STT 1, 083 (P338400)
Prayer, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 1, 083 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338400 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer |
| Find spot | Huzirina (mod. Sultantepe) |
| Coordinates | 37.0501, 38.9062 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| 1' | [x-x] x [...] | |
| 2' | {[lu₂]}⸢GIG⸣ KA.LUḪ.⸢U₂.DA⸣ [DU₃-uš ...] | (If) a man performs ēmuru-disease (and) sulphur: . |
| 3' | {⸢lu₂⸣}GIG {giš}ŠINIG ŠUḪUB(|U+MUL|) ⸢gab⸣ [...] | elû-plant, tamarisk, sulphur, egabānu-plant |
| 4' | EN₂ al-si-ku-⸢nu-ši⸣ 3-šu₂ ŠID-nu x [x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x-x)] | Incantation: “I call out to you three times, ... |
| 5' | ša₂ iq-bu-u a-mat ḪUL-ti₃-ia i-kaš-ša₂-[dam]-⸢ma⸣ [...] | He who spoke the word of my evil will reach me |
| 6' | ⸢NU ša⸣ [I₃].⸢UDU⸣ [...] MUN ina KA-šu₂ GAR NU ina ap-pi ⸢GI⸣.IZI.LA₂ [...] | You put salt in his mouth, (and) you sprinkle it on the roof of the reed-bed. |
| 7' | EN₂ ⸢al⸣-[si]-⸢ku-nu⸣-ši tu-[qat]-⸢ti⸣-ma ⸢GI.IZI.LA₂⸣ [a]-⸢di {dug⸣}BUR.[ZI.GAL ...] | Incantation: “Eal-si-ekunu-esvi, you recite the incantation, and then the gizila-plant, the water of the bowl, |
| 8' | ana E₂ [GUR-ma x-x] x [x-x-x] ana IGI [...] | Return to the house and ... in front of .... |
| 9' | ina ⸢UGU⸣ {[giš]}⸢BANŠUR DUG⸣ [... GI.IZI].⸢LA₂ ina UGU⸣ [...] | On top of the table a pot ... a torch on top of ... |
| 10' | e [x-x] x-x [...] | above ... ... |
| 11' | ⸢EN₂⸣ [x] x-⸢tum⸣ [...] | Incantation: “... ... |
| 12' | ⸢EN₂⸣ {[d}nuska] ⸢šur-bu⸣-[u₂ ...] ⸢zab-ban URU⸣-[MU ...] ... | Incantation: “Nuska, the Šurbu-temple, the Zabban, my city |
| 13' | ⸢EN₂⸣ [ak-la ne₂]-⸢be₂⸣-[ru ...] ⸢ZI₃⸣.SUR.RA-a ⸢ḫu⸣-lu-up-paq-⸢qi₂⸣ [...] | Incantation: “It is enough, it is enough! Its ritual: ... esura-flour, eḫû-luppaq-eqi-e23 |
| 14' | [...] x-[x-x] [...] {⸢giš⸣}EREN NU I₃.UDU NU DUḪ.⸢LAL₃⸣ [...] | ... ... cedar, not fat, not honey |
| 15' | [... ina] ⸢UGU⸣ ḫu-lu-up-paq-qi₂ ta-⸢sa⸣-dir-[(ma) ...] | ... on top of the ḫuluppaqqu-vessel you sweep it and ... |
| 16' | [... e-piš]-⸢ia₅⸣ ŠU.SI-šu₂ ana UGU i-tar-ra-⸢aṣ⸣-[ma ...] | (If) a man, when he performs an extispicy on top of it, and . |
| 17' | [... {d}a]-⸢nim NU⸣ I₃.UDU NU DUḪ.LAL₃ ina UGU GI.[IZI.LA₂ ...] | ... A’enum, not bringing out fat, not making honey on top of a torch |
| 18' | [...] ⸢GI DU₁₀.GA⸣ [...] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ tu-sa-an-na-[aš] | ... good ešû-tree |
