DLL Si 741 (+) Si 834 (RT 7)

DLL no. 32711

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Copy / Photo
Geers Ac53 (Si 741)
Geers Ac37 (Si 834)
Copied by A. George in 1991 and inked by Junko Taniguchi in 2018 (unpublished)
Tablet Siglum
Si 741 (+) Si 834
Measurements
Si 741
3.4 x 4.9
cm
Si 834
circumference
6.3×4.9
cm
Collection
Arkeoloji Müzerleri, Istanbul
Edition
Genre / Classification
Rituals
Provenance
Sippar (mod. Tell Abu Ḥabbah)
Notes

Neat Neo-Babylonian script, probably not later than 600bce. George noted regarding Si 741: “surface flake from near left edge. Obv.” Regarding Si 824 [wrong number]: “v. probably part of the same tablet [as 741] from near bottom left corner of obv.; Rev. flaked off.” Regarding Si 834: Central fragment preserving a small portion of the left edge, only one column preserved. 

Text

Si 834

1' [. . .] x [. . .]

2' [. . .] x /MEŠ ⌈ú x [. . .]

3' [. . .] ina bāb(ká) rābiṣi(máš[kim)?]

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4' 18 x ⌈kam? [. . .]

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5' rik-s[u ri]k-su šá si-pit-⌈tu4⌉ mi-l[u-la-a-ti šá dmarduk(amar.utu)]

6' at-t[i um]-⌈me⌉-e dištar(inanna) bābili(tin.tirki) ba-ni-t[u4?. . .]

7' ina ⌈é⌉.tùr.kalam.ma ina kisalli(kisal) [. . .]

8' ana giškirî(kiri6) ⌈ra-mi⌉-ki ki-i ú-šìr-ru TÁK-x [. . .]

9' ⌈dzar-pa-⌈ni⌉-⌈tu4⌉ iq-ni-ma i-te-li ana z[iq-qur-ra-ti ...]

10' [(x)] x inapāni(igi?)⌉-⌈šu?⌉ A[N? . . .]

11' [x]-x bābili(tin.tir⌉[k]i) ina é.sag.íl na-di-ri [. . .]

12' [i]na ⌈né⌉-reb                    [. . .]

13' [an-da-aš]mi⌉-ri šá ú-sal-laq an-da-aš mi-ri šá l[i?. . .]

14' [te-ba-ku al-lak ultu(ta?) n]é-reb dmadānu(di.ku5) a-di p[āni(igi) dbēliya(en)-?]

15' [. . .] x dzar-pa-ni-tu4 d!ba-ni-ti [. . .]

16' [. . .] x x-⌈a?⌉-⌈ti⌉ dbēl(en) šu-ra-ku ina a-pa-⌈a?-[ti . .]

17' [. . .] x-⌈kan?⌉-ni ID-x [. . .]

18' [. . .] x [. . .]

 

Si 741

1' [. . .] GIŠ x [. . .]

2' [. . .] xgiš⌉má ki us ⌈a⌉-⌈na⌉ a a? x [. . .]

3' [. . .] x ⌈ma⌉-al-di nāri(i7) [. . .]

4' [. . .] x x KAN? NI? šal-šu-ma at-ti šá ka-ṣi u4-mu [. . .]

5' [. . .] ⌈a⌉-pa-ti a-na tar-ṣi nāri(i7) [. . .]

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6' [. . . U4].4 (or: 5).KAM šá ka-ṣi u4-mu [. . .]

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7' [rik-su rik]-su šá si-pit-tu4 mi-lu-la-a-ti šá dmarduk(amar.ut[u) . . .]

8' [. . .-i]d šá dšar-rat-parakki(bára) ina idi(da) bīt(é) dse-bet-te-⌈e⌉ [. . .]

9' [e-ka-a-ni l]i-mu-ra-ki šitta(2-taīnāya(igiII-a-a) bar-bar-a-t[e ...]

10' [ina bāb(ká) š]ūti ([i]mu18.lu) šá é.dúr.kù[.ga? . . .]

11' [a-na é/e4-qu]-⌈le⌉-⌈e⌉ te-ba-ki al-lak itti(ki)-ia al-ka l[ú?bābilāyī(tin.tirki.meš?)]

12' [. . .] d]⌈bēl⌉(en⌈ultu(ta) pān(igi) d[bēlti(gašan)- adi(en) é.sal.sukkal]

13' [. . .] x x [. . .]

 

Translation

Si 834

1' . . .

2' . . .

3' . . . at the gate of the rābiṣu. . .

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4' Eighteen . . .

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5' Ceremony, ceremony of lamentation, the games of Marduk.

6' “You, oh mother, Ištar of Babylon, the beautiful one . . .”

7' In the Eturkalama temple, in the . . . courtyard,

8' “To your beloved orchard, when I went down, you . . . [. . .]”

9' When Zarpanītu got jealous, she went up to the zig[gurat . . .]

10' . . . in front of him . . .

11' . . . of(?) Babylon, in the Esagila temple, wild . . .

12' At the entrance of . . .

13' [“the king] of her breeding bulls(?) will go up! May the the king] of her breeding bulls . . .

14' [“I will rise (and) go from the ent]rance of Madānu, to the pr[esence of Bēltiya.]

15' . . . Zarpanitu, the beautiful one [. . .]

16' . . . Bēl, I am leaning from the windows. . .

17' . . .

18' . . .

 

Si 741

1' ...

2' . . . the barge to/for . . .

3' . . . near the river...

4' . . . it is the third one. You(f.) are of the evening...

5' . . . the windows (looking at) the vicinity of the river...

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6' . . . the fourth day, that of the evening ...

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7' [Ceremony, cer]emony of the lamentation, the games of Marduk...

8' . . . of Šarrat-parakki alongside the temple of the Divine Heptad...

9' [“Where sha]ll they see you? (my two eyes are she-wolves)”,

10' [In the] southern [gate] of the Edurkuga [. . .]

11' “(On) the road of Kū]ta – I will rise (and) go! Come (with me) Babylonians!”

12' [. . .] Bēl from before Bēltiya to the Esalsukkal.

13' . . .

Revision History
21/12/25