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Ershema 97 = [...] (Unknown god) (Q009454)

Liturgy, First Millennium

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DesignationErshema 97 = [...] (Unknown god)
IDQ009454
LanguageSumerian; Akkadian
PeriodFirst Millennium
GenreLiturgy

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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
001[...] mu-un-x ab-ša₃-ga-⸢na⸣ [...] {{ ⸢bi⸣ bi }} x mu-un-x ab-ša₃-ga-na x bi bi... he ... the Abzuga-ešgana ... that temple ... his Abzu ...
002[...] za-gin₃ ga-ša-an mu-un-[...] x za-gin₃ ga-ša-an mu-un-x... lapis lazuli, the lady ... ..., lapis, the woman ...
003[...]-a-ni ha-zi₂-in [...] x-a-ni ha-zi₂-in x... may he be present(?), may ... be present
004[...]-⸢uš⸣ a-ab-ba-na mu-⸢un⸣-[...] x-uš a-ab-ba-na-mu-un-x... in his father's sea ... he ... for him
005[...] x-ba a-ab-ba-na mu-⸢un⸣-[...] x x-ba a-ab-ba-na mu-un-x... in his sea
006[...]-DIR a-ab-ba [...] x-DIR a-ab-ba x... the sea ...
007[...] ma₂ ab-ša₃-ga-na mu-⸢un⸣-[...] x ma₂ ab-ša₃-ga-na mu-un-x... the boat in his stall ...
008[...] ⸢ma₂⸣-ma₂-a sug-še₃ i₃-⸢ŠI⸣ [...]... the ešema-boats to the marshes ...
i-na (...) a-na ṣu₂-ṣe-e [...] x ma₂ ma₂-a sug-še₃ i₃-ŠI x i-na x a-na ṣu₂-ṣe-e xIn ... for ... ... the barge in the marshes ... to ...
009[...] ⸢ma₂⸣ ambar mah i₃-⸢ŠI⸣ ...... the great marsh ...
i-ter-rid [...] x ma₂ ambar mah i₃-ŠI x i-ter-rid x... the boat in the great marsh ... he ...
010[...] ga-ša-an ŋen kid-da ⸢LUM⸣ [...] {{ gi }}... lady, child-bearing lord, ... reed
ki-a-tu ša un-x [...] x ga-ša-an ŋen kid-da LUM x gi ki-a-tu ša un-x x(Sum) ... of the earth ... (Akk) The earth ....
011[...] gi-bi ib₂ ma-al [...] x gi-bi ib₂-ma-al x... its reeds are there, there are
012[...]-⸢bi⸣ tir ha-šu-ur₂-⸢ra⸣-[ta] x-bi tir ha-šu-ur₂-ra-ta... from the Ḫašur-ra-e3-tree
013[...] tir mu gal-gal-la-ta x tir mu gal-gal-la-ta... from the great mountain range, from the ... mountain range
014[...] tir eren-na-ta x tir eren-na-ta... from the cedar forest, from the ... forest,
015[...] {ŋeš}ma-nu SAR-SAR-ra-ta... from the šarrû (temple)
⸢e⸣-ir ki-ri-a-ti₃ x {ŋeš}ma-nu SAR-SAR-ra-ta e-ir ki-ri-a-ti₃“The ... of the orchards, the šarrû-demons, (and) the ...(?) of the [orchard]s,
016[...] šu li-la-gi-ta x šu li-la-gi-ta... from the hand of Lilagi .... from the hands of Lilagi
017[...]-⸢in⸣-ni ma₂ ul-la bi₂-in-du₈... his ... boat he moored.
[...]-te-e-ba ip-hi x-in-ni ma₂ ul-la bi₂-in-du₈ x-te-e-ba ip-hi... he opened the ... of his ... boat, he moored it in the open ...
018[...] a-ab-ba-še₃ bi₂-in-ri x a-ab-ba-še₃ bi₂-in-ri... to the sea he smote, ... [to the sea]
019[dam-a]-⸢ni⸣-ir gu₃ mu-un-na-de₂-e dam-a-ni-ir gu₃ mu-un-na-de₂-eHe called his wife, he called his spouse.
020[...] ga-ša-an gu-la-ra gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e x ga-ša-an-gu-la-ra gu₃ mu-na-de₂-e... to the great lady he called out. ... for the great queen he cried out.
021[...] x ma₂-za i-bi₂ am₃-ma-an-du₈... looked at your boat.
hi-pi₂ hi-pi₂ }} x x ma₂-za i-bi₂ am₃-ma-an-du₈ hi-pi₂ hi-pi₂“Hipi, hipi! ... he looked at your boat, ḫipi and hippi!
022[...] (...)-du₈ x x-du₈... ...
023[...] (...)-du₈ x x-du₈... ...
033[...] x DUB 1-KAM (...) x x DUB 1-KAM x... 1st tablet [(...)] ... first tablet
034[...] x hul siskur₂ nu-zu (...) x x hul siskur₂ nu-zu x... evil ... that knows no offering ... ... bad ... which does not know ...
035[...]-la₂ ka-naŋ nu-tuku uru₂ x-la₂ ka-naŋ nu-tuku uru₂... has no rival, the city ... [has no rival], the city
036[...] ⸢uri₂⸣{ki}ma igi-bi-še₃ im-hul-am₃ a-ga-⸢bi⸣ [...] x uri₂{ki}-ma igi-bi-še₃ im-hul-am₃ a-ga-bi x... in front of the Euri temple, it is destroyed, its foundation ... In front of Ur, the damage is destroyed. Its foundation
037[...] ⸢uri₂⸣{ki} ba-gul e₂-kiš-nu-ŋal₂ šu ⸢pe-el⸣ [...] x uri₂{ki} ba-gul e₂-kiš-nu-ŋal₂ šu pe-el x... Urim was destroyed, the Ekišnubal was defiled ... Ur was destroyed. The Ekishnu-bal was destroyed
038⸢er₂-šem₃⸣-ma {d}[nanna]-⸢kam/ke₄⸣ er₂-šem₃-ma {d}nanna-kamIt is an eršema of Nanna, it is an incantation (of) Nanna.

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