SpTU 5, 247 (P348834)
Incantation-Ritual, Hellenistic, Uruk · c. 330 BCE–141 BCE
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| Designation | SpTU 5, 247 |
|---|---|
| ID | P348834 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Obverse Column i [0:5] o i 1'o 1'–o i 5'5' | $ 5 lines traces |
| Obverse Column i [5:6] o i 6'6'–o i 6'6' | [...] ... 2 figures on the right and the left |
| Obverse Column i [6:7] o i 7'7'–o i 7'7' | [...] its front ... [...] |
| Obverse Column i [7:8] o i 8'8'–o i 8'8' | you bury [...] of the outer door. ... |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 2'2'–o ii 2'2' | they bear 2 figures of ... [...] ... |
| Obverse Column ii [2:3] o ii 3'3'–o ii 3'3' | to the house you bury ... like the house.7 |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 4'4'–o ii 4'4' | On the right and the left you bury two figures of Lahmu at the side of ... . |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5' | On the right and the left you bury two figures ... [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [5:6] o ii 6'6'–o ii 6'6' | On the right and the left you bury two figures of the Wild Dog at the side of the door of the house to the north. |
| Obverse Column ii [6:7] o ii 7'7'–o ii 7'7' | On the right and the left you bury two figures of a poisonous snake at the side of the ... of the house to the east. |
| Obverse Column ii [7:10] o ii 8'8'– | On the right and the left you bury two figures of a serpent dragon at the side of the ... of the house to the west. |
| Obverse Column iii [1:2] o iii 2'2'–o iii 2'2' | for [...] the protective goddess in a man's house |
| Obverse Column iii [2:3] o iii 3'3'–o iii 3'3' | tamarisk, maštakal-plant, a palm-shoot ... [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [3:4] o iii 4'4'–o iii 4'4' | male mandragora, ...-wood, ...-plant [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [4:5] o iii 5'5'–o iii 5'5' | Asa foetida, all types of plant, amīlānu-plant [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [5:6] o iii 6'6'–o iii 6'6' | elkulla-plant, ...-wood, glasswort [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [6:7] o iii 7'7'–o iii 7'7' | mustard, aktam-plant, algae [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [7:8] o iii 8'8'–o iii 8'8' | pitch, kibrītu-sulphur, ruʾtītu-sulphur [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [8:9] o iii 9'9'–o iii 9'9' | iron, bronze, silver, gold, carnelian [...] |
| Obverse Column iii [9:11] o iii 10'10'–o iii 11'11' | lapis lazuli, chalcedony, serpentine, water from the well at the temple of Marduk, you set up in a holy water vessel. |
| Obverse Column iii [11:14] o iii 12'12'– | ... in the courtyard ... and [...] a libation vessel. |
