SpTU 4, 141 [Temple-building rituals][via cams/gkab]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1o 1 | [e-nu]-⸢ma⸣ da-nu ib-nu-u₂ [x x] | (o 1) When Anu created [...] (and) |
| o 22 | [dNU].⸢DIM₂⸣.MUD ib-nu-u₂ ABZU [...] | (o 2) Nudimmud created the Apsu, [...], |
| o 33 | [d]⸢e₂⸣-a ina ABZU ik-ru-ṣa ṭi-⸢da⸣ | (o 3) Ea broke off clay in the Apsu. |
| o 44 | [x x] dKULLA ana te-diš-[ti-ki] | |
| o 55 | [x x] gišGI u gišTIR ana ši-pir nab!(AB-)[ni-ti-ki] | |
| o 66 | [x x] ⸢d⸣NIN.ILDUM₂ dNIN.SIMUG u dA.RA.ZU ana ⸢mu⸣-šak-<li-il> ḫi-pi₂ eš-[šu₂] | (o 6) [...] Ninildum, Ninsimug and Arazu as the perfecter of (gloss: new break). |
| o 77 | [x x ša]-⸢di⸣-i u₃ ta-ma-ti ana <mim-ma> MU-<šu₂?> [ḫi]-⸢pi₂⸣ eš-[šu₂] | (o 7) [...] mountains and seas for (gloss: new break) everything. |
| o 88 | [x x dKU₃.SI₂₂].⸢BAN₃⸣.DA dNIN.A₂.GAL ḫi-pi₂ eš-[šu₂] | |
| o 99 | [...] x ki-niš kun-ni-i u₃ ḫi-pi₂ [x x] | (o 9) [...] caring reliably for ... and (gloss: [...] break). |
| o 1010 | [...] ra-bu-ti šu-lu-<li?> ḫi-pi₂ [x x] | |
| o 1111 | [...] dSIRAŠ dNIN.<GIŠ.ZI.DA> ḫi-pi₂ [x x] | |
| o 1212 | [x x] x x LI ma-ga-ri ana ḫi-pi₂ eš-[šu₂] | |
| o 1313 | [... ḫi?]-ṣib? ḫi-pi₂ eš-šu₂DIŠ dUMUN.MU.TA.AM₃.<NAG?> ⸢ḫi⸣-[pi₂] ⸢eš⸣-[šu₂] | (o 13) [...] abundant yield of (gloss: new break) ... Umunmutamnag (gloss: new break). |
| o 1414 | [... DINGIR]-⸢MEŠ⸣ GAL-MEŠ ana mu-šak-li-⸢il⸣ [x x] eš-[šu₂] | (o 14) [...] of the great gods as the perfecter of (gloss: new [...]). |
| o 1515 | [... za]-⸢ni⸣-nu-⸢ti⸣-[ki] | |
| o 1616 | [...] ⸢SAG?⸣ [...] | |
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| Reverse | ||
| rr NaN | (start of reverse missing) | |
| r 1'r 1' | [... šu?]-⸢a?⸣-ti E₂ x x x : ⸢ŠUBdi⸣ x [...] | |
| r 2'2' | [...] x-šu-un ŠE.NUMUN-šu-nu li-pu-⸢šam⸣-[ma ...] | (r 2') May he make their seed their ... [...] and [...]. |
| r 3'3' | [...] U₂? a-ra-an-šu-nu pu-⸢uṭ⸣-[ṭir ...] | |
| r 4'4' | [...] x AR TA um-ma-na še-me₂ [...] | |
| r 5'5' | [... dNIN].⸢ILDUM₂⸣ ḪE₂.GAL₂la li-šak-lil ep-še-ti-ki ina qi₂-bi-ti-⸢ki⸣ [x x] | (r 5') [...] may Ninildum bring plenty to completion, [...] your (building) work at your command. |
| r 6'6' | [...] x e-liš u šap-liš ma-la dUTU ir-te-e₂-a [...] | (r 6') [...] ... above and below, as many as Šamaš pastures [...]. |
| r 7'7' | [...]-su-nu liš-šu₂-nu ana qe₂-reb E₂.AN.NA kul-lat eš-re-e-ti u gi-mir ma-ḫa-[zi x x] | (r 7') May they bring their [...] into Eana, all of the chapels and all of the shrines [...]. |
| r 8'8' | [...] ⸢TUM⸣ da-ad-mu ib-nu-šu-<<šu>> : u₃ UN-MEŠ sap-ḫa-a-ti lip-ḫu-ru-šum-[ma] | (r 8') [...] ... they built settlements for him : and may the scattered people gather for him. |
| r 9'9' | [...] x TI mi-il kiš-ša₂-tu₄ ka-a-ma-nu-ti : ina pa-re-e dNISABA du-uš-šu-ti lu-⸢pu?⸣-[x x] | (r 9') [...] ... the regular full floods : let me [...] with abundant mules (and) grain. |
