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SFS Ist Si 0017 pl. 4 (P480905)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | SFS Ist Si 0017 pl. 4 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480905 |
| Museum no. | Ist Si 0017 |
| Collection | Arkeoloji Müzeleri, Istanbul, Turkey |
| Language | Sumerian |
| 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)
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 e₂-nu-ru zu:⸢ab⸣ [...] | Incantation: “Enuru, the Zu-eab temple |
| 2 | u₄-an-e x-x [...] | The storm ... |
| 3 | tu₆ ku₃-ga na-de₂-[x ...] | In the pure incantation ... |
| 4 | en-⸢e⸣ mu-un-gi e₂-kur-<ra> mu-⸢un⸣-[gi] | En-e-e returned, he returned to the Ekur. |
| 5 | inim {d}en-ki-ke₄ en-e mu-⸢un⸣-[gi] | By the command of Enki the lord returned |
| 6 | e₂-kur-ra mu-un-gi tu₆ en₂ ⸢e₂⸣-[nu-ru] | he returned to the Ekur. Incantation formula. |
| 7 | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.⸢KAM⸣ | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 8 | I₃ {giš}EREN I₃ {giš}ŠU.UR₂.MIN₃ | cedar oil, cypress oil |
| 9 | I₃ GI DU₁₀.GA I₃ ḫal-ṣa | sweet reed oil |
| 10 | KI LAL₃ u I₃.NUN.NA ḪE.ḪE | You mix with honey and butter. |
| 11 | EN₂ an-ni-tu₂ 7-⸢šu₂⸣ | Incantation: This is the seventh song. |
| 12 | ana ŠA₃ ŠID-nu-ma | To the hand of ŠU-ID-numa |
| 13 | U₄ 1.KAM U₄ 7.KAM U₄ 9.KAM | day 1, day 7, day 9: |
| 14 | U₄ 15.KAM U₄ 17.KAM U₄ 21.KAM | day 15, day 17, day 21: |
| r | ||
| 1 | U₄ 27.KAM U₄ 30.KAM | 27th day, 30th day |
| 2 | LU₂ BI UZU.MEŠ-šu₂ ŠEŠ₂.ŠEŠ₂-ma | That man's flesh is cleansed |
| 3 | kiš-pi ⸢zi⸣-[ru EN] ⸢TI⸣ NU TE-šu₂ | witchcraft against eziru-plant, lord of etaḫti-plant: it will not approach him. |
| 4 | ina {iti}[AB U₄ 24.KAM] | In Tebet (X), on the 24th day |
| 5 | a-⸢na⸣ {[d}GIŠ.NU₁₁-MU-GI.NA LUGAL TIN.TIR{ki]} | Aya-ešum-ukin, king of Babylon. |
| 6 | e-[pu-uš] | did |
Sources & licences
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