SpTU 2, 017 (P348622)
Incantation-Ritual, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 2, 017 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348622 |
| 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 i [3:5] o i 4'4'–o i 5'5' | You strew [...] ..., raisins, flour, fine flour, [...]. |
| Obverse Column i [5:10] o i 6'6'–o i 10'10' | You set in place 2 rings (made) of silver, 2 rings (made) of gold, a shoe (made) of untanned leather, 7 flasks (full) of good oil, 7 flasks (full) of cedar oil, 7 flasks (full) of honey, 7 pots (full) of butter, [...] ... [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1o ii 1–o ii 1o ii 1 | You set out [...] for pure Ningaraš and Usmu. |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 22–o ii 22 | You set out [...] inside a reed-hut for the god of the house, the goddess of the house and the protective spirit of the house. |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 33–o ii 33 | You set out [...] in front of the house. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:5] o ii 44–o ii 55 | He (Kulla) [...] comes down from the roof and you seat him [...] front of the ritual assemblages of Ea and Marduk and you set out a ritual assemblage in front of him. |
| Obverse Column ii [5:7] o ii 66–o ii 77 | Before Šamaš you disturb an allocation (of offerings) thus on the roof in front of him. |
| Obverse Column ii [7:8] o ii 88–o ii 88 | You allocate (it) in front of him. |
| Obverse Column ii [10:15] o ii 1111–o ii 1515 | When he has recited (it), you clear away all the ritual assemblages and the builder raises Kulla and he removes Kulla's allocation, head (and) nose, as much as there is, and the mašmaššu-priest raises a spade (made) of copper and scrapes the dust off the altar-base of Kulla on the roof of the house and off the door-jambs. |
| Obverse Column ii [15:18] o ii 1616–o ii 1818 | He collects (it) in an earth-carrying basket for a day. He brings (it) out with that allocation and [...] ... at the outer door he recites a recitation behind Kulla. |
| Obverse Column ii [18:20] o ii 1919–o ii 2020 | [...] ... the watercourse as far as downstream ... he goes [...] his .... |
| Reverse Column i [0:3] r i 1'r 1'–r i 3'3' | You heap up [...] ... [...] ..., lentils, [...] ... [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [3:5] r i 4'4'–r i 5'5' | You set in place [...]. When you strew the offerings, you drip cedar [...] on top. |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 6'6'–r i 6'6' | You present 7 sheep in front of 7 baskets. |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 7'7'–r i 7'7' | You set in place fatty tissue and roast meat. |
| Reverse Column i [7:9] r i 8'8'–r i 9'9' | You set out 7 ritual assemblages. You set up 14 libation vessels. |
| Reverse Column i [8:9] r i 9'9'–r i 9'9' | You lay down 7 thrones on the roof of that house. |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 10'10'–r i 10'10' | 7 white garments (are) in their allocation, 7 linen garments (are) in their allocation. |
| Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 11'11'–r i 11'11' | You continue to put all the red wool on top. You set out 7 offering tables in front. |
| Reverse Column i [11:12] r i 12'12'–r i 12'12' | For each of the 7 you continue to put a loaf (made) of emmer on top. |
| Reverse Column i [12:13] r i 13'13'–r i 13'13' | You continue to set in place a censer (full) of aromatics. You set up 7 tubs. |
| Reverse Column i [13:14] r i 14'14'–r i 14'14' | You light a pile of sweet reeds on top of 4 bricks. |
| Reverse Column i [14:15] r i 15'15'–r i 15'15' | A red lamb -- you apply cedar resin to its neck and cut (its neck). |
| Reverse Column i [15:16] r i 16'16'–r i 16'16' | You put on a white garment and you roast (the lamb). |
| Reverse Column i [16:18] r i 17'17'–r i 18'18' | You leave the 7 tubs and you prostrate yourself. |
| Reverse Column i [17:20] r i 18'18'– | You set up [...] ... 3 baskets. For each of the 12 |
| Reverse Column ii [1:3] r ii 2'2'–r ii 3'3' | When you present ... [...] ... [...] their ..., |
| Reverse Column ii [3:4] r ii 4'4'–r ii 4'4' | [...] properly executed |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 5'5'–r ii 5'5' | [...] ... Anu ... |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r ii | ||
| 7' | [...] x 5 40 | |
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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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