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SBH 79 (P414340)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH 79 |
|---|---|
| ID | P414340 |
| Museum no. | VAT 02004 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| i | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢x x x x x⸣ NE ⸢x x⸣ [...] | ... e’e23 |
| 2' | šub-tu₄ ṣir-tu₂ ra-mi-ma ki-ma ⸢AN⸣ [...] | (Sum) The šubtu priestess, the one who loves(?) ... (Akk) The crossroads are loved and like the Eana temple |
| 3' | ⸢ki⸣ sa-par₃-gin₇ EZEN-la-aš ib₂-⸢x⸣ | In the E-e-e, like a net, he rises as if in a flood. |
| 4' | ki-ma giš-pa-ri ina KI{ti₃} re-ti | like a reed stalk on the ground, |
| 5' | lu₂-lu₇{lu} pap-hal-la ba-an-da-la₂ | The paphal man was carried away. |
| 6' | a-me-lu mut-tal-li-ma | “A man is wandering about. |
| 7' | a₂-šu-ŋiri₃-bi ba-an-gul-gul | Its canals were destroyed |
| 8' | meš-re-ti-šu₂ u₂-ab-bit-ma | his limbs he cut off, and |
| 9' | me-ze₂-bi i₃-niŋin-na | Its meze ... |
| 10' | is-si-šu₂ u₂-ṣi-id-ma | he smote him, and |
| 11' | a₂-bi UR DILI UR E₂ ⸢x x⸣ | Its labor: ... the house ... |
| 12' | ah-šu₂ a-KAT-ma | aḫšu means “to smite.’ |
| 13' | {d}en-ki lugal abzu-ke₄ {⸢d⸣}[e₂-a ...] | Enki, the king of the Abzu, Ea |
| 14' | am gal a₂-tuku ⸢x⸣ [...] | Great bull with strength, ... |
| 15' | a-[...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | “..., ..., |
| ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢u₂⸣-[...] | “The ešumû-priest |
| 4' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 5' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢x⸣ [...] | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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)
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