| Reverse Column i [0:1] r i 1r i 1–r i 1r i 1 | In his right hand [...] a sword (made) of [...]. |
| Reverse Column i [1:2] r i 22–r i 22 | In his left hand [...] an axe (made) of copper. |
| Reverse Column i [2:4] r i 33–r i 44 | At the outer door you open a cistern and they stand ... [...]. ... [...] honey, milk, wine, oil. |
| Reverse Column i [4:6] r i 55–r i 66 | You speak as follows: |
| Reverse Column i [5:6] r i 66–r i 66 | Incantation: 'You are the figure that pushes away the foe and the enemy. |
| Reverse Column i [6:7] r i 77–r i 77 | 'Fallen piece of heaven, all-powerful one, |
| Reverse Column i [7:9] r i 88–r i 99 | 'perfect one under the gods, strong one who is endowed with [...] fearsome radiance, from the start [...] before Ea. |
| Reverse Column i [9:10] r i 1010–r i 1010 | 'Protect to your right and to your left. You must not be negligent. |
| Reverse Column i [10:11] r i 1111–r i 1111 | 'Whether falling sickness or the hand of a ghost |
| Reverse Column i [11:12] r i 1212–r i 1212 | 'or anything evil that has settled on my house |
| Reverse Column i [12:13] r i 1313–r i 1313 | 'perpetually terrifies me, |
| Reverse Column i [13:15] r i 1414–r i 1515 | 'at the command of Ea and Marduk may it not approach me and my house. May it not proceed toward me. |
| Reverse Column i [15:16] r i 1616–r i 1616 | 'May it not come near me. May it not reach me. (Instead) may it go across the watercourse. |
| Reverse Column i [16:17] r i 1717–r i 1717 | 'May it cross over the mountain. May it withdraw three thousand, six hundred leagues from my body.' |
| Reverse Column i [17:19] r i 1818–r i 1919 | The incantation priest speaks 7 times and 7 times and the foot of evil is blocked. |
| Reverse Column i [18:19] r i 1919–r i 1919 | Incantation: 'Foremost one, ... [...] |
| Reverse Column i [19:20] r i 2020–r i 2020 | '... [...] |
| Reverse Column i [20:21] r i 2121–r i 2121 | '... [...] |
| Reverse Column i [21:22] r i 2222–r i 2222 | 'throughout heaven and earth he exercises power ... |
| Reverse Column i [22:24] r i 2323–r i 2424 | '... he is exalted ... [...].' |
| Reverse Column i [23:25] r i 2424–r i 2525 | Wording (that) the foot of evil be blocked from a man's house. |
| Reverse Column i [24:26] r i 2525–r i 2626 | You take clay from a ditch in an orchard. In water (flowing) downstream [...] ... 2 figures ... [...] |
| Reverse Column ii [0:2] r ii 1r ii 1–r ii 22 | Its ritual: You mix together ..., kibrītu-sulphur, ruʾtītu-sulphur, magnetite (and) iron. |
| Reverse Column ii [2:4] r ii 33–r ii 44 | You draw 2 figures on the right of the door and on the left of the door. You draw one on top of the door. |
| Reverse Column ii [4:5] r ii 55–r ii 55 | While you draw on the right, you speak as follows: |
