SFS Ist Si 0006 (P480756)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | SFS Ist Si 0006 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480756 |
| Museum no. | Ist Si 0006 |
| 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 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [. . . mot]her merci[ful . . .] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [. . . the h]em of my god(’s) (and) goddess(’s garment) [I seize] your (garment's) hem. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [. . .], . . . handing down the decision, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [. . . rest]oring and maintaining well-being are within your power, |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [. . .] you know how [to s]ave, to spare, and to rescue. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [O Be]let-ili, sublime lady, merciful mother, |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | Among the myriad stars of the heavens, |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | O lady, in you I trust; my ears are attentive to you. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | I, Shamash-shum-ukin, the king, the son of his god, |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | whose god (is) Marduk, goddess (is) Zarpanitu, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | on account of the evil of a lunar eclipse, which occurred on the 15th day of the month Shabbatu, |
| Obverse [11:12] o 12'12'–o 12'12' | (and) the evil of portents (and) omens, unpleasant (and) unfavorable, |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | which are continually present in my palace and (throughout) my land, |
| Obverse [13:14] o 14'14'–o 14'14' | am afraid, in fear, and constantly frightened. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | May its evil, to me and my house, |
| Obverse [15:16] o 16'16'–o 16'16' | not draw near, approach, advance, (or) arrive. |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | Receive my flour offering, accept my prayer. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 18'18'–o 18'18' | Let me send you to my angry (personal) god (and) my angry (personal) goddess, |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | To the god of my city who is furious and enraged with me. |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | On account of oracles and dreams that are hounding me, |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | O Belet-ili, mercif[ul] lady, [. . .] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 22'22'–o 22'22' | Through the word of your august command, which is supreme in Ekur, |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | And your sure approval, which cannot be alte[re]d, |
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' | [... um]-mi reme-⸢ni⸣-[tu₄ ...] | |
| 2' | [... TUG₂].⸢SIG₂⸣ DINGIR-MU {d}1(u) 5(diš)-MU TUG₂.SIG₂-⸢ki⸣ [aṣ-bat] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢x⸣-BAR EŠ.BAR ⸢KUD{si⸣} | |
| 4' | [... bu]-⸢lu⸣-ṭu u šul-lu-mu ba-šu-u₂ KI-ki | |
| 5' | [... e]-⸢ṭe⸣-ru ga-ma-lu u šu-zu-bu ti-de-e | |
| 6' | {[d}be]-⸢let⸣-i₃-li₂ GAŠAN ša₂-qu-ti AMA reme-ni-ti | |
| 7' | ina ma-ʾ-du-ti MUL-MEŠ ša₂-ma-mi | |
| 8' | GAŠAN ka-a-ši at-kal-ki ib-ša₂-ki GEŠTU-2(diš)-a-a | |
| 9' | ana-ku {m}{d}GIŠ.ŠIR-MU-GI.NA LUGAL DUMU DINGIR-šu₂ | |
| 10' | ša₂ DINGIR-šu₂ {d}AMAR.UTU {d}1(u) 5(diš)-šu₂ {d}zar-pa-ni-tu₄ | |
| 11' | ina HUL AN.GI₆ {d}3(u) ša₂ ina ITI.AŠ₂ UD.1(u) 5(diš).KAM GAR{nu} | |
| 12' | ina HUL A₂-MEŠ GISKIM-MEŠ HUL-MEŠ NU DU₁₀.GA-MEŠ | |
| 13' | ša₂ ina E₂.GAL-MU u KUR-ia GAL₂-MEŠ | |
| 14' | pal-ha-ku-ma ad-ra-ku u šu-ta-du-ra-ku | |
| 15' | HUL-BI ia-a-ši u E₂-MU | |
| 16' | a-a TE{a} a-a DIM₄ a-a iq-ri-ba a-a KUR{an-ni} | |
| 17' | ZI₃.MAD.GA₂ muh-ri-in-ni-ma le-qe₂-e un-ni-ni-ia | |
| 18' | lu-uš-pur-ki ana DINGIR-MU ze-ni-i {d}1(u) 5(diš)-MU ze-ni-ti | |
| 19' | ana DINGIR URU-MU ša₂ šab-su-ma kam-lu KI-⸢MU⸣ | |
| 20' | ina bi-ri u MAŠ₂.GI₆ GAR.GAR-ma | |
| 21' | {d}be-let-i₃-li₂ GAŠAN reme-ni-[ti ...] | |
| 22' | ina a-mat qi₂-bi-ti-ki ṣir-ti ša₂ ina E₂.KUR šur-bat | |
| 23' | u₃ an-ni-ki <ki>-⸢nim⸣ ša₂ NU BAL{u₂} | |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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