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SBH V (P414349)
Ritual and liturgical, Hellenistic, Babylon · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SBH V |
|---|---|
| ID | P414349 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00554 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | 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 i | ||
| 1' | [...]-x-[x] | |
| 2' | [x x-x-...]-x.⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂ | ... his |
| 3' | [x x-x-x]-⸢e₂⸣-sag-il₂ | ...-esagil |
| 4' | [x x-x-x]-⸢um⸣-ma-ni-šu₂ | his ... |
| 5' | [x x-x-x]-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-šu₂ | his ...s |
| 6' | [x x-x-x-x]-⸢me⸣-UD-ša₂-E₂.GAL-ia | my ...-emeša-palace |
| 7' | [x x-x-x-x]-⸢me⸣ ku-ru-ub-liš-me | ... they are smitten |
| 8' | [x x-x]-⸢i⸣-di-E{ki}{d}AMAR.UTU | -edi-Bābili |
| 9' | [x x-x-x]-⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ-u-{d}15-il-mad-{d}AMAR.UTU | -ilī-ešu-Issar-ilmad-Marduk |
| 10' | [x x-x-x]-⸢lu⸣-DINGIR.MEŠ-ana-{d}AMAR.UTU | -elu-ilāni-ana-Marduk |
| 11' | [x x-x]-⸢i⸣-di-E{ki}{d}AMAR.UTU | -edi-Bābili |
| 12' | [x x-x-x]-E{ki}{d}AMAR.UTU | ...-Bābili |
| 13' | [x x-x]-⸢da⸣-nu-{d}pa-bil-sag | -eda’e-nu-Pabilsag |
| 14' | [x x-x.x].⸢UB₂ BARA₂⸣ UB.SAḪAR.RA | ..., the dais, the shrine |
| 15' | [x x-x]-iš-di-rag-gu-{d}AMAR.UTU | ...-išdiraggu-Marduk |
| 16' | [x x-x]-⸢nap⸣-ḫar-a-a-bi-{d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ | -nap’eḫbarabi-Marduk-e23 |
| 17' | [x x-x]-⸢ur⸣-di-in-šu₂ ⸢BARA₂ uk⸣-[x-x] | -urdinšu, the temple administrator of ... |
| 18' | [x x-x-x-x-x]-⸢la-šu₂ BARA₂ mut⸣-[x-x-x-x-x] | His ... dais |
| 19' | [...] ⸢BARA₂⸣ [...] | ... the temple dais |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [x x].⸢GA-ina-KA-UN⸣.[x-x-x.x] | ...-ega-ina-KA-UN₂-... |
| 2' | ⸢BARA₂⸣ [x.x.x].⸢KE₄-KA₂.GAL⸣-[x-x.x] | “Bīt-Ešarra |
| 3' | KA₂.GAL AŠ-kib-šu₂-na-kar ⸢KA₂⸣.[x-x-x] | Gate: Aškibšankar |
| 4' | KA₂.GAL i-ze-er-ar₂-šu₂ KA₂.GAL-{⸢d⸣}[x-x-x] | The gate of Izer-aršu, the gate of ... |
| 5' | KA₂.GAL še-eʾ-a-šu₂-i-re-mu ⸢KA₂⸣.[x-x-x.x] | Gate: Šē’ašû-Iremu |
| 6' | KA₂.GAL {d}15-ša₂-ki-pat-te-bi-⸢šu₂⸣ [...] | The city gate of Ištar-kipat-tebēbi-e23 |
| 7' | KA₂.GAL {d}EN.LIL₂-mu-⸢nam⸣-bir-šu₂ KA₂.⸢GAL⸣-[x-x.x] | Gate: Enlil-mū-e-name-biršu |
| 8' | KA₂.GAL li-bur-na-du-šu₂ KA₂.⸢GAL-LUGAL⸣ | Gate: Liburna-dušu |
| 9' | KA₂.GAL {d}IŠKUR-ZI-ti₃-ERIM.MEŠ-⸢URU₃⸣ ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL-{d}IŠKUR | Gate of Adad-nādin-ṣabati-ēriš, palace gate of the god Adad. |
| 10' | KA₂.GAL {d}UTU-SUḪUŠ-ERIM.MEŠ-GI.NA ⸢KA₂⸣.GAL-{d}UTU | Gate: Šamaš-eṭir-šēzibanni |
