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SBH 51 (P414316)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 51 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414316 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00265 + VAT 01728 |
| 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 | [ina a-mat] {d}EN u {d}GAŠAN-ia₂ lis-lim | By the command of Bel and Beltija may it be well |
| 2 | ⸢uru₂⸣ hul-a-ke₄ a e₂-ŋu₁₀ im-me | She cries “Alas, the house of the evildoer! |
| 3 | ša₂ IRI-ša₂ šul-pu-tu₂ a-hu-lap E₂-mi i-qab-bi | (Sum) The heart of the city is trembling, the heart of my temple is shaking |
| 4 | mušen-e uru₂ hul-a-ke₄ a <e₂-ŋu₁₀ im-me> ar-da-tu₄ ša₂ IRI šul-pu-tu <a-hu-lap E₂-mi i-qab-bi> | The snake of the destroyed city cries “Alas, the temple’s awe" (= Šumma Izbu XIV unknown) |
| 5 | ⸢ama uru₂⸣ saŋ-ŋa₂ gašan-tin-lu-ba-ke₄ | The mother of the inner city, Nintinuga |
| 6 | ⸢saŋ-DUN₃⸣ an-na gašan-i₃-si-in-na{ki}ke₄ | The sa-dun temple of An, Gašanisina |
| 7 | ⸢du₅⸣-mu e₂-a gašan {d}gu-nu-ra-ke₄ | The e-du-e-mu of the house, the gas van of Gunura, |
| 8 | ⸢IB₂-LU⸣-kug ama e₂-ša₃-ba-ke₄ | The mother of the Ešaba temple |
| 9 | {d}uru₁₆-a₂-nun ama ⸢kurku₂⸣-ke₄ | Uruanun, mother of the Ekurkug temple |
| 10 | gašan e₂-gal-mah gašan e₂-rab-⸢de₅⸣-de₅ | The van of Egalmah, the van of Erab-edede |
| 11 | gašan e₂-ni₉-mar-ra gašan [ki kug]-⸢ga⸣-ke₄ | The van of Enimar, the van of the place Kug-ega'e |
| 12 | gašan-aš-te gašan [la₇-ra₃-ak]{⸢ki⸣}ke₄ | a carpenter's wheel, a van of Larak |
| 13 | ama e₂-a {d}⸢ezina₂⸣ {[d}ku₃-su₃-ke₄] | Mother of the temple, Ezina, Kusu |
| 14 | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] mušen-e a e₂-[ŋu₁₀ im-me] | ... the snake cried out “Alas, the house!'" |
| 15 | ar-da-tu₄ [...] | (Sum) My ..., ... (Akk) The ardatu-demon ... |
| 16 | [...] ŋissu [...] | ... his ... |
| 17 | [...] ⸢x⸣ ar DI ka ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... e’e23 |
| 18 | [...] ⸢x⸣-gin₇ šir₃ er₂-ra [...] | ... like a house, a weeping heart |
| 19 | [...]-ri₃ ṣe-re-eh ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the scepter of the temple |
| 20 | [...]-un-gi₄-gi₄ tur₃ ⸢MU⸣ [...] | ... will not return. The cattlepen and the stall |
| 21 | [... tar-ba]-ṣi ul i-tur-ram-ma | ... does not return to its place |
| 22 | [...-un]-gi₄-gi₄ amaš ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... will not return to the sheepfold |
| 23 | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 24 | [...] A [...] | ... ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | [...] nam x x [...] | ... fate ... |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ṣi-iš ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... ešbî-plant ... |
| 3' | [...] aŋ₂-kal-kal-la-[...] | ... the mighty(?) |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ MU E ⸢x⸣ dur₂-[ru ...] | ... the ... temple, the dwelling of ... |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x x x x x⸣-bi A al-[...] | ... its |
| 6' | [...] nu-gig nu-⸢x x⸣ [...] | ... the nugig priestess ... |
| 7' | [...] e₂-ŋu₁₀ uru₂-ŋu₁₀ ud mu-ni-ib₂-[...] | ... the house, the city, the storm ... |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ itima-ŋu₁₀ erim₃-ma-ŋu₁₀ [...] | ... the temple, the storehouse |
| 9' | [...] ⸢x⸣ aŋ₂-kal-kal-la-ke₄ a-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... of the mighty one(?) |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ MU E ⸢x⸣ dur₂-ru ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... the ... of the temple, the dwelling place, the temple |
| 11' | [ma]-a a-ba ud me-na-gin₇ ma-a di-di-in | Where is the future like the past? Where will I go? |
| 12' | tum₁₂{mušen}gin₇ ama₅-a ama₅-a | Like a wind blowing in the chamber, into the chamber |
| 13' | GIM su-um-ma-tu₂ ana maš-ta-ki-šu₂ ana maš-ta-ki-šu₂ | Like a šummātu-disease to his extispicy, to his exorcism |
| 14' | nis-hi reš-tu-u₂ uru₂ hul-a-ke₄ ša₂ {d}ME.ME NU AL.TIL | First excerpt of the balaŋ composition uru ḫula ša mnemu, not finished. |
| 15' | ana DU₁₂ ZI IM.GID₂ {m}{d}EN-A-MU A ša₂ {m}{d}IDIM-DIN-su-E | For singing; imgida tablet of Bel-apla-iddin, son of Ea-balāṭu-iqbi |
| 16' | A {m}{d}nanna-u₃-tud ŠU {m}{d}EN-MU-GIŠ | from the Nanna-utud family, hand of Bel-šuma-lišir |
| 17' | ⸢A⸣ ša₂ {m}KI-{d}ŠU₂-DIN A {m}a-gi₇-ba-til₃-la | of Itti-Marduk-balaṭu, descendant of Agibatila |
| 18' | ⸢E⸣{ki} {iti}DIRI.ŠE U₄ AŠ₃-KAM₂ MU DIŠ-ME-NINNU-IA₂-KAM₂ | E-E-E, intercalary Addaru, day XII, year Xerxes, king of Assyria. |
| 19' | [ša₂] ⸢ši⸣-i MU MIN-ME-MIN₃-DIŠ-KAM₂ {m}ar-ša₂-ka LUGAL ša₂ <iṭ>-ṭar₂-ri-du | From Šî-ēṭi, the seventh year of Artaxerxes, the king. |
| 20' | {[m}gu]-⸢ṭa⸣-ar₂-za u {f}a-ši-ʾ-a-ba-ṭa-ar | Gu-eṭērza and Aši-al-abat-bar |
| 21' | [...] ša₂ AD ⸢LU₂ UŠ⸣ A DAM-šu₂ GAŠAN | ... of the father of the man, descendant of his wife, queen |
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