PRAK C 001 (P274689)

Incantation tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Louvre Museum, Paris, France

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Transliteration

tablet
obverse
1.a. u4 en#-[ki ...] ma#-ab#-[...]
 en: When Enki ...
1.b. i-nu-ma# [en-ki ...]
 ts: inuma enki ...
 en: When Ea ...
2.a. en-lil2 [...]
 en: Enlil ...
2.b. en-lil2 [...] za [...]
 ts: enlil ...
 en: Enlil ...
3.a. nig2-ur2-limmu2# x [...] AN x [...]
 en: The four legged creatures ...
3.b. i-na mi-im-ma x-x [...]
 ts: ina mimma ...
 en: in whatever ...
4.a. ud5-e igi#? mu#?-[bar?]
 en: At the nanny he looked.
4.b. e-za i#-mu#-ur-ma#
 ts: ezza īmurma
 en: The nanny he saw.
5.a. ud5-e tu-ra ka-bi nu#-bi-[bar?]
 en: The nanny was sick and its mouth did not open.
5.b. e-zu ma-ar-s,a-at#-ma _ka_-sza u2#-ul# [ip?-te?]
 ts: ezzu marṣatma pīša ul ipte
 en: The nanny was sick and her mouth did not open.
6.a. igi lib sipa nu-durunx(|KU.KU|)-na#
 en: The dazed eyes of the shepherd are not rested.
6.b. i-da-al-li-ip# re-e-u2 u3-li i-s,a-la-al
 ts: idallip rē'u uli iṣallal
 en: The shepherd stays awake, he does not sleep.
7.a. ka-bar-ni!(BI) al#-gi4-ba
 en: When his assistant shepherd returned (to work?),
7.b. ka-pa#-ri-szu [u2?]-da#-li-ip#
 ts: kaparrīšu udallip
 en: He keeps his assistant shepherds awake,
8.a. szu2-szu2-ba nig2 u4 [ge6] mu#-un-lu-lu
 en: running about, he constantly shepherded things day and night.
8.b. sza i#-ta#-na-la-ku# u2-mi u2 mu-szi ir#-te-e-u2
 ts: ša ittanallakû ūmi u mūši irte'û
 en: who walk about shepherding day and night.
9.a. en#-ki#-ke4 igi du8-an#-ni#-ta
 en: After Enki saw (this),
9.b. en#-ki# i-na a-ma-ri-szu
 ts: enki ina amārišu
 en: Enki, upon seeing (this),
10.a. lu2 ku3-zu# gu3 ba-an-de2 a2-gal ba#-an-szi-in-ag
 en: the clever one was called out and grandly instructed:
  ag homophonic for ag2
10.b. e-em#-qa-am i#-si-ma# ra-bi-isz u2#-te-e-er
 ts: emqam issima rabîš ūte’’er
 en: called out the knowledgeable one and solemnly instructed:
11.a. ud5-e# tur3-ra amasz#-a# ge6 mu-sa2-e
 en: The nanny in the pen and fold spends the night awake.
11.b. e#-zu#-um# i-na ta-ar-[ba-s,i2 u3] su2!-pu-ri# u2-sza#-<am>-sza# i-da-li-ip-an-ni
 ts: ezzum ina tarbaṣi u supūri ušamša idallipanni
 en: The nanny in the pen and fold spends the night awake and keeps me awake.
12.a. gen-na na-ma-an-du11-du11-ga#
 en: Go, so that she does not bleat before me!
12.b. a-li-ik la# i-da-al-li-pa-an-ni
 ts: alik la idallipanni
 en: Go, so that she does not keep me awake!
13.a. szurum#-bi szu ba-e-ti
 en: Its dung in hand was taken.
reverse
13.b. ru-pu-sa3 le-qe#-[e-ma]
 ts: rupussa leqema
 en: Take her dung.
14.a. gesztu2-bi u3-mu-ni-in-gar
 en: When in its ear he placed,
14.b. a-na uz-ni-sza sza szu#-me-li# isz#-ku#-un#-ma#
 ts: ana uzniša ša šumēli iškunma
 en: Upon her ear, the left one, place and
15.a. ud5#-e# u3-sa2-ni-gin7 he2-ug5-ga
 en: (and) the nanny, as if she slept, indeed died,
15.b. e-zu ki-ma s,a-la#-li-sza li-mu-ut
 ts: ezzu kima ṣalāliša limut
 en: may the nanny, as if she sleeps, die.
16.a. {d}sumuqan lugal masz2-ansze-ke4
 en: Sumuqan, king of the beasts,
16.b. {d#}szakkan2 be-li# bu-li-im# {d}szakkan2#
 ts: šakkan bēli būlim šakkan
 en: Šakkan, the lord of beasts, Šakkan,
17.a. [nig2]-nu-gar-ra! na-ma-ni-gar
 en: treacherous things he did not place upon me,
17.b. [a?]-na#? mi-im-ma a-i isz-ku-un
 ts: ana mimma ayy-iškun
 en: anything, may he not place,
18.a. eme#?-gi7 mu-ri-gi4
 en: (and) the Sumerian he repeated for you (the patient).
18.b. a#-na a-wa#-a-tim la i-s,a-ba-ta-an-ni
 ts: ana awâtim la iṣabbatanni
 en: (and) as for the utterances, not seize me!
19.a. erin2-e kalam#-e he2#-si-le-de3
 en: The people and land will praise you.
19.b. s,a-bu u3 ma-tum da#-li-li-ka i-da-la-lu
 ts: ṣābū u mātum dalilika idallalū
 en: The people and land will praise your glory!
20.a. nam-a2-gal-zu dingir-gal-gal-e-ne2 si-le-de4
 en: Your power the great gods praise.
  gal in nam-a2-gal-zu homophonic for gal2, de4 homophonic for de3
20.b. le-u2#-ut-ka i-lu ra-bu!-ut-tum i-da#-al-la-lu
 ts: lē'ûtka ilū rabûtum idallalū
 en: Your power the great gods will praise.
  double ruling
  blank space