| Reverse Column ii [5:6] r ii 66–r ii 66 | 'Wild, swollen, rejected by the god, |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 77–r ii 77 | 'spread trap, firm in intention |
| Reverse Column ii [7:8] r ii 88–r ii 88 | 'fearless, murderous, |
| Reverse Column ii [8:9] r ii 99–r ii 99 | 'killing storm-demon, evil demon.' |
| Reverse Column ii [9:10] r ii 1010–r ii 1010 | While you draw on the left, you speak as follows: |
| Reverse Column ii [10:11] r ii 1111–r ii 1111 | 'Creator of the neck of evil, hustler, smearing with blood, |
| Reverse Column ii [11:12] r ii 1212–r ii 1212 | 'fleet-footed, swift, |
| Reverse Column ii [12:13] r ii 1313–r ii 1313 | 'not restraining his entire band, |
| Reverse Column ii [13:14] r ii 1414–r ii 1414 | 'keep away the foot of evil.' |
| Reverse Column ii [14:15] r ii 1515–r ii 1515 | While you draw on the door, you speak as follows: |
| Reverse Column ii [15:16] r ii 1616–r ii 1616 | 'You are angry, you are furious, you are swollen, you are cruel, |
| Reverse Column ii [16:17] r ii 1717–r ii 1717 | 'you are wild, you are particularly swollen, you are particularly wild, |
| Reverse Column ii [17:19] r ii 1818–r ii 1919 | 'you are difficult, you are the one who is evil. Without Ea ... can calm you? (Only) Ea can calm you.' |
| Reverse Column ii [19:21] r ii 2020–r ii 2121 | When you have requested a whip, you take the ... of palm tree spikes. You bury (it) to the right and left of the door. |
| Reverse Column ii [21:22] r ii 2222–r ii 2222 | Enuru-incantation: 'Binding magnetite, |
| Reverse Column ii [22:23] r ii 2323–r ii 2323 | '... [...] ... [...] ..., |
| Reverse Column ii [23:24] r ii 2424–r ii 2424 | 'may the evil mouth [...] leave, |
| Reverse Column ii [24:25] r ii 2525–r ii 2525 | 'may the evil tongue [...] leave, |
| Reverse Column ii [25:26] r ii 2626–r ii 2626 | 'may anything evil [...] leave.' |
| Reverse Column iii [0:1] r iii 1r iii 1–r iii 1r iii 1 | [...] blocking ... a man's house, |
| Reverse Column iii [1:2] r iii 22–r iii 22 | they carry [...] ... |
| Reverse Column iii [2:3] r iii 33–r iii 33 | [...] ... weapon |
| Reverse Column iii [3:4] r iii 44–r iii 44 | [...] ... glasswort |
| Reverse Column iii [5:6] r iii 66–r iii 66 | [...] ... cedar resin |
| Reverse Column iii [6:7] r iii 77–r iii 77 | [...] they surround him with weapons |
| Reverse Column iii [7:8] r iii 88–r iii 88 | you draw [...] on his right. |
| Reverse Column iii [8:17] r iii 99–r iii 1717 | $ 9 lines traces |
| Reverse Column iii [17:18] r iii 1818–r iii 1818 | [...] of the big weather-demon ... |
| Reverse Column iii [18:19] r iii 1919–r iii 1919 | you draw [...] .... |
| Reverse Column iii [19:21] r iii 2020–r iii 2121 | You smear [...] and [...] will not approach. |
