SpTU 2, 021 (P348626)
Incantation-Ritual, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 2, 021 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348626 |
| 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 [0:1] o 1o 1–o 1o 1 | [...] a man keeps seeing [...] in his dream |
| Obverse [1:3] o 22–o 33 | [...] he lifts it |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | [...] you make a wax figurine of a child; |
| Obverse [3:4] o 44–o 44 | you write [...] (on) its left hip; you set out the ritual assemblage in front of Šamaš; |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | you set up [...] of burāšu-juniper; you pour a libation of beer and wine; |
| Obverse [5:7] o 66–o 77 | you speak thus in front of Šamaš: |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | Incantation: "Šamaš, your face is turned towards the Igigi, your face lies upon Aya, the bride. |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | Awe-inspiring (god), beloved (god), offspring of Anum! |
| Obverse [9:11] o 1010–o 1111 | I am so-and-so, descendant of so-and-so, to whom a child is bound in my dream, and will not be released. I have faced you Šamaš, great lord, for the sake of the separation". |
| Obverse [11:15] o 1212–o 1515 | You recite this three times in front of Šamaš and the distressed one raises that figurine in his left hand (then) in his right (hand). He addresses Šamaš; Šamaš listens (to him); he swears (by) his word and speaks thus to the substitute, to the figurine: |
| Obverse [15:17] o 1616–o 1717 | Incantation: "You, whoever you are who always appear by me in dream and vision, now, in front of Šamaš, you are taken away, you are driven away and you are chased off. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | The open country begot you, as your father (did). |
| Obverse [18:19] o 1919–o 1919 | The meadows took care of you, as your mother (did). |
| Obverse [19:21] o 2020–o 2121 | Roamer of the meadows, explorer of the paths, you are indeed the one who blocks journey(s). |
| Obverse [21:22] o 2222–o 2222 | Šamaš, judge of god and man, tore you out of my body. |
| Obverse [22:23] o 2323–o 2323 | (By) the life of the gods, you are torn out and may he block your journey! |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | [...] Ereškigal, at her command, may he block your journey! |
| Obverse [24:26] o 2525–o 2626 | [...] Asalluhi, incantation priest of the great gods, [...] may he block your journey [...] of Ea". Incantation formula. |
| Obverse [26:28] o 2727–o 2828 | You recite [...] ... three times to the figurine, and you wash [...] on top of it, on top of the figurine. |
| Obverse [28:30] o 2929–o 3030 | [...] and you bury it in the corner of the city wall; [...] a magic circle of šigūši-flour; [...] is separated on that very day.4 |
| Obverse [30:31] o 3131–o 3131 | You draw [...] ... on top (of it); |
| Obverse [31:32] o 3232–o 3232 | [...] keeps appearing by him: you make (it) ride on top of (it); |
| Obverse [32:34] o 3333–o 3434 | you recite [...] (in front of) Šamaš; [...] whatever you recite ... until the day of (his) recovery. |
| Obverse [34:36] o 3535–o 3636 | He keeps appearing [...]; you throw the figurine into the river. |
| Obverse [35:36] o 3636–o 3636 | You name [...]; you release the powerless; |
| Obverse [36:38] o 3737–o 3838 | You recite [...] three times and [...] and you make (him) take (it) on top of it. |
| Obverse [38:39] o 3939–o 3939 | [...] ... you go in the middle; |
| Obverse [39:45] o 4040– | you throw [...] (into) the river. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] ... his sons die |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] he keeps going on unsuccessful journeys; |
| Reverse [3:5] r 4'4'–r 5'5' | [...] ... for my death. (As for) that man, he will die (in) the house where he lives. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [...] in order (for you) to learn his way |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] is constantly regular for him |
| Reverse [6:8] r 7'7'–r 8'8' | [...] they speak and [...] strife afflicts him |
| Reverse [8:10] r 9'9'–r 10'10' | [...] ... (as for) that man, evil will seize him. |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] and will not approach the man and his house. |
| Reverse [10:13] r 11'11'–r 13'13' | [...] at sunset, you purify a clay pit; 7 grains of silver, [...], 7 grains of copper, 7 grains of tin, 7 grains of lead, carnelian, lapis-lazuli [...] agate, papparmīna-stone, flour: you throw (them) into the clay pit. You say the name of the distressed one. |
| Reverse [13:14] r 14'14'–r 14'14' | At sunrise, you break off clay; you make the figurines of a man and a woman; the figurine of the man is pushed away. |
| Reverse [14:16] r 15'15'–r 16'16' | After you have set it up, you select the figurine of the woman, the throne-bearer; you annoint them (with) orpiment. You make the male's figurine right eye iridescent; you make his left eye tiqqûtu-coloured; |
| Reverse [16:18] r 17'17'–r 18'18' | you clothe it in a one day garment. (As for) the figurine of the woman, you clothe it with a multicoloured garment; you sit them down on a throne before Šamaš; you write their names on their left hips. The name of the man (is): "That evil man will seize the breast". |
| Reverse [18:23] r 19'19'–r 23'23' | The name of the woman (is): "That evil man's wife will seize the breast". You place 7 small loaves. As for the Lamaštu-demonesses who are fearful, you place at their disposal mirsu-cake and butter bread; you strew animal fat, sweet oil, filtered oil, pure oil over their heads. After you have done this for him, you set up an offering table, an imhur-ešra-plant (and) a censer of burāšu-juniper; you present the pure offering (and) beer. |
| Reverse [23:25] r 24'24'–r 25'25' | You bring shoulder, fatty tissue and roast meat; you step back and you remove the figurine of the man from his right, the figurine of the woman from his left; you seize the distressed one's hand and you make him speak as follows: |
| Reverse [25:26] r 26'26'–r 26'26' | Tablet, (n) lines. Not completed. |
| Reverse [26:27] r 27'27'–r 27'27' | Tablet of Iqiša, son of Ištar-šum-ereš, descendant of Ekur-zakir. |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 27' | IM {m}BA{ša₂-a} bu₁₂-kur₂ {m}{d}INANA—MU—KAM ŠA₃.BAL.BAL {m}E₂.KUR—za-kir | |
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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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