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Ershema 2 = ša₃ sud-ra e-ne-eĝ₃-zu (Marduk) (Q009359)
Liturgy, First Millennium
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| Designation | Ershema 2 = ša₃ sud-ra e-ne-eĝ₃-zu (Marduk) |
|---|---|
| ID | Q009359 |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | First Millennium |
| Genre | Liturgy |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 001 | ša₃ sud-ra e-⸢ne⸣-[eŋ₃-zu ...] | Your ‘heart’ is a distant place |
| ⸢lib⸣-bu ru-⸢qu⸣ [amatka ...] ša₃ sud-ra e-ne-eŋ₃-zu x lib-bu ru-qu * * | (Sum) My heart is a raging flood, your word ... (Akk) Your heart is an roaring flood, the word of your word | |
| 002 | ⸢alim⸣-ma ⸢ur⸣-[saŋ asar-lu₂-hi] alim-ma ur-saŋ asar-lu₂-hi | Bison, bison, asarluḫi bison |
| 003 | [umun {d]}⸢en⸣-bi-⸢lu⸣-[lu dumu-saŋ {d}en-ki-ke₄] umun d+en-bi-lu-lu dumu-saŋ d+en-ki-ke₄ | Lord Enbilulu, son of Enki |
| 004 | ⸢alim-ma⸣ [umun tin-tir{ki]} alim-ma umun tin-tir{ki} | Important one, lord of Babylon Important one! Lord of Babylon |
| 005 | [umun] e₂-[saŋ-il₂-la umun e₂-zi-da] umun e₂-saŋ-il₂-la umun e₂-zi-da | Lord of the Esaŋil temple, lord of the Ezida temple, [lord] of the [Ezid]a temple |
| a+001 | [...] x x x | |
| a+002 | [bara₂ ku₃-sig₁₇ ki-en-gi-ra] du₇-a | a gold dais built in Sumer |
| [parak šašši ša ina ma-a-ti₃] as-mu bara₂ ku₃-si₂₂ ki-en-gi-ra du₇-a * * ša ina ma-a-ti₃ as-mu | (Sum) I am the one who makes the holy dais of Sumer shine (Akk) The one whom I make in the land, I am a shining dais that is perfected in Sumer | |
| a+003 | [bara₂ ku₃-babbar ki-en-gi]-ra il₂-la | raised the silver dais of Sumer |
| [parak ebbi ša ina ma]-a-ti₃ ša₂-qu₂-lu₂ bara₂ ku₃-babbar ki-en-gi-ra il₂-la * * ša ina ma-a-ti₃ ša₂-qu₂-lu₂ | Who is pure in the land, raise the dais of silver for Sumer! | |
| a+004 | [... im-ma]-⸢al⸣-la gu₃ am₃-me e₂ im-ma-al-la gu₃ am₃-me | ... is there, she cries out. The house is here, she shouts out. |
| [...]-⸢tu₄⸣ i-ša₂-as-si ana bi-tu₄ ŠU-MA x im-ma-al-la gu₃ am₃-me e₂ im-ma-al-la gu₃ am₃-me x i-ša₂-as-si ana bi-tu₄ ŠU-MA x im-ma-al-la gu₃ am₃-me x-tu₄ i-ša₂-as-si ana bi-tu₄ ŠU-MA | ... shouted to the wall ... there was ..., she cries out. The house is there, she shouts. ... cried out to [the wall] ... it was there, her crying ... | |
| a+005 | [e₃-a im-ma]-⸢al⸣-la gu₃ am₃-me e₂ im-<(ma-al-la gu₃ am₃-me)> e₃-a im-ma-al-la gu₃ am₂-me e₂ im-ma-al-la gu₃ am₃-me x e₂ x | The one who came out is shouting, the house is there, the voice is ... The one that came out was shouting. The house is here, the cry is .... |
