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SpTU 2, 019 (P348624)
CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 2, 019 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348624 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| Genre | CANONICAL > Magic > Anti-witchcraft |
| Find spot | Uruk (mod. Warka) |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
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)
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) |
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| 1 | DIŠ NA kiš-pi ep-šu-šu lu-u₂ NU.⸢MEŠ⸣-[šu₂ ina ...] | If a man's sorcery is performed, either his witnesses in ... |
| 2 | lu-u NU.MEŠ-šu₂ ana gul-gul-li₃ LU₂-ti paq-⸢du⸣ [...] | or his dead for the destruction of a man, the envoy |
| 3 | lu-u NU.MEŠ-šu₂ ina IZI ŠUB.MEŠ lu-u NU.MEŠ-šu₂ ina ⸢KI⸣-[tim ...] | “Whether its dead, in fire, or its dead in the E’etim, |
| 4 | lu-u A.MEŠ ZI.KU₅.RU.DA-šu₂ ḫe-bu-u₂ ana IGI ⸢MUL⸣.[MEŠ naqû] | or the water of his ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ will be high in front of the Pleiades. |
| 5 | lu-u ina NINDA.ḪI.A šu-kul lu-u ina A.MEŠ ša₂-qi₂ <lu-u> ina I₃ ⸢ŠEŠ₂⸣ | You eat (it) with either flour or filtered water, or with ēšû-plant oil |
| 6 | lu-u ina šu-bu-la-a-ti šu-bu-⸢ul⸣ ana TI.LA-⸢šu⸣ | May it be in your power to prolong (his) life! |
| 7 | u₃ šu-zu-bi-šu₂ u₃ kiš-pi ru-ḫe-e an-[nu-ti] | and his body and the witchcraft of these ruḫû-demons |
| 8 | ana SU-šu₂ NU TE-e u₃ lu-u {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU lu-u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU [ša₂ DU₃-šu₂] | He should not approach his body, or an insurrection or a rebellion will be committed against him. |
| 9 | kiš-pi-ša₂ ru-ḫu-ša₂ sa-ḫa-rim-ma ṣa-ba-ti-ša₂ {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU u {[munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU] | Its witchcraft, its spittle, its blood, the sorcerer and sorceress |
| 10 | ar₂-ḫiš ub-bu-rim-ma ina A.GA.NU.TIL.A ŠU ⸢NAM⸣.[RIM.(MA) ...] | In the end, Hand of Enamērima |
| 11 | EN₂ {d}UTU an-nu-ti e-piš-u₂-a {d}UTU an-nu-tu₂ muš-⸢te⸣-[piš-u₂-a] | Incantation: “Šamaš, these are my deeds, these (are) my omens. |
| 12 | NU {lu₂}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU u {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU-MU NU.MEŠ e-piš-ia₅ [muš-te];-piš-⸢ti⸣-[ia₅] | I am not a fugitive, nor a woman, I am a prostitute who has performed sorcery against me. |
| 13 | NU sa-ḫi-ri-ia₅ u sa-ḫir-ti-ia₅ | I have no saḫirīya and no reed-beds. |
