SpTU 1, 047 (P348468)
Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 047 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348468 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| 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 [0:2] o 1o 1–o 22 | "If a person's tongue is swollen and" : ebēṭu (means) : to become swollen, ebēṭu (also means) : to grow. : The demon of the lavatory (is) : Šulak. |
| Obverse [2:5] o 33–o 55 | He should not enter the lavatory (because) : Šulak will beat him. Šulak of whom it is said (to be) : ŠU (means) : hand : lā (means) : not : KU₃ (means) : pure. He enters the lavatory, his hand is impure, on account (of whom) it is said. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | lurpânu-stone (is) like lapis lazuli but spoted with light. Alternatively lurpânu-stone (is like) : orpiment. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | mišittu (means) : to strike : (also means) to inflict : stroke (means) : that they forgot. What has struck his ... is stroke. : |
| Obverse [7:10] o 88–o 1010 | "(If a person's) eye winks" : BAR (means) : to wink, BAR (also means) : to twist. : "He stares (and) does not sleep", he stares (means) : .... : To rub (means) : to rub. |
| Obverse [10:12] o 1111–o 1212 | Concerning exorcism, as it is said : pith of kanaktu-tree, the one that contains oil; you pound kanaktu-tree until the oil goes out. : pith of erištu-plant (is) : pith of kurītu-plant. |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | "In a goat's skin of šipku-leather" : šipku (means) : physical well-being. : "(If) the demon (of the lavatory) has bound a man's mouth", the demon (of the lavatory) : has the appearance of a goat. : |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | "The water of the well" that it is said : the demon of the lavatory (is) inside it. Šulak : or Šulak of the lavatory. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | "You ŠI-pi in a skin " (means) : you wrap in a skin : ŠI (means) : [...]. |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | AL.US₂.SA (means) : šīqu-condiment (that is) : vinegar [...]. Flower of nīnû-plant (means) : seed of nīnû-plant. : SAG.DU [...]. |
| Obverse [18:21] o 1919–o 2121 | of the Swallow star (means) : Venus : SIM (means) : swallow [...] lip (means) : ... [...] ... [...] |
| Reverse [0:6] r 1'r 1'–r 6'6' | ... [...] ... [...] ... [... Anu]-ikṣur, the incantation-priest, son of [...] Šangi-Ninurta. May the one who fears Gula value (this tablet). |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _DISZ na eme_-szu2 eb-t,e-et-ma : e-be2-t,u : na-pa-hu | |
| 2 | e-be2-t,u : ra-bu-u2 : _maszkim_ mu-sa-a-ti : _{d}szu-lak_ | |
| 3 | a-na _e2_ mu-sa-a-tu2 _nu ku4_-ub : _{d}szu-lak sig3_-su | |
| 4 | _{d}szu-lak_ sza2 _e_-u2 : _szu_ : qa-tu4 : _la_ : la-a : _ku3_ : el-lu | |
| 5 | ana _e2_ mu-sa-a-tu2 _ku4_-ub _szu2-min_-szu2 _nu ku3_ ana _ugu_ qa-bi | |
| 6 | lu-ur-pa-ni ki-i {na4}za-gin3_-ma _zalag2_ ta-kip sza2-nisz lu-ur-pa-ni : _im-ga2-lu_ | |
| 7 | mi-szit-tu2 : ma-sza2-du : ma-ha-s,u : mi-szit-tu2 : sza2 in-szu-u2 | |
| 8 | sza2-t,ar-szu2 im-ta-szid mi-szit-tu2 : _igi_-szu2 i-s,a-par : _bar_ : s,a-pa-ru | |
| 9 | _bar_ : za-a-ru : ur-GA-at-tu2 la it-ta-na-a-a-al | |
| 10 | ur-{qa}qa-at-tu2 : bu-usz-qi2-it-tu2 : musz-szu-da : musz-szu-' | |
| 11 | asz2-szu2 masz-masz-u2-tu ki-i qa-bu-u2 : _i3-udu {szim}gig_ sza2 _i3-gesz_ u2-kal-lu | |
| 12 | _{szim}gig sud2 en i3-gesz e3_-a : _i3-udu_ e-risz-ti : _i3-udu_ ku-ri-tu4 | |
| 13 | ina _kusz uz3_ szip-ki : szip-ki : t,u-ub-bu : _maszkim ka lu2_ us,-s,ab-bit# | |
| 14 | _maszkim_ : pa-ni _uz3_ sza2-kin : _a pu2_ sza2 _e_-u2 : ina _sza3_-sza2 _maszkim_ mu-sa-a#-[ti] | |
| 15 | _{d}szu-lak_ : lu-u2 _{d}szu-lak_ sza2 mu-sa-a-[ti] | |
| 16 | ina _kusz_ szi#-pi2 : ina _kusz_ ta-szap-pi : szi-pi#? [x] x [x] | |
| 17 | _al-us2-sa_ : szi-iq : t,a-ba-a-tu2 [x x x x] | |
| 18 | _gurun {u2}kur-ra : numun {u2}kur-ra : sag-du_ [x x x x x] | |
| 19 | sza2 {mul}sim-mah_ : {d}dele-bat2 : _sim_ : si#-[nu-un-tu2] | |
| 20 | [x x x x] x _nundun : {d}nin-x_ [x x x x x] | |
| 21 | [x x x x x] x x x x x [x x x x x x] | |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | [...] | |
| 3' | s,a#?-[a?-tu2? u3? szu?-ut? _ka_ sza2 _na? eme]_-szu2#? | |
| 4' | eb#?-t,e#?-[et?-ma? mal2?-sutx(BAN2)? {m}{d}1(gesz2)-ik]-s,u-ur | |
| 5' | _masz-masz [tur? a {lu2}e2]-masz#-{d}nin#-urta#_ | |
| 6' | pa-liḫ _{d}me-me_ li6-szax(DI)-qirx(KA) | |
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