Fs. Lambert 294 // BTT 57

SEAL no. 38576 · a: BM 32516 (1876-11-17, 2257); b: BM 41239 (1881-04-28, 787) · Rituals · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)

Transliteration

Obv.

b 1 ilānu(diĝir^meš) šá itti(ki) bēl(^den) a-na <<kur>> kiš[^ki illakū(gin-ku)-nim . . .]

b 2 ^dši-bir-ri mārāt(dumu×munus^meš) é-zi-dè [. . .]

b 3 tiše(^d9) ištarātu(^dmùš^meš) sîn(^d30) ^dni[n-gal ^dna-na]-⌈a šá é-ur₅-šà⌉-ba

b 4 ^dú-ṣur-a-mat-su ^dka-n[i]?-[su]r?-[r]a? x x ⌈^dnin-urta!⌉ mār(^ddumu)-bīti(é) ištar(^dinnin)-bīti(é)

b 5 ūm(u₄) 28.kam šá ⌈šabāṭi(^itiziz) x x⌉ bár-sipa^ki i-ru-bu-nim-ma ina qé-reb é-su

b 6 pa-nu bāb(ká)-a-nu-ú ina pa-pa-ḫi šá bēlet(^dnín)-bābili(tin!.tir^ki) ⌈i⌉-bit-tu-ʾ

b 7 sîn(^d30) u ^dnin-gal ina bīt(é) sîn(^d30) šá é-⌈tùr-kalam-ma i-bit-tu⌉-ʾ

ab 8 mār(^ddumu)-bīti(é) ina bīt(é) madānu(^ddi.ku₅) i-ba-a-tu

ab 9 ^dnin-urta šá-pàr é-šar-ra ina bīt(é) madānu(^ddi.ku₅) i-ba-a-tu

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ab 10 šabāṭu(^itiziz) ūm(u₄) 29.kam ilānu(diĝir^meš) šá itti(ki) bēl(^den) a-na ^urukiš^ki illakū(gin-ku)-n[im]

ab 11 [bēl?](⌈^d⌉[en?]) ⌈illak(gin-ak) ^d⌉é-a ana imitti(15)-šú illak(gin-ak) ù qa-an-nu né-bé-ḫu šá ^lúx [. . .]

a 12 [semerī(ḫar^meš)? šēpī(gìrⁱⁱ)?] ù qātī(šuⁱⁱ) ^túglu-bar-ra <an>-ṣab-tú ana imitti(15)-šú <illakū(gin-ku)> ⌈ù⌉ mārāt(^ddumu×munus^meš)-é-sag-[íl]

a 13 [ana šum]ēli(120]+30)-šú šá!(text: ŠÚ) ^dé-a illakā(gin-ak-aʾ) ^dši-bir-ri a-na šumēli(150) šá mārāt(dumu×munus^meš)-[<é-sag-íl> illak(gin-ak)]

a 14 [mārāt(dumu×munus^meš)]-⌈é⌉-zi-da a-na šumēli(150) ^dši-bir-ri illakā(gin-ak-aʾ)

a 15 [^dtaš-me?-t]u₄ ⌈a⌉-na šumēl(150) mārāt(^ddumu×munus<^meš>)-é-zi-[da]

a 16 [illak(gin-ak) bēlet(^dgašan)-b]ābili(t]in.tir^ki) ^dma-lu-ka-tum ninurta(^dmaš) šá-pàr é-šar-ra

a 17 [ù? ilānu(diĝir^meš)? šá? bābi]li(tin.t]ir^ki) a-na é-dub-ba illa[kū](gin-[ku])

Rev.

a 18 [. . . ilān]u(diĝir^m]^e)? šá a-na muḫ-ḫi tu-⌈x-ri itti(ki) bēl(^den)⌉ illakū(gin-ku!)-[nim]

a 19 [. . .] illakū(gin-ku) mārāt(^ddumu×munus^meš)-é-dub-ba ^dšar-rat-kiš[^ki]

a 20 [^d. . .] ⌈^d⌉ut-ùlu-a-lim ^dmuš-te-šir ^d.gištukul-^dšà-zu ^d.gištukul-[x (x)]

ab 21 [^dk]u-⌈ú-bu?⌉ [^du]t-u₁₈-lu ^di-qa-li-iá ^dšul-šà-ga-na ^dmi-[ṭu]

a 22 [^dlú-ḫuš-a ^d]x TA ⌈KAM/ŠEŠ?-šú⌉ ^(erasure)15 ilānu(diĝir^meš) šá é-dub-[ba]

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ab 23 [^dmār(é)]-⌈bīti(é)⌉ ^diš-tar-bīti(é) ^dna-na-a ^d⌈gaz-ba⌉-ba ^dka-ni-sur-ra

ab 24 ⌈^d⌉[. . .] ^dpap-sukkal ^dli₉-⌈si₄⌉ ^dùri-gal-qātī(šuⁱⁱ) ^dùri-gal-iṣi(giš) [adad](^d[im])

ab 25 ^dša-la ^dmi-šá-ri ^da-ku-ṣi-tum ^d.g[^ištukul?-x (x)] x

ab 26 15 ilānu(diĝir^meš) [šá] ⌈é⌉-ur₅-šab-[ba]

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a 27 [kīma labīrišu šaṭir ba]ri(igi.t]ab) u up-puš_x(TÚL) ṭuppi(im) ^m[. . .]

Translation

Obv.

1–4 The gods who [come] to Kiš with Bēl: [. . .], the Divine Scepter(s), the Daughters of Ezida, [. . .] the Nine Goddesses, Sîn, Nin[gal, Nanāya] of Euršaba, Uṣur-amāssu, Kanisurra, Ninurta, Mār-bīti, Ištar-bīti.

5–9 28^th day of Šabāṭu – they come into (Babylon) from Borsippa and spend the night in E-su, the outer part, in the cella of Bēlet-Bābili. Sîn and Ningal spend the night in the chapel of Sîn in Eturkalamma. Mār-bīti spends the night in the temple of Madānu. Ninurta, the net of Ešarra, spends the night in the temple of Madānu.

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10–17 29^th day of Šabāṭu – the gods who come to Kiš with Bēl: [Bēl] goes, Ea goes on his right, and the fringe, the sash of the [. . . , bangles for ankles] and wrists, the garment (and) <ea>rring – (all) <go> on his right, and the Daughters of Esagil [ ... ] go on the left of Ea. The Divine Scepter [goes] on the left of the Daughters [of Esagil. The Daughters of] Ezida go on the left of the Divine Scepter. [Tašmētu goes] on the left of the Daughters of Ezida. [Belet]-Bābili, Malūkatum, Ninurta, the net of E[šarra, and the gods of] Babylon go to Edubba.

Rev.

18–22 [. . . The gods] who come to the . . . with Bēl [. . .] they will go: the Daughters of Edubba, the Queen of Kiš, [. . .], Utulualim, Muštēšir(-ḫabli), the Divine Weapon of Šazu, the Divine Weapon [. . .], Kūbu, Utulu, Igalimma, Šulšagana, the Divine Mace, [Luḫuša], . . . – the fifteen gods of Edubba;

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23–26 [Mār-bīti,] Istar-biti, Nanây, Gazbaba, Kanisurra, [. . .], Papsukkal, Lisi, the Divine Standard of the Hands, the Divine Standard of Wood, [Adad,] Šāla, Mīšaru, Akuṣītum, [the Divine Weapon . . .] – the fifteen gods [of] Euršaba.

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