| a+006 | [egi₂ uru₂]-a gašan tin-tir{ki}ra egi₂ URU₂-a gašan tin-tir{ki}-ra x tin-tir{ki}-ra | Princess of the city, mighty one of Babylon Princess of URUa, powerful man of Babylon ... of Babylon |
| a+007 | e₂-saŋ-il₂-la i₃-ma-al-la am uru₂-ze₂-eb-ba{ki} e₂-saŋ-il₂-la i₃-ma-al-la am uru₂-ze₂-eb-ba{ki} x am uru₂-ze₂-eb{ki}-ba | There is the Esaila, the wild bull of Uruzeb, there is the Esail. Wild bull of Urubeb, ... wild bull in Urubezib. |
| a+008 | {kuš}ub₃-na nu-ma-al balaŋ nu-ma-al {kuš}ub₃-na nu-ma-al balaŋ nu-ma-al x balaŋ-na nu-ma-al | There is no šubnu-garment, there is no reign, there are no ... reigns. |
| a+009 | e-ne-eŋ₃ ša₃ ma-al-la-še₃ u₃ nu-mu-un-ši-ku-ku e-ne-eŋ₃ ša₃ ma-al-la-še₃ u₃ nu-mu-un-ši-ku-ku x ma-al-la-še₃ u₃ nu-mu-un-ši-ku-ku | He is indeed in heaven, but he does not sleep. He is also in heaven; he is not sleepy, ... is in the heavens, and he cannot sleep. |
| a+010 | en₃-du er₂-ra mu-un-DU lil₂-la-aš mu-un-DU en₃-du er₂-ra mu-un-DU lil₂-la-aš mu-un-DU x-DU lil₂-la-aš mu-un-DU x mu-un-DU x | He ... weeping, he ... the lilû-demon, ... he weeps, .... |
| a+011 | en-ne-eŋ₃ ša₃ ma-al-la-še₃ u₃ nu-mu-un-ši-ku-ku en-ne-eŋ₃ ša₃ ma-al-la-še₃ u₃ nu-mu-un-ši-ku-ku x ma-al-la-še₃ u₃ nu-mu-un-ši-ku-ku x ma-al-la-še₃ x | The en priestess is in heaven, but she does not sleep. The lord is in the heavens, she does no sleep. [The ... is in] heaven, and she does [no sleep] ... |
| a+012 | ša₃-zu he₂-en-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ bar-zu he₂-en-sed-de₃ | May your heart be pacified, may your liver be soothed |
| o ša₃-zu he₂-en-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ bar-zu he₂-en-sed-de₃ ša₃-zu he₂-en-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ bar-zu he₂-en-sed-de₃ x he₂-en-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ x lib₃-ba-ka li-nu-uh ka-bat-ta-ka * | May your heart be pacified, may your liver be soothed. May your liver [be soothed], may [your liver] be calm. May [the ... of your heart] calm your mood. | |
| a+013 | a umun-e an de₃-eŋ₃-ŋe₂₆-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ a umun-e an de₃-eŋ₃-e-huŋ-e a umun-e an de₃-eŋ₃-ŋe₂₆-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ x an x | O lord, may heaven be pacified to you. O king, may earth be [pacifying to you]. O ..., may the heavens pacify you. |
| a+014 | ur-saŋ {d}asar-lu₂-hi ša₃-zu he₂-en-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ ur-saŋ diŋir-asar-lu₂-hi an de₃-eŋ₃-ŋe₂₆-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ ur-saŋ {d}asar-lu₂-hi ša₃-zu he₂-en-huŋ-ŋe₂₆ x diŋir-asar-lu₂-hi ša₃-zu x | May the hero Asalluhi pacify your heart. May the sherd of the Ibirasarluḫi gods praise An. May [the her]d of (the god) Asal[luha] calm your heart |