| 19' | [...] ⸢ŠID [(x-x-x)] | ... apricot |
| 20' | [...] | |
| 21' | [...] ⸢BULUG₃⸣ [...] | ... the elû-vessel |
| 22' | [...] | |
| 23' | [...] | |
| 24' | [...] | |
| 25' | EN₂ [...] [...] | Incantation: ... ... |
| 26' | EN₂ ⸢ke⸣-[eš ...] | Incantation: “Eke’eš |
| 27' | EN₂ ⸢at⸣-[ti-man-nu ...] | Incantation: “Eatimannu |
| 28' | EN₂ [...] | Incantation: ... |
| 29' | EN₂ [...] | Incantation: ... |
| 30' | EN₂ 2-[ta ...] | Incantation: 2 ... |
| 31' | EN₂ {munus}[UŠ₁₁.ZU ...] ⸢NU DUḪ.LAL₃ EN₂⸣ [...] | Incantation: “A woman ... ēšunu-plant, honey, Incantations ... |
| 32' | EN₂ la-[man-ni su-tu]-⸢u₂⸣ e-la-mu-u₂ ⸢re⸣-[dan-ni ...] ⸢ESIR⸣ [...] | Incantation: “No one compares with me, Sutu-eu’e, Elamû, ēriš-rē-e-danni, ... esir-e3 |
| 33' | EN₂ at-⸢ti⸣-[man-nu {munus}UŠ₁₁].ZU ša₂ iq-bu-u a-mat ḪUL-ti₃-⸢ia⸣ [... lib₃]-⸢bi⸣-šu₂ NU IM ina {⸢na₄}KIŠIB⸣ [...] | Incantation: “Atti-emannu, the witch, who spoke a word of evil against me ... his heart did not ... with a seal |
| 34' | ⸢EN₂ at⸣-[ti-ie-e ...] ⸢te⸣-pu-šin-ni {d}iš-tar kub-ši ⸢kin⸣-ṣi ša₂ IM DU₃ [...] | Incantation: “Attiya, ..., I have made a temple of Ištar in its midst. I have built a wall of clay. |
| 35' | [... diḫ₂]-me-en-<na> ša₂ {dug}UTUL₂ ina A.MEŠ ⸢ta⸣-[maḫ]-⸢ḫa⸣-aḫ-ma ana SAG.DU-⸢ša₂⸣ [ta-tab-bak] | You are a dīḫu-demon. You soak the large bowl in water from ēmaḫ-e’emaha-emmah and you pour it into the head of the eša-vessel. |
| 36' | [... i-pu-ša₂-an]-⸢ni⸣ ul-te-pi-ša₂-⸢an⸣-[ni {giš]}MA₂.GUR₈ IM [...] | ... he built for me, he has made for me a boat ... |
| 37' | [...] {⸢d⸣}30 ⸢u₂-še⸣-[piš] {[giš]}⸢MA₂⸣.GUR₈ NIG₂.SILA₁₁.[GA₂ ...] | ... Sîn, ešēpišu-plant (and) e22mama-e23.GUR₈ (a kind of container) |
| 38' | [... tug-dan]-⸢na-ra-ni⸣ [...] ⸢ŠEŠ₂ {sik₂⸣}<na>-⸢ba-ši⸣ [...] | ... clothed in a šû-garment(?), a linen garment(?) |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... ik]-⸢ki⸣-mu ⸢ZI₃.MAD⸣.[GA₂ ...] | ... Ik-emu, the “House of Fine Flour ... |
| 2' | [...] zi-mi [...] | ... life ... |
| 3' | [...] {⸢d}e₂⸣-a up-ta-aṭ-ṭir ina {giš}MA.NU lib₃-bi NIG₂.TAB.[TUR.RA ...] | ... the Ea-gods have crossed over. With tamarisk (and) small fruit trees |
| 4' | [...] ⸢tu⸣-na-aḫ(ḫi) ⸢EN₂ e⸣-pi-šu-u₂-a e-pi-šu-tu-u₂-a [...] | ... etu-naḫi, Incantation: “My temples, my temples |
