Literary amulet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 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
Transliteration
tablet
obverse
1. {d}en-ni-nu-na
en: Eninuna:
2. an an an an an an an
en: heaven, heaven, heaven, heaven, heaven, heaven, heaven;
3. ki ki ki ki ki ki ki
en: earth, earth, earth, earth, earth, earth, earth;
4. su su su su su su su
en: body, body, body, body, body, body, body;
5. bara2 bara2 bara2 bara2 bara2 bara2 bara2
en: dais, dais, dais, dai, dais, dais, dais;
6. gidim gidim gidim gidim gidim gidim gidim
en: ghost, ghost, ghost, ghost, ghost, ghost, ghost;
7. nin nin nin nin nin nin nin
en: lady, lady, lady, lady, lady, lady, lady;
8. ezem ezem ezem ezem ezem ezem ezem
en: festival, festival, festival, festival, festival, festival, festival;
9. {d}en-lil2 szesz
en: Enlil, brother;
10. {d}en-ki [...]
en: Enki ...;
11. [...]-me? igi?-bi?
en: ... its eye(?);
rest broken
reverse
beginning broken
1. [...] x
en: ...
2. [...] ki
en: ...
3. [...] ka#
en: ...
4. [...] zi [...] x x
en: ...
5. [...] x
en: ...
6. [...] ta [...]-na-asz
en: ...
7. [...] x
en: ...
8. x [...] x
en: ...