STT 2, 231 (P338550)
Incantation-Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 2, 231 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338550 |
| Museum no. | AMM — |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation-Ritual |
| Find spot | Huzirina (mod. Sultantepe) |
| Coordinates | 37.0501, 38.9062 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
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| Obverse [0:6] o 1o 1–o 66 | If you presented an offering and in the slaughtering of the sheep blood did not come out, [...] you opened the innards of the sheep and if the vertebrae were sunken or the gall bladder was missing from the omen, or if the Finger (on the liver) was missing, or if the Increment (on the liver) was missing, or the coils (of the colon) were heaped up, or a kidney was missing, or the divination twitched, or [...] ominous parts have been removed, or a huge ominous part was displayed in the innards of the sheep, to avert that (predicted) evil and for it not to approach the man, (you do as follows). |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | Its ritual: he goes to the temple of Marduk and prays. He speaks as follows. |
| Obverse [7:9] o 88–o 99 | Great lord, Marduk, merciful god, because of what is missing (from the offering), the evil of the gall bladder that has been placed on me, and the merciless ominous part, I am confused and troubled. |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | Lord Marduk, make (the evil) pass me by and let it settle on the outskirts. He speaks thus. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | He says this 3 times and does not prostrate himself. He goes straight to (his) house and kisses the door jambs of his house. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | You put a small piece of what is missing and 10 grains of silver on his head. |
| Obverse [13:14] o 1414–o 1414 | You bind a headdress to his jaw. |
| Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515 | You put bracelets of tin on his hands and his feet. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | You tie a belt of lead around his hips. You smear his left eye with ointment. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | You put a sandal on his left foot. |
| Obverse [18:20] o 1919–o 2020 | He circles around the site of his house 7 times to the right and wherever he circles around he speaks as follows. |
| Obverse [20:21] o 2121–o 2121 | I am carrying barley ... [...] of the god [...] |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | ... [...] of my god (and) of my goddess [...] ... [...] ... [...], |
| Obverse [22:24] o 2323–o 2424 | I have seen [...] ... [...] (and) of my goddess. May the evil be left over. |
| Obverse [24:26] o 2525–o 2626 | He circles around the site of his house 7 times to the left and wherever he circles around he speaks as follows. |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2626–o 2626 | My house, I will remove my evils (and) your evils. |
