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SBH 36 (P414302)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 36 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414302 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00175 + VAT 01790 + VAT 01826 |
| 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' | [... e₂-di-kud-mah-kalam]-⸢ma⸣ <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The Edikudmahkalamae temple is an ašera. |
| 2' | [... tin-tir{ki]}ŋu₁₀ <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The ... of Babylon is an ašera |
| 3' | [še-eb e₂-saŋ-il₂-la] eš₃ e₂-⸢tur₃⸣-kalam-ma <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The brickwork of the Esaila, the shrine Etur-ekalama, its inside is an ašera |
| 4' | [e₂ zid-ŋu₁₀] še-eb bad₃-⸢si⸣-ab-ba{ki}ŋu₁₀ <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The true temple, the brickwork of Borsippa, its inside is a flood |
| 5' | [eš₃ e₂-zid-da-ta] eš₃ e₂-mah-til₃-la <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | From the shrine Ezida, the shrine Emahtila, its inside is ascertained |
| 6' | [eš₃ e₂-te-me-en-an-ki] eš₃ e₂-durah-an-na <ša₃-bi a-še-ra-am₃> | The shrine Etemenanki, the shrine Edurahana, its inside is ascertained |
| 7' | [i-si-iš am₃-ta-la₂-e] i-bi₂-bi-ta i-si-iš am₃-ta-la₂-e | He stretched out a net, he stretched out his net from its front |
| 8' | [ni-is-sa-tu₄ it-ta-lal] ina pa-ni-šu ni-is-sa-tu₄ ⸢it⸣-ta-lal | The nissātu-demon has passed by before him. The eštâmta'e (demon) has passed through |
| 9' | [... ša₃-bi a-še]-er-ra i-<si-iš am₃-ta-la₂-e> | ... its inside is trembling like a flood wave |
| 10' | [... lib₃]-⸢ba⸣-šu₂ ta-ne₂-hum-ma <ni-is-sa-tu₄ ⸢it⸣-ta-lal> | (Sum) ... his heart trembles (Akk) The heart of his heart is shaken, the heart shakes |
| 11' | [...] nu-mu-ni-ib₂-dib-ba | ... did not pass |
| 12' | [...] ul i-ba-ʾa | ... does not exist |
| 13' | [... li]-ba-na nu-<mu-ni-ib₂-dib-ba> | ... does not pass by on his own |
| 14' | [...] ri-šu {<MIN(ul)>} i-ba-ʾa ul it-ta-na-al-lak | ... his hand does not lie down, he does not go |
| 15' | [...] er₂-ra nu-mu-ni-ib₂-gul-la | ... does not destroy in tears |
| 16' | [...] ba-ka-a ul i-kal-la | ... he does not hold back ... |
| 17' | [...] er₂-<ra nu-mu-ni-ib₂-gul-la> | ... does not destroy in tears |
| 18' | [...] ba-ka-a <ul i-kal-la> | ... eats(?) the food(?) |
| 19' | [...] tum₁₂{mušen(ri)}bi am₃-⸢niŋin⸣-e | ... its wind is blowing |
| 20' | [...] ⸢su⸣-um-ma-tu-šu₂ iṣ-ṣa-nun-du | ... his esû-ummatu-vessel |
| 21' | [...] u₆-di la-ba-an-tuku | ... did not have a marvel |
| 22' | [... iš-ta]-al-lat a-šar tab-ra-a-tu₂ ul i-ši | ... he has been carried off, the one who has been taken captive does not have |
| 23' | [...]-⸢x⸣ ba-ku-ku-uš | ... he smote |
| 24' | [...] ⸢ṣe⸣-e-tu₂ it-tan-du(UD-)u₂ | ... the ešbētu-festival |
| 25' | [... er₂]-⸢ra⸣ am₂-ma₃-tuš | ... sits down in tears |
| 26' | [...] ⸢um⸣-mu bi-ki-tu₄ ina bi-ki-⸢tu₂⸣ [...] ⸢it⸣-ta-pal-sih₂ | (Sum) ... the e’um-ēmu-plant, in ... (Akk) In ..., the bi‘kitû-plant |
| 27' | [...]-⸢da⸣-BI-us₂ | ...-eba-uš |
| 28' | [...] it-ta-lu-u₂ | ... they roamed |
| 29' | [... šu al-gur]-⸢gur⸣-re | Hand to hand |
| 30' | [...]-⸢x⸣-[...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢x⸣ | |
| 2' | [...]-⸢x⸣-EN | ...-e-bēl |
| 3' | [...]-EN | ...-Bel |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [... {d}EN]-DIN{su}E A {m}{⸢d}nanna⸣-u₃-tud | Bel-uballissu, son of Nanna-etud |
| 8' | [...] {d}ŠU₂-KAM₂ E{ki} | ... of Šamaš of Babylon |
| 9' | [...] ša₂ ši-i | ... that one |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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