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AfO 21, 080 pl. 11-12 (P480114)
Prayer, Neo/Late Babylonian, Babylonia · c. 626 BCE–100 BCE
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| Designation | AfO 21, 080 pl. 11-12 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480114 |
| Museum no. | VAT 04103 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo/Late Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–100 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Babylonia |
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' | [... mut]-⸢tal-lik-tum ša₂ SILA.MEŠ⸣ NU ⸢IM⸣ [...] | ... the mut-etalliktu of the streets, not the ešamma ... |
| 2' | [...] ⸢DUMU⸣.MUNUS.MEŠ₂ {d}a-nim ša₂ AN-e NU ⸢I₃.UDU⸣ u ḫi-⸢im⸣-[ma-ti ...] | ... the daughters of Anu of heaven, the sheep and goats |
| 3' | [... el]-⸢li⸣ na-mar qud-du-šu ana-ku NU ⸢ESIR EN₂ la⸣-man-⸢ni⸣ [...] | ... Elili, the one who sees his battle, I do not know the ešir-plant, Incantation: “I am not able to see ... |
| 4' | [...] ⸢at-ta⸣-man-nu {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ša₂ GAL₂-u₂ a-mat ⸢ḪUL⸣-ti₃-ia₅ ina [...] | ... Atta-emannu, the šakku-priestess, the word of Eḫul-etia in |
| 5' | ⸢EN₂⸣ at-ti-ie-e ⸢ša₂ te⸣-pu-šin-ni {d}15 ⸢kub⸣-ši kin-⸢ṣi⸣ [...] | Incantation: “You are the one who has performed sorcery against me, O Ištar, you have set up a guardian angel against me |
| 6' | IGI 150-ša₂ ESIR GAR-an ḫa-⸢ḫa⸣-a ša₂ UDUN diḫ₂-me-en-ni ša₂ di-qa-⸢ra⸣ [...] | (If) its left eye is surrounded by a halo: I am the one who is afflicted by dīḫu-disease (and) diqārāti (disappears) |
| 7' | EN₂ ip-pu-ša₂-a-ni i-te-ne₂-ep-pu-ša₂-ni <...> EN₂ {giš}MA₂.GUR₈-ia {d}30 ⸢u₂⸣-[še-piš ...] | Incantation: “He does it, he keeps doing it,<. . ] . [Incantation]: O my chariot, Sîn, ēšepiš-plant |
| 8' | EN₂ ŠIKA-ta SILA.MEŠ am-me-ni tug-dan-na-re-en-ni ŠIKA-ta SILA LIMMU₂-⸢ta⸣ [...] | Incantation: “From the street, why do you wear a cloak? From the street ... |
| 9' | EN₂ rit-ta-ma rit-ta rit-ta I₃.UDU EN₂ ⸢rit⸣-ta-[ma ...] | Incantation: “Three, four, four (of) fat, three (of a kind), a third of a ṣumlalûtu-plant, three eštāma-plant |
| 10' | EN₂ biš-li biš-li pal-lu-ur-ta GI.MEŠ ša₂ gi-sal-[le-e (DU₃-uš) ...] | Incantation: “Fingernail, nail, sulphur, reeds of the gisallû-tree |
| 11' | ina ⸢muḫ⸣-ḫi a-ḫa-miš ta-par-rik ina ni-ri GE₆.MEŠ MURU₂-⸢šu₂⸣-[nu ...] | In the ēmuḫi-temple you scatter the ahammu-plant. In the evening watch, the middle of the ‘finger’ |
| 12' | ina 4 ap-pa-a-ta ša₂ pal-lu-ur-⸢ta⸣ te-en-ni-ma GAR-an ⸢pal⸣-[lu-ur-ta (I₃.UDU ŠEŠ₂) {sik₂}ḪE₂.ME.DA ta-kar-rik] | You recite the four apotropaic rituals of Pallurta and you put (them) down. You knead epalūrta-oil (and) ḫašû-stone. |
