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OrNS 59, 478 (P480775)
CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila, Neo-Babylonian, unclear · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | OrNS 59, 478 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480775 |
| Museum no. | BM 054654 |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Literature > Hymns > Divine > Šuʾila |
| Find spot | unclear |
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 | [EN₂ EN] ⸢MAH⸣.DI UŠUMGAL AN u KI maš-maš DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ e-tel {d}i₂-⸢gi₃⸣-[gi₃] | Incantation: O lord of the E-MAH-e-DI, king of heaven and earth, exorcist of the gods, pre-eminent one of the Igigi, |
| 2 | {[d]}⸢ŠU₂⸣ EN MAH.DI UŠUMGAL AN u KI maš-maš DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ e-tel {d}i₂-[gi₃-gi₃] | O Shamash, exalted lord, ruler of heaven and earth, exorcist of the gods, pre-eminent one of Igigi |
| 3 | [muš]-⸢ta⸣-bil ⸢ne₂-me-qi₂⸣ mu-ša-tir dum-⸢qi₂⸣ | Who carries out the enchantments, who makes good the deities |
| 4 | [EN] ⸢ina⸣ te-es-li-ti az-za-az IGI-ka | O lord, I stand before you in prayer. |
| 5 | ⸢ar⸣-ši ni-iš ŠU-ma a-kar-rab ka-a-ta | It is an eagle, its hand is a lion, it is yours |
| 6 | ⸢lik⸣-tara-bu-ku {d}a-nu {d}5(u) u {d}4(u) DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ | May Anu, Ištar and Ea, the great gods |
| 7 | AN u KI li-šap-ši-hu kab-ta-at-ka | May heaven and earth rejoice over you. |
| 8 | a-na IR₃-ka ia-ši ri-ša₂-a re-⸢e⸣-ma | To your servant, my lord, the shepherd, turn back and |
| 9 | ši-mi te-es-li-ti mu-hur qa-ba-a-a un-ni-ni-ia li-qe₂-⸢ma⸣ [ri]-⸢ša₂⸣-a re-e-ma | Receive my prayer, accept my prayer. |
| 10 | pu-ṭur an-ni hi-ṭi-ti gil₂-la-ti ⸢u ma⸣-mit | Release my sin, my guilt (and) my sin! |
| 11 | hi-ṭa-at ah-ṭu-u₂ ka-li-ši-na li-te-⸢ti-qa-an⸣-ni | May all the sins that I have committed be passed by for me. |
| 12 | DINGIR-MU {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂-MU DINGIR URU-MU {d}IŠ₈.TAR₂ URU-ia | My (personal) god (is) Ištar, the god of my city, (and) my city. |
| 13 | ki-šit-ti su-qi₂ su-le-e UD.DA DINGIR-MEŠ šu-uš-kal-liš še-⸢et⸣ | The cult center, the street, the daise of the gods, the seat of the high priestess, |
| 14 | DINGIR-⸢MEŠ⸣ | of the gods |
| 15 | ⸢šu⸣-par-ru-ur-tu₂ ša ez-ze-et iš-tuh₂-⸢hi DINGIR-MEŠ x x⸣ [x] | The šu’eparrūtu-demon, who is furious, the one who is angry with the gods |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢ah⸣-ṭi an-ni-tu₂ še-et-<tu₂> dan-na-tu₂ ma-la ZU{u} [u NU ZU{u]} | This is a very strong one, as much as there is and as little there is. |
| 2 | a-ta-mi-ka pu-ṭur ʾ-il-ti UR.⸢SAG⸣ [DINGIR-MEŠ {d}AMAR.UTU] | I have sworn to you: release the guilt of the hero of the gods, Marduk |
| 3 | KA-INIM-⸢MA⸣ ŠU-IL₂-LA {⸢d⸣}[AMAR-UTU-KAM] | The wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Marduk. |
| 4 | DU₃.DU₃.BI NIG₂.NA ŠIM.LI ina NE {giš}KIŠI₁₆ ana ⸢IGI⸣ {[d]}⸢AMAR⸣.UTU GAR{⸢an⸣} | Its ritual: You set up a censer of juniper in embers of an orchard for the ‘First-fruits’ of Marduk. |
| 5 | ŠU.IL₂.LA₂ 3(diš)-šu₂ ana IGI {⸢d}AMAR⸣.[UTU] ⸢ŠID⸣{nu}⸢ma⸣ A.RA.[ZU].⸢BI⸣ GIŠ.TUKU.MA.AB | It is a third šuʾillakku-prayer in front of Marduk. |
| 6 | ⸢AL⸣.[TIL] | end of the esalû-festival |
| 7 | GABA.RI KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki} ki-ma la-bi-ri-i-šu SAR-ma-AŠ₂.PA | Copy of Babylon, written and checked according to its original. |
| 8 | IM.GID₂.DA ana {d}INANA-IBILA-u₂-ṣur DUMU {m}{d}E₂.A-⸢DU₃⸣{eš}DINGIR | Tablet of Ištar-apla-uṣur, son of Ea-ebīti-e’è, |
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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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