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Publication
Primary publication: YOS 11, 46
Author: van Dijk, Johannes J. A., Goetze, Albrecht & Hussey, Mary I.
Publication date: 1985
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CDLI no.: P306689
UCLA Library ARK 21198/zz001vs2f2
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Catalogue: 20060203 generalcatalogue_yale
Transliteration: Guerra, Dylan M.
Translation: Guerra, Dylan M.
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Owner: Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum no.: YBC 05622
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Genre: Literary
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Language: Sumerian
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Object type: tablet
Material: clay
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Measurements (mm): 70 x 55 x 20
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Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Tablet

obverse
1. an lugal-am3 ki nin!-am3
#tr.en: Heaven is king, earth is queen.
2. an-na lugal-am3 {d}ma#-mi nin!-am3
#tr.en: An is king, Mami is queen.
3. en#-ki lugal abzu-ke4
#tr.en: Enki, king of the Abzu
4. a gub2-ba an ku3-ge-de3
#tr.en: whose cleansed water purifies heaven,
5. a sikil a gub2-ba im-ma-ni-in-dim2
#tr.en: pure water and cleansed water he created.
6. {d}asal dumu nun-na dug a gub2-ba
#tr.en: When Asal, princely son, let the jug of cleansed water
7. bur#-zi u4-sakar ki-sikil szu2-szu2-a-ba
#tr.en: and the crescent-shaped bowl in the pure place fall;
8. mu-un-sikil mu-un-dadag
#tr.en: he then purified and brightened.
9. eme#-hul gal2 bar-sze3 he2-em-ta-gub
#tr.en: The evil tongue being, verily stepped out.
10. KA-inim-ma a gub2 bur-zi szu2-szu2-ba
#tr.en: It is an incantation of letting cleansed water fall into the bowl.