BIN 02, 016 (P275023)

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

Image © 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: ...