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SBH 38 (P414304)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 38 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414304 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00414 |
| 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' | urim₂{ki}ma-še₃ {⸢ŋeš}x⸣ kug-ga u₅-a-⸢zu⸣-[ne] | In Urim, the ... of gold, when you enter, |
| 2' | en {d}nu-⸢dim₂⸣-mud-da mi₂ dug₄-ga-zu-⸢ne⸣ | Lord Nudimmud, may you be well! |
| 3' | urim₂{ki}ma-še₃ {ŋeš}⸢x⸣ kug-ga u₅-a-zu-⸢ne⸣ | In Urim, when you have poured out pure water |
| 4' | ur-saŋ a-a {d}nanna mi₂ dug₄-ga-zu-ne | When you love Ursa, father Nanna |
| 5' | barag kug-sig₁₇ ki-in-gi-ra du₃-a | The gold dais built in Sumer |
| 6' | barag kug-babbar ki-in-gi-ra il₂-la | raised the silver dais of Sumer, |
| 7' | umun a-ba e-diri a-ba e-⸢da⸣-sa₂ | Lord, who surpasses you, who equals you? |
| 8' | ur-saŋ gal a-ba e-diri a-ba <e-da-sa₂> | Great hero, who surpasses you, who equals you? |
| 9' | umun {d}nanna a-ba e-diri a-ba <e-da-sa₂> | Lord Nanna, who surpasses you, who equals you? |
| 10' | i-bi₂ il₂-la-zu a-ba ba-ra-e₃ | Who can escape your raised eye? |
| 11' | dub₃ bad-ra₂-zu a-ba ba-ra-⸢šub-bu⸣ | Who can escape your trembling? |
| 12' | za-e e-ne-eŋ₃-zu ab-ba um-mi-la₂ ab ši-hu(PI-)luh-ha | You, when you bring your word to the sea, the sea is frightened |
| 13' | za-e e-⸢ne-eŋ₃⸣-[zu ...] ⸢x x x⸣ | You, when you enter, ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ sug gal-⸢x ku₆⸣ [...] | ... the great marsh, the fish |
| 2' | ki ba-⸢x⸣-[...] | The place where he ... |
| 3' | a-ab-ba ki niŋ₂-daŋal-la-ba ku₆ mušen-na sug₄-⸢ga⸣ [...] | In the sea, in a place of relaxation, the fish of the shady marsh |
| 4' | e i-i a-na la₂-a e i-i a-na la₂-[a] | “Ha! To the detriment, ḫa! [To the de]triment! |
| 5' | e ša₂ ta-na-da-a-ti ma-la i-da-a {<MIN(...)>} | “The heart of the tanātu-disease, as much as there is, ditto! |
| 6' | en {d}dili-im₂-babbar-e | Lord Dilimbabbar |
| 7' | šir₃-re nam-nir-ra šir₃-re nam-nir-ra | In the sanctuaries of the wild cow, in the holy sanctums |
| 8' | za-ma-ri me₂-eṭ-lu-ti | |
| 9' | šir₃-re nam-nir-ra mu-un-na-an-du₁₂-⸢du₁₂⸣-a | In the midst of a roaring storm he shouted for him |
| 10' | i-za-am-mu-⸢ru⸣ | he shall praise. |
| 11' | men dalla uru₂-ze₂-eb{ki}ba-ta [...] | From the bright crown of Uruzeb |
| 12' | mu-du-ru ud sud-ra₂ nam-mi-ni-⸢ib₂⸣-[...] | Do not abandon the scepter of distant days |
| 13' | ša₂ ha-aṭ-ṭi u₄-mi ru-qu-ti ana ⸢x⸣-[...] | (Sum) The one who is enraged by the storm, the distant day (Akk) It is the one of the distant storm that enshrouds the distant days |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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