| 5' | EN₂ ⸢ak⸣-bu-us GAL₅.LA₂-a-a NU NIG₂.SILA₁₁.GA₂ ina GIR₃.⸢II⸣-[šu₂ ... šam]-⸢ra-tu⸣-nu KIMIN | Incantation: “It is eak-ebûšu-plant, my limbs are not swollen, at its foot it is ṣām-ra-e-nu, ditto. |
| 6' | [...] ⸢NIG₂⸣.NA ša₂ IGI {d}nuska KA₂ NIG₂.TAB.TUR.⸢RA⸣ DUL(ki-)[am] | ... ešû-plant, which is in front of Nuska, the gate of the small ēru-plant of DUL. |
| 7' | [... lik-tum₃]-⸢ku⸣-nu-ši NA₄ KUR-i ina ⸢UGU⸣ NIG₂.NA ša₂ KA₂ NIG₂.TAB.TUR.⸢RA⸣ [...] | ... may he bring him out. The stone of the mountain at the top of the door, the censer of the gate of the small shrine ... |
| 8' | [... i-sa]-⸢a i-sa⸣-[a] ⸢ŠID⸣-nu-ma ZI₃.MAD.GA₂ ŠUB-⸢di⸣-ma nap-pa-[ṭa] | (If) a man, when he is dressed, is dressed in a soiled garment, and he eats flour, and (his) nappātu-disease (means) |
| 9' | [...] ⸢E₃⸣-ma i-⸢na-as⸣-suk-ma EGIR-šu₂ EN₂ (⸢udug⸣.ḫul) (edin.na.⸢zu⸣.[še₃]) | ... goes out and he goes out, and afterwards he instigates an incantation (against) the udug-vessel (edina-ezu-e-še) |
| 10' | ⸢a-di⸣ KA₂.AN.AŠ.AM₃ ... ŠID-⸢nu⸣-ma ZI₃.MAD.GA₂ KA₂.MEŠ te-eṣ-ṣir ⸢ana⸣ E₂ GUR-ma a-šar ma-aq-[la-a] | (If) he slips through a gate and the flour of the gate is broken: the Eanna-e-muḫ will return to the house and the land will be plundered. |
| 11' | taq-lu-u₂ A.MEŠ ŠUB.⸢ŠUB⸣-di EN₂ a-nam-di EN₂ ana ⸢UKKIN⸣ DINGIR.MEŠ DU₃.A.BI ⸢ŠID⸣-[nu] | You pour water into a well. Incantation: “I am going to do it,‘Incantation for the assembly of all the gods’. |
| 12' | EN₂ {d}en-lil₂ ⸢SAG.DU-MU⸣ pa-nu-u₂-⸢a⸣ [u₄]-⸢mu⸣ {šim}<LI {šim>}⸢GUR₂⸣.[GUR₂] | Incantation: O Enlil, esaggil-šumê-priestess, turn back the day, the year, the nadītu-demon |
| 13' | EN₂ e-piš-⸢te⸣ qu-⸢um⸣-qu-um-mat {šim}[GUR₂.GUR₂] {⸢u₂⸣}IN.NU.⸢UŠ⸣ | Incantation: “It is a qûmqūma prayer of kukru-aromatic. |
| 14' | EN₂ {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂-ma {⸢šim⸣}GUR₂.GUR₂ {⸢šim⸣}GUR₂.GUR₂ ⸢IN.BUBBU ni-i-nam⸣ di-ik-me-[en-na] | Incantation: “The kukru-plant, the ēšim ekurru, the inbubu-plant (and) the ikû-plant |
| 15' | EN₂ {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂-ma {⸢šim⸣}GUR₂.[GUR₂ al-ka-nim]-⸢ma {šim⸣}GUR₂.[GUR₂] | Incantation: “It is kukru-aromatic, it is ēšim-ekurra alkālu-emmâm, (it is) kkurra-emery. |
| 16' | EN₂ e {munus}⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.[ZU-MU e-le-ni]-⸢ti⸣-ia₅ {⸢šim⸣}GUR₂.GUR₂ | Incantation: “Ha, my lady, my princess, my šim priestess, |
| 17' | ⸢EN₂ la-am {d⸣}[nin-gir₂-su ... il]-⸢su⸣ {d}a-la-la {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ | Incantation: “Lord Ningirsu Il-esu-e23 Alala kukru |