| Reverse Column iii [21:22] r iii 2222–r iii 2222 | [...] ... not completed. |
| Reverse Column iii [22:23] r iii 2323–r iii 2323 | You mix [...] .... |
| Reverse Column iii [24:25] r iii 2525–r iii 2525 | [...] watercourse |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [...] x-šu₂ | |
| 2' | [...] x NIG₂ | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢E₂⸣ x x | |
| 4' | [...] x ⸢E⸣ x ⸢BU⸣ | |
| 5' | [...] x x A x x x LU | |
| 6' | [...] x 2 NU-MEŠ ⸢ZA₃⸣ u ⸢GUB₃⸣ | |
| 7' | [...] IGI-šu₂ x x MA x [...] | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢KA₂⸣ BAR.RA te-te-mir x-MEŠ | |
| 9' | [...] TA KIN x HI x TA | |
| 10' | [...] MAŠ MAŠ MAŠ | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | [...] x x [...] | |
| 2' | 2 NU-MEŠ ša₂ TAG RI [x] na-šu x x x | |
| 3' | ⸢ana⸣ E₂ x TA URU₂ E₂ GIM {<MIN(te-te-mir)>} | |
| 4' | 2 NU-MEŠ {d}lah-mu ina TE UŠ x x ⸢TUR₃ ; ZA₃⸣ u ⸢GUB₃⸣ {<MIN(te-te-mir)>} | |
| 5' | 2 NU-MEŠ x x x x x [x x] ; ⸢ZA₃⸣ u ⸢GUB₃⸣ {<MIN(te-te-mir)>} | |
| 6' | 2 NU-MEŠ UR.IDIM ina TE ⸢KA₂ E₂ TU₁₅⸣-2 ; ⸢ZA₃⸣ [x] ⸢GUB₃⸣ {<MIN(te-te-mir)>} | |
| 7' | 2 NU-MEŠ MUŠ.ŠA₃.⸢TUR ina TE⸣ x x E₂ TU₁₅-3 ; ZA₃⸣ u ⸢GUB₃⸣ {<MIN(te-te-mir)>} | |
| 8' | 2 NU-MEŠ MUŠ.HUŠ ina TE x E₂ TU₁₅-4 ; ZA₃ u GUB₃ {<MIN(te-te-mir)>} | |
| o iii | ||
| 1' | [...]-⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | ana {d}LAMMA ina E₂ LU₂ [...] | |
| 3' | {giš}bi-nu {u₂}IN₆.UŠ₂ {giš}GIŠIMMAR.TUR x [x (x)] | |
| 4' | {giš}NAM.TAR NITA₂ {giš}ŠU.TAG {u₂}x [x (x)] | |
| 5' | ⸢U₂⸣.DILI{u₂} ⸢U₂⸣.DILI{u₂} U₂ DU₃(NI).A.BI {u₂}LU₂.U₁₈.⸢LU⸣ [x (x)] | |
| 6' | {u₂}eli-kul-la {giš}GAN.U₅ NAGA.⸢SI⸣ NAGA.⸢SI⸣ [x (x)] | |
| 7' | GAZI{sar} {u₂}ak-tam KA tam-ti₃ [x (x)] | |
| 8' | ESIR.U₄.A PIŠ₁₀(KI).{d}ID₂ UH₂.{d}⸢ID₂⸣ [x (x)] | |
| 9' | AN.BAR ZABAR KU₃.BABBAR KU₃.SI₂₂ {na₄}⸢GUG⸣ [x (x)] | |
| 10' | {na₄}ZA.GIN₃ {na₄}NIR₂ {na₄}MUŠ.GIR₂ A ⸢PU₂⸣ | |
| 11' | ša₂ E₂ {d}⸢AMAR.UTU⸣ ina {[dug]}A.GUB₂.BA ⸢GUB⸣{an} | |
| 12' | ina ⸢KISAL⸣ x IR ⸢KU⸣ DU-ma {dug}A.[DA.GUR₅ x (x)] | |
| r i | ||
| 1 | ina ŠU ZA₃-šu₂ GIR₂ [...] | |
| 2 | ina ŠU GUB₃-šu₂ ha-ṣi-in ⸢URUDU⸣ [...] | |
| 3 | ina KA₂ AN.AŠ.AM₃ PU₂ BAD{te}ma x [...] | |
| 4 | GUB{zu} LAL₃ GA {giš}GEŠTIN I₃.GIŠ x [...] | |
| 5 | UR₅.GIM DU₁₁.[GA] | |
| 6 | EN₂ ⸢at-ta NU⸣ sa-kip lem-nu u ⸢a⸣-[a-bi] | |
| 7 | mi-qit AN{e} dan-dan-nu | |
| 8 | git₂-ma-lu ina DINGIR-MEŠ gaš-ru ša₂ me₂-lam-[mu] [x x] | |
| 9 | ra-mu-u₂ ana IGI {d}e₂-a ul-la-an [x x] | |
| 10 | 15-ka u 2.30-ka u₂-ṣur la te-⸢eg⸣-[gi] | |
| 11 | lu-u₂ AN.TA.ŠUB.BA AN.TA.ŠUB.BA lu-u₂ ŠU ⸢GIDIM⸣.[MA] | |
| 12 | lu-u₂ mim-ma lem-nu ša₂ ina E₂-ia₅ GAR{nu} | |
| 13 | up-ta-na-al-lah-an-[ni] | |
| 14 | ina qi₂-bit {d}e₂-a u {d}AMAR.UTU ia-a-[ši] | |
| 15 | u E₂-ia₅ a-a TE{a} a-a DIM₄-an-[ni] | |
| 16 | a-a iq-ri-ba a-a KUR-an-ni li-bir ⸢ID₂⸣ | |
