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SpTU 3, 074b (P348678)
Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 3, 074b |
|---|---|
| ID | P348678 |
| Museum no. | IM — |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Hellenistic · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | ⸢u₂⸣-sa-an-niš ⸢ina ELLAG₂⸣.[MEŠ-ki ...] | “When you have smeared your kidneys with esānnu-plant |
| 2' | e-ri qa-ma-a-ki i-mat-[ki ...] | “Your hands are furious, your feet are frightened, . . |
| 3' | e-li URU at-ta-⸢paḫ⸣ [...] | Above the city I have been encircled(?) |
| 4' | ina šu-pal URU at-ta-du [...] | I am in the centre of the city |
| 5' | ana E₂ te-ru-bu at-ta-du [...] | You entered the house, you ... |
| 6' | te-pu-šim-ma {d}gira₂ ⸢li⸣-[kul-ki] | you performed, and Gira (and) Eli-ekulki |
| 7' | tu-še-pi-šim-ma {d}gira₂ li-⸢ik⸣-[šu-ud-ki] | Gira, may it be favourable to you. |
| 8' | tak-pu-du-im-ma {d}gira₂ li-⸢duk⸣-[ki] | You are merciful, may Gira kill you! |
| 9' | tu-šak-pi-du-ki {d}gira₂ liq-mi-[ki] | May Gira bless you, |
| 10' | ḫar-ra-nu la ta-a-a-ri li-ša₂-aṣ-bit-ka {d}gira₂ ḫa-⸢bil⸣-[ka] | May Gira smite you with an incantation that cannot be changed, |
| 11' | {d}gira₂ ez-zu zu-mur-ka liḫ-muṭ te [...] | Gira, your furious rage is a flood, how is it that you flee? |
| 12' | EN₂ 2.TA ši-na DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ {d}a-nu ša₂ AN-e 3.TA ši-na DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ {d}a-nu ša₂ ⸢AN⸣-[e] | Incantation: “Anu of heaven, Anu of earth, |
| 13' | ṭur-ra ⸢ṣab-tan⸣-nim-ma iš-tu AN-e ur-ra-da-nu e-ka-a-mu te-⸢ba⸣-[ti-na] | The tburru-house, the ṣabtan-emma-house. From the heavens the urradānu-vessel is here. The eba’etina-tree |
| 14' | e-ka-a-mu tal-la-ku ana e-piš u e-piš-tum ša₂ NENNI A NENNI ana sa-ḫa-ri ni-il-⸢lak⸣ | You are the one who goes to perform sorcery and sorceries against so-and-so, son of so-but-as-a-šarēd. |
| 15' | ana lu-uq-qu-tu ša₂ ḫu-ṣa-bi-ši-nu ana ḫu-um-mu-mu ša₂ ḫi-im-ma-ti-ši-[na] | For the luqqūtu-offerings of their ḫušša-bowls, for the hummû-offers of their calves |
| 16' | ša₂ li-⸢la⸣-a-tum ḫu-lu-paq-qa ana ša₂-ra-pu ni-il-lak te [...] | The one of the līlātum-demon, the ḫulupaqqa-disease, we will go to the šārapu-dweller |
| 17' | EN₂ {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ⸢ner⸣-ta-ni-tum | Incantation: “A woman, a neretanītu-plant |
| 18' | ⸢e⸣-le-ni-tum nar-šin-da-tum a-šip-tum eš-še-bu-tu | “Elēnitum (is) naršindatum, ašiptu-disease (is a synonym of) ecstatic. |
| 19' | ⸢MUŠ⸣.LAḪ₄.LAḪ₄-tum a-gu-gil-tum qa-diš-tum na-di-⸢ti⸣ | The agugiltu snake is the hand of the nadītu-demon. |
| 20' | iš-ta-ri-tum kul-ma-ši-tum ba-ri-tum ša₂ mu-ši | Ištarītum (is) Kullamâtum, the younger sister of the night |
| 21' | ḫa-a-ṭi-tum ša₂ kal u₄-mu mu-la-ʾi-i-tum ša₂ AN-e | “Fear of all the days, wailing of the heavens, |
| 22' | [mu]-⸢lap⸣-pit-tum ša₂ KI-tim ka-mi-tum ša₂ KA DINGIR.MEŠ | “It is a reed mat of the earth, a blanket of the mouth of the gods |
| 23' | [ka]-⸢si⸣-tum ša₂ bir-ki {d}INANNA.MEŠ | kaesi’etum-vessel of the Ištar temple |
| 24' | [da]-aʾ-⸢ik-tum⸣ ša₂ GURUŠ.MEŠ | Da’al-iktum-e23 (means) of young men |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | aṣ-⸢bat⸣ [...] | The Ašbatean |
