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RA 026, 040 (P430961)
Neo/Late Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–100 BCE
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| Designation | RA 026, 040 |
|---|---|
| ID | P430961 |
| Museum no. | BM 078240 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo/Late Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–100 BCE |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
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 | ⸢EN₂ {d}UTU ru-bu⸣-[u šur]-⸢bu⸣-u DI.KU₅ {d}[i₂-gi₃-gi₃] | Incantation: O Šamaš, great lord, foremost judge of the Igigi, |
| 2 | muš-te-šer gi-mir ⸢ka⸣-la te-ne₂-še-e-⸢ti⸣ | You are the one who guides all of the lands aright |
| 3 | pa-šir AN-e u KI-⸢tim mu⸣-us-si-qu₂ is-qe₂-e-⸢ti⸣ | The one who makes the heavens and earth tremble, the one who takes refuge, |
| 4 | ⸢ru⸣-bu-u tiz₂-[qa]-⸢ru⸣ mu-⸢šim NAM.MEŠ⸣ | “It is a storm, it is an incantation of fates, |
| 5 | EN mut-tar-ru-u₂ ba-ʾu-la-a-⸢ti⸣ | Lord, lord of abundance, |
| 6 | ba-nu-u DINGIR u {d}15-⸢ri⸣ mu-ud-de-šu-u₂ ma-ḫa-⸢zi⸣ | Creator of god and Ištar-ērī, the exalted one, |
| 7 | ina ba-⸢li⸣-ka ⸢EŠ.BAR⸣ AN-e u ⸢KI⸣-tim ul ⸢KU₅⸣-as | In your rising the ešbar temple of heaven and earth is not a ēku’s. |
| 8 | ⸢at⸣-ta-ma mu-kin is-⸢qi₂⸣-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ | he established it, he set it up. |
| 9 | {⸢d⸣}UTU DI.KU₅ reme-nu-[u] mu-du-u mim-⸢ma⸣ MU-⸢šu₂⸣ | O Šamaš, merciful judge, who knows everything, |
| 10 | ⸢ina⸣ UKKIN ⸢DINGIR⸣.MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣.[MEŠ] ⸢še⸣-ma-⸢tu qi₂⸣-bit-su | The assembly of the gods, the palaces, (and) the šemātu-priests are his command. |
| 11 | {d}UTU ina ⸢qi₂⸣-[biti-ka-ma u₂]-⸢tal⸣-la-da te-ne₂-še-e-ti | Šamaš, in your utterance, the one who constantly seeks out the secrets |
| 12 | ta-šam ⸢ši⸣-[ma-te-ši]-⸢na⸣ [ta]-šar-rak-ši-⸢na⸣-ti ⸢SIG₅⸣-qu | You are adjured by the šīmâtu-priests (and) you are praised by the good equids. |
| 13 | i-ziz-za-⸢ma⸣ [...] ⸢pi⸣-i-ka ⸢li⸣-za-kir kit-⸢ti⸣ | “I stand before you, ... your epî-demon, li-e-zakir, the truth, |
| 14 | ⸢di-ni⸣ [...] ⸢EŠ.BAR⸣-a-a KU₅-us ⸢ši⸣-me qa-⸢ba⸣-a-⸢a⸣ | “I have cut down my ešbar temple, I have cut off my other temple, |
| 15 | {⸢d⸣}[UTU NU].⸢MEŠ⸣ an-nu-tu₂ ⸢ša₂⸣ ina IGI DINGIR-⸢ti⸣-ka GAL-tu₂ ⸢na⸣-ša₂-ku | O Šamaš, these are not the temples of your great divinity. |
| 16 | {⸢d}UTU at-ta⸣ ZU-u a-na-ku NU ZU-u | Šamaš, you know it, I do not know it. |
| 17 | NU EN ⸢ik-ki⸣-ia₅ u₃ ⸢GAŠAN ik-ki⸣-ia₅ NU EN ri-di-ia₅ u GAŠAN ri-di-ia₅ | The lord of the ikkītu-house and the ešû-house, my ikkīki’s house, (and) the lady of my rites, |
| 18 | ⸢ip⸣-šu₂ bar-⸢ta⸣ INIM ḪUL-tim i-pu-šu-ni | (who) has performed extispicy (and) an evil word against me |
| 19 | ⸢ša₂ is-qi₂⸣-ia ina qab-ri ⸢uš⸣-ni-⸢lu⸣ min₃-da-ti-ia₅ ⸢il⸣-qu-u | In the midst of the ešunī-elû temple, my second temple, the il-equ-temple |
| 20 | ⸢e⸣-ti-⸢iq⸣ SAḪAR GIR₃{ii}MU iš-⸢bu⸣-šu₂ | (If) he slips through the cracks of my feet, |
| 21 | ša₂ UḪ₂ TI-u ša₂ šar-tu₂ im-lu-su | (If) he is ill with mucus (suālu): his kingship will be diminished. |
| 22 | ša₂ TUG₂.SIK₂-⸢MU⸣ ib-tu-qu ana ḪUL-⸢tim⸣ iz-zi-zu-u | The one of the hem has fallen, they stand for evil. |
