SBH 72 (P414334)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 72 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414334 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00063 + VAT 00416 + VAT 01734 |
| 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)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] bu-še-e ⸢x⸣ [...] na x ⸢x x⸣ | ... būšê-plant |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣-gin₇ KE₄ [... mu]-un-gur₃-ru-am₃ | ... like a ešum temple ... carried away |
| 4' | [... e]-ze₂-gin₇ ⸢x⸣ NI ⸢x⸣ [mu]-⸢un⸣-gur₃-ru-am₃ | ... like a sheep, a house ..., it is an empty house. |
| 5' | [...] ⸢x⸣ gur₃-ru ⸢x⸣ x [...] ⸢iti₆⸣ ma-an-da-šuš₂ | ... laid low! ... the ... of the moonlight was there for me |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] ⸢ar⸣-hi ir-ta-bi-šu | ... the ešû-plant |
| 7' | [... ma]-an-da-gaz-gaz | ... I will kill him. |
| 8' | [...] ⸢x⸣ sa ⸢x x⸣ ih-pi | ... he fell |
| 9' | [... mu-un-na]-ni-⸢in⸣-kur₉-re | ... he brought out for him. |
| 10' | [... pi-i i]-⸢ter-bu⸣-šu₂ | ... will enter his mouth |
| 11' | [... mu]-un-na-ni-in-kur₉-re | ... brought to him. |
| 12' | [...] ⸢x⸣ pi-i i-ter-bu-šu₂ | ... they entered the mouth |
| 13' | [...] ⸢x⸣ mu-un-tuš-tuš-u₃-ne | ... they sit down |
| 14' | [...]-⸢AZ⸣-ZU u₂-še-eš-še-⸢bu⸣ | ... they have poured out(?) |
| 15' | [...] A {ŋeš}[...] us₂-sa im-mi-in-dab-be₂-ne | They seized the ... of the land |
| 16' | [...] ki-ma ⸢x⸣ [...]-AZ-ZU u₂-ša₂-ah-ha-zu | ... like a ... ... they shall remove |
| 17' | [...]-⸢x⸣ [...] KA ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ im-mi-ni-ib₂-gurum-e-⸢ne⸣ | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) The ... of the ... temple(?) ... they were tearing out(?) |
| 18' | [...]-⸢x⸣ mi-na iq-bu-⸢u₂⸣ [...] ⸢x⸣ al [...]-šu₂ [...] | ... what has he said ... ... his |
| 19' | [...] TUR₃ nu-me-a [...] | ... was not a stall |
| 20' | [...] ⸢e⸣-ze₂ nu-me-a [...] | ... was not a sheepfold |
| 21' | [...] ⸢x⸣-na-ke₄ [...] | ... of her temple |
| 22' | [...] ⸢x⸣-na [...] | ... the e’ena temple |
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