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VAT 00035 (P480915)
Prayer, Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE
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| Designation | VAT 00035 |
|---|---|
| ID | P480915 |
| Museum no. | VAT 00035 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Babylonian · c. 626 BCE–539 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | uncertain (mod. uncertain) |
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 aṣ⸣-bat KA-ki u₂-tab-bil EME-⸢ki⸣ | Incantation: “I have seized your mouth, I have carried off the tongue of Sumer. |
| 2 | aṣ-bat ŠU{ii}ki ad-di qa-a a-na KA-[ki] | I seized your hand. I bowed my hand to your mouth. |
| 3 | ap-te-te KA-ki at-ta-saḫ EME ⸢KA⸣-[ki] | I opened your mouth, I smeared your tongue |
| 4 | a-na la da-ba-ba ša₂ dib-bi-ia a-na [la] | not to speak, my words not |
| 5 | šu-un-ne₂-e ša₂ a-ma-ti-ia₂ ina qi₂-⸢bit⸣ | The hand of my words by the command |
| 6 | te-lit {d}15 {d}IDIM {d}UTU {d}asal-lu₂-⸢ḫi⸣ [TU₆] ⸢EN₂⸣ | the descendant of Ištar, the Ea, Šamaše, Asalluḫbi, Incantation-formula. |
| 7 | DU₃.DU₃.BI NU EN da-ba-ba ša₂ IM DU₃-⸢uš ZAG⸣-šu₂ KA-šu₂ | Its ritual: “It is not the lord of speaking, it is written on a tablet. Its right side is its mouth. |
| 8 | GUB₃-šu₂ qi₂-na-as-su tu-ša₂-aṣ-bat-su | Its left side is his qinašu-bowl, you surround it (with it) |
| 9 | ina {an}{bar}ḫa-⸢aḫ⸣-ḫu ta-maḫ-ḫa-ṣu-šu₂ | In the middle of the “sunrise to moonset’ you set it up. |
| 10 | šu-mu-šu ina MAŠ.SIL₃ 150-šu₂ ⸢SAR⸣-ar₂ a-na lib₃-bi | His name is in the maššallu-container on his left. |
| b.e. | ||
| 1 | ḫu-up-pi(ši) GAR-an ina IGI {d}UTU ta-dan-šu₂ | You set up a censer before Šamaš. |
| 2 | NINDA.ḪI.A IM ta-rim-šu₂ ina {na₄}KIŠIB {na₄}⸢ŠUBA⸣ | a kind of bread made with clay, with a seal of ebony |
| r | ||
| 1 | u {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ KA₂-šu₂ ta-bar-⸢ram⸣ ina še-e-[ri] | and lapis lazuli you will remove from his mouth. |
| 2 | ina I.DIB KA₂ E₂-šu₂ GAR-⸢an⸣-[(šu₂) saḫ]-⸢le⸣-e BA.BA.⸢ZA MUNU₄⸣ | At the gate of his house he will make a claim, he shall contest in his lawsuit and not succeed. |
| 3 | ina muḫ-ḫi ta-⸢sar-raq⸣ DE₃ ina ⸢UGU tel-li⸣-iḫ | On top of it you strew a šarruqītu-plant (and) you sprinkle it on top. |
| 4 | ŠU{ii}šu₂ u GIR₃{ii}šu₂ a-na ⸢muḫ-ḫi⸣ LUḪ-si | his hand and his feet to the ēšuḫbi-plant |
| 5 | EN₂ 7-šu₂ ana muḫ-ḫi ⸢ŠID-nu⸣ ina a-si-du ⸢ZAG⸣-šu₂ | Incantation: Seven times on top of the ēšudnû-plant in the asidu-plant. |
| 6 | i-ser₂-šu-⸢ma⸣ [ina] muḫ-ḫi EN INIM-šu₂ GUB-zu | Iseršu-ema'e stands on top of his word |
Sources & licences
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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)
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