸣-ŋu₁₀ {{ u }} še-eb zimbir{ki}[ŋu₁₀] <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The temple of Ezid-Ešum, and the brickwork of Sippar, its inside is an ašera. |
| 7 | [eš₃ e₂]-babbar-ru₃ {{ a }} e₂-di-kud-mah-kalam-ma <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The shrine Ebabbar, water of the Edikudmahkalama, its inside is ascertained |
| 8 | [e₂ zid]-ŋu₁₀ {{ u }} še-eb tin-tir{ki}[ŋu₁₀] <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The true temple, and the brickwork of Babylon, its inside is an ašera |
| 9 | [še-eb e₂]-⸢saŋ⸣-il₂-la {{ a }} eš₃ e₂-tur₃-kalam-[ma] <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The brickwork of the E-e-sa-E-ila temple, woe, shrine Etur-kalama, its inside is an ašera. |
| 10 | [e₂ zid]-ŋu₁₀ {{ u }} še-eb bad₃-si-ab-ba{ki}[ŋu₁₀] <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The true temple, and the brickwork of Borsippa, its inside is an ašera. |
| 11 | [eš₃ e₂]-zid-da-ta {{ a-e }} eš₃ e₂-mah-til₃-[la] <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | From the shrine Ezida, the water, the shrine Emahtila, its inside is ascertained |
| 12 | [eš₃ e₂]-te-me-an-ki {{ a }} eš₃ e₂-durah-an-[na] <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The shrine Etemenanki, woe, shrine Edurahana, its inside is ascertained |
| 13 | [eš₃] ⸢e₂⸣-nam-bi-zid-da {{ a }} eš₃ {{ e }} e₂-ur₄-me-imin-⸢an⸣-[ki] <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The shrine E’enambizida, the shrine Eurmeimin-Eanki, its inside is an ašera. |
| 14 | [i-si-iš] ⸢am₃⸣-ta-la₂-e {{ a }} i-bi₂-bi-ta i-si-iš am₃-ta-[la₂-e] | The one who screams, “Alas, the water, before it, the one who shouts, |
| 15 | [ni-is-sa]-tu₄ it-ta-aʾ-lal ina pa-ni-⸢šu₂⸣ ni-is-sa-tu₄ it-ta-[aʾ-lal] | The nissātu-disease has ceased in front of the ešû-demon. |
| 16 | [...] ša₃-bi a-še-er-ra i-<si-iš am₃-ta-la₂-e> | ... its interior is filled with tears |
| 17 | [...] lib₃-ba-šu₂ ta-ne₂-hum-ma <ni-is-sa-tu₄ it-ta-aʾ-lal> | (Sum) ... his heart trembles, the nissātu-demon keeps wailing (Akk) The ... of his heart is shaken, his mood is swollen |
| 18 | [... lu₂] ⸢hul₂⸣-a-na {{ a }} nu-mu-ni-⸢x⸣-[...] | ... the one who rejoices, he does not pour out water |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣-e [...] | ... the eše temple |
| 2' | [...]-ti₃ ina E₂ ul aš-ba-at [...] | ... I do not dwell in the house |
| 3' | [ma-a a-ba] ud me-na-gin₇ ma-a-a {{ a }} ⸢di⸣-[di] | Where is the future like the past? Where will I go? |
| 4' | [...]-⸢x⸣ ki-ma ša₂ u₄-mu ma-ti-ma a-a-iš ⸢al-lak⸣ | ... like that of a day of the future, no one shall go out |
| 5' | [e₂ umun-e] e₂ umun-e {{ a-u }} e₂ zid-[da] | The lord’s house, the house of the king, alas, the true house |
| 6' | bi-it be-li₃ E₂ be-li₃ E₂ ki-i-nu | the house of the lord of the house, the true house, |
| 7' | [...]-⸢am₃⸣ mu šid-bi dub saŋ-kam₂ e₂ tur₃-gin₇ niŋin-na-am₃ NU AL.TIL GABA.RI [...] | It is a ..., its name is šidbi. It is the sa-tablet. The house is an empty wind, it is not finished. Copy of ... |
| 8' | [ki-ma la]-⸢bi⸣-ri-šu₂ {m}{d}EN-DIN{iṭ} A ša₂ {m}{d}EN-DIN{su}E A {m}MU-{d}PAP.SUKKAL ana DU₁₂ iš-ṭur-⸢ma⸣ [...] | Like Lā-ēriš, Bel-uballiṭ, son of Bel-ušallim, descendant of Iddin-Papsukkal, in order to speak (of it) did Bur-ema-e23 |
| 9' | [...]-⸢x⸣ U₄ 2(U)-ILIMMU₄ MU DIŠ-ME-ŠU-MIN-KAM₂ {m}a-lik-sa-dar LUGAL | ... the 20th day of the intercalary year of Alexander, the king |
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