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Publication
Primary publication:	BIN 02, 072
Author:	Nies, James B.
Publication date:	1920
Secondary publication(s):	von Soden, Or 23, 1954, 337-44
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CDLI no.:	P274662
UCLA Library ARK	21198/zz001twktx
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Catalogue:	20050914 cdliadmin
Transliteration:	Dahl, Jacob L.
Translation:	Guerra, Dylan M.
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Collection Information
Owner:	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum no.:	NBC 01265
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Genre:	Prayer/Incantation
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Language:	Akkadian

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Material:	clay
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Period:	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Tablet

obverse
1. _an_ ib-ni-szi {d}e2-a u2-ra-bi-szi
#tr.ts: anum ibniši ea urabbiši
#tr.en: Anum created her, Ea reared her,
2. pa-ni lab-ba-tim i-szi-im-szi {d}en-lil2!
#tr.ts: pānī labbatim išīmši enlil
#tr.en: a face of a lioness Enlil alloted her.
3. i-s,a-at ri-ti#-in a#-ra#-ka-at
#tr.ts: īṣat rittīn arrakat
#tr.en: She has small hands, long
4. u2-ba-na-tim s,u2#-up-ra-tim
#tr.ts: ubānātim ṣuprātim
#tr.en: fingers, nails
5. ar-ra-ka?-at a-ma-[sza?] hi-si-at!
#tr.ts: arrakat ammāša ḫisiat
#tr.en: long, her forearms are hidden.
6. _ka2_ bi-ti i-ru-[ba?]-am#?
#tr.ts: bāb bīti īrubam
#tr.en: By the door of the house she entered,
7. i-ha-lu-up s,e2-ra-am#
#tr.ts: iḫallup ṣerram
#tr.en: slipping past the door-pivot.
8. ih-lu-up s,e2-ra-am i-ta-mar _lu2-tur_
#tr.ts: iḫlup ṣerram ītamar seḫram
#tr.en: she slipped past the door pivot and has seen the child.
9. i-na em-szi-szu a-di 7(disz) is,-ba-su
#tr.ts: ina emšišu adi sebitti iṣbassu
#tr.en: In his abdomen seven times seized.
10. us2-hi s,u2-up-ri-ki
#tr.ts: usḫi ṣuprīki
#tr.en: Remove your nails,
11. ru-um-mi i-di-ki
#tr.ts: rummi idīki
#tr.en: make limp your arms,

reverse
1. la-ma ik-szu-da-ki
#tr.ts: lāma ikšudakki
#tr.en: before he has reached you,
2. ap-kal-lam szi-pi-ir e2-a qar-du
#tr.ts: apkallam šipir ea qardu
#tr.en: the wise man of craft, Ea, the hero!
3. ra-pa-asz-ki s,e2-rum pu-ta-a _dal-mesz_
#tr.ts: rapaški ṣerrum puttâ daltātum
#tr.en: Wide for you is the door pivot, open are the doors.
4. al-ki-ma a-ta-la-ki i-na s,e2-ri
#tr.ts: alkīma atallakī ina ṣeri
#tr.en: Go and wander about the steppe!
5. ep-ra-am pi-ki
#tr.ts: epram pīki
#tr.en: With dust, your mouth,
6. ta-ar-bu-'a4-am pa-ni-ki
#tr.ts: tarbu’am pāniki
#tr.en: with a dust cloud, your face,
7. _za3-hi-li_-a da-qa-tim
#tr.ts: saḫlê daqqātim
#tr.en: with cress seeds, finely ground,
8. u2-ma-lu i-ni-ki
#tr.ts: umallû īnīki
#tr.en: I will fill your eyes.
9. u2-ta-mi-ki ma-mi-it e2-a
#tr.ts: utammiki māmit Ea
#tr.en: I conjure you by the curse of Ea.
10. lu! ta-at-ta-la-ki
#tr.ts: lū tattallakī
#tr.en: Verily go away!

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