| r 10'10' | [... ḪE₂].⸢NUN⸣ u ḪE₂.GAL₂la lit-tab-bal-ši-na-a-ti : ma-a-ti la ma-nu-tu₄ til-la-niš lim-ni a-bu-⸢bu⸣ [x x] | (r 10') May he serve them abundance and plenty : may he turn countless sacred precincts into ruin mounds, the flood [...]. |
| r 11'11' | [...] di!(KI-)tal-li-iš? ana rit-tu₂-ki [...] | |
| r 12'12' | [... E₂.AN].NA kul-lat eš-re-e-ti u gi-mir ma-ḫa-zi ina gišTUKUL-šu₂ dan-nu ar₂-ḫiš li-nar-šu₂-[nu-ti] | (r 12') [...] Eana, all of the chapels and all of the shrines, may he kill them quickly with his mighty weapon. |
| r 13'13' | [...] el?-li₃ ib-nu-u₂ ana DINGIR.DINGIR GAL.[GAL] | (r 13') They built [...] of pure [...] for the great gods. |
| r 14'14' | [x x] AM iš-tu E₂ DINGIR na-qa-ru u ne₂-pe-ši i-te-ne₂-ep-pu-šu₂ e-nu-[ma E₂].⸢GAR₈⸣ E₂ DINGIR ⸢i⸣-[qa-pu] | (r 14') [...] ... after demolishing a god's temple and constantly performing the ritual procedures. When the wall of a god's temple buckles, for the demolishing and renovating, in a favourable month on a propitious day the diviner raises a lamb over the king's hem and, in accordance with (the the conventions for) an oracular answer in divination, recites 'When the wall of a god's temple buckles' and thus offers this lamb for an oracular answer. |
| r 15'15' | [a]-⸢na⸣ na-qa-rim-ma uš-šu-ši lu₂ḪAL ina ⸢ITI⸣ šal-me ina U₄ ŠE.GA ina UGU TUG₂.SIG₂ LUGAL ⸢SILA₄ IL₂⸣-[ma] | |
| r 16'16' | ki-ma ta-mit ba-ru-ti e-nu-ma E₂.GAR₈ E₂ DINGIR i-qa-ap-pu ŠID[nu-ma] ki-a-am ⸢SILA₄⸣ an-na-[a] | |
| r 17'17' | ZA₃ e-pu-uš šum-ma ana ṭa-ab-ta in-ne₂-ep-pu-uš ina EGIR na-qa-ri u e-pe-ši an-⸢nu⸣-[u₂] | (r 17') If it is offered with a favourable outcome, this demolishing and rebuilding will later be turned into good fortune. During the demolishing and rebuilding muhhuru-offerings (and) taqribtu-laments are performed. |
| r 18'18' | ana SIG₅ti₃ GARan a-di na-qa-ri u e-pe-ši mu-uḫ-ḫu-ru ER₂-MEŠ in-ne₂-⸢ep⸣-[pu-šu₂] | |
| r 19'19' | lu₂NAR in-ḫa ul i-kal-la ser₂-qu ma-aq-qa-a-⸢ti u₃⸣ mi-nu-ti ⸢GALA⸣ [...] | (r 19') The singer does not cease the song. The kalû-priest [...] the serqu-offerings, maqqītu-libations and recitation. |
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| t.e. 1t.e. 1 | ṭup-pi ḫi-šiḫ-ti ŠU-MIN GALAe an KA DUB MUŠ? ⸢ana GABA?.RI?⸣ [...] | (t.e. 1) Tablet of what is required in the domain of the kalû-priest. [...] according to the wording of a ... tablet, according to a copy from [...]. |
| t.e. 22 | [x] ⸢mu⸣-du-u₂ gi-mir ka-la-mu : IM mdINANA—MU—KAM!(ŠE) DUMU-A.NI BAša₂-a [...] | (t.e. 2) [...] one who knows all about everything : tablet of Ištar-šum-ereš, son of Iqiša [...]. |
Created by Graham Cunningham for the AHRC-funded GKAB Project, 2009 and released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/cams/gkab/P348735