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OBO 278, 343-376 (P513802)
Prayer, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | OBO 278, 343-376 |
|---|---|
| ID | P513802 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ — ? |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Mari (mod. Tell Hariri) |
| Coordinates | 34.5504, 40.8887 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| ge diŋir-gu a-na ma-du₃-an-⸢na⸣ | I want to say to him: “I want to go down to the birgu-house! | |
| a-na-ku i₃-li₂ mi-na-am e-pu-uš₂ | I, my god, what have I done? | |
| diŋir-gu mu-uš-ta-ab-ti-na-ŋu₁₀ a-na ma-du₃-an-na | What did I do to the Ibirgu temple that has been seized by you? | |
| i₃-li₂ ša ul-da-an-ni mi-na-am e-pu-uš₂ | My god, what have I done? | |
| a-ga-ri-in lu im-di-im-di-im-ma-ŋu₁₀ a-na ⸢ma⸣-du₃-an-na | “Let the agarin priestess keep wandering about in the ēdû-house! | |
| a-ga-ri-na-am ša ib-ne₂-en-<<NI>>-ni mi-na-am e-pu-uš₂ | What has he done to me in this way? | |
| dam₂-ga-ra lu e-ri-na-ŋu₁₀ a-na ma-du₃-an-na | What have I done to the merchant? | |
| tam-ka-ra-am na-ši qa-ab-li-ti-ia mi-na-am e-pu-uš₂ | What have I done to the one who is in my midst? | |
| i-mi-du-du ge ŋe₆-na-ŋu₁₀ a-na ma;-du₃-an-na | ... what have I done to him? | |
| du-šu-um-šu a-na-ku mi-na-am e-pu-uš₂ | (Sum) I am his son, what did I do? (Akk) What have I done to him? | |
| su-bu-ra-an-ni ge ŋe₆-in-na-ŋu₁₀ a-na ma;-du₃-an-na | What did Suburana say to me? | |
| wa-ra-su₂ a-na-ku mi-na-am e-pu-uš₂ | (Sum) I am a widow, what did I do? (Akk) What have I done? | |
| u₄-mu-un-u₂ uš gi it-ti-le-na-ŋu₁₀ a-na ma-du₃-an-na | What did the lord of the reedbeds do to me? | |
| a-be-li-im a-be-li-im i-na ⸢iš-di⸣-im ki-ni-im lu wa-aš-ba-ak-⸢šu-um-ma⸣ mi-na-am e-pu-uš₂ | (Sum) My lord, my lorde, in the true temple, what did he do? (Akk) What did I do? | |
| ⸢da⸣-am-gu ti-la ⸢du-mu⸣-gu ti-<<LA>>-la | “It is enough, it is enough! It is sufficient! I want to live in it! | |
| [i]-⸢na⸣ aš-[ša-ti]-im ⸢li-ša-aq-la-am⸣ i-na ma-ri ⸢li⸣-[ša-aq]-⸢la⸣-am | “As for me, the elišaqlām-plant, in the presence of the elšû-plant | |
| [o o o o]-x-a-ŋu₁₀ ⸢NI⸣-[o] ⸢mu⸣-ni-in-ku | “If he slips in through a hole, | |
| [o o o o o] ⸢qa⸣-ti-⸢ia a⸣-[na] di-im-ma-tim ut-ti-ir | my limbs, my feet, I have restored to their places. | |
| [...] ⸢mu⸣-ni-in-⸢ku⸣ | ... he made you enter | |
| ⸢E₂-ti a-na⸣ E₂ ⸢di⸣-ma-tim ut-ti-ir | He restored the temple to its place. | |
| me še la-bi ša-ap-pa mu-di-<<X>>-⸢la⸣ | (Sum) I am the one who ... the divine powers of the land(?) (Akk) The divine powers that I ... in the land | |
| a-na-ku i-li-ib-bi-šu i-li-ib-bi-šu i-di-ma-tim i-di-ma-tim wa-aš-ba-ku | I, his god, his goddess, I am the one who determines the destinies, who decides the fates | |
| gu-ŋu₁₀ e-tu-re la-ba-na-ak-še | The cattle will not be able to graze. | |
| GU₄ i-na ta-ar-ba-ṣi₂-im u₂-ul ak-la-šu-<um> | (If) an ox does not live in its pastures | |
| e-ze mi-si la-ba-na-ak-še | She does not eat grass for him | |
| i-me₂-ra-am i-na su₂-pu-ri-im u₂-ul ak-la-šu-um | (Sum) The one who sees me, I do not know (what I am). (Akk) In the street, I am not able to see | |
| ni-sa₃-ka i₃-tukul la-ba-na-ak-še | He has armed himself, but he will not kill him. | |
| mi-im-ma da-am-qa-am ša ar-šu-u₂ u₂-ul ak-la-šu-um | All that is good is not his. | |
| u₂ i-pa ni-gu la-ba-ku-u₂ | (Sum) I am the one who does not eat the food (Akk) I do not drink the food of the nīgu-vessel | |
| a-ka-la-am lu-u₂ u₃-ta a-ra-ma-ni-ia a-ra-ma-ni-ia u₂-ul a-ku-ul | (Sum) I want to eat food, but I don’t eat my food. (Akk) I am hungry, I do not eat what I eat. | |
| e i-pa ni-gu la-ba-<<BA>>-na | (Sum) The one who does not have a nigu stone (Akk) He does not (have) an ipa stone | |
| me-e lu-u₂ <u₃>-ta a-ra-ma;-ni-ia a-ra-ma;-ni-ia u₂-ul aš-ti | (Sum) I am the one who is angry with me, I am not angry with him. (Akk) May I be angry with you, my anger is not with me. | |
| u₂ i-pa-da ni-ŋu₁₀ la-ba-ku | (Sum) I am the one who does not eat food, I do not sleep (Akk) I have no food to eat | |
| ki-ma ša a-ka-la-am u₂-tu a-ra-ma-ni-ia a-ra-ma-ni-ia a-ku-lu-u₂ | (Sum) Like a fish, I eat my food, I drink my food. (Akk) Like the fish of the river, my food I ate. | |
| diŋir-gu in-ga-⸢mu-ra-ak⸣-ti-la | Ibi-Birgu, he made it live for you. | |
| e i-pa-da ⸢ni-ŋu₁₀⸣ la-ba-na | he did not find the house where he lived. | |
| ki-ma ša me-e u₂-tu-ma a-⸢ra⸣-ma-ni-ia a-⸢ra⸣-ma-ni-ia aš-tu-u₂ | (Sum) Like the water of a river, my water is my water (Akk) Like water of the river, I am my water | |
| diŋir-ŋu₁₀ in-ga-mu-ra-ak-ti-la | Ibbi-Baʿlu will live with you. | |
| i₃-li₂ ⸢ke⸣-e-em i-ti-ip-še-ne | the gods of the rites |
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