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SpTU 1, 048 (P348469)
CANONICAL > Magic, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 1, 048 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348469 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | _en2 {gesz}ma-nu ki-sikil-ta ki-ta e3-a! kislah dim2-ma an-na-bi dadag#-ga an-na#-bi gun3#_ [...] | Incantation: “The manu tree, from the young woman out from the earth, whose shape is a kislalḫ, its radiance is bright, its light is speckled, |
| 2 | _{d}ne3-eri11-gal {d}szul-pa-e3-a szu-e-ne im-ta-e3 gesz-ge6 [...] ga zi-bi! kar#? [...] | Nergal and Šulpa’e came out in their hands. The black-headed people ... their righteous milk |
| 3 | _{d}en-lil2 dingir-re-e-MU zi#-bi kar-ra# he2-en-gar-ra zi an-na he2#!-pa3 [...] | Enlil, my god, may his life be established at the quay, may he find the life of heaven |
| 4 | _ka inim-ma# lu2#-tur#_ le-zu pa-rid _ir3-mesz luh-luh#_-ut ha-a-a-at-tu2 [...] | The mouth of a young man's speech is favourable. May he be frightened by tears. ... |
| 5 | _du3-du3-bi {gesz!}ma#-nu gim {d}utu-szu2-a_ tu-qat-tar _hur#-gim_ [...] | Its ritual: Like Šamašshua you raise a boat, like a mountain |
| 6 | [...] al# [...] _mul_ lem-nu a-a _te_-ka na-al-szu2 _mul#_ el#-lu# [...] | ... ... may an evil star not approach you, a pure star ... |
| 7 | [...] GA#-ma ina sze-ri3 la-am _{d}utu-e3 7(disz) sze ti#? [...] | ... and in the morning before sunrise 7 grains ... |
| 8 | [...] muh#-hi la _szub_-ut _{gesz}ma-nu#_ [... x]-ma [...] | ... not fall on top of the boat ... ... and ... |
| 9 | [...] ana _egir_-ka _nu igi-bar# [...] | ... is not visible behind you ... |
| 10 | [...] _kesz2#?_-ma#? [...] | ... you bound? and ... |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | ina x x x x [...] x [...] _buru8?_ [...] | in ... ... the harvest? ... |
| 2' | _u2-hi-a an-nu-ti3 ana x x x ra _an-ta-szub_-bu#-[u ...] | these plants to ... they have fallen ... |
| 3' | ana _bur usz11-zu du3-a-bi_ {u2}igi_-lim _{u2}ka_ tam-[tim ...] | For the release of your sorcery, a clod of juniper, the mouth of the sea |
| 4' | ta-sak3 _i3-gesz igi-nisz sze-li-ba szesz2_ x _gi# du10-ga_ x [...] | You pound sesame oil on an empty stomach. The brother ... good reed ... |
| 5' | a-di# en-na-a sze-ri3 _sila3_ ina _i3-gesz_ x x x _en2 kur_ x [...] | until now, the morning, you knead fine flour in ... oil. Incantation: ... .... |
| 6' | 7(disz)-szu2 ana szi-nisz _szid_-nu x x [...] | You recite seven times to each other ... ... |
| 7' | _dub 4(u) 5(disz)-kam-ma DISZ na ugu_-szu2 _kum2_ u2-kal bul-[t,u _e2]_ {m}du3-du3-du3 zag-til-la-bi-[sze3_ ...] | It is the 45th tablet. If a man’s head is swollen, he holds back the life of the temple of Dududu to its full extent. |
| 8' | _gim# sumun_-szu2 _sar_-ma# [ba]-ri _im_ {m}{d}sza3-masz-sum-na [{lu2}]masz-masz ban3-da dumu-a-ni_ sza {m}x [...] | Written and checked according to its original. Tablet of Šamaš-iddina the exorcist, son of |
| 9' | _dumu {lu2}kid-bar-{d}nin-urta {lu2}ki-1(gesz2)-ki_-u _mud {d}gesz2_ u {d}1(u) 5(disz) [...] | son of Kidbar-Ninurta, the Babylonian, the blood of Geš and Ishtar |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- 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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