CTN 4, 072 (P363487)
Scholarly or scientific, Neo-Assyrian, Kalhu · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | CTN 4, 072 |
|---|---|
| ID | P363487 |
| Museum no. | IM 067554 |
| Collection | National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Scholarly or scientific |
| Find spot | Kalhu (mod. Nimrūd) |
| Coordinates | 36.1022, 43.3385 |
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 [1:3] o i 2'2'–o i 3'3' | [... you put] inside [his] ears [and the evil] afflicting his head [will be eradicated]. |
| Obverse Column i [2:4] o i 3'3'–o i 4'4' | [(If) a man while] walking down the street tumbles head first, his eyes open wide, he does not know how to turn (them) (and) he cannot move his hands and feet of his own volition: |
| Obverse Column i [4:5] o i 5'5'–o i 5'5' | an Evil One has seized that man, as if the falling sickness were continually afflicting him. |
| Obverse Column i [5:7] o i 6'6'–o i 7'7' | You dry (and) crush ox-dung and glasswort. You mix it with the milk of a tabooed woman who has given birth to a son. |
| Obverse Column i [7:9] o i 8'8'–o i 9'9' | You recite the (appropriate) incantation. You rub him repeatedly, put (a bead of) smelted iron (or: iron (and) huluhhu-slag) around his neck and the Evil afflicting his head will be eradicated. |
| Obverse Column i [9:12] o i 10'10'–o i 12'12' | (If) a man's facial countenance constantly changes, his eyes keep rolling around, he scratches his lips (and) chin and blood is dripping from his mouth (and) cannot be kept in: an Evil One has seized that man. |
| Obverse Column i [12:14] o i 13'13'–o i 14'14' | You crush ankinūtu-plant and ašqulālu-plant, mix it with a dove's blood. You rub it on him and he will recover. |
| Obverse Column i [14:18] o i 15'15'–o i 18'18' | [(If) a man], having been struck [on] his [neck], has painful eyelids, is dripping pus (or): blood from his mouth, his hands and feet hang down slack (and) he cannot move his hands and feet: an Evil One has seized that man. |
| Obverse Column i [18:22] o i 19'19'–o i 22'22' | In order to release him, you dry and crush sulphur and a tortoise's penis. You mix it with magnetite blood.4 You smear it over all his skin. |
| Obverse Column i [22:25] o i 23'23'–o i 25'25' | You take a black crow’s head. You wrap it in the hide (and) tendons of a dormouse. You put it around his neck and he will recover. |
| Obverse Column i [25:28] o i 26'26'– | If something like the falling sickness repeatedly afflicts a man |
| Obverse Column ii [0:1] o ii 1'o 1'–o ii 1'o 1' | fails to [digest ...] |
| Obverse Column ii [1:2] o ii 2'2'–o ii 2'2' | deputy [...] |
| Obverse Column ii [2:4] o ii 3'3'–o ii 4'4' | Dog's fat [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [3:4] o ii 4'4'–o ii 4'4' | (If) ditto and [he will not get up] until they [make him do so (and) his belly] inces[santly] craves bread and beer: |
| Obverse Column ii [4:5] o ii 5'5'–o ii 5'5' | [Hand of the valiant deity], the deputy power of [Nergal]. |
