SFS Ist Si 0018 (P480759)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | SFS Ist Si 0018 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480759 |
| Museum no. | Ist Si 0018 |
| 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' | [. . .] (they) [vie with one an]other to gaze upon [. . .]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | O [Namraṣit], unrivalled [in st]rength, whose advice no o[ne] can le[arn], |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | I, Shamash-shum-ukin, [your] servant, |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | (hereby) offer to you a pu[re] flour-offering of the night. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | I libate for you first class beer [. . .]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | I in[voke] your name by the purified . . . |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | I call on you, my lord, in the midst of the pure heaven[s]. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | I [am kneeling] (and) I stand. I (hereby) seek y[ou]. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 9'9'–o 9'9' | Establish for [me] a propitious and just [oracular utterance]. |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [My god] and [my goddess, who] have been angry [. . .] for many days, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | [Through tr]uth and ju[stice, may] they be at peace [with me]. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [I (hereby) se]nd Anzagar, [. . .] |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Let him absolve [. . . at nig]ht. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | [Let me bec]ome healthy, let [me] be purified of my punishment. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Let me proclaim your praises [for]ever! |
| Reverse [4:5] r 55–r 55 | [It is the wor]ding of a lifted-hand prayer to Sin. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 66–r 66 | Its ritual: You set up tamarisk. 12 <loaves> of thyme |
| Reverse [6:7] r 77–r 77 | (and) 12 (more) loaves <of . . . ?> you prepare. You scatter dates (and) fine flour. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 88–r 88 | <You set out> mersu-cakes (made of) tamarisk(!?) (and) ghee. You libate beer before the god [. . .]. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 99–r 99 | At the head of [his] bed [. . . you set up] a censer of juniper. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 1010–r 1010 | "O Anzagar, the message of Nannaru (i.e., Sin)." |
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' | [... ug-da-ša₂]-⸢ra⸣ ana a-ma-ri [...] | |
| 2' | {d}[AŠ.IM₅.BABBAR e]-muq la ša₂-na-an ša₂ la i-⸢lam⸣-[ma-du] mi-lik-šu₂ ma-⸢am⸣-[man] | |
| 3' | ana-ku {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA ⸢IR₃⸣-[ka] | |
| 4' | as-ruq-ka ši-riq mu-ši ⸢el⸣-[lu] | |
| 5' | aq-qi-ka re-eš-ta-a ši-kar [...] | |
| 6' | ina {giš}GAN₂.LAGAB qud-du-ši MU-ka az-[kur] | |
| 7' | al-si-ka be-li₂ ina qe₂-reb AN{e} ⸢KU₃⸣-[MEŠ] | |
| 8' | [kam-sa]-ku a-za-az a-še-ʾ ka-[a-ša₂] | |
| 9' | [INIM.GAR] dum-qi₂ u mi-ša₂-ri šu-kun UGU-[MU] | |
| 10' | [DINGIR-MU] u {d}[iš₈-tar₂-MU ša] iš-tu U₄{mu} ma-ʾ-du ⸢x⸣ is-bu-su [...] | |
| 11' | [ina kit]-ti u ⸢mi⸣-[ša₂-ri li]-is-li-mu [KI-MU] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [u₂-ma-ʾ]-ir-ma AN.ZA.GAR₃ [...] | |
| 2 | [ina šat mu]-ši-im li-paṭ-ṭi-ra [...] | |
| 3 | [lu-uš]-⸢lim(me) šer-ti lu-ta-lil₂ [ana-ku] | |
| 4 | [ana da₃]-ra-a-ti lud-lu-la da-li-li-ka | |
| 5 | [KA]-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ {d}ZUEN-NA-[KAM] | |
| 6 | KID₃.KID₃.BI {giš}ŠINIG GAR{an} 1(u) 2(diš) <NINDA> ha-še | |
| 7 | 1(u) 2(diš) NINDA <...> KEŠDA ZU₂.LUM.MA ZI₃.EŠA DUB | |
| 8 | NINDA.I₃.DE₂.A ŠINIG I₃.NUN.NA <GAR{an>} KAŠ BAL{qi₂} IGI {d}[...] | |
| 9 | ina SAG {giš}⸢NA₂⸣-[šu₂ ...] NIG₂.NA {šim}LI [GAR{an]} | |
| 10 | AN.ZA.GAR₃ na-aš-par-ti {d}NANNA{ru} | |
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