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SBH 41 (P414307)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 41 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414307 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00408 + VAT 02179 |
| 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' | ⸢kuš₇ su⸣ kur-kur-⸢ra⸣-[aš ba-ni]-⸢ib₂⸣-dib | He passed through all the lands like a lion |
| 2' | na-⸢as₂⸣-pan-tu₄ ina KUR-MEŠ uš-⸢te⸣-bi-iʾ | The našpāntu-disease has occurred in all the lands |
| 3' | {gi}⸢en₃⸣-bar pu₂-bi-ta ba-da-an-ša-ra | The reed mats were thrown out of their wells |
| 4' | ap-pa-ri ina šuq-li-šu₂ ub-bi-il | (Sum) He raised the apsû tree in his hand (Akk) I raised a sacrificial sheep from his hand |
| 5' | buru₁₄ isin-bi-ta ba-da-an-su₃ | from the harvest he took it away. |
| 6' | e-bu-ru ina i-šin-ni-šu₂ u₂-ṭa-ab-bi | (Sum) The eburu priestess, in her womb, screams with his voice (Akk) The harvester, with his wailing voice, shouts |
| 7' | e₂ {gi}dim-bi-ta ba-da-an-KEŠ₂ | he walked away from the house of the ghost |
| 8' | E₂ ina rik-si-šu₂ ul-te-mid | I have bound the house with his seal. |
| 9' | uru₂ ki-ur₃-bi-ta ba-da-an-nud | From the Kiʾur city he lies down. |
| 10' | IRI ina du-ru-uš-ši-šu₂ ul-te-ni-il | (Sum) The city has been made into a ruin mound (Akk) I have made the city into ruined mounds |
| 11' | ka-naŋ-ŋa₂ sur₆-bi-ta ba-da-ha-lam | In the land, in its midst, there was mourning. |
| 12' | ⸢ma⸣-a-ti ina [be₂-ru]-ti-šu₂ uh-tal-liq | the eagles in its middle he destroyed |
| 13' | ⸢tur₃⸣-ra ab₂-bi-ta sag₂ ba-ab-dug₄ | In the cattlepen, the cows were scattered. |
| 14' | [tar]-ba-ṣu ina la-ti-šu₂ is-sa-pah | he smote with his left hand |
| 15' | ⸢amaš⸣-a e-ze₂-bi-ta ba-da-an-bur₁₂ | The eagle cut off the sheep. |
| 16' | ⸢su⸣-pu-ru ina ṣe-ni-šu₂ is-su-uh | The esû-pūru-plant has been removed from his body |
| 17' | [...] gud₃-bi-ta ba-da-an-ir | ... carried away from its nest. |
| 18' | [...] ina qin-ni-šu₂ iš-ta-lal | ... he sat on his hem |
| 19' | [u₃]-ma ⸢dug₄⸣ a-ma-ru ba-an-ur₃ | Now, the “house-builder’s-vessel was surrounded by a flood. |
| 20' | [...] ⸢x⸣ [... a]-⸢bu-ba⸣ ul-te-bi-iʾ | ... I have sent to you |
| 21' | [...]-du₉-du₉ | “It is enough, it is enough! |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢x⸣ ana E₂-šu₂ [...] | ... to his house |
| 2' | [še-eb] nibru{ki}na ⸢de₃⸣-[en-na-huŋ-ŋe₂₆] | The brickwork of Nippur is to be admired |
| 3' | [še-eb] e₂-kur-ra de₃-en-⸢na-sed⸣-[de₃] | May he cool down in the brickwork of the Ekur temple |
| 4' | [ki]-ur₃ ki-gal de₃-en-na-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ | May the Ki'ur and the Kigal be pacified for him |
| 5' | [eš₃] e₂-nam-til₃-la de₃-en-na-sed-de₃ | May he soothe him in the shrine Enamtila |
| 6' | [e₂] zimbir{ki} de₃-en-na-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ | I want to pacify the temple of Sippar |
| 7' | [eš₃] e₂-babbar-ru₃ de₃-en-na-sed-de₃ | May the shrine Ebabbar soothe him |
| 8' | [e₂] tin-tir{ki} de₃-en-na-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ | I want to pacify the temple of Babylon |
| 9' | [še]-⸢eb⸣ e₂-saŋ-il₂-la de₃-en-na-sed-de₃ | I want to cool (the inhabitant of) the Esa-ila temple |
| 10' | [še]-⸢eb⸣ bad₃-si-ab-ba{ki} de₃-en-na-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ | I want to pacify (the inhabitant of) Borsippa |
| 11' | [še]-⸢eb⸣ e₂-zid-da de₃-en-na-sed-de₃ | I want to cool (the inhabitant of) the Ezida temple |
| 12' | [e₂]-mah-til₃-la de₃-en-na-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ | I want to pacify the Emahtila temple |
| 13' | [e₂]-te-me-an-ki de₃-en-na-⸢sed-de₃⸣ | May Etemenanki be soothed to him |
| 14' | [e₂]-durah-an-na de₃-en-na-[huŋ-ŋe₂₆] | I want to pacify the Edurahana temple |
| 15' | [še]-⸢eb⸣ e₂-ud-gal-gal-la de₃-en-na-⸢sed-de₃⸣ | I want to cool (the inhabitant of) the E'udgalgal temple |
| 16' | ⸢eš₃⸣ e₂-nam-[he₂]-⸢a⸣ de₃-en-na-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ | I want to pacify (the inhabitant of) the Enamhe temple |
| 17' | [še]-eb e₂-pad₃-da de₃-en-na-sed-de₃ | May he cool you in the brickwork of the Epada temple |
| 18' | ⸢eš₃⸣ e₂-ud-ta-aš de₃-en-na-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ | May the ešû priest of the E-udta-shrine rejoice for him |
| 19' | ⸢e₂⸣-he₂-nun de₃-en-na-sed-de₃ | I want to cool the Ehenun temple for him |
| 20' | [na]-aŋ₂ erim₃-ma-a-ni-še₃ kur-kur-ra am₃-du₉-du₉ | No one is able to conquer the foreign lands without his storeroom |
| 21' | [aš₂]-šum i-šit-ti-šu₂ ina ma-ta-a-ti i-ša₂-⸢ab⸣ | As for him, his inheritance in the land will accrue |
| 22' | [...]-⸢x⸣ NU AL.TIL ana ⸢DU₁₂⸣{ru} ZI{hi} | ...-e23 was not completed; it was taken to the E’eštu-ebru. |
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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)
- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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