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SBH 23 (P414290)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 23 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414290 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00267 + VAT 01838 |
| 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}GAŠAN-ia₂ lis-lim | By the command of my lady may it be well |
| 2 | ur-saŋ ur-saŋ gal ⸢lu₂⸣ [nam tar-tar-re-e-de₃] | To determine the fate of the hero, the great hero of the man |
| 3 | qar-ra-du qar-ra-du ra-bu-u₂ [...] | The hero, the great hero |
| 4 | ur-saŋ šul {d}utu ur-saŋ ⸢gal⸣ lu₂ <nam tar-tar-re-e-de₃> | Hero, king of Utu, hero of the palace, who determines fate |
| 5 | ur-saŋ šul {d}utu ur-saŋ [gal] | hero, king of Utu, great hero |
| 6 | am-e e₂-babbar-ru₃ ur-<saŋ gal> | Wild bull of the Ebabbar, great hero |
| 7 | sum₄ mu₂ dumu {d}⸢nin-gal⸣-la {{ a }} ur-<saŋ gal> | The young man, the son of Eningal, the great hero |
| 8 | sum₄ mu₂ za-gin₃ {{ a }} ur-<saŋ gal> | ... lapis lazuli hair of the great hero |
| 8a' | ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] | The ša’e23-plant |
| 9 | sum₄ mu₂ za-gin₃ su₃-su₃ {{ a }} ur-<saŋ gal> | ... adorned with a lapis-lazuli horn, great hero |
| 10 | [sum₄ mu₂] za-⸢gin₃⸣ an-na {{ a }} ur-<saŋ gal> | who gives birth to lapis lazuli in heaven, great hero |
| 11 | [nun barag]-⸢ga⸣ tum₂-ma {{ a }} ur-<saŋ gal> | Prince fitting for the dais, great hero |
| 12 | [nun barag]-ga tuš-a {{ a }} ur-<saŋ gal> | Prince sitting on the dais, great hero |
| 13 | [nun] ⸢zalag⸣-ga sal-sal {{ a }} ur-<saŋ gal> | prince of the bright ešalga temple, who makes the water of the great ursa temple plentiful |
| 14 | ⸢zag⸣ an-na zag ki-še₃ {{ a }} ur-<saŋ gal> | The ziggurat of heaven, the edge of the earth, woe, great hero |
| 15 | umun sa mu-tin {{ a }} ⸢im⸣-ma-[kar-ra] | The lord of the net, the young man, the water of the Emakar temple |
| 16 | dumu še-er-ma-al {{ e-a }} an kug-⸢ga⸣ [me-en] | I am the son of Šērmal, the holy An |
| 17 | dumu mah-di-di {{ a }} {d}mu-[ul-lil₂-la₂ me-en] | I am the exalted son of Enlil |
| 18 | ⸢gal-di a⸣-a-ŋu₁₀ {{ a }} {d}suen-[na me-en] | I am the palace administrator, the water of Suen |
| 19 | ⸢mi₂ dug₄⸣-ga {{ a }} {d}nu-⸢dim₂⸣-[mud me-en] | I am the mighty one, the water of Nudimmud |
| 20 | {d}utu-e₃-ta {d}utu-šuš₂-a-še₃ {{ a }} ur-⸢saŋ⸣ [gal] | from Šamaš-e’e to Utu-šaše, water of Ur-esa-e3 great |
| 21 | {tumu}u₁₈-lu {tumu}mir-ra {{ a }} ur-<saŋ gal> | The north wind, the west wind, woe, great hero |
| 22 | a-ab-ba sig-še₃ {{ ⸢a⸣ }} [ur]-<saŋ gal> | the lower sea, the eašḫe and the great ursa canals |
| 23 | a-ab-ba igi-nim-ma-še₃ {{ [a }} ur]-<saŋ gal> | to the Upper Sea, great hero |
| 24 | ⸢ki⸣ {ŋeš}ha-lu-ub₂ da-ri-ta [ur]-<saŋ gal> | In E-e-e, the eternal Ḫallub temple, great hero |
| 25 | {ŋeš}ha-lu-ub₂ {ŋeš}tir {ŋeš}eren kud-⸢da⸣-[ta ur]-<saŋ gal> | “Ḫallub, tir, cedar, kudda’eda, great hero |
| 26 | {d}en-bi-lu-lu {ŋeš}tir {ŋeš}eren ⸢kud⸣-[da-ta ur]-<saŋ> gal | Enbilulu, the great hero, from the mountain range of the Euphrates River |