| Obverse [26:28] o 2727–o 2828 | I will tear out the evil ominous part, I will tear out the instructions that my god and my goddess placed on me. |
| Obverse [28:30] o 2929–o 3030 | He recites this 7 times and where there is no crossroads, where access is blocked, you set up a censer (full) of juniper and he speaks as follows. |
| Obverse [30:32] o 3131–o 3232 | You, great gods of the night, whom Anu and Ellil created: |
| Obverse [32:34] o 3333–o 3434 | You will cancel the evil signs that keep on occurring against me and you will remove from the house of the man the evil ominous part that has been placed in his omen. |
| Obverse [34:35] o 3535–o 3535 | Remove from me the evil sign that exists in my house. |
| Obverse [35:36] o 3636–o 3636 | Make (afflictions) pass me by [...] that evil and [...]. |
| Obverse [36:37] o 3737–o 3737 | [...] I am living the days, [...] your praises. |
| Obverse [37:38] o 3838–o 3838 | He recites [...] 7 times and where there is no [...] |
| Reverse [0:2] r 1'r 1'–r 2'2' | [...] ... [...], you set up an offering table [...] ... [...]. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 3'3'–r 4'4' | You strew 12 emmer loaves, ... [...] (and) fine flour. [...] a cake (made) of honey (and) butter. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | You set up a vessel for libations. You set in place a censer (full) of juniper. |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | You libate first-class beer and draw a line. You scatter 3 small heaps of flour. |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | He kneels and speaks as follows. |
| Reverse [7:8] r 8'8'–r 8'8' | Great gods, I have called out to you, stand by me in the night. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | Because of the evil of the portents in the ominous part that has been placed on me, I am frightened, I am afraid and I am constantly terrified. |
| Reverse [9:11] r 10'10'–r 11'11' | May that evil not approach me, may it not draw near me, may it [...] come close, may it not reach me. |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'–r 13'13' | May it cross the watercourse, may it cross over the mountain, may it withdraw three thousand, six hundred miles from my body. |
| Reverse [12:14] r 13'13'–r 14'14' | Like smoke may it keep going up to heaven, like an [...] tamarisk .... |
| Reverse [13:15] r 14'14'–r 15'15' | [...], let me sing your praises, [...]. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 15'15'–r 16'16' | [...]. You clear away the ritual assemblage and you throw [...]. |
| Reverse [15:16] r 16'16'–r 16'16' | As for him you set out [...] in front of Šamaš. |
| Reverse [16:18] r 17'17'–r 18'18' | He kneels in front of Šamaš and speaks as follows. |
| Reverse [18:19] r 19'19'–r 19'19' | Šamaš, receive my supplications, I have stroked (my) nose (as a gesture of submission). |
| Reverse [19:20] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | Make (the evil) pass me by, accept my speech. |
