SBH 73 (P414335)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 73 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414335 |
| Museum no. | VAT 01783+ |
| 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⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | [... dim₃]-me-er mu-lu [...] | ... god, who ... |
| 4' | [...]-LU-me-en ⸢u₅ x⸣ [...] | ... I am |
| 5' | ina ka-lu-u be-li₂ ik-ri-bi ina ni-⸢nu⸣ [...] | (Sum) My lord, in the cult place of the scribal art (Akk) With the kalû-instrument, my [lo]rd, the krību-instrument |
| 6' | me-en-de₃ e₂-a-še₃ {{ e }} a-ra-zu-a ⸢mu-un-na⸣-[re₇-en-de₃-en ...] | We, we go to the temple in prayer |
| 7' | ni-nu ana E₂ ina te-es-li-ti ni-lik ina ⸢qe₂⸣-re-e-⸢ti⸣ | We went down to the house in prayer, in the “qê-rēti’e-temple |
| 8' | me-en-de₃ ki e₂-a-še₃ {{ e }} a-ra-zu-a {{ a-a }} mu-un-<na-re₇-en-de₃-en ...> | We, we go to the place of the house, the house of prayer, the father of prayer |
| 8a' | ni-nu a-⸢šar⸣ [...] | We, the āvareš priestess |
| 9' | e₂-a ud ša₃-ab huŋ-e-da {{ a-u }} in-ga-⸢re₇-en⸣-de₃-en [...] | In the house, when the heart is happy, when we go to the water(?) |
| 10' | ana E₂ ana lib-bi u₄-mi nu-uh-hi i ni-lik ⸢x el⸣-ṣi-⸢iš⸣ | “To the house, in order to calm the heart of the storm, we went ... eliše |
| 11' | ša₃-ab huŋ-ŋe₂₆ bar huŋ-ŋe₂₆-da {{ u }} in-<ga-re₇-en-de₃-en ...> | May it pacify the heart, may it calm the liver, and we will go |
| 11a' | ana lib₃-bi nu-uh-hi ⸢x⸣ [...] | In order to soothe the heart of the ešumu-plant |
| 12' | me-en-de₃ {{ e }} ša₃-ab umun-<<e>>-na {{ a }} mu-un-huŋ-⸢e⸣-en-de₃-[en ...] | We, in the heart of his lord, we will pacify the water |
| 13' | ni-nu lib₃-bi be-li₂ i nu-ni-ih el-ṣi-iš ina ri-⸢ša₂⸣-[a-ti] | May the heart of my lord be pacified, may the pure heart be at ease in the rejoicing |
| 14' | [šag₄] ⸢an⸣-na {{ a }} šag₄ {d}asal-lu₂-hi {{ a-a }} mu-un-<huŋ-e-en-de₃-en> | In the field Eana, woe, field Asalluhi, father, we will go |
| 14a' | lib₃-bi {d}a-[...] | the heart of A- |
| 15' | [...] ⸢x⸣ U {d}EN.LIL₂ ⸢a-šat⸣-su ⸢x⸣ [...] ⸢x x x⸣ [...] | ... ... and Enlil ... his ... temple ... |
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