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SBH 67 (P414329)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 67 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414329 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00431 + VAT 01730 + VAT 01737 |
| 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⸣ E ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... e’e23 |
| 2' | [...]-⸢x⸣-ša₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] li KID ta [...] | ... its ... ... |
| 3' | [...] {⸢ŋeš}ki⸣-sig₁₀-ga-bi-še₃ ⸢šag₄⸣ [...] | ... its E-sigga temple, the šag-e- temple |
| 4' | [...] ša₂ ana ši-kit-ti-šu₂ ši-[...] | ... for his life ... |
| 5' | [...] muštug₂-ŋu₁₀ ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... a snake in the eštug plant |
| 6' | [...] UR uz-ni na-[...] | ... a dog ... |
| 7' | [...] ⸢x⸣ he₂-ma-al-la na-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... abundance ... |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ he₂-gal₂-le ša₂ ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... abundance, the heart of ... |
| 9' | [...] he₂-nun-na ma-⸢x⸣-[...] | ... in abundance ... |
| 10' | [...] ⸢x⸣ nu-uh-ši ša₂ x [...] | ... ešû-plant, the light of |
| 11' | [...] kiri₃-zal-la asil₃-la₂ [...] | ... joy, joy ... |
| 12' | [...] ta-šil-ti ša₂ ri-[...] | ... mercy of the heart |
| 13' | [... na]-aŋ₂-gašam ⸢i-bi₂⸣ [...] | ... is to be opened, the ibex ... |
| 14' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣-nu-ti i-⸢nu⸣ [...] | ... ... they ... |
| 15' | [... da]-⸢ma-al⸣-la kur-kur-ra dim gal [...] | ... the one who makes all the lands tremble |
| 16' | [...] ⸢uz⸣-ni ša₂ ma-ta-a-ti mar-kas ⸢x⸣ [...] | ... herdsman of the land, the one who gathers the ešāgu-plants |
| 17' | [...] ⸢x⸣ nu-tuku ki aŋ₂ aš ⸢tar⸣-ra [...] | ... does not have ..., to the place where (the fate) is decided |
| 18' | [...] E₂ ina šu-bat-ši ša₂-ʾ-i-[...] | ... the house in its dwelling |
| 19' | [... uru₂]-ze₂-eb{ki}ba si-ig-ga [...] | ... of Eridu, the gatekeeper |
| 20' | [...]-u₂ u eri-du₁₀ ša₂-qu-um-miš₂ [...] | ... and Eridu |
| 21' | [...] ⸢x⸣-gul-gul da-bi ba-⸢x⸣-[...] | ... destroyed, its side ... |
| 22' | [...]-⸢x⸣ u₂-ta-tab-bi-tu a-ha-tu-šu₂ ⸢x⸣-[...] | (Sum) ... he smote his enemies (Akk) His enemies ... his enemies |
| 23' | [... izi] ba-ab-gu₇ še-mur-gin₇ ⸢izi⸣ [...] | ... consumed with fire, like a šēmur plant, ... fire |
| 24' | [... i]-ša₂-tu₄ i-ta-kal ki-ma tu-um-⸢ri⸣ [...] | ... he eats ... like a tum-eriya ... |
| 25' | [...] ⸢x⸣-še₃ ⸢x⸣-bi NE RI [...] | ... the eše temple, its ... temple |
| 26' | [...] ⸢x⸣ KI ga-me-⸢er⸣ [...] | ... I want to enter ... |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...]-kur₉ [...] | ...-kur |
| 2 | [...] it-tur ana ⸢e⸣-pe-ri it-[tur ...] | ... turned into a reed fence ... |
| 3 | [...]-e₃ <...>-te-en bi-iz-za-bi ba-[...] | ... came forth ... its throne ... |
| 4 | [...] it-ta-ṣi bi-iṣ-ṣa-šu₂ it-⸢x⸣-[...] | ... he seized it, he was seized by it |