| Reverse [20:21] r 21'21'–r 21'21' | Because of the evil of the portents in the ominous part that has been placed on me, I am frightened, I am afraid and I am constantly terrified. |
| Reverse [21:23] r 22'22'–r 23'23' | May that evil not approach me, may it not come close, may it not draw near me, may it not reach me. |
| Reverse [23:24] r 24'24'–r 24'24' | Like smoke may it keep going up to heaven, like an uprooted tamarisk may it not return to its place. |
| Reverse [24:26] r 25'25'–r 26'26' | He says (this) 3 times and he prostrates himself. |
| Reverse [25:26] r 26'26'–r 26'26' | He says this and he does not look behind him. |
| Reverse [27:30] r 28'28'–r 30'30' | Against the evil of the malign ominous parts that has been placed on the house of a man: at the stipulated time he gives 6 litres of barley to the brewer's building and ... [...] first-class beer, he gives ... to a foreign woman and enters into ... [...] .... |
| Reverse [30:33] r 31'31'–r 33'33' | You anoint (him) with oil from the cypress, oil from the kanaktu-tree, [...] ... [...] from the olive tree, and the [...] of what is missing in the ominous parts will not approach. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
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| 1 | ⸢šum⸣-ma {udu}SISKUR₂ BAL-ma ina ⸢KU₅⸣{si} UDU.NITA₂ <UŠ₂> la₃ E₃ [x] | |
| 2 | ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ BAD-ma šum₄-ma KIŠIB-MEŠ na-ah-su lu ina UR₅.[UŠ₂] | |
| 3 | ZE₂ ZAH₂ lu BE ŠU.SI ZAH₂ lu BE MAŠ₂ ZAH₂ lu ŠA₃.[NIGIN] | |
| 4 | GAR{nu-u₂} lu ELLAG₂ ZAH₂ lu bi-ri ⸢GU₄⸣.U₄{iṭ} lu UZU [x] | |
| 5 | tab-lu lu UZU DIRI ina ŠA₃ UDU.⸢NITA₂ GAR⸣{in} HUL šu-a-⸢tu₄⸣ | |
| 6 | šu-tu-qim-ma LU₂ la₃ SA₂.SA₂ | |
| 7 | DU₃.DU₃-BI ana E₂ {d}AMAR.UTU DU-ma ut-ne-en UR₅.GIM DU₁₁.GA | |
| 8 | EN GAL{u₂} {d}AMAR.UTU DINGIR re-me₂-nu-u₂ aš-⸢šum⸣ hal-qu | |
| 9 | HUL ZE₂(AD) ša(TA) iš-šak-nam-⸢ma⸣ UZU la pa-du-u₂ | |
| 10 | e-ša₂-ku u dal-ha-ku EN {d}AMAR.UTU šu-ti-qa-an-ni-ma | |
| 11 | a-na a-ha-a-ti liš-ša₂-kin-ma kam DU₁₁.⸢GA⸣ | |
| 12 | an-nam 3-šu₂ DU₁₁.GA-ma NU KI.ZA.ZA ana E₂ iš-šir₂-⸢ma⸣ | |
| 13 | sip-pi₂ E₂-šu₂ ina-šiq ni-ib ⸢ZAH₂⸣ 10 ŠE KU₃.BABBAR ina SAG.DU-šu₂ | |
| 14 | GAR{an}šu₂ {tug₂}BAR.SI ME.ZE₂-šu₂ KEŠ₂-su ŠU.GUR ZABAR | |
| 15 | ŠU.SI-MEŠ ŠU-MIN-šu₂ u GIR₃-MIN-šu₂ SA₅-MEŠ ⸢HAR⸣ AN.NA | |
| 16 | ina ŠU-MIN-šu₂ u GIR₃-MIN-šu₂ GAR{an}šu me-ser₂ A.BAR₂(RA) ina MURU₂-šu₂ | |
| 17 | KEŠ₂-su IGI GUB₃-šu₂ it-qur-tu₂ te-eq-qi₂ | |
| 18 | {kuš}E.SIR₂ ina GIR₃-<<MIN>> GUB₃-šu₂ GAR{⸢an}šu₂ NA⸣ BI si-ra | |
| 19 | ša₂ E₂-šu₂ i-hal-⸢la-aš₂-ma⸣ ina ⸢SAG⸣.DU-šu₂ GAR{an}⸢šu KI E₂⸣-šu₂ | |
| 20 | 7-šu₂ ana 15 NIGIN-ma [e]-⸢ma⸣ NIGIN{u₂} kam DU₁₁.[GA] | |
| 21 | na-ša₂-ku še-um LA x [...] ša₂ DINGIR [...] | |
| 22 | x [x] ⸢DINGIR-ia₅ {d}iš₈-tar₂-ia⸣ [x] x [x] x [...] | |
| 23 | [...] x GIG TA SA GA RI ŠE x | |
| 24 | [x x] {⸢d⸣}iš₈-tar₂-ia a-ta-mar li-še-et | |
| 25 | lum-nu 7-šu₂ ana GUB₃ ⸢KI⸣ E₂-šu₂ NIGIN-ma e-ma NIGIN{u₂} UR₅.GIM DU₁₁.GA | |
| 26 | bi-ti u₂-na-kar HUL-MEŠ-ia HUL-MEŠ-ka | |
