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SBH 59 (P414324)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 59 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414324 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00017+ VAT 00593 + VAT 02182 |
| 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' | [...]-ta [...] | ... from |
| 2' | [...] ⸢bi⸣-ti-ša₂ [...] | ... her temple |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣-ba gašan [...] | ... in its ... the caravan |
| 4' | [...] e₂-a ⸢ama e₂⸣-[...] | ... in the house, the mother of the house |
| 5' | ⸢a⸣ gašan-ŋu₁₀ AN [...] A [...] | “(If) he slips through a window, ... ... |
| 6' | ⸢egir₃⸣ zid-da gašan-⸢gu₃⸣-[teš₂-a-sig₁₀-ga-ke₄] | The true princess, the one of the vanguards |
| 7' | a-⸢a⸣ }} ba-gi₄-a ⸢dumu saŋ⸣ {[d}uraš-a] | Aya-ea returned, son of Sa'e-Aya |
| 8' | a-a }} AN ⸢e₂⸣-a [dumu saŋ E₂-i-bi-{d}a-nu-um] | Father Anum of the E-ibbi-Anum temple |
| 9' | ⸢egir₃⸣ zid-da gašan-⸢gu₃⸣-[teš₂-a-sig₁₀-ga-ke₄] | The true princess, the one of the vanguards |
| 10' | ⸢a⸣ }} egir₃ gu-la gašan {d}na-[na]-a | the great princess, the power of Nanaya |
| 11' | ab₂ nu-⸢x-x-x⸣ {{ e-[a] }} [...]-da-⸢x⸣ | The cow does not |
| 12' | lit-tu₄ ana E₂ ša₂ [...] it-ta-[...]-⸢x⸣-din | (If) he goes down to the house of ..., he will be able to ... |
| 13' | lit-tu₄ mar-ṣi-iš ⸢i⸣-ša₂-⸢x⸣-[...]-ka-nu-ši | May it be well with you! |
| 14' | [a-a] }} a ud-bi am₃-me {{ ⸢e-a⸣ }} [gig-bi DI] ⸢am₃⸣-me | Father, woe this storm! “Ea, Ea, the sick one, we are sick! |
| 15' | a-hu-lap u₄-mi šu-a-⸢tu₄⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ a ⸢x⸣ [...] | “Alas, the storm, ... the ešûtu-temple, the ... temple, the water ... |
| 16' | [a-a] }} ⸢gu₃ e₂ hul⸣-a-na {{ a }} gig-bi DI [am₃-me] | Father Enlil, in his destroyed house a bitter cry is uttered |
| 17' | ši-si-it E₂-ša₂ šul-pu-tu₂ mar-ṣi-iš [...] | (As for) the one who removes the šulpūtu-vessel from his house, he is a sick person |
| 18' | a-a }} gu₃ uru₂ hul-a-na {{ a }} gig-bi DI [am₃-me] | Father, the cry of her destroyed city, woe, its bitterness ... |
| 19' | ši-si-it IRI-ša₂ šul-pu-tu₂ {<MIN(mar-ṣi-iš)>} ... | The šīsitu of his city (is) a flood, ditto |
| 20' | a-a }} gu₃ uru₂-a-na gu₃ e₂-a-na {{ a }} gig-bi <DI am₃-me> {{ e }} | Father, cry of her city, cry for her house, “Alas, its pain is severe!’ she says. |
| 21' | {<MIN(ši-si-it)>} IRI-ša₂ {<MIN(ši-si-it)>} E₂-ša₂ {<MIN(mar-ṣi-iš)>} ... | (If) ditto, his city, his house, his wife |
| 22' | a-a }} gu₃ ama₅-na gu₃ erim₃-ma-na {{ a }} gig-bi <DI am₃-me> {{ e }} | Father, the cry of her cella, the crying of her storehouse, “Alas, its bitterness is ...,> |
| 23' | {<MIN(ši-si-it)>} maš-ta-ki-ša₂ {<MIN(ši-si-it)>} i-šit-ti-ša₂ {<MIN(mar-ṣi-iš)>} ... | ditto is her maštakku-disease, i-svittīša (and) <ditto> is her blood |
| 24' | a-a }} gu₃ dam-a-ni gu₃ dumu-ni {{ a }} gig-bi <DI am₃-me> {{ e }} | Father, his spouse, his child ... bitterly |
| 25' | {<MIN(ši-si-it)>} mu-ti-ša₂ {<MIN(ši-si-it)>} ma-ri-ša₂ {<MIN(mar-ṣi-iš)>} ... | Ditto of her husband, ditto (of) her wife, di[tto] of her son, |
| 26' | a-a }} gu₃ mu-un-gur₁₁-ra-ni {{ a }} gig-bi <DI am₃-me> {{ e }} | Father, when she shouts, she cries bitterly: “Oh, oh, ḫoe! |
| 27' | {<MIN(ši-si-it)>} ma-ak-ku-ri-ša₂ {<MIN(mar-ṣi-iš)>} ... | “(If) ditto a man’s limbs (are swollen) |
| 28' | a-a }} ⸢gu₃⸣ [gil]-⸢sa-a⸣ {{ a }} gig-bi <DI am₃-me> {{ e }} | Father, gu’e-house, gil-esa'e, “Alas, he is sick with it!', she says. |
| 29' | [...]-⸢x⸣ {<MIN(mar-ṣi-iš)>} ... | ...-e23 ditto |
| 30' | [...] ⸢mu⸣-ni-ib₂-zal-e {{ ⸢RU⸣ }} | ... he will pass, the stele |
| 31' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ | |
Sources & licences
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