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OrNS 59, 488 (P480768)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | OrNS 59, 488 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480768 |
| Museum no. | BM 057532 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila |
| Find spot | Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah) |
| Coordinates | 33.0605, 44.2552 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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⸣ qa-rit-tu₄ {d}iš-tar ka-nu-⸢ut⸣ [...] | Incantation: “Quarantine of Ištar, supreme |
| 2 | di-par AN{e} u KI{ti₃} ša₂-ru-⸢ur⸣ [...] | The dipar of heaven and earth, the šāru’ur temple |
| 3 | {d}in-nin-ni bu-uk-rat {d}3(u) [...] | Innini, son of Sin |
| 4 | tu-am-tu ṭar₃-ri šu-pu-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | (Sum) The tūmtu-demon, the šupupû priest, ... (Akk) The sea, the marsh, the mountain(?) ... |
| 5 | {d}1(u) 5(diš) {d}⸢a-na⸣-ti-ma AN{⸢e⸣} [...] | Ištar, Ea-na’eti, Anu-e-ti |
| 6 | GIM {d}EN.⸢LIL₂⸣ ma-li-ku ⸢te⸣-[...] | Like Enlil, the one who goes to the Etēte temple |
| 7 | {d}mu-um-mu-ma ba-an par-⸢ṣu⸣ [...] | “Mumma, the one who ... the rites |
| 8 | tak-lim-tu₄ {d}e₂-a ina ap-⸢si⸣ [...] | Ea, in the Apsu'e |
| 9 | e-ma ba-aš₂-mu ki-sur-ru-[u₂ ...] | Wherever there is a boundary ... |
| 10 | ša pa-a šak-nu ta-paq-⸢qi₂⸣ [...] | You recite the incantation over the face of the man |
| 11 | šum-ma <ana> ina {d}i₂-gi₃-gi₃ a-⸢a⸣-[u₂ ...] | If in Igigi, the a’ēû-priest |
| 12 | i-na {d}a-nun-na-ki al ⸢ša⸣-[nin-ki] | among the Anunnaki, above the E-nin-ki |
| 13 | ⸢at⸣-ti-ma ina ša₃-sur ⸢ni⸣-[ši ...] | “I have been born, and in the womb of her birth mother |
| 14 | [tu-uš]-⸢te⸣-pe-el ši-⸢ma⸣-[at-ma ...] | You defiled it, it is the second time ... |
| 15 | [eš]-⸢ʾe⸣-ma(KU) DINGIR-MEŠ [...] | The eš’ema prayer of the gods |
| 16 | [as]-⸢hur⸣ ina {d}1(u) 5(diš)-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | Ašḫur-e23 among the Ishtar-gods |
| 17 | [pa-nu-uk]-⸢ki⸣ {d}⸢ALAD⸣ [...] | Panuk-e, the E-alad-e temple |
| 18 | [... me]-⸢še-ri⸣ [...] | ... mešeri ... |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... liš-še]-me₂ [...] | May ... hear ... |
| 2' | [... a-qab]-bu-u₂ ⸢GIM⸣ [...] | ... I will speak, the ešimmu-plant |
| 3' | [...] ⸢UZU⸣ u ⸢hu⸣-[ud ...] | ... ešû-plant and ḫūd-plant |
| 4' | [...] ur he-pi₂ qi₂-⸢šam⸣ [...] | ... a broken dog |
| 5' | [e]-⸢ma⸣ u₂-ṣa-am-ma-⸢ru⸣ [...] | “If he goes out, he will go out ... |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ lih-du-ka he-[pi₂ ...] | ... may ... rejoice over you, broken ... |
| 7' | [... DINGIR]-MEŠ ⸢GAL⸣-MEŠ he-⸢pi₂⸣ [...] | May the gods, the palaces, be destroyed |
| 8' | KA-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂-LA₂ {[d}INANA-KAM ...] | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Ishtar |
| 9' | NIG₂.NA {šim}LI GAR{an} mi-⸢ha⸣ [...] | a censer of juniper, placed, mi-eḫa-e |
| 10' | ŠU.IL₂.LA₂ 3(diš)-⸢šu₂⸣ [ŠID{nu} ...] | Hand-lifting prayer of 3rd grade |
| 11' | EN₂ DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ša {d}a-num [...] | Incantation: O great gods of Anu |
| 12' | ul-tu ŠA₃{bi} ⸢MUL⸣ GAL i-⸢x⸣-[...] | From the Great Star |
| 13' | ki-ma IDIM-šu₂ ⸢šar-ma ši tab šar x x⸣ [...] | Like his eunuch, he is a ... king |
| 14' | ⸢x⸣ ra ŠEŠ ⸢x⸣ DU₃ ⸢x x⸣ {d}MUATI ⸢NU⸣ [...] | (If) he builds a temple (and) ... Nabu, ... . |
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
- 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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