YOS 11, 73 (P142390)

Prayer tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 11106

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Ritual and liturgical > Prayer

Language(s)

Sumerian

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tablet
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column 1
1. kur-ta gen-na
 en: from the mountain gone,
2. kur-ta <e4>-da
 en: from the mountain descended:
3. sa-ma-na
 en: Samana.
4. kur-ta gen-na
 en: from the mountain gone.
5. kur-ta e4-da
 en: from the mountain descended.
6. [hur]-sag# ki-sikil-ta gen-<na>
 en: From the pure mountain chain gone,
7. [kur]-ta# e4-da
 en: from the mountain descended,
8. ki#-sikil gaba szu2-ba
 en: on the virgin’s breast fallen,
9. gurusz# gu2-na szu2-ba
 en: on the young man’s neck fallen,
10. ansze# erin2-ba szu2-ba
 en: on the donkey’s yoke fallen,
11. gu4 a2 sud <szu2-ba>
 en: on the ox’s wide arms fallen,
12. [kur]-ta# gen#-na-gin7#
 en: just as from the mountain gone.
13. [...]
 en: ...
14. [...]
 en: ...
column 2
1. kur-ta e4:da-gin7
 en: just as from the mountain descended,
2. ki-sikil-la2 gaba szu2-ba-gin7
 en: just as of the virgin’s breast fallen,
3. gurusz gu2 szu2-ba-gin7
 en: just as the young man’s neck fallen,
4. ansze erin2-ba szu2-ba
 en: just as on the donkey’s yoke fallen,
5. gu4 a2# <sud>-ba szu2-ba
 en: just as on the ox’s wide arms fallen.
6. LAK397 du11-ga
 en: Incantation
7. {d}nin-girimx(SZIM)-ma
 en: of Ningirim,
8. nin szuruppak iri{ki} du10-ga 7(disz)#?-a#?
 en: lady of sweet city Šuruppak, of the 7(?).
9. mu-gu10 mu
 en: My lines are the lines
10. {d}asal-lu2-hi#
 en: of Asalluḫi,
11. dumu {d}en-ki-ka#
 en: son of Enki,
12. abzu# nu-mu-da#-[bur2?-re?]
 en: in the Abzu, it cannot be undone(?).
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Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: YOS 11, 73

    [vanDijk1985YOS11] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van, Albrecht Goetze, and Mary I. Hussey. 1985. Early Mesopotamian Incantations and Rituals. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 11. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: Fs Borger (CM 10, pp. 71-106), 76-78

    [Finkel1998CM10] Finkel, Irving L. 1998. “A Study in Scarlet: Incantations against Samana.” In Festschrift Für Rykle Borger Zu Seinem 65. Geburtstag Am 24. Mai 1994, Tikip Santakki Mala Bašmu, 10:71–106. Cuneiform Monographs. Groningen: Styx Publications.

    cited as 6 NT

  • history: Quadsem 18 (pp. 305-326), 323 cites as Ur III incantation

    [Michalowski1992Quadsem18] Michalowski, Piotr. 1992. “The Early Mesopotamian Incantation Tradition .” Quaderni Di Semantica, Quaderni di Semitistica, 18: 305–26.

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  • Museum No.: NBC 11106
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  • Provenience: Nippur (mod. Nuffar)
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  • Excavation No: 5N-T0145
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-04-11 at 06:59:05 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-24 at 19:29:32 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-23 at 14:07:25 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-19 at 09:57:24 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Atf Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI approved View
2018-11-07 at 08:42:53 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2016-04-01 at 18:12:21 Englund, Robert K. Atf Englund, Robert K. CDLI approved View
2001-12-20 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact CDLI CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 11, 73 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P142390.
YOS 11, 73 artifact entry (No. P142390). (2025, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142390 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 11, 73 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142390 (Accessed: November 19, 2025).
@misc{2025YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-19]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {YOS 11, 73 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142390},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142390},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 11, 73 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). April 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P142390.
YOS 11, 73 artifact entry (No. P142390). (2025, April 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P142390 (Original work published 2001)
YOS 11, 73 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P142390 (Accessed: November 19, 2025).
@misc{2025YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-19]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 11},
	title = {YOS 11, 73 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P142390},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P142390},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/4/11/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P142390
LB  - CDLI:P142390
M1  - 2025/11/19/
TI  - YOS 11, 73 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P142390
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