| 11' | BAD₃ im-gur-{d}EN.LIL₂ ⸢BAD₃⸣-šu₂ | Wall: Imgur-Enlil |
| 12' | <BAD₃> ⸢ne₂-met-{d}EN.LIL₂⸣ [x-x-x]-šu₂ | ... Nēmet-Enlil |
| 13' | ⸢ID₂⸣ [...] [...] | ... the river |
| r i | ||
| 1' | ⸢SILA⸣ [...] [...] | The esala demon |
| 2' | SILA ⸢ku-ru-ub⸣-liš-me-ka | Street: Kurub-Elišmeka |
| 3' | SILA E.SIR₂ SIG₅-DINGIR-šu₂ E.⸢SIR₂⸣ [...] | Street: Šamaš-ilāni-šarre |
| 4' | SILA E.SIR₂ {d}IMIN.BI E.SIR₂ {d}⸢AN⸣.[x.x.x] | Street: street of Sebetti, street of Eanna-e... |
| 5' | SILA ḫu-ud-ma-šu₂-ṭa-at-šu₂-ka-ra-⸢bi⸣ | Street: Ḫudmašvukaraebi |
| 6' | SILA i-šem-ma-ana-ru-u₂-qa su-la-a {⸢d}AMAR⸣.UTU | The street Išmanaruqa, the street of Marduk |
| 7' | ŠU.NIGIN 43 ma-ḫa-zu DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ | A total of 43 exalted gods |
| 8' | lib₃-bi KA₂.DINGIR.RA 55 BARA₂.DIDLI {d}AMAR.UTU.KE₄ | The heart of Babylon. 55 shrines of Marduk. |
| 9' | 2 ker-ḫu 3 ID₂.MEŠ 8 KA₂.MEŠ 24 SILA E{ki} | 2 kerḫu-vessels, 3 rivers, 8 gates, 24 qû of the temple |
| 10' | 5.GEŠ₃ BARA₂ {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ u GEŠ₂.U BARA₂ an-nun-na-⸢ki⸣ | 5600 (litres) |
| 11' | 3.⸢GEŠ₃⸣ UB.LIL₂.LA₂ {d}INANNA 3.GEŠ₃ man-za-za | Three towers of Ištar, three towers |
| 12' | {d}lugal-ir₉-ra u {d}mes-lam-ta-⸢e₃-a⸣ | Lugal-irra and Meslamta-ea |
| 13' | 12 KI.GUB {d}IMIN.BI 6 KI.GUB ⸢KUN⸣ | 12 (tablets of) the “Sebetti-rites’, 6 (tablettes of) E22KUN-e23, |
| 14' | 4 KI⸣.GUB TIR.AN.NA 2 KI.GUB ⸢DINGIR ḪUL⸣.[x] | 4 terraces of a rainbow, 2 terraces (of) the E-ili temple |
| 15' | [...] ⸢MAŠKIM URU⸣ | ... the maškum-priest of the city |
| 16' | [...] ⸢I BE⸣ x [(x)] | ... eši-plant |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | 6 URU.MEŠ [BAL].RI {d}UTU.⸢E₃⸣.[x] {d}UTU.⸢E₃⸣.[x] | 6 fortresses, intercalary Šamaš-ēši-e-x, |
| 2' | [x x.x-x]-⸢IŠKUR EN KA₂⸣.GAL-a-ku-ṣi-⸢tu₂⸣ | -eṭir, owner of the gate of Ekalli-akušbi-e23 |
| 3' | [...] ⸢nu⸣-ḪAR-UD{⸢ki⸣} MU.NE | ... that E-nu-e-ḫar-UD |
| 4' | [x x].⸢GAL⸣-a-ku-si-tum EN e₂-nam-til | ..., owner of the Enamtila |
| 5' | [x x]-⸢maḫ⸣ ina qe-re-bi-šu₂ ib-ba-nu-u₂ ḪA.A MU.NE | -emaḫ-e23 is named in its middle |
| 6' | [...] {⸢giš}BAN⸣ ša₂ E₂ {d}GAŠAN-ni-nu₂-a | ... the bow of the temple of Bēlet-Ninua |
| 7' | [...] ⸢KA₂⸣-{d}lugal-⸢ir₉⸣-ra MU.NE | ... the name of the gate of Lugal-irra |
| 8' | [... x]-⸢di⸣ ID₂ ⸢tu⸣-bi MU.NE | Its name is ...-edî, the river, and the Etu. |
| 9' | [...] {⸢d⸣}UTU.ŠU₂.A {⸢d⸣}UTU.ŠU₂.A | ... the Sun gods, the Sun Gods |
| 10' | [... x-x-x]-⸢šu₂⸣-na ḫe₂-gal₂-la | ... abundance |
| 11' | [...] ⸢e₂⸣-sal-il₂ | ... the Esalil temple |
| 12' | [...] ⸢DUB⸣ | ... the tablet |
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