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SBH 37 (P414303)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 37 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414303 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00402 |
| 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 | [a lum-ma al-la₂ al]-e₃-a a lum-ma al-la₂ al-e₃-a | Alas, the lumma-priestess is coming out, alas! The limma’s are coming out! |
| 2 | [a-hu-lap un-nu-bi ik]-ka-mu-u a-hu-lap uš-šu-bi ša₂ ik-ka-su-u | Aḫum-lapu, its reed screen has been loosened, ahā-lipu is its skin. |
| 3 | [a-hu-lap un-nu-bi ša₂ im]-ma-hu-u a-hu-lap uš-šu-bi ša₂ im-ma-hu-u | Aḫumlapu, its reed bed is swollen, aha̮ulapu is its eašû |
| 4 | [...] su₈-ba ge₁₆-le-eŋ₃-ŋa₂ al-tuš | ... the shepherd sat down |
| 5 | [...] hul-lu-qi₂-iš a-šib | ... I have sat down for the evil ... |
| 6 | [...] ⸢ur₅⸣-ŋu₁₀ gu₂ al-ed₂-de₃ | ... the ešû-house is torn down |
| 7 | [...]-⸢x⸣-ra-as-sat ša₂ im-ma-hu-u₂ | ... he was enraged |
| 8 | [...] im-ma-ra-e₃ | ... came out for you |
| 9 | [ina E₂ gi]-⸢pa⸣-ri it-ta-ṣi | in the house of the reed screen he has taken |
| 10 | [...] im-ma-ra-e₃ | ... came out for you |
| 11 | [a ŋuruš] ur-saŋ umun-{d}a-zu | Woe, hero, lord Azu |
| 12 | [a] ŋuruš {d}da-mu-ŋu₁₀ | son of Damu-bu |
| 13 | [a ŋuruš] du₅-mu umun-mu-zid-da | son of Lugalmuzida |
| 14 | [a ŋuruš] {d}alla umun-sa-par₃ | son of Balla, the lord of the net |
| 15 | [a ŋuruš] li-bi-ir umun-šud₃-de₃ | Woe, young male goat, herdsman of the lord |
| 16 | [a ŋuruš] {d}ištaran i-bi₂ šuba{ba} | “Woe, young woman, Ištaran, look at me! |
| 17 | [a ŋuruš] mu-lu-sir₃-ra-an-na-ŋu₁₀ | Woe, young man Mulusirrana |
| 18 | [a ŋuruš] ama-ušumgal-an-na | Woe, young woman Amaušumgalana |
| 19 | [a ŋuruš] šeš ama mu-tin-an-na | Woe, young man, mother Mutinana |
| 20 | [...] {ŋeš}ma₂ su₃-su₃ in-nud | ... he slept on the empty boat |
| 21 | [...]-⸢tu⸣-šu ina {giš}MA₂ ṭe-bi-ti₃ ṣal-lu₄ | ... his ... in the boat of the teeming sea |
| 22 | [...] buru₁₄ su-su in-nud | ... the harvest was cut off |
| 23 | [...]-⸢tu⸣-šu ina e-bu-ri šal-lu-ma {<MIN(ṣal-lu₄)>} | ... his ... in the midst of the harvest |
| 24 | [...] i₃-nud | ... slept |
| 25 | [...]-ti {<MIN(ṣal-lu₄)>} | ...-ti ditto |
| 26 | [...] nu-mu-un-kuš₂-u₃-⸢ne⸣ | ... they do not tire |
| 27 | [...] la ⸢x⸣-[...] | ... not ... |
| 28 | [...] ⸢x⸣-la ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the elala temple |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...]-a [...] | ... ... |
| 2' | [...]-su iš-tu [...] | ... his from |
| 3' | [...] nu-gu₇ {<MIN(...)>} | ... does not eat ... |
| 4' | [...] a-ka-lu la i-ku-lu | ... they did not eat food |
| 5' | [...] li-bi-ir-re ba-an-dab | ... seized the libir priestess |
| 6' | [...] gal-lu-u in-ne-eb-ṭu₂ | (Sum) ... he screamed a lament (Akk) The lamentation singer was lamenting |
| 7' | [...] galla-e ba-an-dab mu-un-dab | ... the galla demon seized him, he seized |
| 8' | [...]-⸢x⸣-šu₂ gal-lu-u₂ it-mu-hu | (Sum) ..., he was enraged(?) (Akk) The ... of his ... became angry |
| 9' | [...]-DU mu-lu šu du₃-a-na | ..., the one whose hand was made |
| 10' | [...]-ri il-la-ku-šu₂ | ... they will run away |
| 11' | [...]-e mu-lu aŋ₂ gi-ra-na | ... the one of his young laborers |
| 12' | [...]-⸢nim⸣-ma da-i-ki-šu₂ | ... his strength |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣ su-su bi₂-tuš-a | After he had sat down on the throne |
| 14' | [...]-⸢x⸣-he-e dul-lu-hat e-diš-ši-ki mi-na tu-uš-bi | ... your work, what did you do? |
| 15' | [...] ⸢dul⸣-lu-hat e-diš-ši-ša₂ aš-bat | ... the eluḫtu-vessel is its name |
| 16' | [...]-⸢x⸣ IM.GID₂.DA LIMMU-KAM eden u₂ saŋ-ŋa₂-ke₄ | ... imgida tablet of the fifth (column) |
| 17' | [...]-⸢x⸣ ki-ma SUMUN-šu₂ ša₂-ṭir-ma IGI.KAR₂.AK.A | ... like its old, write down and collate (it) |
| 18' | [...] {m}{d}NA₃-na-din-MU DUMU {m}ŠUM₂{na}{d}PAP.SUKKAL | ... Nabu-nadin-šumi, son of Iddin-Papsukkal |
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