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SBH 43 (P414309)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 43 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414309 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00282 + VAT 01848 |
| 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 x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... teš₂]-⸢bi i₃-gu₇-e⸣ | ... eats together |
| 3' | [...] ⸢na⸣-ak-ru ik-kal | ... eats the ēna’ecru-plant |
| 4' | [...] ur-re-eš ba-an-<gu₇> | ... devoured the hero |
| 5' | [...]-⸢x⸣ sed-de₃ ba-an-[gurum] ina ku-ṣi ⸢uš⸣-[mit] | ... calmed down, he sat down on the throne |
| 6' | [... ra-pa-aš₂]-⸢ti₃⸣ ša₃-mar-ra ba-an-<gurum> ina bu-bu-ti ⸢uš⸣-[mit] {{ u }} | (Sum) ... he looked at me with awe (Akk) He looked at the ... of the rāpašû-demon in the womb |
| 7' | [... ši]-si-i ad-ŋu₁₀ mar-ra-⸢am₃⸣ rig₂-mi e-si-ir {{ u }} | (Sum) ... (Akk) The ... of the šīsî, the ad-bāri, the mar-ra-e-am, the ritual rigmi esir |
| 8' | [...] ina ra-pa-si šu bar-ŋu₁₀ gig-ga-am₃ ki-im-ki-mu-u₂-a mar-ṣu {{ u }} | ... in the reedbeds, my liver is bitter, my kidneys are sick and |
| 9' | [...] ina ša₂-si-a ša₃-ba-ŋu₁₀ gig-ga-am₃ lib₃-bi mar-uṣ {{ u }} | ... in the šāsiya, the sick heart, affliction of liver and kidney |
| 10' | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ la E₂.KUR <ina> sa-ha-ri zi-in-gi-<ŋu₁₀> gig-ga-am₃ ki-ṣal-la-a-a mar-ṣa {{ u }} | The ... of the ešaŋe temple is not the Ekur, it is bitter in the saḫaru (temple) and the ziggurat |
| 11' | [... ina] E₂.KUR E₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ ina <sa-ha-ri ki-ṣal-la-a-a mar-ṣa> zi-in-<gi>-ŋu₁₀ <gig-ga-am₃> {{ u }} | In the Ekur, the temple of Enlil, in the <saharu” of the rebel land, the zinigû-demon is a sickle, |
| 12' | [... ba-ab] ⸢E₂⸣.KUR ina <sa-ha-ri ki-ṣal-la-a-a mar-ṣa> zi-in-<gi>-ŋu₁₀ <gig-ga-am₃> {{ u }} | The ... of the Ekur temple is a ruin mound in the midst of the rebel land, it is <sick> (and) sick. |
| 13' | [... sin]-⸢niš⸣-tu₄ ana E₂.KUR {{ a }} gu₃ am₃-ma-an-de₂-e is-si-ma | ... a woman shouted to the Ekur: |
| 14' | [... el-le]-⸢tu₄⸣ {d}iš-tar <ana E₂.KUR is-si-ma> {{ a }} gu₃ am₃-<ma-de₂-e> | ... Ištar approached the Ekur and cried out a lament |
| 15' | [...] E₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ ina <... is-si-ma> {{ a }} gu₃ am₃-<ma-de₂-e> | ... the temple of Enlil in ... shouted |
| 16' | [...] {{ a }} gu₃ am₃-<ma-de₂-e> {{ e-a }} | ... cried out a lament |
| 17' | [...] i-ga-ri-šu₂ a-šar ši-ma-a-tu₄ iš-šim-ma <...> | (Sum) ... his ... (Akk) The ... of his igarīšu, the ašar of the heavens, ... |
| 18' | [...] a-tu-u-a {{ a }} ga-na i₃-du₈ e₂ ma-al-u₃ a-tu-u E₂ pe-tu-u {{ u }} | I want to say “Atua, let me bring water! The doorman of the house is there! Atu, open the house! And |
| 19' | [...] a-li-di-ia <a-tu-u E₂ pe-tu-u> {{ a }} i₃-du₈ e₂ ma-al-u₃ {{ u }} | ... my city, open the house! Water the doorkeeper, the house is filled! |
| 20' | [...]-ki <a-tu-u E₂ pe-tu-u> {{ a }} i₃-du₈ <e₂ ma-al-u₃> {{ u }} | ... your ... open the house!” |