| 17 | lib-bal-kit KUR{a} li-is-se ŠAR₂ DANNA ina ⸢SU⸣-[ia₅] | |
| 18 | 7-šu₂ u 7-šu₂ MAŠ.MAŠ DU₁₁.GA-ma GIR₃ HUL{ti₃} KU₅{⸢at⸣} | |
| 19 | EN₂ gu₂-gal al-zi-ib al-ki-bi ⸢al⸣-[...] | |
| 20 | al-li-bi al-zi-⸢ib⸣ [...] | |
| 21 | al-HU-HU na-an-DI [...] | |
| 22 | an ki-a a₂ hu-mu-ra-be₂ al-gi-⸢bad⸣ | |
| 23 | IŠ hu-mu-ra-am-mah-di IŠ [...] | |
| 24 | KA.INIM.MA GIR₃ HUL{ti₃} ina E₂ LU₂ KU₅{at} | |
| 25 | IM PA₅ {giš}KIRI₆ TI{qe₂} ina A-MEŠ qid-da-⸢ti⸣ | |
| 26 | [x x] A NU 2 NU-MEŠ ana {⸢giš⸣}x ⸢MI AH⸣ [...] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1 | ⸢DU₃.DU₃-BI⸣ x x x x x x PIŠ₁₀(KI).{d}ID₂ | |
| 2 | UH₂.{d}ID₂ {na₄}KA.GI.NA.DAB.BA {na₄}KA.GI.NA.DAB.BA AN.BAR | |
| 3 | 1{niš} HI.HI 2 NU-MEŠ ina ZA₃ KA₂ u GUB₃ KA₂ | |
| 4 | tu-ṣar(KU-)šu₂-nu-tu₂ 1{en} ina UGU {giš}IG HUR{ir} | |
| 5 | ina ZA₃ EN te-eṣ-ṣi-ru UR₅.GIM DU₁₁.GA | |
| 6 | na-ad-ru gap-šu sa-ak-pa <i₃>-li₂ | |
| 7 | kip-pu tar-ṣu da-an pa-ni | |
| 8 | la a-di-ru šag-gi-šu₂ | |
| 9 | u₄-mu da-i-ku u₂-tuk-ku lem-nu | |
| 10 | ina GUB₃ EN te-eṣ-ṣi-ru kam DU₁₁.GA | |
| 11 | mu-⸢um⸣-me ki-šad HUL{ti₃} ur-ru-hu la-pi-it UŠ₂ | |
| 12 | mu-un-na-ar-bu la-as-si-mu | |
| 13 | la mu-ki-il kiš-⸢šat⸣ ILLAT-šu₂ | |
| 14 | GIR₃ HUL{ti₃} KU₅{us} | |
| 15 | ina {giš}IG EN te-eṣ-ṣi-ru kam DU₁₁.GA | |
| 16 | ⸢ez⸣-ze-ta šam-ra-ta gap-ša₂-ta gaṣ-ṣa-ta | |
| 17 | [na]-ad-ra-ta gap-ša₂-na-ta na-ad-ra-na-ta | |
| 18 | pa-⸢aš₂⸣-<qa>-ta šu-ut HUL-ME ša₂ la {d}e₂-a | |
| 19 | x ⸢li⸣-ni-ih-⸢ku⸣-nu-ši {d}e₂-a li-ni-ih-ku-nu-ši | |
| 20 | GIM ⸢qin⸣-na-za te-te-ri-šu₂ PAD {giš}DALA₂ {giš}GIŠIMMAR | |
| 21 | TI{qe₂} ZA₃ u GUB₃ ša₂ KA₂ te-te-mir | |
| 22 | EN₂ E₂.NU.RU {na₄}ka-gin₆-na dab-ba ⸢keš₂-keš₂⸣ | |
| 23 | {d}x [x x] IGI ⸢IN⸣ ŠE ⸢KA⸣ x NI ⸢SAG⸣ [...]-ga-a-ni | |
| 24 | ka ⸢hulu⸣-[ŋal₂ x x] ⸢he₂⸣-em-ta-e₃ | |
| 25 | eme ⸢hulu⸣-[ŋal₂ x x] ⸢he₂⸣-em-ta-e₃ | |
| 26 | niŋ₂-⸢nam hulu⸣-[ŋal₂ x x] ⸢he₂⸣-em-ta-e₃ | |
| 27 | [...] x [x x] | |
| r iii | ||
| 1 | [...] x E₂ LU₂ KU₅{si} | |
| 2 | [...] x ⸢na-šu-u₂⸣ | |
| 3 | [...] x x x x x {giš}TUKUL | |
| 4 | [...] {⸢u₂⸣}x x x ⸢IGI⸣ NAGA.SI NAGA.SI | |
| 5 | [...] x x ⸢ID₂⸣ NI E₂ NA | |
| 6 | [...] x UŠ₂ {giš}EREN | |
| 7 | [... {giš]}TUKUL-MEŠ sah-ru-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 8 | [...] ⸢ZA₃-BI HUR{ir⸣} | |
| 9 | [...] x x x GIŠ | |
| 10 | [...] x x x | |
| 11 | [...] x x | |
| 12 | [...] x | |
| 13 | [...] x | |
| 14 | [...] x | |
| 15 | [...] | |
| 16 | [...] | |
| 17 | [...] ⸢RA⸣ x ⸢NI⸣ | |
| 18 | [...] ⸢ša₂⸣ U₄.GAL{li} IG ⸢RU⸣ | |
| 19 | [...] U₂ te-eṣ-ṣir | |
| 20 | [...] TAG.TAG-ma | |
| 21 | [...] x NU TE{he} | |
| 22 | [...] x IGI ⸢IN⸣ RI NU AL.TIL | |
| 23 | [...] x HI.HI | |
| 24 | [...] x ⸢DU⸣ | |
| 25 | [...] {⸢d⸣}ID₂ | |
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