| 27 | ta idim-ma [...] | What ...? |
| 28 | ta a-ab-ba [...] | What ... in the sea? |
| 29 | i-bi₂ il₂-la-zu [...] | Your raised eyes |
| 30 | dub₃ bad-⸢ra₂⸣-zu [...] | Your “boiling-of-the-mouth’ ritual ... |
| 31 | e-ne-eŋ₃-zu sa-par₃ ⸢mah⸣ [...] | Your word, the net of the great temple |
| 32 | ⸢ur-saŋ⸣ me-en ši-bi TUR-⸢x⸣-[...] | I am the ursa temple, its small temple |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ur-saŋ me-en x x x⸣ [...] | I am the hero ... |
| 2 | ur-saŋ me-en [sug]-⸢ga um-mi⸣-[...] | I am a hero, I am the ... of the subterranean ocean |
| 3 | a-ŋi₆-a {id₂}buranun{ki}⸢ke₄ A⸣-[...] | At the river bank of the Euphrates |
| 4 | ur-saŋ me-en {ŋeš}mes-TU har-⸢ra⸣-[an ...] | I am a hero, I am the one who makes the meštu drums tremble |
| 5 | e₂-a dim₃-me-er balaŋ er₂-ra ud-[...] | In the temple a god in tears ... |
| 6 | ana E₂ i-lu ina ba-lag-gu taq-⸢rib⸣-[tu₂ ...] | To the temple of lamentation, at sunrise, utterance(?) |
| 7 | gala-e {{ a }} šir₃-ra [...] | The gala-priest ... water in the širra canal |
| 8 | ka-lu-u₂ za-ma-ri [...] | “All the zamaru-instruments .… |
| 9 | gala-e šir₃-ra ⸢nam⸣-[en-na ...] | The gala-priest in the midst of Enameena |
| 10 | ⸢ka-lu-u₂ za⸣-[ma-ri ...] | The kalû-plant, the zāmāru-plant |
| 11 | ⸢gala⸣-[e] šir₃-ra ⸢balaŋ⸣-[ŋa₂ ...] | In the palace, in the middle of the palace |
| 12 | ka-lu-u₂ za-ma-ri ⸢ba-lag⸣-[...] | “All of the zamaru-plants, the purification rites |
| 13 | {kuš}ub₃ kug li-li-is₃ kug {{ a }} mu-[un-...] | The holy sandals, the holy ... sandals ... water |
| 14 | ina up-pi el-lu li-li-is el-lu [...] | “With a pure reed mat, lilis, ellu |
| 15 | šem₃ [me]-⸢ze₂⸣ balaŋ kug-ga {{ a }} mu-un-[...] | The šem song “I am the one who brings out the pure reign,’ |
| 16 | [šag₄] in-huŋ-e-de₃ {{ a }} bar in-⸢sed⸣-[de₃-de₃] | In order to soothe the heart, in order to cool the liver |
| 17 | [alim]-ma {{ a }} ur-saŋ [šul {d}utu] | Bison, son of Ur-sa, descendant of Utu |
| 18 | [ur]-⸢saŋ⸣ gal am-e ⸢e₂⸣-[babbar-ru₃] | Great hero, wild bull of the white house |
| 19 | [...] mah-a kur-gal {d}[mu-ul-lil₂] | ... supreme ... Great Mountain Enlil |
| 20 | ⸢nin⸣ [...]-⸢a⸣ ama ⸢gal⸣ {[d}nin-lil₂] | Ninlil, the mother of the palace, |
| 21 | an uraš-a ki še gu-[nu-ra] {{ IA₂ MU-MEŠ GU₄.U₄-MEŠ }} | An, Uraš, earth (and) Gunura |
| 22 | dim₃-me-er ⸢an⸣-na {{ a }} dim₃-[me-er ki-a] | The god of heaven, the water of the god of earth |
| 23 | a ša₃-ba-⸢ni⸣ {{ a-a }} u₅ [bar-ra-ni] | Woe her heart, woe her liver! |
| 24 | šud₃-de₃ {{ e }} še-eb {{ e }} e₂-babbar-ra {{ a }} ⸢ki⸣-[...] | In order to pray, in order to ... in the Ebabbar temple |
| 25 | ki-šuš₂-bi-im ⸢balaŋ⸣ [...] | Its perimeter is the E-bala-e-23 |
| 26 | umun barag kug-ga [...] | Lord, on the holy dais |
| 27 | nis-hi MIN{u₂} {d}⸢utu⸣ [...] ⸢NA ŠU₂⸣ [...] | Ditto by Ea! ... the Eana! |
| 28 | {⸢m}x-x-x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 29 | ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
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