DLL BM 34407 (RT 1)

DLL no. 31727

Texts Hierarchy
Tablet Siglum
BM 34407 (Sp. 526)
Measurements
circumference
3.6 × 3.7 × 2.7
cm
Collection
British Museum, London
Edition
Genre / Classification
Rituals
Provenance
Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)
Notes

Strassmaier Folio ii 654d. Peterson (in eBL) raised the possibility that it could be part of BM 40090+ col. i or iv. However, judging by the photos (not physically collated), BM 34407 is thicker than BM 40090+, suggesting that BM 34407 belongs to a separate tablet. Leichty et al. 2019, 246 text classified as “Astronomical”.

Text
Obv.?
1'[…] x x […]
2'[at-ta um-me]-e <dištar(inana)> bābili(tin.tirki) […]
3'[ana giškirî(kiri6)] ra-mi-ki ki-i [ú-šìr-ri? …]
4'[… dbē]lti(gaš]an)-ía šá bēl(en) bābili(e⸢ki⸣) ina x […]
5'[an-da-aš] mi-ri-šá ú-sa-⸢laq! […]
6'[… i-lat kuzbu(ḫi.l]i) dzar-pa-ni-tu ina p[a-pa-ḫi ...]
7'[…-a]l-lak! ana tar-ṣa dšar[rat(ga[šan)-nippuri(nibru)ki …]
8'[… e-ka-nu l]i-mu-ra-ku ina bāb(k[á) …]
9'[…] i-na pāni(igi) dni-n[á-a-a-tu4 izzaza(gub-za)-ma
10'[…] x x […]
Rev.?
r. 1'[… išippu(išib) ú-šar-ra]p?-⸢šá? (ameš) [ṭābâte(dùg.gameš) …]
r. 2'[… ūm(u₄)].⸢6?⸣.kam kīma(gim) šá ūm(u₄).⸢5?⸣.[kam.ma …]
r. 3'[ana bābi(ká) šá] é⸣-sag-gíl u é-m[-da-ri. . .]
r. 4'[…]-a-a!-tuqí-na-a-[tu …]
r. 5'[… ?-n]i?-tu (ameš) ši-qa-⸢a [i-qab-bi]
r. 6'[… ka]-rab4 lugal [ki-ma maḫ-ri]
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r. 7'[…] x x […]
Translation

Obv.? 

1' 

2' [You, Oh moth]er, <Ištar> of Babylon! [. . .]

3'  When [I descended to the garden] of your love.

4' [. . .my La]dy of the Lord of Babylon in . [. . .]

5' [The king] of her breeding bulls(?) will go up!

6' [. . .The goddess of attractivene]ss, Zarpanītu in her slee[ping chamber…]

7' [. . .] opposite of Šar[rat-Nippuri . . .]

8' [. . . Where sh]all they see you? At the ga[te . . .]

9' [. . .] in front of Ninayītu [he will stand. . .]

 

Rev.? 

r. 1' [A purification priest will bu]rn her. Sweet water [. . .]

r. 2' [. . . the 6th?] day as in the 5th day [. . .]

r. 3' [To the gate of] the Esagila and the Em[ašdari]

r. 4' [. . .] . . the jealousy (rites).

r. 5' [. . and (as for) the jeal]ous (goddess), “– Pour water!” [he will say.]

r. 6' [. . . bless]ing (for) the king, [as before(?)]

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r. 7'

Revision History
09/12/25