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Ist Si 0001 (P480903)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Ist Si 0001 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480903 |
| Museum no. | Ist Si 0001 |
| 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 |
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 | [x-x-(x)] ⸢mu UŠ₁₁⸣ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ NIG₂.AK.A.MEŠ ḪUL.MEŠ₂ NU DU₁₀.GA.MEŠ | ... ešû-disease, “seizing-of-the-mouth', causing death, destroying evil, not good |
| 2 | [al-si]-⸢ka EN⸣ {d}UTU | I call upon you, O Šamaš, |
| 3 | [x-(x)] ŠINIG x-x sar {giš}GIŠIMMAR | tamarisk ..., date palm |
| 4 | [x-(x)] A.MEŠ ID₂ ⸢a⸣-li-ku-ti | water from the river Ea-elikūti |
| 5 | [x-(x)] x [(x)] u a-⸢li⸣-ki GAR | ... and Ālī-ekīki ... |
| 6 | [x-x] x GAR x GAR | ... is present. |
| 7 | [x-x] x U₂ ⸢DIM₁₀⸣ U₂.MEŠ | ... ešamaš-plant |
| 8 | x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x ka-⸢su-ti⸣ | ... kaesutī-e3 |
| 9 | {[lu₂]}⸢UŠ₁₁.ZU⸣ u {munus}[UŠ₁₁].ZU | a criminal and a woman |
| 10 | [ana-ku] x-x-šu₂-nu-ti ana-ku [x-x-šu₂-nu]-⸢ti⸣ | I am ..., I am the ... of ... |
| 11 | [x-x]-šu₂-nu x-[x-(x)]-⸢ma⸣ | their ... |
| 12 | [ka]-⸢an⸣-ni ⸢ak-nun-šu₂⸣-[nu]-ti | his ka’ean-e-an-šûti-house |
| 13 | [ina] ḫu-ḫa-ra as-ḫu-up-[šu₂-nu]-ti | I have smashed them with a torch |
| 14 | ⸢ZI₃⸣.SUR.RA-⸢a al⸣-mi₃-šu₂-[nu]-ti | They are the esurâ-plants that I planted. |
| 15 | {⸢d⸣}UTU ina ⸢u₄-mi₃ an-ni-i⸣ | Šamaš on this day |
| 16 | ⸢ku-šu⸣-ud {⸢lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU⸣ x-x-x-⸢ma⸣ | “If a man, a woman, and a fugitive |
| 17 | [(x)] x-x-x-x-x-ni x-x-x [...] | ... ... |
| 18 | [x] x-x [x] x-x [...] | |
| r | ||
| before_19' | [KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM] | It is the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 1' | [DU₃.DU₃].⸢BI⸣ 2 NU ⸢IM⸣ 2 NU ... 2 NU ...] | Its ritual: You do not recite 2 (lines) The ešimmû-lamentation priest does not ... 2 ... |
| 2' | [...] DUḪ.ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ 2 NU ... 2 NU ...] | ... sesame oil 2 ... 2 .... |
| 3' | [...] ⸢NU⸣ ŠINIG 2 [NU ... teppuš-ma] | ... ešunû-plant 2 ... you perform and |
| 4' | ⸢GIM kan⸣-ni ⸢ta⸣-[kan-na-an-šu₂-nu-ti] | “If he slips through the cracks of the gate, |
| 5' | ⸢GIM⸣ ḫu-ḫa-ri ⸢ta-saḫ⸣-[ḫap-šu₂-nu-ti] | The ēšû-plant, the ḫbāru-plant (and) the tasaḥbpṣu-plant |
| 6' | ZI₃.SUR.<RA>-a ⸢NIGIN⸣-šu₂-⸢nu⸣-[ti] | a type of flour from the esû-plant |
| 7' | ⸢EN₂⸣ an-ni-⸢ti⸣ 3-šu₂ ŠID-⸢nu⸣-[ma] | This incantation three times |
| 8' | ⸢ina⸣ {d}gira₂ ⸢BIL₂-šu₂⸣-[nu-ti] | “Ina-e’e (means) Gira, their ebIL-šûti |
| 9' | ⸢GIBIL₂-su⸣-nu ana ID₂ [ŠUB-di] | they will throw their new plant into the river |
| 10' | ⸢ina⸣ {iti}AB U₄ 24.KAM | Ina-e23, month of Ṭebētu, day 24, |
| 11' | [a]-na {d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA | To Šamaš-šar-ukin |
| 12' | ⸢LUGAL⸣ TIN.TIR{ki} e-pu-uš | king of Babylon built. |
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