SpTU 3, 072 (P348675)
Incantation-Ritual, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 3, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348675 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r? 1'r? 1'–r? 1'r? 1' | [...] father of the god [...]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r? 2'2'–r? 2'2' | [...] ... nobles, mothers and fathers of Enlil ... [...] ... [...]. |
| Reverse [2:3] r? 3'3'–r? 3'3' | [...] nobles, fathers and mothers of Ellil, alternatively of ... [...] of the gods, may ... [...]. |
| Reverse [3:4] r? 4'4'–r? 4'4' | [...] Enkum, Ninkum, Enul, Ninul, EnLU, NinLU, |
| Reverse [4:5] r? 5'5'–r? 5'5' | [...] Endukuga, Nindukuga, Enutila, Ninutila, Enmešara, Ninmešara, |
| Reverse [5:6] r? 6'6'–r? 6'6' | [...] of Enlil : Incantation: Man, son of his god, he is from Anu and Antu : he is from Ellil and Ninlil. |
| Reverse [6:7] r? 7'7'–r? 7'7' | [...] ... : (by) exalted Anu (and) bright Ellil : I have adjured you; (by) Anu and Antu, |
| Reverse [7:8] r? 8'8'–r? 8'8' | [I have adjured you; (by) Ellil and] Ninlil : I have adjured you; (by) Anu, father of the gods : I have adjured you; (by) Ellil, the great mountain, |
| Reverse [8:9] r? 9'9'–r? 9'9' | [I have adjured you]. May [Anu] release; may Ellil release, king, creator of fates : Curse of Anu and Antu, |
| Reverse [9:10] r? 10'10'–r? 10'10' | [(...) Curse] of Ellil and Ninlil : May Anu and Antu be present; may they ward off illness. |
| Reverse [10:11] r? 11'11'–r? 11'11' | May Ellil, lord of Nippur, be present; may he decree his good health with his command that does not change. |
| Reverse [11:12] r? 12'12'–r? 12'12' | "Without you, Anu, father of the gods, does not give advice : Ellil, adviser, does not decide verdicts. |
| Reverse [12:13] r? 13'13'–r? 13'13' | "Anu, king, the father who created you : Ellil, the lord who decrees your fate. |
| Reverse [13:14] r? 14'14'–r? 14'14' | "[...] of Anu, who obeys to the secrets of Ellil," he said to Nusku. |
| Reverse [14:15] r? 15'15'–r? 15'15' | [...]. 50 [:] Ellil. : 40 : Ea. : 30 : Sin. : 20 : Šamaš. |
| Reverse [15:16] r? 16'16'–r? 16'16' | [...] ... the rising : of the sun, ... [...]. |
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? | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢a-a⸣ {d}[...] | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢HI⸣ {d}en ama ⸢a-a⸣ {d}⸢en-lil₂-la₂-ke₄⸣ x [...] x x RI x [...] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢be⸣-lu-u₂ AD u AMA ša₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ MIN ša₂ ⸢DU⸣ [...]-u₂ ša₂ DINGIR-MEŠ lu u₂-ta-x x x x [...] | |
| 4' | [... {d]}⸢en⸣-kum₃ {d}nin-⸢kum₃⸣ {d}en-ul {d}nin-ul {d}en-LU {d}nin-⸢LU⸣ | |
| 5' | [... {d]}⸢en⸣-du₆-ku₃-ga {d}nin-du₆-ku₃-ga {d}en-<u₄>-⸢ti⸣-la {d}nin-u₄-ti-la {d}en-me-šar₂ {d}nin-me-⸢šar₂⸣ | |
| 6' | [... {d}en-lil₂-la₂]-ke₄-e-ne EN₂ LU₂ DUMU DINGIR-šu₂ ša₂ {d}a-nu-⸢um⸣ u an-tu₄ šu-u₂ ša₂ {d}EN.LIL₂ u {d}NIN.LIL₂ šu-u | |
| 7' | [...] x-zi-ga {d}a(NUN-)nu-um ṣi-rim {d}⸢EN⸣.LIL₂ nam-ri u₂-tam-mi-ka {d}a-nu-um u {d}an-tu₄ | |
| 8' | [u₂-tam-mi-ka {d}EN.LIL₂ u] {d}NIN.LIL₂ u₂-tam-mi-ka {d}a-nu-um a-bi DINGIR-MEŠ u₂-tam-mi-ka {d}EN.LIL₂ KUR{a} GAL{a} | |
| 9' | [u₂-tam-mi-ka {d}a-nu-um] lip-⸢ṭur⸣ {d}EN.LIL₂ lip-ṭur ⸢šar⸣-ri ba-nu-u₂ ši-mat ma-mit {d}a-nu-um u an-tu₄ | |
| 10' | [(...) ma-mit {d]}⸢EN⸣.LIL₂ u {d}NIN.LIL₂ li-iz-ziz {d}a-nu-um u an-tu₄ li-ne₂-eʾ-u₂ mur-ṣu | |
| 11' | [li]-⸢iz⸣-ziz {d}EN.LIL₂ be-lu NIBRU{ki} ina pi-i-šu₂ ša₂ la eʾ-ne₂-e ba-la-su li-iq-bi | |
| 12' | [ina ba]-li-ka {d}a-nu-um AD DINGIR-MEŠ ul i-nam-din mil-ki {⸢d}EN⸣.LIL₂ ma-li-ku EŠ.BAR ul i-par-ra-as | |
| 13' | {[d}a]-⸢nu⸣-um LUGAL AD ba-ni-ka {d}EN.LIL₂ be-lu mu-šim-mu NAM-ME-ka | |
| 14' | [... {d}a]-⸢nim⸣ še-mu-u₂ pi-riš-ti {d}⸢EN.LIL₂⸣ ana {d}NUSKA iq-ta-bi | |
| 15' | [...] 50 {⸢d}EN⸣.LIL₂ 40 {d}IDIM 30 {d}30 20 {d}UTU | |
| 16' | [...] ⸢TUM⸣ RI GI E₃ {d}UTU {d}[...] | |
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