| 13' | EN₂ at-ta-man-nu {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ša₂ ZI.KU₅.RU.DA-a DU₃-uš 3 ḫu-⸢ṣab⸣ [...] | Incantation: “You are the witch, the one who has performed a ritual against me. 3 ḫû-ešaba-e3-plants |
| 14' | EN₂ ner-ti-ia₂ {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU u ku-ša₂-pa-ti-ia₅ I₃.UDU ŠU.SI IM ⸢ta⸣-[pa₃-ša₂-aš₂ {(sik₂}ḪE₂.ME.DA KIMIN)] | Incantation: “My nertīya, my šû-demon, and my kupputu-disease, fat from the finger of a tablet of e’epaša-plant, emeda-wool, ditto. |
| 15' | EN₂ ša₂ {d}UTU-ši man-nu AD-šu₂ DUR SIK₂ BABBAR 3 KA.KEŠ₂ KEŠ₂ ⸢ta⸣-[bat-taq ana ŠA₃ ḫu-lu-up-paq-qi₂ ŠUB-di] | Incantation: O Šamaš, who is his father? You recite the incantation “The white hair is white,’ 3 knots, you tie the knot to the hand of Ḫuluppaqqu. |
| 16' | EN₂ i-pu-ša₂-ni i-te-ne₂-ep-pu-ša₂-ni DUR SIK₂ BABBAR 7 KA.⸢KEŠ₂⸣ [... ta-bat-taq ana ŠA₃ ḫu-lu-up-paq-qi₂ ŠUB-di] | Incantation: “He has performed, he continually performs, you strew a bandage of white hair (and) 7 arrows . You pour it into the hand of a ḫuluppaqqu-demon. |
| 17' | EN₂ ru-uʾ₃-u₂-a kaš-ša₂-pat ana-ku pa-ši-rak 14 ŠIKA-ta SILA LIMMU₂-ta ana x-[...] | Incantation: “I am the one who defeats me, I am a fugitive, 14 ... a square-side to ... |
| 18' | EN₂ e-piš-ta u₃ muš-te-piš-ta {⸢u₂⸣}[ḪAR.ḪAR ... ta-šar-rap] | Incantation: “I have performed sorcery and sorceries against me, I have performed ... against me. |
| 19' | EN₂ man-nu IN.BUBBU ip-til IN.BUBBU [ta-šar-rap] | Incantation: “Who has completed the Inbubu? You have completed the INBUBU! |
| 20' | EN₂ du-un-na-ni MIN ta-bi-lu [...] | Incantation: O Dunnani, DITTO, ... |
| 21' | EN₂ at-ta-man-nu {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ša₂ te-te-ne₂-ep-pu-⸢uš⸣ [...] | Incantation: “You are the woman who constantly seeks out the secrets of the land |
| 22' | u₃ IN.BUBBU ta-šar-rap EN₂ ḪUL.GIG <ša> ⸢te⸣-[pu-ša₂-ni ...] | You recite the incantation Ḫulgi, which is called epušāni |
| 23' | EN₂ at-ta-man-nu {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ša₂ ki-ma IM.[U₁₈.LU ...] | Incantation: “You, O witch, who like the south wind |
| 24' | EN₂ ša₂-ru-uḫ la-a-ni KIMIN EN₂ ⸢SA⸣.[MEŠ ...] | Incantation: Šaruḫ lani ditto, incantation: “Esaešu . . |
| r | ||
| 1 | EN₂ at-tu-nu A.MEŠ ina A.MEŠ tu-na-aḫ EN₂ e-⸢piš⸣-[u₂-a ...] | Incantation: “You, when you bathe in water, recite the incantation E'epu'a ... |
| 2 | EN₂ ez-ze-tu-nu šam-ra-tu-nu ina A.MEŠ tu-na-aḫ ⸢EN₂⸣ [...] | Incantation: “They are furious (and) furious. You wash them with water.’ Incantations. |
| 3 | EN₂ ḫu-la zu-ba i-na NIG₂.NA ša₂ IGI {d}nuska [...] | Incantation: “It is enough, it is enough! With the censer that is before Nuska |
