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Ist Si 0034 (P480906)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian, Sippar-Yahrurum · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | Ist Si 0034 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480906 |
| Museum no. | Ist Si 0034 |
| 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-x] x [...] | |
| 2' | [... gaš]-⸢ru-tu₂⸣ [...] ina qe₂-⸢reb⸣ [...] | ... awe-inspiring ... in the midst of ... |
| 3' | [... aš]-⸢ru⸣ šip-⸢ṭi KU₅⸣-su [...] | ... the ašû-priest, the šip-ēṭi-priestess, his ... |
| 4' | [...] an-ni-⸢i⸣ ana ni-iš ŠU{ii.}MU i-ziz-[za-nim-ma] | ... this to my hand he stood, and |
| 5' | [ši-ma]-a tes₂-li-tum kaš-ša₂-pi u kaš-⸢šap-ti⸣ | If a claim concerning the warlock and witch |
| 6' | [...] ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ up-ša₂-še-e ⸢ḪUL⸣.MEŠ₂ ša₂ LU₂.MEŠ DU₃-šu₂-nin-ni | ... the ešāru-plant, the long-lasting, the short-lasting (and) the ḫulû-plant that men made for me |
| 7' | NU.⸢MEŠ⸣-šu₂-nu DU₃-uš ina IGI-ku-nu e-li-šu₂-nu az-ziz | I raised up their ecstatics (and) stood before you. |
| 8' | ⸢di-ni⸣ di-na EŠ.BAR-a-a KU₅-⸢sa⸣ | Judge my case, render my verdict! |
| 9' | ina ⸢DU₁₁⸣.GA-ku-nu ṣir-tu₂ ša₂ NU KUR₂-[ru₃] | In your ‘song’, the intertwined one that cannot be changed |
| 10' | u an-ni-ku-nu ki-nim ša₂ NU BAL-[u] | and your firm affirmation cannot be overturned |
| 11' | kiš-pi-šu₂-nu ⸢ru⸣-ḫe-e-šu₂-nu ru-su-[šu₂-nu] | their witchcraft, their magic, their spittle |
| 12' | NU DU₁₀.MEŠ šu₂-nu ana ⸢muḫ⸣-ḫi-šu₂-⸢nu li⸣-[tu-ru-ma] | They are not good. May they return to their emuḫbi-šû-plant |
| 13' | šu-nu-ti ⸢li⸣-[iṣ-ba-tu-šu₂-nu-ti] | These are the elī-ešbatûti. |
| 14' | DINGIR MAN IDIM u NUN li-is-⸢bu⸣-[su ...] | May god, king, noble, and prince ... against him. |
| 15' | [ana]-ku IR₃-ku-nu lu-ub-luṭ lu-uš-⸢lim⸣-[ma ...] | I, your servant, may I live (and) be a king, and . |
| r | ||
| 1 | 3-šu₂ ⸢ŠID-nu⸣-ma NU {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU {munus}UŠ₁₁⸣.[ZU] ina ⸢GIR₃⸣-[šu₂ ...] | (If) it is 3 (times) and it is not an āšû-demon (or) a woman in its aegis |
| 2 | ⸢A.MEŠ⸣ ina UGU-šu₂-nu i-ra-muk ZI₃ ⸢GAZI{sar} i⸣-sa-[raq-šu-nu-ši] | He will grind the flour of the kasû-tree on them. |
| 3 | ⸢A.GUB₂⸣.BA NIG₂.NA GI.IZI.⸢LA₂⸣ u₂-⸢tal⸣-[lal] | a censer, a torch, an ebullâ-vessel |
| 4 | [ana] ⸢KEŠ₂⸣ tu-qar-rab-šu₂-ma ki-a-⸢am⸣ tu-šad-[bab-šu₂] | You turn him into a trap, and then you make him enter another trap. |
| 5 | [DINGIR].⸢MEŠ⸣ GAL.MEŠ i-lit-ti {d}a-nim ša₂ nap-ḫar AN u [...] | The great gods, the offspring of Anu, who ... the entirety of heaven and earth |
| 6 | ⸢at⸣-tu-nu as-ḫur-ku-nu-ši e-še-eʾ-ku-nu-⸢ši⸣ | I have seized you, I have carried you off. |
| 7 | [ša₂] ⸢la⸣ SIG₅ DU₃-ša₂ ti-da-a <ša₂> UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ UŠ₁₁ up-ša₂-še-e ḪUL.MEŠ₂ DU₃-⸢ša₂⸣ | (If) it is good that he builds it (and) if it is <the> length, length, width, and height are evil, he will build it. |
| 8 | ⸢INIM⸣ ḪUL-ti is-ḫu-ra i-še-eʾ-a | Incantation: “Its evil has been released, it has risen up. |
| 9 | [DINGIR] ⸢u⸣ {d}iš₈-tar₂ u₂-za-an-⸢nu⸣-u it-ti-ia | The gods of heaven, Ištar, will praise with me. |
| 10 | [ma]-⸢ḫar⸣-ku-nu az-ziz EGIR-ku-nu al-lak | I stood before you and went behind you. |
| 11 | [x-x].MEŠ₂-ku-nu GAR-nu lum-ni-ia₂ ⸢lip-su⸣-su ek-le-ti-ia₅ li-nam-mi-ru | May my evil, his evil, (and) my wickedness be seen. |
| 12 | [e-ša₂]-⸢ti⸣-ia₅ li-za-ku-ma da₃-li₂-li₂-ku-nu lud-lul | May my eša-etīya be present, so that I may sing your praises. |
| 13 | [GIŠ.MEŠ₂] ⸢KEŠ₂⸣ ina GU₂-šu₂ GAR-an ⸢U₂.MEŠ⸣ ina KAŠ NAG-ma EN u₄-um TI | You put sesame oil on his neck, he drinks it in beer, and then he will recover. |
| 14 | [ki-ma] {⸢d⸣}UTU ZALAG₂-ir ⸢da⸣-[bi-ib] ⸢KI-šu₂⸣ kit-tu₂ i-da-bu-ub | As soon as Šamaš has cleared, he will speak truth with his son. |
| 15 | [... DINGIR-šu₂] {⸢d}15-šu₂ KI-šu₂ SILIM-mu⸣ | May his god and his goddess be reconciled with him |
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