SpTU 1, 009 (P348430)
Incantation-Ritual, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 009 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348430 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation-Ritual |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
English translation
By ORACC project cams/gkab · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | You mix together [...] clay from a pit; [...] figurine of a man and a woman ... |
| Obverse [5:6] o 6'6'–o 6'6' | you recite [...]; you remove (it) and ... [...] |
| Obverse [6:8] o 7'7'–o 8'8' | [...] on the right they ... in front of ... he has invited (him with) a prayer [...] |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [...] ... you take both of them [...] |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'–o 10'10' | [...] ... to them; man and woman ... [...] |
| Obverse [9:10] o 10'10'–o 10'10' | [...] ... the kammu-plant of the leatherworker ... [...] with the myrtle oil of the peddler [...] |
| Obverse [10:11] o 11'11'–o 11'11' | you pour a sweet pomegranate juice inside (it); you mix [...]; you take (it) in your left (hand). |
| Obverse [11:13] o 12'12'–o 13'13' | You touch your [...] and your penis three times; ... your [...] hand; you grasp the woman's left hand; [...] |
| Obverse [12:13] o 13'13'–o 13'13' | [...] lovemaking; I am clad in intercourse, at the command of the skilful goddess [...]". |
| Obverse [13:15] o 14'14'–o 15'15' | You recite this [...] three times and man and woman will desire each other: they will not calm down. [...] |
| Obverse [14:15] o 15'15'–o 15'15' | [...] namburbû-ritual for the calming of terror: ... [...] in mustard juice; |
| Obverse [15:17] o 16'16'–o 17'17' | [...] he holds your head; he touches the throat2 and they have sexual intercourse together [...] |
| Obverse [16:17] o 17'17'–o 17'17' | [...] he seizes his [...] he has no desire for his wife or an unknown woman but they are entwined [...] |
| Obverse [17:19] o 18'18'–o 19'19' | [...] he eats ... maštakal-plant with an ennēnu-bread and the sexual desire [...] |
| Obverse [18:19] o 19'19'–o 19'19' | [...] he is bewitched and he is affected by cramps; his genitals are contracted; his testicles ... [...] |
| Obverse [19:20] o 20'20'–o 20'20' | [...] ... and he does not desire to fulfill (her) wish; he masters his potency and goes to a woman [...] |
| Obverse [20:21] o 21'21'–o 21'21' | [...] ... and he sees the woman and his desire returns. That man [...] ... with a dead man [...] |
| Obverse [21:23] o 22'22'–o 23'23' | [...] he is lying with ... and at the clay pit, (at) sunset [...]. |
| Obverse [22:23] o 23'23'–o 23'23' | You crush [...] lupin, thyme, aktam-plant, hound's-tongue plant [...] |
| Obverse [23:25] o 24'24'–o 25'25' | you pour [...] into pressed wine or beer and you recite for (your) desire the incantation: "Radiance [...] (may) the desire return!" and you keep drinking and [...] |
| Obverse [25:26] o 26'26'–o 26'26' | You purify [...] hound's tongue at sunset; in the morning, in front of the sun [...] ... |