| 4 | EN₂ KUR-u₂ lik-tum₃-ku-nu-šu₂ NA₄ KUR-i ina muḫ-ḫi NIG₂.NA [...] | Incantation: May the mountain bring you the mountain stone on top of the censer |
| 5 | EN₂ i-sa-a i-sa-a ŠID-nu-ma ZI₃.MAD.GA₂ ŠUB.⸢ŠUB⸣-[di ...] | Incantation: “Išâ is i’uṣāṣu, i.e., you recite the incantation, and flour is poured out into a bowl ... |
| 6 | EGIR-šu₂ EN₂ (udug.ḫul) (edin.na.zu.še₃) a-di ⸢KA₂⸣ [...] | After that, you recite the incantation (and) udugḫul-vessel (edinazuše) until the gate of ... |
| 7 | ZI₃.MAD.GA₂ KA₂.MEŠ₂ te-ṣir ana E₂ KU₄-ma a-šar ma-⸢aq⸣-[la-a ...] | You cross the flour of the gate. You enter the house and the ašar māqēlâ-flour |
| 8 | EN₂ a-nam-di EN₂ a-na pu-uḫ-ri DINGIR.MEŠ [...] | Incantation: “I want to go,‘Incantation for the assembly of the gods’ |
| 9 | EN₂ {d}en-lil₂ SAG.DU-MU pa-nu-u₂-a u₄-⸢mu⸣ [...] | Incantation: O Enlil, my first-born son, day and night |
| 10 | EN₂ e-⸢piš⸣-ta qu-um-qu-um-ma-⸢tum⸣ [...] | Incantation: “Epišta qumqumma-etum-e23 ... |
| 11 | EN₂ {⸢šim}GUR₂⸣.GUR₂-ma {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ IN.⸢BUBBU⸣ [...] | Incantation: “Ešum-eṭiruma, kukru-aromatic (a kind of sulphur) ... |
| 12 | EN₂ {⸢šim⸣}GUR₂.⸢GUR₂⸣-ma {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ al-ka-⸢nim⸣-[ma ...] | Incantation: “It is the šim kukru-plant, it is the alkānimma-plant |
| 13 | ⸢EN₂⸣ e {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU e-le-ni-ti-[ia₅ ...] | Incantation: “Ha! My upper woman |
| 14 | ⸢EN₂⸣ la-⸢am {d}nin⸣-gir₂-su ina KUR il-⸢su⸣-[u₂ ...] | Incantation: “It is not (the case) that Ningirsu is in the land. Ilisu |
| 15 | I₃.UDU lu-ba-re-e KU₅.MEŠ EN₂ at-ta-e ša₂ DU₃-⸢uš⸣ [...] | You, incantation priest, who ... the scribal art |
| 16 | PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ EN₂ PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ ⸢PIŠ₁₀⸣.{[d}ID₂ PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ ...] | Incantation: “PIŠ10.ID, ePIŠi.ID, PIS.10.ID |
| 17 | EN₂ PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ KU₃-tim {u₂}KUR.KUR šam-[mu ...] | Incantation: O pure PIŠ.ID, the plants of the lands, my name |
| 18 | EN₂ {d}ID₂ ⸢SAG⸣.DU-MU PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ pa-da-⸢at⸣-[ti ...] | Incantation: “Ištar, Esaggil-ēdu-iddin, ... of the river, .... |
| 19 | ⸢EN₂ {d}ID₂ a⸣-kul aš₂-ti ŠEŠ₂ PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ ⸢EN₂⸣ [...] | Incantation: “I have eaten, I have drank, my hand is smashed, O Ištar I have eaten Incantations. |
| 20 | [... x]-x ana UGU LAG MUN [...] | ... ... on top of the tooth ... salt. |
| 21 | [... x]-x-⸢ia₅ ana⸣ [...] | ... ... to ... |
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