| a+015 | mu-ud-na ki-aŋ₂-zu {d}pa₄-nun-an-ki-ke₄ a-ra-zu de₃-ra-ab-be₂ mu-du-na ki-aŋ₂-zu {d}pa₄-nun-an-ki-ke₄ a-ra-zu x de₃-ra-ab-be₂ mu-ud-na ki-aŋ₂-zu {d}pa₄-nun-an-ki-ke₄ a-ra-zu de₃-ra-ab-be₂ x ki-aŋ₂-zu {d}pa₄-nun-an-ki-ke₄ x | The spouse of your place, Panunanki, may an arazu prayer be uttered to you. The dowry of your site, Panunita, may a prayer be said to you ... May the spouse of (your) place Pabilsag, a lament utter to you |
| a+016 | sukkal zi {d}mu-ze₂-eb-ba-sa₄-a a-ra-zu sukkal zi {d}mu-ze₂-eb-ba-sa₄-a a-ra-zu sukkal zi {d}mu-ze₂-eb-ba-sa₄-a a-ra-zu de₃-ra-ab-be₂ x {d}mu-ze₂-eb-ba-sa₄-a x | True minister, Mudugasa, an arazu prayer, true minister, Musudasa, a prayer, faithful minister, Muzebbasa, may he pray to you. ... Musugasa |
| a+017 | e₂-gi₄-a dumu-saŋ {d}uraš-a a-ra-zu e₂-gi₄-a dumu-saŋ {d}uraš-a a-ra-zu e₂-gi₄-a dumu-saŋ {d}uraš-a a-ra-zu x dumu-saŋ {d}uraš-a a-ra-zu | The bride, the daughter of Uraš, a supplication The bride (and) the daughter(?) of Urash, an arazu prayer |
| a+018 | egi₂ zi-da gašan-gu₃-teš₂-a-si₃-ga-ke₄ a-ra-zu egi₂ zi-da gašan-gu₃-teš₂-a-si₃-ga-ke₄ a-ra-zu egi₂ zi-da gašan-gu₃-teš₂-a-si₃-ga-ke₄ a-ra-zu de₃-ra-ab-be₂ x gašan-gu₃-teš₂-a-si₃-ga-ke₄ a-ra-zu | True princess, Gašangudeš-asiga, an arazu prayer. True princess Gaṣagašasiga, [an ara]zu prayer |
| a+019 | egi₂ gu-la gašan-ŋu₁₀ {d}na-na-a a-ra-zu egi₂ gu-la gašan-ŋu₁₀ {d}na-na-a a-ra-zu egi₂ gu-la gašan-ŋu₁₀ {d}na-na-a a-ra-zu x gašan-ŋu₁₀ {d}na-na-a a-ra-zu | Great princess, gasp! Nanaya, ša arazu |
| a+020 | uru₂-zu na-an-šub-be₂-en de₃-ra-ab-be₂ a-ra-zu uru₂-zu na-an-šub-be₂-en de₃-ra-ab-be₂ a-ra-zu uru₂-zu na-an-šub-be₂-en de₃-ra-ab-be₂ a-ra-zu de₃-ra-ab-be₂ x na-an-šub-be₂-en de₃-ra-ab-be₃ a-ra-zu de₃-ra-ab-be₂ | May he/she say to you "Your city, do not abandon it!" An arazu prayer should not be uttered in your city, may he oršub it to you. May a prayer be spoken to you (in) your city! May ... pray to you, may it be said to you! |
| a+021 | me-na-še₃ tin-tir{ki} na-an-šub-be₂-en de₃-ra-ab-be₂ a-ra-zu de₃-ra-ab-be₂ me-na-še₃ tin-tir{ki} na-an-šub-be₂-en de₃-ra-ab-be₂ a-ra-zu me-na-še₃ tin-tir{ki} na-an-šub-be₂-en de₃-ra-ab-be₂ a-ra-zu de₃-ra-ab-be₂ x na-an-šub-be₂-en de₃-ra-ab-be₂ a-ra-zu de₃-ra-ab-be₂ | How long will you not speak of Babylon? May an arazu prayer be uttered to you. How long, then you should not speak about Babylon? A prayer, how long? Let me say to you: “How long? Why do you not talk about Babylon?" May an intercession ritual be performed for you. ..., may it be said to you! May an incantation be spoken for you! |
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