| Obverse [26:28] o 27'27'–o 28'28' | You pull out [...] ... by its roots with a bronze sword; you pound (it); you make (him) drink (it) with beer; [...]. |
| Obverse [27:28] o 28'28'–o 28'28' | You spread out [...] of a male rock-partridge in the salt; he swallows it on an empty stomach; ... [...] he drinks [...] ṣaṣuttu-plant and henbane ... with beer; [...] |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] TI TI [...] | |
| 3' | [...] AB₂ [...] | |
| 4' | [...] x [...] | |
| 5' | [...] IM KI.GAR 1{niš} HI.HI NU NITA u MUNUS x [...] | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢ŠID⸣{nu} tu-nak-ka-ram-ma A [...] | |
| 7' | [...] 15 ana pa-an BE MA sul-la iq-te-ru x [...] | |
| 8' | [...] x IŠ ki-lal-le-e-šu₂-nu TI{qe₂} [...] | |
| 9' | [...] ⸢AG₂⸣-šu-nu-ti NITA u MUNUS NI x [...] | |
| 10' | [...] x kam-ma ša₂ {lu₂}AŠGAB IŠ i-x [...] ⸢TI⸣ ina I₃ AZ mut-tal-li-[ki ...] | |
| 11' | [...] A {giš}NU.UR₂.MA KU₇.KU₇ ana ŠA₃ ŠUB [...] HI.HI ina GUB₃-ka TI{qe₂} | |
| 12' | [...]-ka GIŠ₃-ka 3{šu₂} TAG ŠU-ka [...] x ⸢ŠU⸣ MUNUS ša₂ GUB₃ ⸢TAG⸣ [...] | |
| 13' | [...] ⸢na⸣-a-ka hal-pa-ku gur-ša ina qi₂-⸢bit⸣ [pi]-i te-li-te {d}[...] | |
| 14' | [... an]-⸢na⸣-a 3{šu₂} ŠID{nu}ma NITA u MUNUS ŠA₃-šu₂-nu IL₂-šu-nu-ti ul i-nu-[uh-hu ...] | |
| 15' | [... NAM.BUR₂].⸢BI⸣ HUN.<GA₂> ha-a-a-at-ti ina A GAZI{sar} x [...] | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢SAG⸣-ka u₂-kal ZI TAG-ma 1{niš} uš-ta-ah-[hu ...] | |
| 17' | [...]-šu₂ DAB-ma ana MUNUS-šu₂ u ana MUNUS BAR{ti} ŠA₃-šu₂ la₃ IL₂-šu₂ kit-pu-lu [...] | |
| 18' | [...] A x AN {u₂}IN.NU.UŠ ina NINDA {še}IN.NU.HA GU₇-ma ŠA₃.ZI.[GA ŠA₃.ZI.[GA ...] | |
| 19' | [...] ka-šip-ma mun-ga TUKU{ši} bir-ka-šu₂ qa₂-an-na ⸢ka⸣-la-tu-šu₂ DU x [...] | |
| 20' | [...] x-ma ana e-peš A₂.AŠ₂ <ŠA₃-šu₂> la₃ IL₂-šu₂ ni-iš [ŠA₃] DAB-ma ana MUNUS ⸢DU⸣ [...] | |
| 21' | [...] x-ma MUNUS IGI-ma ŠA₃-šu₂ GUR{ra} NA BI [...] x KI {lu₂}UŠ₂ [...] | |
| 22' | [...] x x ⸢KA⸣ nik-ma ina KI.GAR {d}UTU.ŠU₂.⸢A⸣ {d}UTU.ŠU₂.⸢A⸣ [...] | |
| 23' | [... {u₂]}tar-muš {u₂}HAR.HAR {u₂}ak-tam {u₂}EME.UR.GI₇ {u₂}EME.UR.GI₇ DUB₂ [...] | |
| 24' | [... ana] {giš}GEŠTIN SUR.RA šum-ma ana KAŠ ŠUB-ma EN₂ su-[zi ...] | |
| 25' | [... šag₄] ⸢zi⸣-ga gur ana ŠA₃ ŠID{nu}ma NAG-MEŠ-ma [...] | |
| 26' | [...] {⸢u₂⸣}EME.UR.GI₇ {⸢u₂⸣}EME.UR.GI₇ ina(GIM) {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A {d}UTU.ŠU₂.A tu-qad-daš ina še-ri₃ ana IGI {d}UTU x [...] | |
| 27' | [...] x x ina GIR₂ ZABAR TA šur-ši-šu₂ ZI{ah} SUD₂ ina KAŠ ⸢NAG⸣ [...] | |
| 28' | [...] BURU₅.HABRUD.DA{mušen} BURU₅.HABRUD.DA{mušen} NITA ina MUN NU₂{al} la₃ pa-tan i-al-lut x [...] | |
| 29' | [... {u₂}ṣa]-ṣu-ut-tu₂ {u₂}ŠAKIR UŠ ina KAŠ ⸢NAG⸣ [...] | |
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- electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich · MIT (eBL Zenodo dataset); platform terms unverified · electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), LMU Munich, https://www.ebl.lmu.de/ ; Zenodo dataset (MIT)
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