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SBH 27 (P414294)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 27 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414294 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00573 |
| 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 | [... al]-nud me-e al-di-di-di-in | ... lies down, I keep wandering about. |
| 2 | [... ṣa]-⸢lil⸣ ana-ku a-da-al | ... Ša-elil, I will go |
| 3 | [...] ⸢x⸣ er₂-ra a-še-er ba-ni-in-ma-al me-e <al-di-di-di-in> | ... there is weeping and lamentation, I keep wandering about |
| 4 | [...]-⸢kit⸣ u ta-ne₂-hi ša₂ iš-ka-nu ana-ku a-dal | ... and rejoicing I will go |
| 5 | [...] ⸢al⸣-nud me-e <al-di-di-di-in> | ... I want to lie down in the shady place |
| 6 | [...] ⸢al⸣-nud me-e <al-di-di-di-in> | ... I want to lie down in the shady place |
| 7 | [uru₂ ša₃-ba] ⸢al⸣-nud uru₂ bar-ra al-nud me-e <al-di-di-di-in> | In that city he lies down, in the outside of the city lying down, I keep wandering about |
| 8 | [ša₂ ina] IRI ṣa-lil ša₂ a-hat IRI ṣa-lil {<MIN(ana-ku)>} a-dal | Who is in a city of abundance, who is in the city of diminishing abundance, I go around |
| 9 | [...]-ŋu₁₀ si-ŋar-bi al-nud me-e <al-di-di-di-in> | ... sleeps, I keep wandering about |
| 9a | ina {<MIN(...-)>}ia mu-un-⸢gur₄⸣-ra al-nud <me-e al-di-di-di-in> | In the “ditto(?) of(?) ..., I lie down, I roam around |
| 10 | [...] ⸢el⸣-lu ši-gar-ša₂ ṣa-lil ana-ku <a-dal> | ... the elu priestess, the šiŋarṣa-priest, I roam around |
| 11 | [...] ⸢na⸣-aŋ₂-tar-bi-še₃ u₃ nu-mu-un-ši-ku-ku | ... did not sleep at night |
| 12 | [...] ši-ma-ti-šu ul a-ṣal-lal | ... his fate I will not carry off |
| 13 | [u₃ nu]-mu-un-ši-ku-ku u₃-sa₂ nu-mu-un-dab-be₂-en | You do not sleep, you do not grasp the grass. |
| 14 | [ul a]-ṣal-lal šit-tu₄ ul i-ṣab-ba-ta-an-ni | I will not raise a claim, it will not approach me. |
| 15 | [al-di]-⸢di⸣-in nu-kuš₂-u₃-de₃-en | I do not tire of wandering around. |
| 16 | [a]-⸢da⸣-al ul a-na-hi | I did not go up to the river. |
| 17 | [...]-⸢en⸣ a-⸢da⸣-al u₃ nu-mu-un-da-ku-ku ul a-ṣal-lal | I am not able to sleep, I do not sleep. |
| 18 | [...] gub-bu-<ŋu₁₀>-ne ud mu-da-an-zal | ... spent the day there. |
| 19 | [...]-⸢uz⸣-zi-ia u₄-mu iq-ta-ti | ... my ..., the day that has passed |
| 20 | [... tuš-a]-ŋu₁₀-ne itudₓ(|UD.AN.ŠEŠ.KI|) ba-an-da-šuš₂ | When he sits down ..., he will be able to walk with him |
| 21 | [...]-⸢x⸣-ia ṣe-et ar-hi it-ta-ad-dar ir-ta-[bi] | ... my ... has been scattered, it has risen. |
| 22 | [uru₂ a dug₄]-ga a gi₄-a-bi | City, woe, it is woe! |
| 23 | [...] u₃-ša₂-nu-[x] ⸢x-x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the ešunu-plant |
| 24 | [...]-⸢ta⸣ [...] | ...-etae |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... mu-un-pe]-⸢el⸣ [a-a-ŋu₁₀] <mu-un-pe-el> | He defiled ..., he destroyed the father |
| 2' | [... mu-un-pe]-⸢el⸣ a-a-[ŋu₁₀] <mu-un-pe-el> | He defiled the ..., he defaced the father |
| 3' | [... mu]-un-pe-el a-a-ŋu₁₀ <mu-un-pe-el> | He defiled the ..., he defaced the father |
| 4' | [...] ⸢ud-ba di-de₃-bi⸣ men₃ nu-kuš₂-u₃-bi men₃ ud-ba a me-⸢li⸣-[e-a] | ... at that time, when I was going to the temple, I was not tired of it, today, alas, I am eli |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ u₄-me-šu₂ ša₂ i-dul-lu ba-lu in-na-hu ana-ku u₄-mu-šu₂ u i-nim-⸢x⸣-[...] | (Sum) ... (Akk) I am the one who makes the storm pass by, I am a storm and a flood |
| 6' | a i-bi₂-ba šag₄-ŋu₁₀ a i-bi₂-ba šag₄-ŋu₁₀ a i-bi₂-ba te-ba a lu₃-lu₃ | Woe, the eye, woe the eye! Woe! The eye - woe! When it comes to the surface of the water, oh lord! |
| 7' | [a]-hu-lap lib₃-bi-ša₂ a-hu-lap lib₃-bi-ša₂ a-hu-lap pa-nu-šu ina dim-ti₃ dul-lu-hu | Aw, woe, his heart, aw, his face, in darkness, wailing |
| 8' | [nis]-hi MIN{u} a-še-er ŋi₆-ta NU AL.TIL ana DU₁₂{ru} ZI{hi} IM.GID₂.DA {m}{d}EN-A-MU | Refrain. DITTO Ašēr of the river, not finished. For singing, recitation. Imgida of Bel-apla-iddin |
| 9' | [A ša₂] {m}{d}IDIM-DIN-su-E A {d}nanna-u₃-tud ŠU-MIN {m}IDIM-DIN-su-E A-šu₂ | son of Ea-balāṭsu-iqbi, descendant of Nanna-utud. Hand of Esarhaddon, his son |
| 10' | {[lu₂}GALA].⸢TUR⸣{ru} {d}AMAR.UTU-KAM₂ E{ki} {iti}ŠU U₄ 9(DIŠ)-KAM₃ MU ME-ŠU-MIN-KAM₂ | The kalû-priest of Etur-ebru, Marduk-ēriš. (In) Babylon. Month of Tammuz, 9th day, year “Me-sḫ-min-apli |
| 11' | [... DIŠ]-⸢UŠU₃⸣-6(DIŠ)-KAM₂ {d}ar₂-ša₂-ka₁₃ LUGAL | king Arsaces. |
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