SpTU 3, 079 (P348683)
Incantation-Ritual, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 3, 079 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348683 |
| 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 | Apotropaic ritual for the evil (that may arise) in bringing to each other a man and woman (previously) far apart: |
| Obverse [1:4] o 22–o 44 | In front of Šamaš, in a private place, you sweep the ground . You sprinkle pure water. You set up an offering table before Šamaš and Asalluhi. You strew dates (and) fine flour. You put down a cake (made) of honey (and) butter. You set up a libation-vessel. You strew a censer (full) of juniper. You libate beer. |
| Obverse [4:6] o 55–o 66 | You hang a linen cloth in between them (the man and the woman). 3 porous flasks are smashed in between them and you speak as follows 3 times before Šamaš and Asalluhi. |
| Obverse [6:8] o 77–o 88 | Self-renewing Šamaš, constant light of the gods, (and) Marduk, decreer of fates, lengthener of short days, gatherer of the scattered people, you are the ones who bring together the far apart. |
| Obverse [8:11] o 99–o 1111 | Šamaš and Marduk, you are the ones bringing fugitives (and) runaways to one another. [...] giving a young man [...] each other, |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | NAM.BUR₂.BI HUL NITA u MUNUS SU₃-MEŠ ana a-ha-meš qur-ru-bu | |
| 2 | ana IGI {d}UTU <ina> KI KU₅{si} <KI> SAR A KU₃ SU₃ GI.DU₈ ana IGI {d}UTU u {d}ASAR.LU₂.HI | |
| 3 | GUB{an} ZU₂.LUM.MA {zi₃}EŠA DUB{aq} NINDA.I₃.DE₂.A LAL₃ I₃.NUN.NA | |
| 4 | GAR{an} {dug}A.DA.GUR₅ GUB{an} NIG₂.NA {šim}LI DUB{aq} KAŠ BAL{qi₂} | |
| 5 | {tug₂}ŠA₃.HA{a} ina bi-rit-šu₂-nu GID₂{ad} 3 {dug}LA.HA.AN SAHAR₂-MEŠ | |
| 6 | ina bi-ri-šu₂-nu GAZ-MEŠ-ma IGI {d}UTU u {d}ASAR.LU₂.HI 3-šu₂ kam DU₁₁.GA | |
| 7 | {d}UTU ed-de-šu-u₂ ZALAG₂ DINGIR-MEŠ ka-a-a-nu {d}AMAR.UTU mu-šim NAM-MEŠ | |
| 8 | mu-rik U₄-MEŠ LUGUD(E₂).DA(BIR-)MEŠ mu-pah-hir UN-MEŠ BIR{ah} | |
| 9 | mu-qer₅-ru-bu a-ha-meš SU₃-⸢MEŠ⸣ [at]-⸢tu⸣-nu-ma mu-un-nar-bi | |
| 10 | mu-un-nab(AZ-)ti a-na ⸢a⸣-[ha-meš qur]-⸢ru⸣-bu {d}UTU u {d}AMAR.UTU | |
| 11 | at-tu-nu-ma {⸢lu₂⸣}[GURUŠ ... a-ha]-⸢meš ša₂⸣-ra-ku [x] | |
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