| 18' | [... u₂]-⸢kaš⸣-šip-an-ni {šim}GUR₂.GUR₂ | ... he smears me with kukru-aromatic |
| 19' | [... ka-la]-⸢ma {šim⸣}GUR₂.GUR₂ I₃.UDU TUG₂.ḪI.A.⸢MEŠ⸣ KU₅.MEŠ | ... all of it: kukru-aromatic, fat from a washbasin |
| 20' | [... AN]-⸢e⸣ GAL.MEŠ ana-ku ⸢PIŠ₁₀⸣.{d}⸢ID₂⸣ | I am Anu-eštar, the great king. |
| 21' | [... {d]}⸢ID₂⸣ PIŠ₁₀.{⸢d}ID₂⸣ | “... Ea-id-e23, PIŠ10-E3 |
| 22' | [... {u₂}KUR].⸢KUR šam⸣-mu qud-du-šu₂ ana-ku PIŠ₁₀.{d}⸢ID₂⸣ {u₂}⸢KUR⸣.KUR | ... ešamu-plant is his quddu-plant. I am the “Pištānu-demon" (Sumerian) |
| 23' | [...] ⸢pa⸣-da-at-tu₂ AN.⸢ḪUL₂⸣.[LA] {⸢u₂}im-ḫur⸣-lim | ... epa’edattu-plant, eḫulu-elīm-plant (and) imbî-plant |
| 24' | [...] ⸢PIŠ₁₀⸣.{d}[ID₂] | ... EPIŠ-e23.ID |
| 25' | [... e-le-ni]-⸢ti⸣-ia₅ ZU-e ⸢ul⸣ [... PIŠ₁₀.{d]}⸢ID₂⸣ | (Sum) ... of my upper limbs ... (Akk) The upper part of my body ... |
| 26' | [... ŠID]-⸢ma⸣ | ... šud-ema'e |
| 27' | [... x]-x | |
| 28' | [...] ⸢KIMIN⸣ {tug₂}⸢u₂⸣-[li-in-na ...] | ... ditto elinnu-garments |
| 29' | ⸢EN₂ e⸣ {[munus}UŠ₁₁].⸢ZU⸣-MU lu raḫ-ḫat-⸢ia₅⸣ [... (ŠID-nu-ma) KIMIN] ... | Incantation: “House, my woman, may it be shattered for me! |
| 30' | EN₂ ⸢e⸣ {munus}UŠ₁₁-MU e-le-ni-ti-⸢ia₅ ana⸣ [...] | Incantation: “Ea, my lady, to the Ea |
| 31' | EN₂ e {munus}UŠ₁₁-MU e-le-ni-ti-ia₅ ana ⸢muḫ⸣-[(ḫi)] ⸢NA₄⸣ KUR-⸢i ŠID-nu-ma⸣ [...] ⸢TUR₃⸣ [...] | Incantation: “Ha! My exalted woman, go up to the Emuḫbi-temple, the ēšû-temples of the mountain(s) and the turtu'ed temple |
| 32' | ⸢qu-ta⸣-ri ša₂ {d}en-lil₂ SAG.DU ma-la ina KA.⸢KEŠ₂⸣.[MEŠ] ⸢SAR⸣ 1-niš ḪE.ḪE-ma tu-qat-tar-šu EN₂ {d}en-⸢lil₂⸣ [...] | The qutāru-tree of Enlil, as much as in the gate of the ekeš-esar-e23, you mix together, and then you present it to him. Incantation: En-Elil-E23 |
| 33' | ⸢EN₂⸣ rit-ti man-⸢za-at ZI₃⸣.MAD.⸢GA₂⸣ u DIDA [...] {⸢dug⸣}LA.<ḪA.AN> SAḪAR₂ {lu₂}GIG ḪE.ḪE-ma {giš}IG u {giš}⸢SAG⸣.[KUL ...] | Incantation: “The hand of a man, flour of ēmadû-flour and barley ... a jug of šuḫālu-juniper; the sick man will get up and the door and the bolt |
| 34' | ⸢EN₂⸣ a-ra-aḫ-ḫi-⸢ka ra⸣-ma-ni NINDA ⸢I₃.GIŠ⸣ EN₂ ⸢I₃⸣.GIŠ KU₃ ⸢I₃⸣.GIŠ eb-bi NINDA I₃.[GIŠ] | Incantation: “I want to go to the Araḫi temple for you, I want to eat the bread of the oil house. Incantations: Holy oil house, pure oil house! Bread of oil house |
