SpTU 5, 244 (P348831)
Incantation-Ritual, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 5, 244 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348831 |
| 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 | You wrap ... |
| Obverse [1:2] o 22–o 22 | (1 line fragmentary) |
| Obverse [2:3] o 33–o 33 | ..., protective-deity-stone, white flint, |
| Obverse [3:5] o 44–o 55 | ... and eye-of-a-fish-stone. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 55–o 55 | ..., for remembering what has been forgotten, for ... a curse, |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | and for releasing ..., (use) the stone not ... an evil finger behind the back. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 77–o 77 | For not saying ... to a person, (use) the stones ... a person in a contented heart. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 88–o 88 | ..., for fulfilling his desire, for reconciling people to a god, |
| Obverse [8:9] o 99–o 99 | for praying ..., as well as for hearing his petitions, for receiving the raising of his hands (in supplication), |
| Obverse [9:10] o 1010–o 1010 | for loving ..., for making his business flourish, |
| Obverse [10:11] o 1111–o 1111 | and for achieving his triumph, (use) the stone for not letting panic or terror near and making his adversary abandon (his) schemes. |
| Obverse [11:12] o 1212–o 1212 | For ..., (use) the stone for a troubled heart not to affect a person and the stones to proceed in eminence as well as |
| Obverse [12:13] o 1313–o 1313 | ... to welcome seeing him ... all day or all night. |
| Obverse [13:15] o 1414–o 1515 | For letting ... near, (use) the stones for (not) letting hate, injustice, throat-cutting and mouth-blocking near, and also for not letting any evil deeds fix on his hands. |
| Obverse [15:16] o 1616–o 1616 | For overseeing ... in the presence of his countrymen, as well as for being honoured over his countrymen, |
| Obverse [16:18] o 1717–o 1818 | and ... for being agreeable wherever he goes, (use) the stones for sweetening the words of his adversary. |
| Obverse [17:18] o 1818–o 1818 | (You thread) these ... (previously mentioned) stone-beads on a string of linen, a string of red-purple wool and a string of blue-purple wool. |
| Obverse [18:21] o 1919–o 2121 | You wrap ..., pure-plant, wood(-for)-releasing, Sun-plant and tarmuš-plant, these 5 materials, and ... and red-purple wool, between each (bead). You put them at each side of the bed. |
| Obverse [21:23] o 2222–o 2323 | You tie ... between each. You put atā'išu-plant, man-like-plant, it-withstands-a-thousand(-illnesses)-plant, ... and it-withstands-20(-illnesses)-plant, these 5 plants, in oil-from-a-bowl and fine oil. |
| Obverse [23:24] o 2424–o 2424 | .... You recite these incantations 3 times over the beads. |
| Obverse [24:25] o 2525–o 2525 | You put ... of his house. You purify the beads before Venus. |
| Obverse [25:26] o 2626–o 2626 | You provide ... juniper. You pour out best beer. (You recite) the incantation 'My god is willing'. |
| Obverse [26:27] o 2727–o 2727 | ... his ... |
| Obverse [27:28] o 2828–o 2828 | (1 line fragmentary) |
| Obverse [28:29] o 2929–o 2929 | ... You recite ... 3 times over the beads. |
| Obverse [29:31] o 3030– | ... wherever he goes he will be agreeable. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | They discuss .... |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | ... evil not to approach. |
