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Fs Larsen 395-420 (P361545)
Incantation, Old Assyrian, Kanesh · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE
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| Designation | Fs Larsen 395-420 |
|---|---|
| ID | P361545 |
| Museum no. | AMM 001-093-90 |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Assyrian · c. 1950 BCE–1850 BCE |
| Genre | Incantation |
| Find spot | Kanesh (mod. Kültepe) |
| Coordinates | 38.8517, 35.6365 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | ar-hu-um a-ra-ah | arḫûm means “to tremble. (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) |
| 2 | a-ra-ah-tum ar-ha-at | Araḫtum means “famine. |
| 3 | ar-hi-isz / ta-ri-i / ar-hi-isz | quickly, quickly, |
| 4 | tu3-la2-ad ar-hi-isz / i-lu-ku | You carry (them) quickly, they go. |
| 5 | ma-u2 i-pi2-sza / i-na | “If a man’s nose in |
| 6 | a-pi2-sza / qa2-qa2-ra-am / te2-su2-uq | (Sum) Its apsû is the ground, it is a reed thicket (Akk) The apīšu is the earth, the ground is trembling |
| 7 | i-zi-bi-ti2-sza / ta-sza-bi-it, | You have caused her to flee, |
| 8 | be2-tam2 ma-na-me / la2-asz2-pur | I shall write to you one hundred thousand (words). |
| 9 | u2 lu-wa-e-er a-me-er!-u2-at sza-su2-ra-tim | and I will speak the words of the šasurātu-priests |
| 10 | 7(disz) u3 7(disz)-ma / ma-ri-ki-na | 7 and 7 of Marikina |
| 11 | u3 ta-ap2-szu-ka3-ti2-ki-na | and Tapšukatina |
| 12 | le-qe2-a-nim-ma / ba-ab2 | Take it from me, and he will be taken away! |
| 13 | a-ra-ah-tim ha-ba-tum | Araḫtum (Ḫabatum) |
| 14 | hu-ub-ta / szu-ma / za-kar3 | “Hand of a fugitive, a lamentation singer’s voice. |
| 15 | e-tu3-da-ni szu-ma | He is his father-in-law |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | si2-ni-sza-at sza-pa2-ra-ni | the šīnišat of his letter |
| 2 | szu-ma / sa3-ak-pu-um / sa3-ki-ip | “He is a saŋpû-demon, he is an adversary. |
| 3 | i-li-szu / li-sze2-la2-ma / ki#?-i | may his god be reconciled with him |
| 4 | s,a-ru-u2 / ki-ra-nim / li-im#-qu2#-tam2 | May the ṣarû-plant, the kīrānu-plant fall into disrepair. |
| 5 | qa2-qa2-ar-szu / szi2-ip-tum# | His head is a šiptu-disease. |
| 6 | la2 i-a-tum szi2-pa2-at ni-ki-li#-[il5] | Without you, the work of Nikulil |
| 7 | be-el szi2-pa2-tim u3 be-el ti2-i-im# | the lord of the rituals and the owner of the property |
| 8 | be-la2-at sza-su2-ra-tim li#-[di2] | May the lady of the highlands know. |
| 9 | e-er-qu2-um e-ri-iq | “It is a flood, it is an erīqu-flood. |
| 10 | e-ri-iq-tum e-er-qa2-at | “Ereqtum is the erqātu-disease. |
| 11 | i-s,i2-li / mi3-it,-ra-tim | Iṣillī (means) death. |
| 12 | e-ri-iq-tim e-zu-um | Eriqtum, Ezûm, |
| 13 | ba-ru-ma-tum ta-ar-te2-e | “Burumātum (is) tartê-disease, |
| 14 | a-di2-szi2-im ka3-ka3-a-am | as long as he lives |
| 15 | la2 a-ba-ra-szi2 / a-di2-szi2-im | I did not ask her, I asked her. |
| 16 | szi2-bi4-ra#-am# | a letter |
| 17 | la2 a-s,a-ab2-ta-szi2 / a-di2#-szi2-im | I will not seize her, until she is dead. |
| 18 | ba-pi3-ra-am | was cut off. |
| 19 | ha-szu-a-am u3 [t,a2]-ab2-tam2 i-na | “Ḫašû-disease and good fortune in |
| 20 | szu#-ur-szi2-sza szu-ba-al-ku-tum# | her forehead is a šubāku-disease |
| 21 | usz-ba-al-ki#-si2# | he caused to be smashed |
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