SpTU 2, 015 (P348620)
Incantation-Ritual, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 2, 015 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348620 |
| 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 Column ii [0:1] o ii 1'o 1'.0–o ii 1'o 1'.0 | [...] the evil things of [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 2'2'.0–o ii 2'2'.0 | [...] happen repeatedly, are seen again and again, |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 3'3'.0–o ii 3'3'.0 | [...] may they be erased [for you]. |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1r i 1.0–r i 1r i 1.0 | With the curse (related to) |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 1r i 1.1–r i 1r i 1.1 | field, garden, house, street, alley, cult niche, [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [2:3] r i 22.0–r i 22.0 | With the curse (related to) |
| Reverse Column i [3:4] r i 22.1–r i 22.1 | reed-bed, forest, the breaking off of reeds, [...] of plants [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [4:5] r i 33.0–r i 33.0 | With the curse (related to) |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 33.1–r i 33.1 | seed plough, plough blade, furrow, border, boundary [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 44.0–r i 44.0 | With the curse (related to) |
| Reverse Column i [7:8] r i 44.1–r i 44.1 | dyke, ditch, bridge, passage, [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 55.0–r i 55.0 | With the curse (related to) |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 55.1–r i 55.1 | boat, canal, quay, crossing, ... [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 66.0–r i 66.0 | With the curse (related to) |
| Reverse Column i [11:12] r i 66.1–r i 66.1 | Balihu, water-source, stream and spring [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [12:13] r i 77.0–r i 77.0 | With the curse (related to) |
| Reverse Column i [13:14] r i 77.1–r i 77.1 | the secret place of city (and) house, the breaking of a stick, reversion of an oath, [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [14:15] r i 88.0–r i 88.0 | With the curse (related to) |
| Reverse Column i [15:16] r i 88.1–r i 88.1 | seeing the equivalent of oxen, flock and servants [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [16:17] r i 99.0–r i 99.0 | With the curse (related to) |
| Reverse Column i [17:18] r i 99.1–r i 99.1 | cursing brother, friend, acquaintance, mate, foreigner, citizen [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [18:19] r i 1010.0–r i 1010.0 | [With] the curse (related to) |
| Reverse Column i [19:20] r i 1010.1–r i 1010.1 | cursing elder brother, elder sister, father and mother, but denying it [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [20:21] r i 1111.0–r i 1111.0 | [With the curse (related to)] |
| Reverse Column i [21:22] r i 1111.1–r i 1111.1 | breaking an offering table, smashing a cup, swearing on the life of the gods [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [22:23] r i 1212.0–r i 1212.0 | [With the curse (related to)] |
| Reverse Column i [23:24] r i 1212.1–r i 1212.1 | chair, seat, bed, litter and [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [24:25] r i 1313.0–r i 1313.0 | [With the curse (related to)] |
| Reverse Column i [25:26] r i 1313.1–r i 1313.1 | cutting a nahlaptu-garment, breaking a dress-pin and [...] a dīdū-garment [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [26:27] r i 1414.0–r i 1414.0 | [With the curse (related to)] |
| Reverse Column i [27:28] r i 1414.1–r i 1414.1 | cutting off a hem and [...] an iron sword [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [28:29] r i 1515.0–r i 1515.0 | [With the curse (related to)] |
| Reverse Column i [29:30] r i 1515.1–r i 1515.1 | giving by the small sūtu-unit, [...] by the [...] sūtu-unit [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [30:31] r i 1616.0–r i 1616.0 | [With the curse (related to)] |
| Reverse Column i [31:32] r i 1616.1–r i 1616.1 | giving [by 1] tiny shekel, [...] by 1 large shekel [...]; |
| Reverse Column i [32:33] r i 1717.0–r i 1717.0 | [With the curse (related to)] |
| Reverse Column i [33:34] r i 1717.1–r i 1717.1 | giving [...] tiny [..., ...] by 1 [...] mina [...]; |
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 ii | ||
| 1' | [...] x ⸢HUL-MEŠ ša⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... it-ta]-⸢nab⸣-šu-u₂ it-ta-nam-[ma-ru] | |
| 3' | [... lu]-u₂ pa-as-sa-[nik-ka] | |
| r i | ||
| 1 | ⸢KI ma⸣-mit A.ŠA₃ {giš}KIRI₆ E₂ SILA su-la-a ⸢ib⸣-[ra-tu₄ ...] | |
| 2 | ⸢KI⸣ ma-mit {giš}GI {giš}TIR qa-nu-u₂ ha-ṣa-bu šam-⸢mu⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | ⸢KI⸣ ma-mit {giš}APIN {giš}TUKUL har-bu ši-ri-iʾ mi-ṣir ⸢NIG₂⸣.[DU ...] | |
| 4 | ⸢KI⸣ ma-mit i-ki pal-gu ti-tur-ru me-te-⸢qu⸣ [...] | |
| 5 | ⸢KI⸣ ma-mit {giš}MA₂ ID₂ ka-a-ri ne₂-be₂-ri šu-x [...] | |
| 6 | ⸢KI⸣ ma-mit bi-li-he-e kup-pi na-hal u ma-ha-[zi ...] | |
| 7 | ⸢KI⸣ ma-mit du-u₂-tu₂ a-lu E₂ {giš}NIG₂.GIDRU še-be₂-ri tur-tu₄ ma-⸢mit⸣ [...] | |
| 8 | ⸢KI⸣ ma-mit mi-hir GU₄ ṣe-na a-me-lu-ut-ti a-ma-⸢ru⸣ [...] | |
| 9 | ⸢KI ma⸣-mit ŠEŠ it-ba-ri ru-u₈-a tap-pu-u u₂-bar DUMU IRI na-⸢za⸣-[ru ...] | |
| 10 | [KI ma]-⸢mit⸣ ŠEŠ GAL{u₂} NIN GAL{ti} AD u AMA na-za-ri u na-[ka-ru ...] | |
| 11 | [KI ma-mit] {giš}BANŠUR še-be₂-ri GU₂.ZI ha-pu-u₂ u niš DINGIR-MEŠ ⸢za⸣-[ka-ru ...] | |
| 12 | [KI ma-mit] {giš}GU.ZA šub-tu₂ {giš}NU₂ ma-a-a-al-tu₂ u [...] | |
| 13 | [KI ma-mit] {tug₂}GU₂.E₃ na-kas₂ du-di-it-ti še-be₂-ri u ⸢di⸣-[da ...] | |
| 14 | [KI ma-mit] ⸢TUG₂⸣.SIG₂ ba-ta-qu u GIR₂ ⸢AN⸣.[BAR ...] | |
| 15 | [KI ma-mit] [ina] {⸢giš⸣}BAN₂ TUR{ti} na-da-nu ina {giš}BAN₂ GAL{⸢ti₃⸣} [...] | |
| 16 | [KI ma-mit] [ina 1 ⸢GIN₂⸣ ṣa-har na-da-nu ina 1 GIN₂ GAL{[i} ...] | |
| 17 | [KI ma-mit] [...] ⸢ṣa-har na-da-nu⸣ ina 1 MA⸣.[NA ...] | |
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)
- 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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