| 5 | [ta] ⸢na⸣-aŋ₂-tag-ga ta na-aŋ₂-še-bi-⸢da⸣ [...] | What is it that is to be smashed, what is it to be broken off? |
| 6 | [mi]-⸢nu⸣-u₂ an-nu-ma mi-nu-u₂ e-gi-⸢tu₂⸣ [...] | This woman, what is this bridemaid ...? |
| 7 | [...] ⸢x⸣ erim₂-de-eŋ₃ bar-ta ba-da-gub-be₂ [...] | ... stood outside with the enemy |
| 8 | [...] E₂-ka ki-ma a-a-bi a-hi i-ta-az-⸢zi⸣-[...] | ... your house, like a father, a brother ... |
| 9 | {[d]}⸢am⸣-an-ki uru₂-zu hul-de-eŋ₃ šu ur-ra-aš mi-⸢ni⸣-[...] | E'am-Eanki, your city is destroyed, the hand of the enemy ... |
| 10 | {[d]}e₂-a IRI-ka lem-niš ana qa-at nak-ri tu-um-[...] | May Ea, your city, turn into a hostile place |
| 11 | [...] uru₂-ze₂-eb{ki}ba uru₂-zu <hul-de-eŋ₃ šu ur-ra-aš mi-ni-...> | ... in Eridu, your city is to be destroyed, the hand of the enemy ... |
| 12 | {[d]}asal-lu₂-hi uru₂-zu <hul-de-eŋ₃ šu ur-ra-aš mi-ni-...> | Asalluhi, your city is destroyed, the hand of the enemy ... |
| 13 | {[d]}⸢en⸣-bi-lu-lu uru₂-zu <hul-de-eŋ₃ šu ur-ra-aš mi-ni-...> | Een-ebilulu, your city has been destroyed, its hand is a dog |
| 14 | [...]-⸢x⸣ uru₂-ze₂-eb{ki}ba i-⸢bi₂⸣ erim₂-ŋu₁₀ ⸢x⸣-[...] | ... entered Uruzeb, the enemy entered |
| 15 | ⸢x⸣-sa-a u eri-du₁₀ a-a-bi ⸢x⸣ [...] | “Esâ and Eridu, its enemy, ... |
| 16 | [e₂]-zu u₆ li-bi₂-du₃ a-gin₇ DU₃ ⸢x⸣ [...] | Your temple is a marvel, how can it be built? |
| 17 | E₂-ka ul ta-mur-ma ki-i e-x-[...] | You did not see your house, and like ... |
| 18 | ⸢uru₂⸣-zu u₆ li-bi₂-du₃ a-gin₇ ⸢DU₃⸣ [...] | When you build your city, how is it that you build a temple? |
| 19 | IRI-ka [...] | Your city |
| 20 | aŋ₂-gig-ga al-ak-a-aš arhuš A [...] | (Sum) I am a sick person (Akk) I have been sick with sickness |
| 21 | ana ma-ru-uš-ta in-ne₂-ep-šu re-⸢e⸣-[...] | (Sum) The one who has performed sorcery against me, the shepherd (Akk) To the one whose sorceries have been performed against me |
| 22 | aŋ₂-hul-a AN-NA mar-ra-aš šag₄-la₂ [...] | (Sum) The evil of a flood, a storm(?) that covers the land(?) (Akk) The destruction of the land, the storm(?), the destruction of(?) the land |
| 23 | ana le-mut-ti iš-šak-nu-šu₂ x [...] | To the evil that they have set against him, ... ... |
| 24 | ki-tuš kug ze₂-eb-ba-zu bar-bi ⸢x⸣ [...] | Your holy dwelling, your sweet dwelling, its outside |
| 25 | šu-bat-ka el-le-tu₄ ṭa-ab-tu₄ ŠI-⸢x⸣-[...] | (Sum) Your pure abode(?) is a scepter(?) (Akk) Your purified abodes are an abomination |
| 26 | e₂ me gal-gal-la-zu šag₄-la₂ [...] | The house where your great mes are carried away |
| 27 | E₂ par-ṣi-ka rab-bu-ti lib₃-⸢ba⸣-[...] | The house of your great rites |
| 28 | uru₂ mu-hur mah-a-zu bar-zu [...] | City, your exalted one who receives great gifts, your liver |
| 29 | ana IRI u₂-ṣu-ra-ti-⸢ka⸣ [...] | To the city of Uṣurati-eka’e |
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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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