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SBH 31 (P414298)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 31 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414298 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00278 |
| 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' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ana na-piš-[...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | For the napišu-plant |
| 3' | ši-bi kur-kur-ra [...] | The life of all the lands |
| 4' | da-ad-mu na-piš-ta ⸢ti⸣-[...] | (Sum) I am the lord, the one who gives life (Akk) The judge, by the life of the eti-eštar |
| 5' | ši {d}a-nun-na-ke-e-⸢ne⸣ [...]-⸢x⸣-la-a-ŋu₁₀ | from the Anuna gods |
| 6' | na-piš-ti {d}{<MIN(...)>} [...] | The life of Ditto |
| 7' | {e₂}tur₃ ⸢amaš⸣-gin₇ ⸢lu⸣-lu-a-ŋu₁₀ | Like a pigeon, like an eagle, |
| 8' | ⸢E₂⸣ ša₂ ki-ma tar-ba-ṣu su-pu-ru du-uš-šu-u₂ | (As for) the temple, whose foundations are as firm as a mountain, its foundation(s) are firm |
| 9' | [e]-⸢ze₂⸣-gin₇ ⸢amaš⸣-gin₇ lu-lu-a-ŋu₁₀ | Like an ewe, like an adolescent child, it is full of splendor |
| 10' | [ki]-⸢ma⸣ ṣe-e-ni ina su-pu-ru du-uš-šu-u₂ | (As for) the one who removes my inscription in the street, |
| 11' | [bur]-⸢gul⸣-e bur gul-la-ŋu₁₀ | The bur-egul, the bur-gul |
| 12' | ⸢ša₂⸣ pur-kul-lu₄ pu-ra iq-qu₂-ru | The purkullu-priestess poured out a pit. |
| 13' | ⸢za₂⸣-dim₂-ma za₂ ba-an-dim₂-ma-ŋu₁₀ | It was fashioned into a ziggurat. |
| 14' | ša₂ za-dim-ma ab-nu ib-nu-u₂ | Who created the zadimma stone, |
| 15' | kan₄-bi-ta ki u₆-di-ŋu₁₀ | from its gate Udibu |
| 16' | ba-ab-ba a-šar tab-ra-a-ti-ia | (Sum) The one who destroys my enemies (Akk) I am the one who breaks my enemies |
| 17' | ⸢e₂⸣ zid ki-šu-⸢peš₅⸣ na-aŋ₂-mu-lu-a-ŋu₁₀ | “House, the righteous one, do not enter the house! |
| 18' | E₂ ki-i-ni ma-ha-zi ša₂ ni-ši-ia | The true temple, the cult center of my city |
| 19' | ⸢e₂⸣ niŋin₃-mar-ra kur-kur-ra-ŋu₁₀ | “The house that we set up, all the lands |
| 20' | ⸢E₂⸣ nig₂-ga₂-ru ša₂ ma-ta-a-ti | The temple, the property of the land |
| 21' | e₂ ma-mu₂-da ma-du₃-a-ŋu₁₀ | He built a house with me, |
| 22' | E₂ ša₂ ki-ma šu-ut-ti₃ in-ne₂-ep-ša₂-am E₂ ša₂ te-diš-ti₃ <in-ne₂-ep-ša₂-am> | (Sum) It is a house that is built like a hand (Akk) It was built like the hand, it was the house of the hand |
| 23' | uru₂ ma-mu₂-da ma-du₃-a-ŋu₁₀ | The city that I had built, I built it for me. |
| 24' | abzu-ŋu₁₀ ap-su-u₂ gurum-gurum-ma-ŋu₁₀ ⸢x x kak-kul⸣-ti-ia | The Abzu, the Apsû, the gurumguruma, my ..., |
| 25' | kur₂-re im-ma-gul-⸢gul-la⸣-ŋu₁₀ | The enemy destroyed it. |
| 26' | ša₂ nak-ri u₂-ab-bat-⸢tu⸣-šu₂ | Whose enemy will seize him |
| 27' | e₂ kur₂-re šu pe-el₂ ⸢dug₄-ga⸣-ŋu₁₀ | The enemy's house is defiled, it is ruined |