| 21' | [...]-⸢x⸣ <a-tu-u E₂ pe-tu-u> {{ a }} i₃-du₈ <e₂ ma-al-u₃> {{ u }} | ... open the house! Water the door, the house is open! |
| 22' | [...]-⸢ki⸣ <a-tu-u E₂ pe-tu-u> {{ a }} i₃-du₈ <e₂ ma-al-u₃> {{ u }} | ...-ešuma-ētû (Sumerian) : “Open the house, open the house!’ (Akkadian) |
| 23' | [...] <a-tu-u E₂ pe-tu-u> {{ a }} i₃-du₈ <e₂ ma-al-u₃> {{ u }} | ... open the house! Water the door, the house is open! |
| 24' | [...] mur₁₀-mur₁₀-ra-zu-ne lab-ša₂-ku-u₂ | ... when you go around, you are attentive |
| 25' | [...] mar-ra-zu-ne ina ša-kin-ka | ... your ... in your presence |
| 26' | [...] ⸢x⸣ ki-ta sa-zu-⸢ne⸣ | ... descendant from the ground |
| 27' | [...] ma-lu-u₂ [...] | ... is plentiful ... |
| r | ||
| 1 | [... lum]-⸢mid⸣ ša₂ {d}a-nim {{ a }} me-ri bi₂-[x] tal₂-lak-tu₂ KI.TA ⸢ṭe-he⸣-[...] | ... Lum-ēmid-e23 of Anu, the foot ... the journey below the E-tbeḫe-e-23 |
| 2 | [... lum]-⸢mid⸣ ša₂ {d}a-nim {{ a }} ⸢dur₂⸣-re-eš ba-an-[mar] uš-bu | ... Lum-emīd-e23 of Anu, the water of the ēriš-house was seen. |
| 3 | [...] {{ a }} ga-na i₃-du₈ e₂ ma-al-[u₃] | ... water, come on! The doorkeeper, the house is here! |
| 4 | [...] ⸢lum⸣-mid <a-tu-u E₂ pe-tu-u> | ... elum-emid (means) <the house is open> |
| 5 | [...]-a-ta šag₄ šu ga-mu-un-⸢tag⸣ lu-ša₂-al-pi₂-is-su₂ | I want to bring out the hand of ... from the ..., let me make it perfect for him |
| 6 | [šag₄-ga-a-ni ga-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ ... lu]-ni-ih bar-ra-a-ni ga-sed-de₃ ka-bat-ta-šu₂ lu-pa-aš₂-ši-ih {{ u }} | Let me pacify his heart, let me cool his liver so that I may soothe his mood |
| 7 | [...] e-ne-eŋ₃ ga-mu-ra-ab-dug₄ a-ma-tu₂ lu-qab-šu₂ {{ u }} | I want to utter a word to you |
| 8 | [...] ⸢e⸣-ne-eŋ₃ <ga-mu-ra-ab-dug₄> a-ma-tu₂ <lu-qab-šu₂> {{ u }} | ... may he say to you “I want to speak to you’ |
| 9 | [...] ⸢na⸣-an-ni-ŋal₂-lu ⸢x x x x x x⸣ | ... anni-ballu ... |
| 10 | [...] ⸢x mu⸣-lu-še₃ | ... to the elu priestess |
| 11' | [...] mu-lu-še₃ | ... to the man |
| 12' | [...] er-ṣe-tu₂ {<MIN(...)>} e₂ ⸢ŋal₂⸣ tak₄-a mu-un-⸢da-an⸣-zu E₂ ⸢pe⸣-ta-a {<MIN(...)>} {{ u }} | ... the four quarters (of the world) “If a house is demolished, you will be able to make it rise’ |
| 13' | [...] ki [mu]-⸢un⸣-da-ab-ze₂-eŋ₃ | ... with Mu-edabzê |
| 14' | [...]-⸢x⸣-ti ⸢e₂ tak₄⸣ nam-mi-in-la₂ E₂ ip-te-šim-ma | (Sum) ... he opened a sealed house. (Akk) He opened the sealed house and |
| 15' | [...] e₂ tak₄ <nam-mi-in-la₂> | ... he sat down in the house |
| 16' | [... bir]-ka-ša₂ ze₂-eb gal ba-ni-in-tuš ra-bi-iš it-ta-šab | He sat down in the great ... of the netherworld, he embraced the great one |
| 17' | [...] en₃ mu-un-tar-tar-re iš-ta-na-al-šu₂ {{ e }} | She inquires after ..., she keeps asking her: “Ha! |
| 18' | [...] en₃-še₃ ba-nu₂-a a-di ma-ti ṣal-la-at {{ e }} | ... as long as he lives ... |
| 19' | [...] ⸢ba⸣-nu₂-<a> | ... in the bedroom |
| 20' | [... ša₃-mar]-⸢ra⸣-aš ba-an-[gurum] {{ u }} | ... Šamar-Eaš received. |
| 21' | [...]-ra-ŋal₂ ina lib-bi-ia ul ba-ši-a-ti {{ u }} | ... were not in my heart, neither were they |
| 22' | [...] ul ša₂-kin-nu-ki | ... is not established for you |
Sources & licences
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