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STT 2, 235 (P338554)

Incantation-Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE

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DesignationSTT 2, 235
IDP338554
Museum no.AMM —
CollectionAnadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey
LanguageAkkadian
PeriodNeo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
GenreIncantation-Ritual
Find spotHuzirina (mod. Sultantepe)
Coordinates37.0501, 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22[...] rock-partridges appear [...] top of a man [...] that [...] will be squandered. (If) rock-partridges settle on top of a man [...].
Obverse [2:6] o 33–o 66Apotropaic ritual for the evil of rock-partridges that settle on [...]. Its ritual: You place a censer [...]. You libate first-class beer. You take a male and a female [...]. [...] qēmu-flour (and) isqūqu-flour into water [...].
Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77You wipe the man's body clean. [...] those birds.
Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88The man lifts those same birds [...].
Obverse [8:10] o 99–o 1010[...] the male in his right hand, [...].
Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010Incantation: Šamaš, king of heaven [...]!
Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111Shepherd of the black-headed people [...]!
Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212Illuminator of heaven [...]!
Obverse [14:15] o 1515–o 1515You are merciful and [...].
Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616[...] your effigy, [...].
Obverse [16:17] o 1717–o 1717I am afraid, [...].

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)

LineATFMachine English (draft)
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1[x] ⸢BURU₅.HABRUD.DA⸣-[MEŠ ⸢BURU₅.HABRUD.DA⸣-[MEŠ x] UGU LU₂ GUB{zu} [...]
2[x] ⸢BI⸣ BIR{ah} {<|KI.MIN|(BURU₅.HABRUD.DA-MEŠ)>} {<|KI.MIN|(BURU₅.HABRUD.DA-MEŠ)>} ina UGU NA in-⸢ne₂⸣-[en-du ...]
3⸢NAM⸣.BUR₂.BI HUL BURU₅.HABRUD.DA{mušen} BURU₅.HABRUD.DA{mušen} ša₂ ⸢ina⸣ [...]
4⸢in⸣-ne₂-en(BAD-)[du] DU₃.DU₃-BI NIG₂.[NA ...]
5[x x] x x x ⸢GAR{an⸣} KAŠ SAG BAL{qi₂} [...]
6NITA₂ u MUNUS{⸢ti} ta⸣-[ṣa-bat ZI₃].DA ZI₃.KUM ana ⸢A⸣-[MEŠ ...]
7⸢SU LU₂ tu⸣-ka-⸢par⸣ MUŠEN-MEŠ ša₂-⸢tu⸣-[nu ...]
8⸢MUŠEN⸣-MEŠ ⸢šu⸣-[nu]-⸢tu₂ NA⸣ [...] IL₂-[šu₂-nu-ti ...]
9⸢NITA₂⸣ ina ŠU-MIN 15-[šu₂ ...]
10EN₂ {d}UTU MAN ⸢AN⸣{[e} ...]
11SIPA ṣal-[mat] ⸢SAG⸣.[DU ...]
12[muš-na]-⸢mir AN⸣{[e} ...]
13[...]
14[...] x [...]
15⸢re⸣-[me-ne₂-ta-ma ...]
16⸢NU⸣-[ka ...]
17ad-⸢ra⸣-[ku ...]

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