| Obverse Column ii [5:8] o ii 6'6'–o ii 8'8' | [In order to release him, you put] a raven's [head] around his neck. [You repeatedly rub him with sikillu-plant] and tamarisk (processed) in oil [and he will recover]. |
| Obverse Column ii [8:10] o ii 9'9'–o ii 10'10' | (If) ditto and he lies in agony, [he ... the wall] with his hands (and) feet, he [cannot sleep] in daytime or at night: |
| Obverse Column ii [10:12] o ii 11'11'–o ii 12'12' | [Hand of the ferocious deity], deputy power of [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [12:15] o ii 13'13'–o ii 15'15' | (If) ditto and his face [...], [he is unable] to talk [..., his ears] are buzzing, [...]: |
| Obverse Column ii [15:17] o ii 16'16'–o ii 17'17' | Hand of the [...] deity, deputy [power of ...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [17:23] o ii 18'18'–o ii 23'23' | In order to [release him] from the Hand [of the ... deity, you ...] huluhhu-slag [...] ... [...]. |
| Obverse Column ii [23:29] o ii 24'24'– | (If) [...] |
| Reverse Column ii [0:3] r ii 1'r 1'–r ii 3'3' | (Too broken for translation) |
| Reverse Column ii [3:6] r ii 4'4'–r ii 6'6' | (If) ditto and [...] ... [...], [he is unable to] talk [...]: |
| Reverse Column ii [6:7] r ii 7'7'–r ii 7'7' | Hand of the [...] deity, [deputy power] of the god ...[...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [7:13] r ii 8'8'–r ii 13'13' | [In order to release him from the Hand of the ... deity] ... [...], stone [...], [you string] on a [linen] thread. [...] and ... [...] of wool, his feet [...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [13:16] r ii 14'14'–r ii 16'16' | (If) ditto and he lies in agony [...], all night long he cannot [sleep ...], when drinking water [...] his face [...]: |
| Reverse Column ii [16:18] r ii 17'17'–r ii 18'18' | [Hand of the ... deity], depu[ty power of ...]. |
| Reverse Column ii [18:22] r ii 19'19'–r ii 22'22' | In or[der to release him] fr[om the Hand of the ... deity], [...] of [...]. [You put ...] around [his] neck [and he will recover]. |
| Reverse Column iii [0:1] r iii 1r iii 1–r iii 1r iii 1 | (If) a man in his illness constantly opens his mouth and he loses all the strength in his hands and feet: |
| Reverse Column iii [1:3] r iii 22–r iii 33 | Hand of the enfeebling deity, deputy power of Anu. |
| Reverse Column iii [3:8] r iii 44–r iii 88 | In order to release him from the Hand of the enfeebling deity, you crush together a she-lamb's ..., a deer's horn and ankinūtu-plant. You rub him nine times if he is male, seven times if she is female and (s)he will recover. |
| Reverse Column iii [8:9] r iii 99–r iii 99 | If in his illness he experiences [recurrent] attacks of fever, he becomes numb and also has no sa[li]va:5 |
| Reverse Column iii [9:10] r iii 1010–r iii 1010 | Hand of Zaqiqu, the deputy power of the god [...].6 |
| Reverse Column iii [10:13] r iii 1111–r iii 1313 | In order to release him from the Hand of Zaqiqu, you put ... and algae, (and) male and female iron around his neck. Finally, you repeatedly rub him with fox-grape and he will recover. |
| Reverse Column iii [13:14] r iii 1414–r iii 1414 | (If) ditto and he excessively transpires the sweat caused by the labāṣu-demon and in addition he experiences recurrent attacks of feverish shivering: |
