STT 2, 238 (P338557)
Incantation-Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 2, 238 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338557 |
| 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)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | If a man has urinated in his bed: Hand of Ninmah. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | Its ritual: You set that bed upright (and) lay down a brick at right angles (to it); |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | you set up a ritual arrangement, perform a sacrifice, set up an adagurru-libation vessel, (and) libate beer and wine; |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | you provide all sorts of garden fruit (and) scatter juniper aromatics over a censer. Then he kneels down (and says): |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | Incantation: "You, Ninmah, creator of [heaven] and earth, mistress of the gods; |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | "Ninmah, bring about reconciliation; Ninmah, relent towards me; |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | "Ninmah, turn your face!" He will say it seven times and then he will find acceptance. |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | Alternatively, in order to cure him: you dry (and) pound buṭnānu-plant, thyme, white hellebore, lord of the herbs, deer's phlegm, malt, (and) root of šunû-tree (and) have him drink it with wine on an empty stomach. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | Incantation: Ninmah, merciful mother; |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | Ninmah, have mercy on me; |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | Ninmah, turn your face; |
| Reverse [3:4] r 44–r 44 | Ninmah, relent towards me. Incantation formula. |
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)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | NA ina KI.NU₂-šu₂ KAŠ₃ iš-tin(SIG) ŠU {d}NIN.⸢MAH⸣ | |
| 2 | DU₃.DU₃-BI {giš}NU₂ šu₂-a-⸢tu₂⸣ ta-za-qap₂(RU) SIG₄ ⸢ša₂⸣-ḫa ŠUB{di(AK)} | |
| 3 | KEŠ₂ KEŠ₂{as} {udu}⸢SISKUR⸣ BAL{qi₂} {dug}A.DA.⸢GUR₅⸣ GUB{an} KAŠ u GEŠTIN ⸢BAL⸣ | |
| 4 | GURUN KIRI₆ DU₃.A.⸢BI⸣ GAR{an} NIG₂.NA {šim}LI ⸢ta⸣-sar-raq uš-[ken] | |
| 5 | EN₂ {d}NIN.⸢MAH DU₃{at⸣} [AN] ⸢u KI{ti} be⸣-[let i]-⸢li at⸣-[ti] | |
| 6 | {d}NIN.MAH ⸢SILIM⸣{[ma} šuk]-ni {d}NIN.MAH ⸢nap⸣-šir a-⸢a⸣-[ši] | |
| 7 | {d}NIN.MAH [suh]-hi-ri pa-ni-ki 7{šu₂} DU₁₁.GA(GAR-)⸢ma ma-gir⸣ | |
| 8 | KI.MIN ana ⸢TI-šu₂⸣ {u₂}bu-uṭ-na-nu {u₂}ha-ša₂-nu {u₂}KUR.KUR | |
| 9 | {u₂}EN U₂-MEŠ pi-⸢šer⸣-ti a-a-li₃ šur-ši ŠE.NU₂ | |
| 10 | ṣa-ṣa-ru BABBAR{⸢u₂⸣} HAD₂.A SUD₂ ina GEŠTIN la₃ pa-tan NAG-[šu₂] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [EN₂] {⸢d}NIN.MAH⸣ AMA rem-ni-tu₂ | |
| 2 | {⸢d}NIN⸣.MAH ⸢re⸣-ma TUKU{a} | |
| 3 | {d}NIN.MAH ⸢suh⸣-hi-ir pa-ni-ki | |
| 4 | {d}NIN.MAH [nap]-šir a-a-ši TU₆ EN₂ | |
Sources & licences
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