| 28' | E₂ ša₂ nak-ri u₂-qal-li-lu-šu₂ | The house of the enemy will be destroyed. |
| r | ||
| 1 | uru₂ e₂ kur₂-ra šu hul dug₄-ga-ŋu₁₀ | The city, the house that has changed, a bad hand is poured upon it |
| 2 | IRI u E₂ ša₂ ana qa-at nak-ri lem-niš im-ma-lu-u₂ | The city and the house that is in the hands of the evil enemy will be scattered. |
| 3 | e₂-ŋu₁₀ i₃-du₃-am₃ kur in-⸢ga-du₃⸣-a | He built the house, he conquered the land |
| 4 | E₂ ša₂ in-ne₂-ep-šu-ma ma-a-tu₄ ⸢in⸣-ne₂-ep-šu₂ | The house that was built, and the land was also built |
| 5 | e₂-ŋu₁₀ ba-gul-gul kur ⸢ba⸣-gul-gul | The house is destroyed, the land is destroyed. |
| 6 | E₂ it-ta-ʾ-bat ⸢ma⸣-[ta-a]-ti-šu₂-ma it-ta-ʾ-bat | The house has passed by, its terraces have passed by. |
| 7 | e₂-a dam sag₁₀-ga [kur₂-re] ⸢ba⸣-da-ab-ga | In the house the enemy will take away the beautiful spouse |
| 8 | ša₂ E₂ mu-tu₂ ⸢dam-qa⸣ [...]-⸢x⸣ iš-ta-lal | From the house of the dead, the Damqaean, the ...-ean |
| 9 | e₂-a ⸢dumu⸣ [sag₁₀-ga kur₂]-⸢re⸣ <ba-da-ab-ga> | In the house, the beautiful daughter is taken away by the enemy |
| 9a' | ša₂ E₂ ma-ru dam-qa <... iš-ta-lal> | The heart of a good temple ... |
| 10 | ⸢ezen⸣-[...] ⸢šu⸣ nu-um-du₇-du₇ | The ezen-house, the ešum-house was not built |
| 11 | i-sin-[...] ⸢x⸣ ul uš-⸢tak⸣-li-lu | Isin ... did not make it perfect(?) |
| 12 | ⸢me x⸣-[...]-bi e₂-a am₃-gi | Its ... returned to the house |
| 13 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...]-ti ina E₂ pe-⸢hu⸣-u₂ | (Sum) ... in the temple ... (Akk) In the temple of ... ... |
| 14 | [...]-⸢x⸣-ra ub-ba ba-da-gub | ... stood in the corner |
| 15 | [...] ha-am-mu-ma ina ⸢tub₂-qi₂⸣ šu-uz-zu-zu | ... I am afraid, and in the tavern I am terrified |
| 16 | [...] aŋ₂-bi ⸢ba-da-kur₂⸣ bal-[bi] ⸢ba⸣-da-kur₂-re | ... its water will be altered, its balbi will be changed |
| 17 | [pel]-⸢lu⸣-du-šu₂ u-par-ri-[...] ⸢pa-lu-u₂-šu₂⸣ it-te-ki-ir | (Sum) Its elû-demon ... (Akk) The pelū-edušu priestess ... the epalushu-disease ... |
| 18 | ⸢e₂⸣ zid-de₃ bal-⸢bi ba⸣-da-kur₂-re ⸢šu⸣ bal ba-ab-ši-in-ak | (Sum) The true temple, its balaŋ drum is changed (Akk) Its true temple is changed, it is changed |
| 19 | ša₂ E₂ ki-ni pa-lu-[ša₂ ana] pa-lu-⸢u₂⸣ nak-ri uš-te-pi-li | The one of the true temple whose face is turned towards the face of the enemy |
| 20 | e₂ zid <a> mu gin₆ [...] ⸢x⸣-me-a lil₂-la₂ am₃-ma-ni-in-kur₉ | The true temple, like a year ... turned into a ghostly house. |
| 21 | E₂ ki-ni ul [...]-ma ana za-qi₂-qi₂ ⸢li⸣-tur | The true temple did not ... and was turned into a mound of etur-plant |
| 22 | ⸢x IL₂ x⸣ [...]-bi ⸢tur₃⸣-[...]-gi | “The ... of the ... is the tur-e-gi |
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