| Reverse [2:4] r 33–r 44 | ... the god of his father is willing. |
| Reverse [3:8] r 44–r 88 | (5 lines fragmentary) |
| Reverse [8:10] r 99–r 1010 | (2 lines fragmentary) |
| Reverse [10:14] r 1111–r 1414 | (1 line fragmentary, 3 lines missing) |
| Reverse [14:16] r 1515–r 1616 | May they rest .... |
| Reverse [15:18] r 1616–r 1818 | (3 lines fragmentary) |
| Reverse [18:19] r 1919–r 1919 | ... white stone |
| Reverse [19:20] r 2020–r 2020 | (1 line missing) |
| Reverse [20:21] r 2121–r 2121 | ... white .... |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | [...] ⸢tala₂⸣-pap | |
| 2 | [...] {⸢u₂⸣}[...] | |
| 3 | [...] x {⸢na₄⸣}[... NA₄.{d]}⸢LAMMA⸣ NA₄.{d]}⸢LAMMA⸣ {na₄}ZU₂ BABBAR | |
| 4 | [...] x {na₄}IGI.KU₆ {na₄}IGI.KU₆ | |
| 5 | [... ma]-ši-tu₂ ha-⸢sa-su⸣ ar₂-ra-⸢at⸣ [x] | |
| 6 | [...] x DU₈{ar₂} NA₄ ⸢ŠU⸣.SI HUL{tu₂} ana EGIR la₃(PAB) [x] | |
| 7 | [...]-tu₂ LU₂ la₃ DU₁₁.GA NA₄-MEŠ LU₂ ina HUL₂ ŠA₃ x [x] | |
| 8 | [...] i-zi-im-ta-šu₂ KUR{ad₂} LU₂-MEŠ KI DINGIR SILIM | |
| 9 | [...] sul-li₃-im-ma un-ni-ni-šu₂ ŠE.GA niš ⸢ŠU⸣-MIN-šu₂ ma-ha-ri | |
| 10 | [...] ra-a-mi iš-⸢di-ih⸣-šu₂ ana šul-lu-⸢mu⸣ | |
| 11 | [U₃.MA]-⸢šu₂⸣ ana KUR{ad₂} NA₄ ⸢hat-tu₂⸣ x pi-rit-<tu₂> ⸢la₃ TE⸣ kip-⸢di⸣ EN DU₁₁-[šu₂ šu-ud]-⸢de⸣-e | |
| 12 | [...]-⸢i⸣ NA₄ HUL ŠA₃ ana LU₂ la₃ TE{e} NA₄-MEŠ NIR.GAL₂ ana(ŠU₂) DU.DU-ma | |
| 13 | [...] IGI-šu₂ ha-de-e NA₄ x x x MA x x x x kal u₄-mu lu-u₂ kal mu-ši | |
| 14 | [...] ⸢TE⸣{e} NA₄-ME HUL.GIG DI.BAL.A ZI.KU₅.RU.DA.A u KA.DAB.BE₂.DA | |
| 15 | [... TE]{e} u mim-ma ep-šet HUL{tu₂} ina ŠU-MIN-šu₂ la₃ GAL₂ | |
| 16 | [...] ina mah-ri UN-MEŠ-šu₂ IGI.TAB-ma UGU UN-MEŠ-šu₂ a-qa-ri-šu₂ | |
| 17 | [...] e-ma DU{ku} ŠE.GA NA₄-MEŠ <šu>-ṭu-<ub>-bi at-me-e EN DU₁₁-šu₂ | |
| 18 | [x]+5 NA₄-MEŠ ŠEŠ-MEŠ ina DUR GADA DUR {sig₂}HE₂.ME.DA DUR {sig₂}ZA.GIN₃.NA | |
| 19 | [...] {⸢u₂}SIKIL⸣ GIŠ.BUR₂ GIŠ.BUR₂ U₂.{d}UTU U₂.{d}UTU | |
| 20 | [... {u₂}tar]-muš 5 U₂-MEŠ ŠEŠ-MEŠ | |
| 21 | [...] {⸢sig₂⸣}HE₂.ME.DA ina bi-ri-šu₂-nu tala₂-pap A₂ ana A₂ ša₂ ⸢NU₂⸣ GUB | |
| 22 | [... bi]-ri-šu₂-nu tu-kaṣ₃-ṣar {u₂}KUR.KUR {u₂}LU₂{nu} {u₂}IGI-lim | |
| 23 | [... {u₂]}⸢IGI⸣.20 5 U₂-ME ŠEŠ ana ŠA₃ I₃ BUR u I₃ DU₁₀.GA ŠUB{di}ma | |
| 24 | [...] ⸢EN₂⸣-MEŠ an-na-a-tu₂ 3-TA.AM₃ ana muh-hi NA₄-MEŠ ŠID{nu} | |
| 25 | [...] ⸢MI⸣ E₂-šu₂ GAR{an} NA₄-MEŠ tul₂-lal₂ ina IGI {d}dele-bat | |
| 26 | [...] {⸢šim⸣}LI GAR{an} KAŠ SAG BAL{qi₂} EN₂ DINGIR-MU ŠE.GA | |
| 27 | [...] x-šu₂ x KA KA MA A ZU NE | |
| 28 | [...] x AN GIR EN NA MIN | |
| 29 | [... 3-⸢TA⸣.AM₃ ana UGU NA₄-MEŠ ŠID{nu} | |
| 30 | [...] ⸢e⸣-ma DU{ku} ma-gir | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [...] x-MEŠ i-ta-mu-⸢u₂⸣ | |
| 2 | [...] HUL la₃ TE{⸢e⸣} | |
| 3 | [...] ⸢DINGIR a⸣-bi-šu₂ ŠE.⸢GA⸣ | |
| 4 | [...] x | |
| 5 | [...] x x | |
| 6 | [...] ⸢HI⸣ | |
| 7 | [...] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ | |
| 8 | [...] TE I x AB | |
| 9 | [...] GA x | |
| 10 | [...] ⸢E⸣ | |
| 11 | [...] BI x | |
| 12 | [...] | |
| 13 | [...] | |
| 14 | [...] | |
| 15 | [...] li-nu-hu | |
| 16 | [...] NA | |
| 17 | [...] x x | |
| 18 | [...] TE x | |
| 19 | [...] x NA₄ BABBAR | |
| 20 | [...] | |
| 21 | [...] BABBAR | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
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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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