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STT 2, 236 (P338555)
Incantation-Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 2, 236 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338555 |
| 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 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [a]-⸢a i-tur ina DU₁₁.GA-ka ṣir⸣-[ti x x] x [...] | (Sum) My water turned into a flood, by your command ... ... (Akk) When you speak to me, my water turns into ... |
| 3' | u an-⸢na⸣-ka ⸢ki-ni⸣ [x] ⸢la₃ BAL⸣{u} ⸢lu-ub₂⸣-luṭ ⸢lu⸣-[uš-lim-ma] | And in heaven, in earth, in ..., in the netherworld, lub-lut-db, e-uš-lima |
| 4' | nar₃-bi-⸢ka⸣ lu-[ša₂-pi da₃-li₂]-⸢li₂-ka lud⸣-[lul] | May I proclaim your greatness (and) sing your praises. |
| 5' | ⸢EN₂ an-ni⸣-[ta x x ŠID]{⸢nu⸣}ma NITA₂ ana {⸢d⸣}[UTU.E₃] {⸢d⸣}[UTU.E₃] ⸢MUNUS⸣ ana {d}⸢UTU⸣.[ŠU₂.A] {d}⸢UTU⸣.[ŠU₂.A] | Incantation: “This incantation, a man to Šamaš’s temple, Ṣītu's temple (and) the E-MUNUS-E-MUL.S&cVU₂ (is a synonym of) Şpiq-Sîn. |
| 6' | [tu-maš-šar]-⸢ma⸣ ŠU.⸢SAR⸣ {u₂}[HAR.HAR ZU₂].⸢LUM⸣.[MA] ⸢i-pa⸣-[šar] | Tumaššar-emâ. Hand-of-a-Scribe. Harhar-plant, dates (and) ipa'esvar-plant. |
| 7' | ⸢KU₃.BABBAR⸣ [...] NA ina SAG.⸢DU⸣-[šu₂ ...] GAR{an} | (If) a man ... silver on his head ... will be placed. |
| 8' | EN₂ ⸢KU₃⸣{[ku} x x] ŠID-ma [...] ⸢SI.SA₂⸣ | Incantation: You recite the incantation “Ekuku, ..., and ... eSI.SA-e23. |
| 9' | x [...] x [x x] | |
| 10' | x [...] ⸢KI⸣ x MA x [x] | ... the temple ... |
| 11' | EN₂ [...] ⸢mu⸣-un-SI-[x] | Incantation: “... |
| 12' | inim [...] diŋir-⸢re⸣-[e-ne x hul]-a nam-<lu₂>-lu₇{⸢lu⸣} | The word of ... the intercessors ... evil ... humanity |
| 13' | niŋ₂ ⸢teŋ₃⸣ [...] ⸢nam⸣-lu₂-lu₇{lu} [...] | The fear of the teeming temple ... the enamelulu temple |
| 14' | niŋ₂-ak-a [...] nu-mu-un-⸢zu⸣-a | He did not ... by himself |
| 15' | niŋ₂-silaŋ-ŋa₂ ⸢hul-a⸣ nam-zu-a-ni-še₃ [...] ; nu-mu-un-teŋ₃-a-gin₇ | Like one who does not fear the evil ešāru temple |
| 16' | a bal nam-tag-ga-a-<ni> nu-⸢mu-un⸣-teŋ₃-a-[gin₇] | As if he did not release his sin, |
| 17' | NU ŠU UB DA AL ⸢hul⸣-[a-ni] ⸢inim⸣ {d}en-ki {d}asar-⸢lu₂⸣-[hi] | ... his evil, the incantation of Enki and Asar-eluhi |
| r | ||
| 1 | ⸢KA⸣.INIM.MA HUL ⸢BURU₅⸣.[HABRUD.DA{mušen} ⸢BURU₅⸣.[HABRUD.DA{mušen} ...] ⸢LU₂ ŠUB⸣ HUL BI | It is an invocation for the evil of a fallow deer. Fallow deers (mean) a man. That evil |