| 27 | a-na-sah UZU HUL ZI{ha} KA.HI{ne} | |
| 28 | ša₂ iš-ku-nu-ni DINGIR-i₁₄ u {d}iš₈-tar₂-i₁₄ | |
| 29 | an-nam 7-šu₂ ŠID-ma en-na ba-li ina ⸢SILA⸣.KA.LIMMU₂.⸢BA⸣ ⸢SILA⸣.KA.LIMMU₂.⸢BA⸣ | |
| 30 | KI GIR₃ KU₅{at} NIG₂.NA {šim}LI GAR{an} u₃ ⸢UR₅⸣.GIM DU₁₁.[GA] | |
| 31 | at-tu-nu DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ ša₂ mu-ši-[ti] | |
| 32 | ša₂ {d}a-nu₃ u {d}EN.LIL₂ ib-nu-ku-nu-[ši] | |
| 33 | ta-pa-as-sa-sa GISKIM-MEŠ HUL-ME ša₂ it-ta-nab-[ša₂-nim-ma] | |
| 34 | ina E₂ LU₂ tu-nak-kara UZU ⸢HUL⸣ ša₂ iš-šak-nu ina ter-[ti-šu₂] | |
| 35 | nu-uk-ki-ra-ni GISKIM HUL{tu₂} ša₂ GAL₂{u} ina E₂-[ia] | |
| 36 | [x] HUL šu₂-a-tu₄ šu-⸢ti-qa-an-ni⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 37 | [x u₄]-um bal-ṭa-ku da₃-li₂-li₂-ku-nu [...] | |
| 38 | [x x 7-⸢šu₂⸣ ŠID-ma en-na ba-⸢li⸣ [...] | |
| 39 | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 40 | [...] x [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [x x] KAL [...] | |
| 2' | [x] NA MI x [...] | |
| 3' | ⸢GI⸣.DU₈ GUB{an} 12 NINDA IMGAGA₂.AN.NA x [...] | |
| 4' | {zi₃}EŠA ⸢DUB⸣{aq} NINDA.I₃.DE₂.A ⸢LAL₃ I₃.NUN.NA⸣ [x x] | |
| 5' | {dug}A.DA.⸢GUR₅⸣ GUB{an} NIG₂.NA {⸢šim}LI GAR⸣{[an]} | |
| 6' | KAŠ SAG ⸢BAL⸣{[qi₂]}ma GID₂.DA GID₂{⸢ad₂⸣} 3 ZI₃.DUB.⸢DUB⸣.[BU] | |
| 7' | ŠUB.ŠUB{di} ⸢DU₁₀⸣.GAM-ma kam DU₁₁.[GA] | |
| 8' | DINGIR-MEŠ GAL-MEŠ al-si-ku-nu-⸢ši⸣ ina GE₆ i-ziz-za-⸢nim⸣-ma | |
| 9' | HUL [i]-⸢da⸣-ti UZU ša₂ iš-⸢šak-nam⸣-ma pal-[ha]-ku | |
| 10' | ad-⸢ra-ku⸣ u ⸢šu-ta-du-ra-ku⸣ HUL ša₂-a-šu₂ | |
| 11' | a-a TE{a} a-a iq-⸢ri⸣-[ba x x DIM₄].⸢MA₃⸣ a-a ik-šu-dan-ni | |
| 12' | <(li-bir ID₂ lib-bal-kit KUR li-is-se)> ŠAR₂ 1 DANNA ina SU-ia₅ | |
| 13' | <(GIM qut-ri li-tel-li AN{e} GIM)> ⸢ŠINIG⸣ [...] x x x | |
| 14' | <([...] da₃-li₂-li₂-ku-nu)> ⸢lud⸣-[lul ...] | |
| 15' | <([...])> KEŠ₂ DU₈{ar₂}⸢ma⸣ [...] ⸢ŠUB{di⸣} | |
| 16' | <([...])> ki-ma ša-šu-ma ana IGI {d}UTU KEŠ₂{as} NIG₂.NA | |
| 17' | {šim}⸢LI⸣ GAR{an} KAŠ SAG BAL{⸢qi₂⸣} ana IGI {d}UTU | |
| 18' | DU₁₀.GAM-ma UR₅.GIM DU₁₁.GA | |
| 19' | {d}UTU un-ni-ni-ia li-qe₂ al-bi-in ap-pu | |
| 20' | šu-ti-qa-an-ni-ma ši-mi qa-ba-a-a | |
| 21' | HUL ⸢i⸣-da-ti UZU ša₂ iš-šak-nam-ma pal-ha-ku | |
| 22' | ad-ra-ku u šu-ta-du-ra-ku HUL ša₂-[a]-šu₂ | |
| 23' | a-a TE{a} a-a DIM₄(BI) a-a iq-ri-ba a-a ik-šu-dan-ni | |
| 24' | GIM qut-ri li-tel-li AN{⸢e⸣} GIM ŠINIG ZI{hi} | |
| 25' | a-na KI-šu₂ a-a i-tur 3-šu₂ DU₁₁.GA-ma KI.ZA.ZA | |
| 26' | an-nam DU₁₁.GA-ma ana EGIR-šu₂ NU IGI.BAR NIG₂.NA {šim}LI | |
| 27' | ina sip-pi₂ KA₂ E₂ ana 15 u 2.30 ana DINGIR-šu₂ u {d}iš₈-tar₂-šu₂ GAR{an} | |
| 28' | ana HUL UZU-ME ha-ṭu₃-ti ša₂ ina E₂ LU₂ GAR{nu} ina u₄-me-šu-ma | |
| 29' | 6 SILA₃ ⸢še⸣-im ana E₂ {lu₂}KURUN.NA ⸢SUM⸣-ma KAŠ SAG | |
| 30' | ⸢ŠU⸣ [x] x ŠE UŠ ana MUNUS BAR.RA SUM-ma | |
| 31' | ⸢ana⸣ x [x x] x ir-ru-ub I₃ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ I₃ {šim}⸢GIG⸣ | |
| 32' | [x x] x [... {giš]}⸢se⸣-er-di ŠEŠ₂-ma | |
| 33' | [x] ⸢ha-liq⸣-[ti] UZU-⸢MEŠ⸣ NU TE{⸢he⸣} | |
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