SFS Ist Si 0002 pl. 2 (P480755)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | SFS Ist Si 0002 pl. 2 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480755 |
| Museum no. | Ist Si 0002 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
English translation
By Scheil, Vincent · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | Incantation: O Mars, great lord, merciful god, |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Who takes hold of the hands of the fallen, who releases the captive, who revives the [dead]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | I (am) Shamash-shum-ukin, the son of his (personal) god, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | Your weak, exhausted, troubled servant, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Whom a strong fever (and) liʾbu-disease has siezed, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | [. . .] . . . has weakened my entire body. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | An evil sickness is bound to me. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | I am [cas]t down on a bed of weakness, and I call out to you. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | On account of known and unknown sins, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | (Because) I was negligent, I sinned, I spurned, I dishon[ored], |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | I am afraid, I am frightened, and I have brought my life before your great divinity. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | May the waters of mollification appeal to you, that |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | The anger of your heart may relent. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | May your sweet attention, your great forgiveness, |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Your expansive relenting, |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | For you servant, for me, Shamash-shum-ukin, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | be available, that |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | I may sing the praises of your great divinity. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Mars (Zalbatanu). With either a ritual assemblage or with a censer |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | You do (the ritual). |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | ⸢EN₂⸣ {d}ṢAL.BAT.A.NU EN GAL{u} DINGIR re-me₂-nu | |
| 2 | ⸢ṣa-bit⸣ ŠU.MIN na-⸢as-ku⸣ pa-ṭir LA₂{i} mu-bal-liṭ {⸢lu₂⸣}[UŠ₂] | |
| 3 | ⸢ana⸣-ku {m}{d}⸢UTU-MU⸣-GIN.NA DUMU DINGIR-šu | |
| 4 | an-hu šu-nu-ha šu-ud-lu-pu ⸢IR₃-ka⸣ | |
| 5 | ša₂ KUM₂ dan-nu ⸢li-ʾ⸣-bu DAB-⸢an-ni⸣ | |
| 6 | ⸢x x⸣ [x] | |
| 7 | [...]-ga u₂-ni-⸢šu kal⸣ SU-⸢MU⸣ | |
| 8 | ⸢GIG HUL⸣ rit-ku-su it-ti-⸢ia⸣ | |
| 9 | ina GIŠ.NA₂ an-⸢hu-te⸣ [na]-da-ku-ma a-ša₂-as-si-ka | |
| 10 | ana an-ni ZU{u} u₃ la ⸢i⸣-du | |
| 11 | e-gu-u ah-ṭu-u e-še-ṭu₂ u₂-qal-[li-lu] | |
| 12 | ap-lah a-dur-ma ZI-MU IGI DINGIR{ti}ka GAL{tu₂} ⸢ub⸣-[la] | |
| 13 | A-MEŠ ta-ni-ih-ti lim-hu-ra-ka-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 14 | ag-gu ŠA₃-ka li-nu-ha | |
| 15 | na-as-hur-ka ṭa-a-bu nap-šur-ka ra-⸢bu-u⸣ | |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ta⸣-a-a-ra-tu-ka rab-ba-a-ta | |
| 2 | ⸢a⸣-na IR₃-ka ia-a-ši {m}{d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA | |
| 3 | lib-ša₂-nim-ma | |
| 4 | da-lil DINGIR{ti}ka GAL{ti} lud-lul | |
| 5 | KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ {d}⸢ṢAL-BAT⸣-A-NU-KAM lu ina KEŠDA lu ina NIG₂.NA | |
| 6 | DU₃{uš} | |
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