| Reverse Column iii [14:15] r iii 1515–r iii 1515 | Hand of the stiff deity, deputy power of Ea. |
| Reverse Column iii [15:17] r iii 1616–r iii 1717 | In order to release him from the Hand of the stiff deity, you dry with fire a chameleon's fat and a dalīlu-frog that lives amidst the pebbles. |
| Reverse Column iii [17:20] r iii 1818–r iii 2020 | You put (them along with) tamarisk, asphalt, black sulphur, yellow sulphur, and mēsallu-salt around his neck; finally, you repeatedly rub him with amhara-plant and he will recover. |
| Reverse Column iii [20:22] r iii 2121–r iii 2222 | (If) ditto and despite your repeatedly rubbing [him] with oil, it (= the disease) does not leave his body, [thereafter], however, he lavishly spends on oil and then he stops transpiring the sweat and it does leave him: |
| Reverse Column iii [22:23] r iii 2323–r iii 2323 | [Deputy power] of Belet-ili. |
| Reverse Column iii [23:25] r iii 2424–r iii 2525 | [...] horse fat, the fat of [...]. He shall wash his hands and he will recover. |
| Reverse Column iii [25:26] r iii 2626–r iii 2626 | [Alternatively ... and] he will recover; |
| Reverse Column iii [26:28] r iii 2727–r iii 2828 | [Alternatively ... and] he will recover. |
| Reverse Column iii [27:28] r iii 2828–r iii 2828 | [...] his [...]s |
Transliteration (ATF)
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| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [...] x x | |
| 2' | [...] ana ŠA₃ GEŠTU-[MIN-šu₂ GAR{an}ma HUL] UGU-šu₂ [ZI] | |
| 3' | NA ina] ⸢E⸣.SIR₂ ina DU-šu₂ ana IGI-šu₂ ⸢ŠUB⸣{ut} IGI-MIN-šu₂ pal-⸢ka⸣ | |
| 4' | ⸢tur-ra⸣ la₃ TUKU ŠU-MIN-šu₂ GIR₃-MIN-šu₂ ⸢NI₂⸣-šu₂ la u₂-na-aš₂ | |
| 5' | NA BI HUL DAB{su} GIM AN.TA.ŠUB.BA AN.TA.ŠUB.BA ir-te-ne₂-hi-šu₂ | |
| 6' | ŠURIM.{d}še-riš ŠURIM.{d}še-riš NAGA.SI NAGA.SI HAD₂.DU SUD₂ KI(|AŠ.KU|) GA(|GIŠ.BUR₂|) | |
| 7' | ⸢MUNUS⸣:U₂.ZUG₂{ti} ša₂ ma-[ra] U₃.TU HI.HI | |
| 8' | EN₂ ana ŠA₃ ŠID{⸢nu} ŠEŠ₂⸣-MEŠ-su AN.BAR hu-luh-ha | |
| 9' | ina ⸢GU₂⸣-šu₂ GAR-ma HUL UGU-šu₂ ZI{ah} | |
| 10' | NA si-mat IGI-MEŠ-šu₂ KUR₂.KUR₂{ir} IGI-MIN-šu₂ it-ta-nap-ra-ra | |
| 11' | NUNDUN-šu₂ zu-qat-su u₂-lap-pat u UŠ₂ ina KA-šu₂ DU{ku} | |
| 12' | la ⸢i⸣-kal-lu-u NA BI ⸢HUL⸣ DAB{su} | |
| 13' | {u₂}an-ki-nu-te {u₂}LAL SUD₂ | |
| 14' | ⸢KI UŠ₂ TU⸣{mušen} HI.HI ⸢ŠEŠ₂⸣-su-ma TI{uṭ} | |
| 15' | NA ina GU₂]-šu₂ SIG₃{iṣ}ma e-li-a-at | |
| 16' | IGI-MIN-šu₂ ⸢GU₇-MEŠ⸣-šu₂ LUGUD UŠ₂ ina KA-šu₂ ŠUB.ŠUB | |
| 17' | ŠU-MIN-šu₂ GIR₃-MIN-⸢šu₂⸣ uš-⸢qa₂⸣-lal-⸢la⸣ | |
| 18' | ŠU-MIN-šu₂ GIR₃-MIN-šu₂ la u₂-na-aš₂ | |
| 19' | NA BI HUL ⸢DAB⸣{[su]} ana KAR-šu₂ | |
| 20' | PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ GIŠ₃ [BAL].GI{ku₆} | |
| 21' | HAD₂.DU SUD₂ KI UŠ₂ {⸢na₄}KA.GI⸣.NA DAB | |
| 22' | HI.HI UZU-MEŠ-šu₂ DU₃-A.BI-šu₂-nu TAG.TAG | |
| 23' | SAG(|BA.BAR|) UGA{mušen} GE₆ TI{qe₂} | |
| 24' | ina KUŠ SA PEŠ₂.{giš}UR₃.RA | |
| 25' | GAG.GAG ina GU₂-šu₂ GAR-ma TI | |
| 26' | NA GIM AN.TA.ŠUB.BA AN.TA.ŠUB.BA ir-te-ne₂-hi-šu₂ | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | la ⸢i⸣-[mah-har ...] | |