| 14 | NU ra-ḫi-ia₅ u ra-ḫi-ti-ia₅ NU EN di-ni-ia₅ u GAŠAN [...] | “I am not my friend and my friend, I am not the lord of my lawsuits and my lady |
| 15 | NU EN DU₁₁.DU₁₁-MU u GAŠAN DU₁₁.DU₁₁-MU NU.MEŠ EN ik-<ki>-ia₅ u [...] | “My lord, my utterances, and my lady, my pronouncements, are not true. My enemy and ... |
| 16 | NU EN ḪUL-ti₃-ia₅ u GAŠAN ḪUL-ti₃-ia₅ NU.MEŠ EN ri-di-ia₅ [...] | The nugig priestess, the lord of my evil, and the lady of my bad evil, the nugig (priestess) of my ... |
| 17 | NU EN INIM.GAR-MU u GAŠAN KIMIN NU ⸢EN⸣ ṣer-ri-ia₅ u GAŠAN KIMIN | “I am not the lord of my case and my case, ditto!’ I am not (the one of) the ēmû-priestess of Ṣerriya and the case of my lady, di[tto]! |
| 18 | NU EN GAZ-MU u GAŠAN GAZ-MU [NU] ⸢EN⸣ INIM-MU u GAŠAN ⸢INIM⸣-[MU] | “I will kill my lord and my lady, I will destroy my house, my word, and my house-incantation-formula. |
| 19 | ša₂ ip-šu₂ bar-tum a-mat ḪUL-tim i-⸢pu⸣-[šu₂] ⸢u₂-še⸣-[pi-šu₂] | Whose utterance is a curse, a bad word will come forth against him |
| 20 | is-ḫu-ru-nu u₂-ša₂-as-ḫi-ru-nu ana [...] | They seized me, they brought me down to |
| 21 | ana sa-ḫir-ti suḫ-ḫi-ri-ia ⸢iq⸣-[bu-u ...] | (Sum) For the one who smites me with a šuḫbirtu-plant (Akk) For my one who is sprayed with eiqebû-plant |
| 22 | an-nu-tu₂ NU.MEŠ-šu₂-nu GIM šu₂-nu NU ⸢GUB⸣-[zu ...] | These are their names, as if they were not your ešub priesthood |
| 23 | DU₃-ma ina IGI DINGIR-ti-ka GAL-tu₂ ⸢na⸣-[ša₂-a-ku] | I am entrusted to your great divinity. |
| 24 | {d}UTU ša₂ ia-a-ši kiš-pi ru-ḫu-u ⸢ru⸣-[su-u ...] | Šamaš, who is like me, the wicked, the ruḫû-demon |
| 25 | NU DU₁₀.GA.MEŠ KI.AG₂.GA₂ ḪUL.GIG.GA DI.⸢BAL⸣.[A ...] | (If) they are not good, they are swollen and sickly: ebullû-disease will afflict . |
| 26 | KA.DAB.BE₂.DA INIM.GIR₃.RA ŠAR.ḪUN.GA₂ [...] | The wording of a spell for slander (and) lamentation |
| 27 | E₂.GAL.KU₄.RA mi-qit ṭe₃-e-mi ša₂-ne₂-[e ...] | The Ekalkudra temple, the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ of the heart |
| 28 | ŠU.{d+}INNIN.NA ŠU.GIDIM.MA ŠU.NAM.⸢ERIM₂⸣.[MA ...] | Hand of Ištar Hand of Ghost Hand of Enchantress |
| 29 | {d}ALAD ḪUL-tim SAG.ḪUL.ḪA.ZA ⸢mu⸣-[kil ...] | ALAD ḪUL-tim, the sagḫullû-priest, emu-e-kil |
| 30 | ... iš-ku-nu-nim-ma KA-MU u₂-ṣab-⸢bi⸣-[tu ...] | he set up and my mouth uttered a lament |
| 31 | ... KA-MU ub-bi-lu DU₁₁.DU₁₁-MU il-[du-du ...] | ... my mouth is full of utterances, my speech is distorted ... |
| 32 | ... ŠA₃ un-ni-šu₂ A₂-MU ik-su-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | (Sum) ..., his word ... (Akk) The word of my curse ... |