| 2' | aṣ-bat [...] | |
| 3' | aṣ-⸢bat⸣ a-ḫi-⸢ka⸣ [...] | Ašbat, Aḫi-eska |
| 4' | {d}30 el-lam-[me-e ...] | Sîn, the pure one, |
| 5' | ana mi-qit ⸢A⸣.[MEŠ ...] | For the fall of the ēšu-plants |
| o iii | ||
| 1 | {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ [...] | A šû-demon |
| 2 | li-⸢ṣu⸣-[du ...] | May he ... the li-ešu-edu-plant |
| 3 | EN₂ at-⸢ta⸣-[e ...] | Incantation: Atā’e |
| 4 | at-ta-e [...] | You ... |
| 5 | at-ta-e [...] | You ... |
| 6 | at-ta-e [...] | You ... |
| 7 | at-ta-e [...] | You ... |
| 8 | tap-ru-si KI-ia [...] | (Sum) I am the one who ... with me (Akk) You are my companion with me |
| 9 | ŠEŠ ... NIN ib-[ri ...] | Hand of , lady of the Ibri temple |
| 10 | x-x-x [...] | |
| o iv | ||
| 1 | [...] ana-ku-ma ul ta-lap-pat-in-nu | ... I, but you will not release me. |
| 2 | [...] {⸢giš⸣}DIḪ₃ ana-ku-ma ul ta-kab-<ba>-as-in-nu | ... ešdiḫ-plant, I, but you do not bind (it) |
| 3 | [...] ⸢zaq⸣-ru ana-ku-ma kiš-pi-ka ru-ḫe-e-ka ru-se-e-ki | ... I am exalted, and your witchcraft, your magic, your spittle |
| 4 | up-ša₂-še-e-ki ḪUL.MEŠ ⸢NU⸣ TE-u₂-nu u NU i-qar-ru-bu-nu ia-a-ši te EN₂ | Your evil machinations (and) the ešunû-demon approach, and they will not approach me. How do you incant[ate]? |
| 5 | EN₂ rit-tu₄-um-ma rit-tum rit-tum dan-na-tum ša₂ a-me-lut-tum | Incantation: “Hand, hand, strong hand of mankind’s |
| 6 | ša₂ ki-ma UR.⸢MAḪ⸣ iṣ-ba-tu₄ LU₂ ki-ma ḫu-ḫa-ri is-ḫu-pu eṭ-lu | (If) that man is seized like a lion, the man will be seized as if it were a dog. |
| 7 | ki-ma še-e-du u₂-kat-ti-im qar-ra-du | (Sum) Like a mountain, I am a hero (Akk) Like the mountain, my hero is a lion |
| 8 | ki-ma šu-uš-kal₂-lum a-ša₂-re-du i-ba-ar | Like a šû-kallum he will measure out the field. |
| 9 | ki-ma giš-par-ri ik-tu-mu dan-nu {⸢lu₂⸣}UŠ₁₁.[ZU ...] {munus}UŠ₁₁.ZU ⸢e-piš⸣ | Like a scepter he sealed it. The strong one, the evildoer |
| 10 | rit-ta-ku-nu {d}gira₂ liq-mi {d}gira₂ li-kul u e-piš-tum | May Gira command your hand, may Gira eat and the work |
| 11 | {d}gira₂ liš-tu₄ {d}gira₂ liš-ta-bil {d}gira₂ lil-sa-a UGU ⸢dan-na⸣-[ti] | May Gira have mercy on me, may Gira carry off (my) ill-deeds. |
| 12 | ša₂ rit-ta-ku-nu i-pu-šu₂ zu-⸢mur⸣-[ku]-⸢nu li⸣-iḫ-⸢muṭ⸣ [...] | May the one who trusts in you be reconciled with me |
| 13 | li-is-pu-uḫ il-lat-ku-nu DUMU {d}e₂-a ⸢MAŠ.MAŠ⸣ | may they release. The son of Ea, the exorcist |
| 14 | qu-tur-u {d}gira₂ li-ri-mu pa-ni-ku-⸢un⸣ ki-<ma> ta-⸢nu⸣-[ri ...] | The qutur priestess, Gira, may he be at peace with you. Like a ta-enu-priestess |
| 15 | ki-ma di-qa-ru [...] ⸢lu-ḫu⸣-[um]-me-[ku-nu] | Like a flood, your eluḫ-plant |
| 16 | li-is-pu-uḫ-ku-nu-⸢ši⸣ ... {⸢d}gira₂⸣ [...] | May they release you, Gira |
| 17 | e-te-la-a ki-ma ... KU₆.⸢ḪI.A ina A⸣.MEŠ-e-[a] | he went up like a fish in my water |
| 18 | ki-ma ŠAḪ ina ru-šu-um-ti-ia ki-ma ⸢GI⸣ [...] | Like a dead man in my hand, like a reed-bed |
| 19 | ki-ma {u₂}IN.NU.⸢UŠ⸣ ina a-ḫi u₂-šal-la [...] | Like ēšû-plant, he sat down in the shade |
| 20 | ⸢ki-ma⸣ NUMUN [...] a-ḫi tam-⸢tim⸣ | E-ki-ma-e-23 |
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