STT 2, 259 (P338578)
Incantation-Ritual, Neo-Assyrian, Huzirina · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | STT 2, 259 |
|---|---|
| ID | P338578 |
| 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 [2:4] o 3'3'–o 4'4' | [...] of a dog that [...] in the bed of [...], [...] the evil of that dog. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [...] ... on top of a mound ... [...]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | [...] that ... in ... [...]. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [...], cypress, juniper, ... [...], you mix [...] billatu-beer. [...] in the fire. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | You set up [...]. You set out a loaf (made) of emmer. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | You strew [...]. [...] a mersu-cake (made) of honey (and) butter. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 33–r 33 | You set out [...]. You put down a censer (full) of juniper. [...] beer. |
| Reverse [3:5] r 44–r 55 | You speak [...]. |
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' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] x x x [...] | |
| 3' | [... UR].⸢GI₇⸣ ša₂ ina {giš}⸢NU₂⸣ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢HUL⸣ UR.GI₇ ⸢UR₅⸣{tu₂} [...] | |
| 5' | [...] x ina UGU DU₆ DU x [...] | |
| 6' | [...] x šu-a-tu₂ ina x AŠ ⸢AB⸣ [...] | |
| 7' | [... {giš]}⸢ŠUR⸣.MIN₃{nu} {giš}dap₂-ra-nu {⸢giš⸣}[...] | |
| 8' | [...] DIDA HI.HI ina IZI [...] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢GUB⸣{an} NINDA IMGAGA tara-[kas₂] | |
| 2 | [...] DUB{aq} NINDA.DE₂.AM₃ LAL₃ I₃.⸢NUN⸣.[NA x] | |
| 3 | [... tara]-kas₂ NIG₂.NA {giš}⸢LI⸣ GAR KAŠ [...] | |
| 4 | [...] ⸢DU₁₁⸣.[GA] | |
| 5 | [...] x x x [...] | |
Sources & licences
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- 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) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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