| 35' | [...] {⸢d⸣}en-lil₂ SAG.DU {⸢mul}GAG.SI.SA₂ la⸣-a-ni ⸢NINDA⸣ I₃.GIŠ EN₂.MEŠ an-⸢na-a⸣-ti ŠID-nu-ma EGIR-šu₂ ⸢ZI₃⸣.[SUR.RA-a ...] | ... Enlil, the head of the Scales, is not present; ēšû-cakes (and) oil are present. You recite these incantations and afterwards, ezura-flour |
| 36' | [...] ⸢a-di⸣ šur-⸢pa ta-šar-ra-pu šur⸣-pa ana ⸢ID₂⸣ E₃-ma EGIR-šu₂ EN₂ at-ti-man-nu {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ša₂ [...] | ... the adī-ešû-plant, the tasvarrapu-plant (and) the ṣurpa-plant come out to the river bank and afterwards you recite the incantation You are the witch who ... |
| 37' | [... {munus}UŠ₁₁].⸢ZU⸣ [... ZI₃].⸢DA⸣ ina ŠA₃ {urudu}nam-se-e te-eṣ-ṣir ŠU.II-šu₂ ana UGU LUḪ-ma ana ⸢E₂⸣ [GUR] | (If) a pregnant woman ... flour of ēdu-flour in the hand of a namsû-sheep: you rub his hand on it and turn (it) into a temple. |
| 38' | [... ba-ʾi-ir]-ti ša₂ ⸢ba-ʾi⸣-i-ra-a-ti ⸢NU {lu₂⸣}(munus)⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.ZU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ⸢ša₂⸣ ZI₃.DA ina {⸢urudu}nam⸣-[se]-⸢e⸣ [...] | “... of the bārītu-plants, the ešunu-vessel, the female ēru-teeming-plant, and the female weavers, the flour in the urudu-namsê-plant |
| 39' | [... {lu₂]}UŠ₁₁.ZU u {[munus]}⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.ZU ina UGU GAR-an ŠU.⸢II-šu₂⸣ ana UGU LUḪ ina ḫu-ṣab {giš}MA.NU ana 3-šu₂ i⸣-[kar-rit] | a man and a woman shall place upon it. He shall wash his hands on it. In a šūbu-tree he shall remove the straw three times. |
| 40' | [...] ⸢ŠU.II⸣-MU ub-⸢ba-ab⸣ SU LUḪ ŠU.II EN₂ ip-še-⸢ki ep-ši⸣-<ti>-⸢ki⸣ LUḪ ŠU.II EN₂ KA.KEŠ₂.MEŠ-⸢ki⸣ [... KIMIN] | ... my hand ... he shall wash his body. Incantation: “Ipše-ēki, efficacy of Ēlti-E’e23, he will wash his hand. Increment: KA.KEŠ-e23 ... ditto. |
| 41' | [...] ⸢še⸣-ri LUḪ ŠU.⸢II⸣-ia ⸢KIMIN⸣ EN₂ it-tam-ra še-⸢ri KIMIN⸣ EN₂ še-ru-um-⸢ma⸣ [... KIMIN ...] | ... šerû-plant, release my handiwork!” |
| 42' | [...] ŠU.⸢II⸣-a-a KIMIN EN₂ am-si ⸢ŠU⸣.II-MU ⸢am-te⸣-[si ... KIMIN] | ... my hand, ditto. Incantation: Amsu, hand of Iddin-šumi, amtēsu-plant, [ditto]. |
| 43 | [... {u₂]}⸢IN⸣.NU.⸢UŠ⸣ NA₄ ZU₂.⸢LUM⸣.MA IN.BUBBU ⸢IM⸣.[BABBAR ...] | ... ēšāru-tree, stone of emmer, sulphur, white plant |
| 44' | [... {d}a]-⸢la-la IN.BUBBU⸣ ana {dug}ŠIKA SAḪAR₂ [...] | ... Aya-ela-la, you pour it into a jug |
| 45' | [... {munus}UŠ₁₁].⸢ZU⸣ ša₂ IM DU₃-uš NA₄ ⸢KUR⸣-[i ...] | (If) a woman builds a wall: stone of the Ekur temple . |
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