| 2' | ša₂-⸢ne₂-e⸣ [...] | |
| 3' | I₃.UDU UR.[GI₇ ...] | |
| 4' | MIN-ma a(ZA-)⸢di i⸣-[de-ek-ku-šu la₃ ZI{be₂]} | |
| 5' | NINDA u KAŠ [ŠA₃-šu₂] URU₄.[URU₄{iš} ŠU DINGIR ga-aš₂-ri] | |
| 6' | {d}⸢ALAD⸣ ša₂-ne₂-e {⸢d⸣}NERGALₓ(|U.GUR|) ana KAR-šu₂ SAG.DU] | |
| 7' | BURU₅(ŠIR){mušen} ina GU₂-šu₂ [GAR{an} {u₂}SIKIL] | |
| 8' | {giš}ŠINIG ina I₃+GIŠ ⸢ŠEŠ₂⸣-[MEŠ-su-ma TI] | |
| 9' | MIN-ma uš-tan-na-ah [E₂.GAR₈] | |
| 10' | ina ŠU-MIN-šu₂ GIR₃-MIN-šu₂ i-[...] | |
| 11' | ur-ra u GE₆ la ⸢i⸣-[ṣal-lal ŠU DINGIR šam-ri] | |
| 12' | {d}ALAD ša₂-ne₂-⸢e⸣ {[d}...] | |
| 13' | MIN-ma IGI-MEŠ-[šu₂ ...] | |
| 14' | da-ba-ba [la₃ ZU ... GEŠTU-MIN-šu₂] | |
| 15' | i-šag-⸢gu⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 16' | ŠU DINGIR [... {d}ALAD] | |
| 17' | ša₂-ne₂-⸢e⸣ {[d}...] | |
| 18' | ana ina ⸢ŠU⸣ [DINGIR ... KAR-šu₂] | |
| 19' | hu-⸢luh⸣-[ha ...] | |
| 20' | x x [...] | |
| 21' | NI [...] | |
| 22' | ina [...] | |
| 23' | x [...] | |
| 24' | [...] | |
| r ii | ||
| 1' | x [...] | |
| 2' | x [...] | |
| 3' | x [...] | |
| 4' | MIN-ma [...] | |
| 5' | x [...] | |
| 6' | ⸢da⸣-[ba-ba la₃ ZU ...] | |
| 7' | ŠU DINGIR [... {d}ALAD ša₂-ne₂-e] | |
| 8' | {d}x [... ana ina ŠU DINGIR ... KAR-šu₂] | |
| 9' | x x [...] | |
| 10' | {na₄}[...] | |
| 11' | ina ⸢GU⸣ [GADA E₃{ak} ...] | |
| 12' | u₃ in-[...] | |
| 13' | SIG₂ GIR₃-MIN-šu₂ [...] | |
| 14' | MIN-ma uš-[tan-na-ah ...] | |
| 15' | ⸢kal⸣ GE₆ ⸢la⸣ [i-ṣal-lal ...] | |
| 16' | A ina NAG [...] | |
| 17' | IGI-MEŠ-šu₂ [... ŠU DINGIR ... {d}ALAD] | |
| 18' | ⸢ša₂-ne₂⸣-[e {d}...] | |
| 19' | ⸢ana ina⸣ [ŠU DINGIR ... KAR-šu₂] | |
| 20' | [...] | |
| 21' | ša₂ [...] | |
| 22' | ina ⸢GU₂⸣-[šu₂ GAR{an}ma TI] | |
| r iii | ||
| 1 | GIG-ma KA-šu₂ BAD.BAD{te} ŠU-MIN-šu₂ GIR₃-MIN-šu₂ | |
| 2 | i-⸢par-ru⸣-ra ŠU DINGIR mu-⸢un⸣-<ni>-ši {d}ALAD | |
| 3 | ša₂-ne₂-e {d}a-nu₃ | |
| 4 | ana ina ŠU DINGIR mu-un-ni-ši KAR-[šu₂] | |
| 5 | PA pu₂-hat-ti SI DARA₃.MAŠ | |
| 6 | {u₂}an-ki-nu-te 1{niš} SUD₂ | |
| 7 | šum-ma NITA 9-šu₂ šum-ma MUNUS 7-šu₂ | |
| 8 | ŠEŠ₂-MEŠ-su-ma TI | |
| 9 | GIG-ma KUM₂ ŠUB.[ŠUB-su]-ma u₂-ta-ṣal u | |
| 10 | ⸢ru-ti la₃ TUKU ŠU⸣ {d}za-qi₂-qi₂ {d}ALAD | |
| 11 | ša₂-ne₂-⸢e⸣ {d}[...] ana ina ŠU {d}za-qi₂-qi₂ KAR-šu₂ | |
| 12 | x x x-na KA A.AB.BA AN.BAR NITA u MUNUS | |
| 13 | ⸢ina GU₂⸣-šu₂ GAR u {giš}GEŠTIN KA₅.A ŠEŠ₂-MEŠ-su-ma TI | |
| 14 | MIN-ma IR la-ba-ṣi ma-at-tam TUKU.TUKU{ši} | |
| 15 | u hur-ba-šu ŠUB.ŠUB-su ŠU DINGIR aš-ṭi | |
| 16 | {d}ALAD ša₂-ne₂-e {d}e₂-a ana ina ŠU DINGIR aš-ṭi ⸢KAR⸣-šu₂ | |
| 17 | I₃.UDU a-a-ar DINGIR da-⸢li⸣-la ša₂ ŠA₃ {na₄}PEŠ₄ | |
| 18 | tur-ar₂ {giš}ŠINIG ESIR.U₄.A PIŠ₁₀.{d}ID₂ | |
| 19 | ⸢ru⸣-ti-{d}ID₂ MUN eme-sal-⸢li₃⸣ ina GU₂-šu₂ GAR | |
| 20 | u {u₂}am-ha-ra ŠEŠ₂-MEŠ-su-ma TI | |
| 21 | MIN-ma I₃+GIŠ ŠEŠ₂-MEŠ-[su]-⸢ma⸣ ina SU-šu₂ la₃ TAG₄ | |
| 22 | ⸢EGIR-šu₂⸣ I₃+GIŠ u₂-šar-⸢rah IR⸣ la₃ TUKU-ma TAG₄-⸢šu⸣ | |
| 23 | {[d}ALAD ša₂-ne₂]-⸢e DINGIR⸣.MAH | |
| 24 | [... I₃].⸢UDU ANŠE⸣.KUR.RA I₃.UDU | |
| 25 | [...] ŠU-MIN-šu₂ ⸢LUH-ma⸣ TI | |
| 26 | [KI.MIN ...-ma] TI | |
| 27 | [KI.MIN ...-ma] TI | |
| 28 | [...]-MIN-šu₂ | |
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