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SBH 40 (P414306)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 40 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414306 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00321 + VAT 00444 |
| 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 a x⸣ [... a]-za-lu-lu a-hu-lap ni-ši | ... ... wail, aḫlap niši |
| 2 | [...] {<MIN(...)>} | ... DITTO |
| 3 | [...] ⸢a⸣-<za-lu-lu> | ... the ea-e-zalulu |
| 4 | [...] ⸢a⸣-<za-lu-lu> | ... the ea-e-zalulu |
| 5 | ⸢x x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [... a]-<za-lu-lu> | “E..., ..., alulu, |
| 6 | a-za-lu-lu [...]-e ŋuruš-a | The azallulu priestess |
| 7 | a-za-lu-lu [...] ur-saŋ gal | ... the great hero |
| 8 | a-za-lu-lu {{ ⸢u⸣ }} [umun]-si {d}mu-ul-lil₂-la₂ | the azallulu-plant, the ēšû-plant of the lord Enlil |
| 9 | a-za-lu-lu ⸢a-hu-lap ni-ši⸣ umun {d}⸢x x x⸣ [...] ⸢x x x x x x⸣ | The azallulu-plant, the aḫlap-plant of Nišû, lord ... ... |
| 10 | a-za-lu-lu {{ u }} ka-naŋ-[...]-⸢x{ki⸣} | and Kanab-...-e23 |
| 11 | <a-hu-lap ni-ši> mu-DI-[...] ⸢x⸣-a-⸢x⸣ | <(It is) a storm that ... our own life” |
| 12 | a-za-lu-lu {{ u }} umun-eg₂-⸢pa₅⸣-[ra] | “Azallulu and Lugalepae |
| 13 | <a-hu-lap ni-ši> be-lu₄ i-ki u pal-⸢gu⸣ | <It is a storm, the life of the lord!” |
| 14 | a-za-lu-lu {{ u }} umun {d}uraš-a | “Alas, and the lord, Uraš |
| 15 | umun-e dil-bat{ki} {{ u }} umun E₂-i-bi₂-{d}a-nu-um | Lord of Dilbat and lord of the Bīt-ibbi-Anum temple |
| 16 | mu-lu saŋ-zu-a {{ a }} tug₂ ba-⸢dul⸣-[la] | The one who knows how to clean a cloth has covered it |
| 17 | ša₂ qaq-qa-<ad>-ka ṣu-ba-tu₂ tu-kat-ti-[mu] | (Sum) The heart of your head is a flood that wipes away the darkness (Akk) You have wiped away the wrath of your heart |
| 18 | ⸢gu₂⸣-zu ur₂-ra {{ i }} ba-e-ni-mar-[ra] | When your throne is placed in the lap, |
| 19 | [ki]-⸢šad⸣-ka ana [...]-⸢ka⸣ taš-ku-nu | You have turned your place into your place |
| 20 | [...] em₃-⸢ma₃⸣-e-šuš₂-[a] | ... of the Ema’ešus |
| 21 | [... pi-sa-an]-nu tu-[kat-ti-mu] | … you open the jar of wine. |
| r | ||
| 1' | AN }} alim-ma ur-saŋ {d}mu-ze₂-eb-ba-[še₂₁-a] | Bison, hero Mudugašea |
| 2' | {d}na₃ dumu nun-na ⸢x x⸣ [...]-x-ad {{ e }} umun an gu-⸢la⸣ | Nabû, princely son of the ... temple, ... lord of heaven and earth |
| 3' | AN }} alim-ma {{ u }} ⸢umun⸣ bad₃-si-ab-ba{⸢ki⸣} {{ an-nu-u }} | Bison, and Eumun-ēṭer of Borsippa this |
| 4' | a }} umun e₂-zid-da {{ u }} umun ka-naŋ-ŋa₂ {{ a-e-e }} | Woe, lord of the Ezida temple, woe, Lord of the land! |
| 5' | a₂ nun gal ⸢a⸣-a {d}en-ki-ke₄ {{ an-nu-u }} | the great princely power of Enki, this |
| 6' | a }} u₃-tu-ud uru₂-ze₂-eb-ba {{ a }} ⸢umun⸣ e₂-engur-ra | The birth mother of Uruzeb, the mother of the Engur temple |
| 7' | an-nu-u }} el-lu-ni gu-la {{ a-u }} me-e gig-ga-a-zu {{ u-e-e }} | This is the great elluni, alas, I am bitterly afraid of you. |
| 8' | e₂-a el-lu-ni gu-la {{ a-u }} me-e ereš šub-ba gašan ⸢mu-un-dur₂⸣-ra {{ e-e }} | In the house, the great elluni drum, Oh, I am the young woman, the one who lies down in her cella, |
| 9' | e₂-saŋ-il₂-la-ke₄ ma-al-la ⸢am⸣ uru₂-ze₂-eb-ba{⸢ki⸣} | The Esa-ila temple is there, the temple of Uruzeb |
| 10' | {kuš}meze-na <nu>-ma-al-la ⸢balaŋ⸣-na nu-ma-al-la {{ a-i ta-i }} | There was no mezêna-garment, there were no ebala-garments. |
| 11' | šag₄-bi i-ni-in-kur₉-ra-ta ⸢lil₂⸣-la₂ ⸢nu⸣-mu-un-⸢x⸣ {{ u }} | After he had brought it to an end, the Elil temple, the Enun temple, and |
| 12' | en₃-du er₂ mu-un-na-[x] ⸢lil₂⸣-la₂ ⸢nu⸣-mu-un-[x] {{ u }} | The song ... weeping for him, “Enlil, enu-mun ...,’ |
| 13' | šag₄-bi i-ni-in-kur₉-ra-⸢ta⸣ lil₂-la₂ nu-mu-un-[x] {{ u }} | Its interior he turned into a ghostly place, he did not ... |
| 14' | [šag₄ he₂-en]-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ {{ e }} bar ⸢he₂⸣-en-na-an-sed-⸢de₃⸣ {{ e }} | May he calm the heart, may he soothe the liver |
| 15' | [... ga]-an-na-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ {{ e }} bar ur-saŋ {d}asal-lu₂-hi [...] | ... I want to pacify ..., ... hero Asalluhi |
| 16' | [...] ga-an-huŋ bar-ra-a-ni ga-an-na-[sed] {{ e-e }} | ... I want to pacify his liver, let me cool his liver |
| 17' | [... ga]-an-huŋ <bar-ra-a-ni ga-an-na-sed> | I want to pacify the heart of the people, I want [to cool] his liver |
| 18' | [... šag₄-zu he₂]-en-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ bar-zu he₂-en-sed-de₃ {{ e }} | May your heart be pacified, may your liver be soothed |
| 19' | [...]-⸢kam₂ er₂-šem₄⸣-ma {d}utu-gin₇ e₃-⸢ta⸣ | It is an eršemmaš prayer to the one who rises like Utu |
| 20' | [...]-MU-{d}EN ša₂ x ⸢x⸣ [...] A ša₂ {m}{d}ŠU₂-EN-šu₂-nu | ...-šuma-Bēl son of ... descendant of Marduk-bēlassunu |
| 21' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢ŠI⸣ | ... ešû-plant |
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