| 33 | a-li-⸢ka⸣-[ti ...] | (Sum) My city ... (Akk) I am your city .... |
| 34 | ik-⸢pu⸣-[pu ...] | Ik-epûpum |
| r | ||
| 1' | liš ri [...] | May ... ... |
| 2' | ana IGI KEŠ₂ ša₂ {⸢d⸣}[UTU ...] | In front of the ritual assemblage of E-e-Šamaš |
| 3' | 4 NU I₃.UDU 4 ⸢NU⸣ [... 4 NU ...] | 4 fattened sheep(s), 4 ešumu-plants, 4 ... |
| 4' | 4 NU DUḪ.ŠE.GIŠ.I₃ 4 NU ... 4 NU IM PIŠ₁₀] | 4 (tablets of) not containing sesame oil, 4 |
| 5' | ID₂ ki-lal-le-⸢e⸣ 4 NU ... 4 NU NIG₂.SILA₁₁.GA₂] | The canal Kilalle-e’e is 4 00 00; ... is 4 [00 05] 00. It is a balaŋ composition. |
| 6' | ŠE.SA.A 4 NU NIG₂.SILA₁₁.GA₂ ⸢ŠE⸣.[MUŠ₅ 4 NU ...] | a šēsû-container of 4 (ninda) |
| 7' | i-sad-dir u NU.MEŠ ma-la KI ⸢EN₂⸣.[MEŠ annâti] | and as many people as with these incantations |
| 8' | ⸢ba⸣-šu₂-u₂ it-ti-šu₂ ina muḫ-ḫi ⸢ḫu⸣-[lu-up-pa-qa tašakkan] | You place ešû-plant with it on top of eḫu-eluppaqa-plant. |
| 9' | {u₂}tar-muš ina KA-šu₂ {u₂}IGI-NIŠ ina ⸢GUB₃⸣-[šu₂ miḫḫa] | (If) tarmuš-plant in his mouth (and) imhur-ešrā-plant on his neck are swollen |
| 10' | ina ŠU{ii} 15-šu₂ IL₂-ma ina muḫ-ḫi {na₄}⸢AD⸣.[BAR GUB-az EN₂ EN EN.EN] | He raises his right hand and stands on top of ēšu-stone. Incantation: “Lord of lords,’ |
| 11' | LUGAL LUGAL.LUGAL {d}UTU 3-šu₂ ŠID-nu GIM ⸢ŠID⸣-[u₂ {u₂}tar-muš ša₂ ina KA-šu₂] | King, king of the world, Šamaš, it is a ritual. It is performed three times. Like an ēšidû-plant (and) a tarmuše plant that is in his mouth |
| 12' | {u₂}IGI-NIŠ ša₂ ina GUB₃-šu₂ {na₄}AD.BAR ša₂ ina muḫ-ḫi GUB-[zu ana muḫḫi ...] | (If) imhur-ešra-plant, which stands on its left side, (and) a stone that stands on top of (it): on top . |
| 13' | ... ša₂ ḫu-lu-up-<pa>-qa ŠUB-di ŠU{ii}su a-na ḫu-lu-⸢up⸣-[pa-qa itarraṣ] | ... of ḫulupaqa, his hand will be turned to Ḫalupaqu. |
| 14' | ... EN₂ {d}UTU an-nu-tu₂ ŠID GI.IZI.LA₂ ina IZI PIŠ₁₀.{d}[ID₂ ta-qad-ma] | You recite this incantation “Šamaš, you strew a torch at the fire of the river, and |
| 15' | ana ŠU{ii} {lu₂}GIG GAR-ma EN₂ {d}nuska šur-bu-u₂ i-[lit-ti {d}a-nim ŠID-nu] | You place it in the hands of a sick person and you recite the incantation “O Nuska, most exalted, son of Anu, |
| 16' | EN₂ a-na-aš₂-ši di-pa-ri ŠID-nu EGIR an-ni-i EN₂ [a-na-aš₂-ši di-pa-ri] | Incantation: “Ana-ši dipari, ŠUD-nu after this, incantation [ana]-scvi [dipari] |
| 17' | 3-šu₂ tu-šam-naš EGIR EN₂ ša₂ {d}UTU man-nu AD-šu₂ ⸢ŠID⸣-[nu-ma] | After you recite the incantation of Šamaš, who is his father? |
| 18' | SIK₂ BABBAR ša₂ 3 ki-ṣir GIM in-gi-ip-pi kaṣ₃-ru ana ŠU{ii}[šu₂ ...] | The white hair of 3 fingers is like a reed bundle, the beer into his hand |