| 2 | ana LU₂ u E₂-šu₂ la₃ [...] | For a man and his house not |
| 3 | ⸢KID₃.KID₃⸣-BI tam-[šil] BURU₅.⸢HABRUD⸣.[DA{mušen} BURU₅.⸢HABRUD⸣.[DA{mušen} x] IM ⸢DU₃{uš⸣} ŠIKA SILA.LIM₂{ti} SILA.LIM₂{ti} | Its ritual: You recite the incantation “Burrow, burrow, ..., ēšû-plant, ṣilli, silālu-plant |
| 4 | ⸢TI{qe₂⸣} [x] ⸢GAR⸣{an} x x NIG₂ ⸢LUM⸣ [x] SAG.⸢DU⸣-šu₂ ⸢GAR⸣-ma ina IGI {d}UTU | (If) he takes an ētû-vessel, a ešapṣi-vat, ... of the elam-tree, x of its head he lays down and in front of Shamash. |
| 5 | si-{⸢ri⸣}riq {⸢šim⸣}LI ina [x] ⸢ID₂⸣ ta-⸢sar₂⸣-raq ⸢LU₂⸣ [x] | sīrī ebriq ešim elû-plant in ... the river bank you will strew. The river bank ... |
| 6 | ⸢ina IGI⸣ {d}UTU EN₂ 3-šu₂ tu-⸢šad-bab-šu⸣ 3-šu₂ ina A-MEŠ ⸢i-ṭe⸣-[bu]-⸢ma⸣ | In the presence of Šamaš, you recite the incantation 3 times. 3 times in water you rub (them). |
| 7 | ⸢I₃⸣.GIŠ {giš}ŠUR.MIN₃ {giš}x ⸢ina⸣ SU-šu₂ ŠEŠ₂-su | (If) ēšu-juniper, cypress, ina-e23-plant: his body will be satisfied. |
| 8 | HUL BI ⸢DU₈⸣ | That evil is the gate of the temple |
| 9 | ⸢NAM⸣.BUR₂.BI ⸢HUL BURU₅⸣.[HABRUD.DA{mušen]} BURU₅⸣.[HABRUD.DA{mušen]} ana NA [x] ⸢TE⸣{e} | “It is an e’eburbi-plant, an evil ḫulû-plant (and) a stag, a turtle, ... to a man, the E-TE-e-23-plant |
| 10 | [x] x [...] x {giš}⸢GIŠIMMAR⸣ [... GI.ŠUL]-HI GI.ŠUL]-HI | ... ēšû-tree, sulphur, reed |
| 11 | [x] x ina UGU x ZU {⸢šim}LI⸣ ina KA-šu₂ [x] x | ... on top of ... ešimlu-plant in his mouth |
| 12 | [x] EREN ⸢BABBAR⸣ ina GEŠTU-MIN-šu₂ 1 ⸢GIN₂ NIG₂⸣.SILA₁₁.GA₂ TI-ma | You take one shekel of cedar (and) ešlabû-plant from his ears and |
| 13 | ⸢tu-kap⸣-[par]-šu₂ BURU₅.HABRUD.DA{mušen} BURU₅.HABRUD.DA{mušen} [x] x UD SAG.DU-šu₂ | Its etukap’epar means “carnelian,&us201d and a cypress. ... its head. |
| 14 | x [x] x-šu₂ ⸢KI MAH⸣ GAR x [x] x x ⸢tu⸣-kap-par-šu₂ | ... of the great E-šamaš-temple ... tu-e-kappar |
| 15 | ina ⸢SAG BURU₅.HABRUD⸣.DA{mušen} BURU₅.HABRUD⸣.DA{mušen} GAR ⸢tu⸣-ša₂-par₂-ra-aš₂ | In the esag-house, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ (means) ... . |
| 16 | [x x] ⸢DU₁₁⸣.GA iq-bi {d}60 ⸢ip⸣-šur {d}60 | “Anu, the ešur prayer of Anu, |
| 17 | [... ša₂-me]-⸢e⸣ tu-⸢ša₂⸣-par₂-ra-aš₂ | ... šamê-ēe-e-parra |
| 18 | [...] TE-šu₂ | ... approach him |
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