| 23 | ša₂ ša₂-⸢nam-ma u₂-še⸣-pi-šu-ni ša₂ ša₂-⸢nam-ma⸣ [u₂]-ša₂-ḫi-zu-ni | (Sum) The one who makes the heart tremble, the one who breaks the heart (Akk) You who make the heart shake, you who break the heart |
| 24 | ina ⸢NINDA GU₇⸣-[ni ...] ⸢NAG⸣-ni ina A.MEŠ TU₅-ni ina ⸢I₃.GIŠ⸣ ŠEŠ₂-ni | (If) he eats (it) in the ēšû-house, (or) if he bathes in water (lit. “in the water"), he will be released from the oil-house. |
| 25 | ina [...] lem-nu u₂-še-bi-lu-⸢ni⸣ | In the evil ... he brought forth |
| 26 | [...] u₂-⸢lap-pi-tu⸣-[nin-ni] | ... they have caused me to die |
| 27 | [...] mim-ma lem-[nu ...] | ... anything evil ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | ... ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] ⸢u₂-zaq-qi₂⸣-[tu₂-(nin-ni) ...] | ... ēša-e23 ... my zaqqi-e3tuninni ... |
| 2' | SA.MEŠ-MU ik-⸢su⸣-u ⸢DUḪ⸣.[MEŠ-MU ...] | (If) my arteries are swollen, my kidneys . |
| 3' | a-ḫi-ia₅ uz-zi-ru ⸢niš ŠA₃⸣-[MU ...] | (Sum) My brother, the one who is enraged with me(?) (Akk) My sister, the angry one of my heart |
| 4' | ru-ti-ia₅ ub-bi-lu man-gu lu-uʾ-tu₂ ⸢UGU UZU⸣.[MEŠ-MU ...] | (who) brought my royal majesty (and) a scepter of wisdom over my flesh |
| 5' | NINDA kaš-ša₂-pu-ti GU₇-ni A.MEŠ kaš-⸢ša₂⸣-[pu-ti ...] | (If) he eats bread (and) beer, the water of the beer . |
| 6' | nap-šal-ti U₂.MEŠ ḪUL.MEŠ ip-⸢šu⸣-šu₂-⸢nin⸣-[ni] | the life of the evildoers will be released |
| 7' | qi₂-bit KA-MU iṣ-ba-tu INIM.GAR-a-a u₂-lam-mi₃-[nu] | According to the command of my mouth, I will speak my case. |
| 8' | e-ṣe-en-ṣe-ri-a ik-pu-pu {uzu}GABA id-⸢ʾi-pu⸣ | (Sum) The ešbēnṣerî-demon screamed, the breast-feeder cried out |
| 9' | ši-da-aḫ pa-ni-ia₅ it-ba-lu bu-un-na-an-ne₂-e-a u₂-nak-ki-ru | (Sum) The šidaḫ priest(ess) of my face, the one who smites my face (Akk) The one who scatters my face |
| 10' | li-ip-ti-ia₅ u₂-da-ʾi-i-mu ḫa-si-si-ia₅ iṣ-ba-tu | (Sum) My limbs are swollen, my knees are bruised (Akk) My temples have swelled, my hips have been bruised |
| 11' | di-ig-li-ia₅ u₂-šam-ṭu-u₂ me-lam-mu iš-du-du | (Sum) My diŋiliya priestess, the splendor of the gods has been poured out(?) (Akk) The goddess Iglia, the goddess Išmātum, has uttered radiance |
| 12' | {d}UTU ina IGI-ka a-qal-⸢li⸣-šu₂-nu-ti | Šamaš, in your presence I shall praise them |
| 13' | u₂-paṭ-ṭar nap-ḫar lem-ne₂-e-ti-šu₂-nu | I have smashed their evildoers, |
| 14' | u₂-paṭ-ṭar ki-pid lib₃-bi-šu₂-nu | he has released their anger, |
| 15' | {d}UTU {d}gira tap-⸢pu-ka⸣ li-tal-lal A₂{⸢ii⸣}a-a | May Šamaš and Gira, your servants, keep going at my side. |
| 16' | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.⸢KAM⸣ ša₂ NU.MEŠ qa-le-e | It is the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft against a man. |
| 17' | NIG₂.NA {giš}LI ana IGI {d}⸢UTU⸣ GAR-an KAŠ BAL-qi₂ 2 NU {giš}bi-nu 2 NU {giš}ere-ni | You set up a censer of juniper in front of Šamaš. You libate beer. |
| 18' | 2 NU.MEŠ₂ I₃.UDU 2 NU DUḪ.LAL₃ 2 NU DUḪ.ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ 2 NU ESIR 2 NU IM | 2 fat-tailed sheep, 2 unblemished (sheep), 2 undiluted sesame oil, 2 not diluted, 2 non-šūmû-plant |
| 19' | 2 NU NIG₂.SILA₁₁.GA₂ ina IGI {d}UTU GAR-an ⸢kam⸣ DU₁₁.GA | You set up 2 offerings in front of Šamaš. You speak the e22-e23-song. |
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