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RA 024, 002 (P495757)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Susa · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | RA 024, 002 |
|---|---|
| ID | P495757 |
| Museum no. | Sb 09469 |
| Collection | Louvre Museum, Paris, France |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Susa (mod. Shush) |
| Coordinates | 32.1895, 48.2569 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | li-ih-li-iq-szu t,u#-u2-du a-iu-u2-ta _kaskal_ | may he defeat him. Good health to the enemy on the road |
| 2 | li-ik-la-szu ne-re-eb-ta-szu sza3-du-u2 | (Sum) May the šadû-demon hold him back (Akk) May he hold his back his rejoicing, |
| 3 | ka-ak-ku-um mu-ur2#-ta-ap-pi-du e-li-szu li-sze-er | May the “seizing-of-the-mouth’-demon(?) smite him with a smear of sulphur. |
| 4 | ma-mi-ta-am ut-ta-ma-am-mu-u2 | “I have sinned against you, |
| 5 | na-ap-ha-ar i-ru-u2 na-ap-[x]-ar ul-du | (Sum) The napḫar priestess, the one who enters (Akk) The lamentation priest is the one that enters |
| 6 | i-na s,il2-li2 s,e2-er-be2-tim u2#-li#-id _musz_ | In the shadow of the night he made a snake rise. |
| 7 | e-ru-u2 it-ta-la-ad i-na s,e-ri-szu | (Sum) The young man screamed, in his sheepfold (Akk) He shouted at the young woman, in her sheepfold |
| 8 | ri-ma sza3-ap-pa-ra _musz_ i-ba-ra-am-ma | “Rīma ša-aprāru snake’s horn is pierced and |
| 9 | e-ru-u2 i-ku-ul i-ku-lu ma-ru-szu | They entered, ate, drank his beer. |
| 10 | ni-im-ra-am mi-in-di-<na>-am _musz_ i-ba-ra-am-ma# | “If a snake rises and |
| 11 | e#-ru-u2 i-ku-ul i-ku-lu ma-ru-szu# | They entered, ate, drank his beer. |
| 12 | isz#-tu ma-ru-szu ir-bu-u2 [...] | After his death ... |
| 13 | ga#-ap-pi isz#-[x] x? er ru# [...] | ... tears ... |
| 14 | e#-[...]-na# li-ib-bi-szu [...] | ... his heart |
| 15 | ma-ru-u2-a-mi [...] | Arua ... |
| 16 | it-ta-al-ku i-sze-u2 [...] | They went, they heard ... |
| 17 | i-sze-u2-ni sza3-am-ma [...] | ... the heart ... |
| 18 | u3# ma-ru _musz_ lu-ku-[...] | And may a snake ... |
| 19 | e-te-el-li-ma i-na# [...] | he went up, and in ... |
| 20 | usz-sza3-am-ma [...] | (Sum) I want to pacify the heart of the king, my lord, and ... (Akk) The pacification of the heart ... |
| 21 | ma-an-nu-um sza3 [...] | Who ... the heart of |
| 22 | at-mu-um# [...] | Atmum ... |
| 23 | a-na e-[...] | to ... |
| 24 | a#-bi# [...] | Its father was |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [x]-ru _musz_# [...] | ... snake ... |
| 2' | li-la-tu [...] | lilatu-disease |
| 3' | _musz_ i-ku-sza3 [...] | snake with ikû-mark ... |
| 4' | szi-i-ra usz?-x [...] | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) The ... of the night ... |
| 5' | _musz_ it-ta-di ma-ha-ar [...] | (If) a snake approaches before .... |
| 6' | ip-pa-li-is-ma la-asz-szu-u2 [...] | he looked and there was no |
| 7' | s,u2-up-ra-nu-usz-szu qa-qa-ra-am# [...] | His arrows are the ground |
| 8' | u3? e?-le?#-num sza3-ma-a-a x [...] | and Elenum, my heart |
| 9' | [x x]-ah?#-ru-usz i-ba-ak#-[x] | ... he will ... |
| 10' | [...] il#-la-ka di-[x x]-szu# | ... will come ... his ... |
| 11' | at-ka#-la-ak-ku-um-ma {d}utu qu2-ra-du | I am constantly seeking you, O Šamaš, warrior |
| 12' | a-na e-ri-i szul?#-ma-ni a-na-ku as-ru-uk# | I have entrusted my well-being to you. |
| 13' | a-du-ur-ma ri#-isz-ka u2-ka-ab-bi-it | Now, your love will be bound. |
| 14' | le-mu-ut-ta u2-ul u2-ki-il a-na ib-ri-ia | I did not cast an evil curse against my friend. |
| 15' | szu-u2 qi2-in-na-szu sza3-li-im-ma sza3-pi-ih qi2-in-[x x?] | “He, his horns are pure, he is exalted, ... |
| 16' | qi2-in-ni _musz_ da-ma-mi-isz i-wi | “Hand of a snake that looks at me with awe, |
| 17' | sza3-al-mu at-mu-szu la-asz-szu-u2 ma-ru-u2-a | There is peace, there is no sorrow for me. |
| 18' | ur2-da-am-ma i-ta-ka-al li-da-ni-ia | (Sum) My ..., my ... (Akk) The ... of the horizon, the ... for me |
| 19' | lum-na il-li-ka {d}utu lu ti-de | The evil came, may Utu know! |
| 20' | sze-et-ka qe2-er-be2-tu ra-pa-[x x] | Your furious wrath ... |
| 21' | gi-isz-pe-er-ra-ka [...]-tu | Your reed screen ... |
| 22' | i-na sze-ti-ka a-a [x x] e#-ru-u2 | May they not enter in your morning. |
| 23' | e-pi-isz le-mu-[...] an#-zi-il-li | Who performs evil ... against me |
| 24' | mu-ki-il le-mu#-[x]-ti# a-na ib-ri-szu | who holds the evil ... at his side |
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