STT 2, 245 (P338564)
Incantation-Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 2, 245 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338564 |
| 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 [0:3] o 1o 1–o 33 | [Incantation:] O clod, O clod! [In] the lump that is pinched off from you (is a bit of) myself; [in] the lump that is pinched off from me (is a bit of) yourself. |
| Obverse [3:6] o 44–o 66 | [O clod!] The evil of the dream that I see (and) that I repeatedly saw (during) the evening watch, the middle watch (and) the dawn watch - |
| Obverse [6:12] o 77–o 1212 | (in) which I saw [my] dead [father] (or) I saw my dead mother (or) [...] ... [...] (or) I saw a prince (or) [...] (or) I saw unknown learning (or) I went [...] ... (or) I repeatedly ate [...] (or) I had put on [...] - |
| Obverse [12:15] o 1313–o 1515 | [...] I throw [...] into the water, [...], you will dissolve, you will [not] return [...]. |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | May [...] that I saw, be thrown [...]. |
| Obverse [17:21] o 1818– | [...]; may it be dissolved. |
| Reverse [0:3] r 1'r 1'–r 3'3' | [May ... purify] me; [may ... receive from] me; [...]; may it take away [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] that I saw - may it be good! |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] that I saw - may it be true! |
| Reverse [5:7] r 6'6'–r 7'7' | [...] turn it into good fortune! |
| Reverse [6:10] r 7'7'–r 10'10' | [Its ritual:] you recite [the incantation] 3 times [either over] a lump of salt or over a lump of clay. You throw it [into the water. The evil] of the dream will not approach the man. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [EN₂ kir]-ba(IS-)an(BAR) kir-ba-an | |
| 2 | [ina] ⸢ker⸣-ṣi-ka ga-ri-iṣ NI₂{u₂}ia | |
| 3 | [ina ker]-⸢ṣi⸣-ia ga-ri-iṣ NI₂{u₂}ka | |
| 4 | [LAG] lu-mun MAŠ₂.GE₆ | |
| 5 | [EN].⸢NUN.AN.USAN₂⸣ EN.NUN.MURU₂.[BA] | |
| 6 | [EN].NUN.U₄.ZAL.⸢LA⸣ [EN].NUN.U₄.ZAL.⸢LA⸣ am-mar a-tam-⸢ma⸣-[ru] | |
| 7 | [a-bi me-e]-ti a-⸢mu-ru⸣ um-mi me-e-ti a-⸢mu⸣-[ru] | |
| 8 | [...] x [...] NUN a-mu-⸢ru⸣ | |
| 9 | [... NIG₂].⸢ZU⸣ la₃ ⸢ZU⸣{u₂} a-mu-ru | |
| 10 | [...] x ⸢al⸣-li-ku | |
| 11 | [... a-tak]-ka-lu(KU) | |
| 12 | [...] ⸢al-lab-šu₂⸣ | |
| 13 | [...] ana A-MEŠ a-⸢nam-du⸣ | |
| 14 | [... tap]-⸢pa-ṭa⸣-ru | |
| 15 | [... NU GUR]{ar₂} | |
| 16 | [... a]-⸢mu⸣-ru | |
| 17 | [... li-in]-⸢na⸣-di | |
| 18 | [...] ⸢lip-pa⸣-ṭir | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... li-qad-di-ša₂]-⸢an⸣-[ni] | |
| 2' | [... lim-hur-an]-ni | |
| 3' | [...] lit-⸢bal⸣ | |
| 4' | [... a-mu]-⸢ru⸣ lu SIG₅{⸢at⸣} | |
| 5' | [...] ⸢IGI⸣ lu ki-na-at | |
| 6' | [... a-na] ⸢SIG₅⸣{ti} tir-ra | |
| 7' | [DU₃.DU₃-BI lu ana] ⸢LAG MUN⸣ lu ana LAG IM | |
| 8' | [EN₂] 3-šu₂ ŠID{nu} | |
| 9' | [ana A]-MEŠ ŠUB{di} | |
| 10' | [lu-mun MAŠ₂].⸢GE₆⸣ ana LU₂ NU TE{a} | |
| 11' | [...] x NI | |
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