| 19' | ana ḫu-lu-up-pa-qa ŠUB-di EN₂ ša₂-ru-uḫ la-a-nu u EN₂ i-sa-[a i-sa-a ŠID] | You pour it into a ḫuluppaqa-vessel. Incantation: “Sulphur, lānu-disease, and the incantation: 'Isa, Isa!'. |
| 20' | ZI₃.MAD.GA₂ i-šar-rap EN₂ šer₂-a-ni tu-kaṣ₂-ṣir ina ḫu-ṣab {⸢giš⸣}[MA.NU] | He strews flour. You recite the incantation, “He is a wild cow, you burn it with a fire of ēšû-plant |
| 21' | lib₃-bi ḫu-lu-up-pa-qa <tu-ba-aḫ-ḫa-aš₂> x ŠU{ii} ina qut-ri i-zak-ku-u₂ tu-[x-x-(x)] | “The heart of the ḫuluppāqu-disease is swollen, ... my hand in a qutru-demon you will ... |
| 22' | EN₂ e-piš-u₂-a e-piš-tu-u₂-a EN₂ at-ta ⸢A⸣.[MEŠ ŠID-nu ina A.MEŠ] | Incantation: “My sorcery (is) my sorceries (are) your sorcesy. In water |
| 23' | tu-na-aḫ EN₂ KUR-i lik-tum₃-ku-nu-ši u {na₄}AD.BAR ... [...] | You recite the incantation “May my land bring you to me’, and ... agate |
| 24' | GAR-ma 1.TA.AM₃ ana ḫu-lu-up-pa-qa ŠUB-di EN₂ i-[sa-a i-sa-a] | You place (it) once for ḫuluppaqa. You recite the incantation “Is it good? Is it bad? |
| 25' | ŠID-ma ZI₃.MAD.GA₂ qa-mu-u₂ ḫu-lu-up-pa-qa x [...] | You pound maṣhatu-flour (and) ḫuluppaqu-cress |
| 26' | te-es-sip-ma ana KA₂ E₃-ma EN₂ udug-ḫul ⸢edin⸣-[na-zu-še₃ ŠID-ma ...] | You recite the incantation udugḫul edinazuše and . . |
| 27' | EGIR-šu₂ EN KA₂ ŠID-ma GUR-ma ki-ma ina ⸢E₂⸣ [tēterbu ašar maqlâ] | After that, you open the gate of the owner of the house and return, and like in the house of the lord you enter, as if in a mound. |
| 28' | ta-qa-lu-u₂ EN₂ a-nam-di EN₂ EN EN₂ ⸢tum₃⸣-[mu bītu] | Incantation: “I want to go out, I want to come out’. Incantations: 'Etum-emu, that house.' |
| 29' | ŠID-ma tuš-ken-ma KEŠ₂ DU₈-ma e-nu-ma ⸢ne₂⸣-[pe-ša₂ annâ] | You recite the incantation, you set up the ritual assemblage, and when this enepeš ritual |
| 30' | DU₃-šu₂ LU₂ NU KU₃ MUNUS NU KU₃-tim ana IGI NU TAG₄ E₂ x [...] | Its ritual: a man not pure, a woman not pure will not leave the house ... |
| 31' | x-ma EN₂ ut-tak-kir₃ ḪUL-ia tu-še-pes-su ina {⸢iti⸣}[...] | ... and you recite the incantation uttakir of my evil. You make him perform (it). In the month of Eṭetu |
| 32' | u {iti}AB U₄ 7.KAM U₄ 14.KAM U₄ 21.⸢KAM⸣ [U₄ 28.KAM teppuš-ma išallim] | and Ṭebētu (Month X), day 7, day 14, day 21, day 28, you perform (the ritual) and it will be successful. |
| 33' | EN₂ EN EN.EN LUGAL LUGAL.LUGAL {d}UTU {d}[UTU DI.KU₅ AN-e] ; u KI-[tim] | Incantation: Lord, lord of the king, king of kings, Šamaš, Shamash, judge of heaven and earth. |
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