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Commentary A on Šumma Alu 22-23 (Q005171)
Scholarly, First Millennium
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| Designation | Commentary A on Šumma Alu 22-23 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q005171 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | First Millennium |
| Genre | Scholarly |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SAG.DU-su u₂-har-ra-ar₂ x x x x SAG.DU x x x x x x x x | he will return his head . |
| 2 | TE-MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-gal-lab TE-MIN-šu₂ u₂-gal-lab le-e-tu x x x 3 ITI-MEŠ uš-ta-pa-aš₂-šaq | He opens his eyes, he opens his ears, ... the evil ... for three months. |
| 3 | x x x MEŠ x x x-lu-ma pu-uš-qi₂ im-šu-x x x x x x x x x x x | [......] ... and he has received it. |
| 4 | x x x x x x x NA ŠUB ša₂ it-ti MUŠ.SAG.KAL x x x x ŠA₃ an x x | (If) a man is seized by a fallow deer ... . |
| 5 | x x x x x x NA BI GISKIM {giš}NA₂ ina {giš}NA x x x x MURU₂ DAM u DAM | That man, the sign of the bed in the bed ... the middle of wife and wife. |
| 6 | MURU₂ x x x x x KUD-MEŠ NU TI-MEŠ ip-par-ra-su-ma ul i-bal-lu-ṭu | The middle of [......] he will not live long, and they will not recover. |
| 7 | UKKIN AL-GAZ pu-uh-ru x x x-ku GAZ he-pu-u₂ BE{+ma} GIG BE{+ma} is-sal-la-aʾ | (If) a pig is stricken (and) swollen: ... will be destroyed. If a sick person is ill: he will die. |
| 8 | GIG x x sa-la-aʾ-u₂ is-sal-la-aʾ i-mar-ru-uṣ ina {iti}BARA₂ TA U₄ 1.KAM | (If) a sore ... is swollen (and) he keeps coughing: in Nisannu from the 1st day |
| 9 | EN U₄ 30.KAM MUŠ ina SILA TA ZAG LU₂ ana GUB₃ LU₂ is-hur LU₂ BI ina KUR KUR₂-šu₂ du-lu₄ GIG TUM₃ | (If) on the 30th day a snake gets up from the right side of a man to the left: that man will be ill in his enemy's land. |
| 10 | is-hur GIŠ.HUR e-ṣe-ri ša₂-niš i-ti-iq šal-šiš il-lik GIŠ{+gi-iš}.{+ha-aš₂}HUR ha-x-x-x a-la-ku | He received the harvest. The second one passed by. The third went. The harvest of ... I shall go. |
| 11 | du-lu₄ bi-ki₂-tu₄ MUŠ ina SILA uš-te-eṣ-bi-šu₂ ša₂ LU₂ u₂-man-du IGI-ma MUŠ la ig-lu-ut | (If) a ritual is performed: a snake will approach it in the street; that man will be troubled; he will see it, but the snake will not survive. |
| 12 | šu TEŠ₂.BI KAR-šu₂ TEŠ₂.BI bal-tu₄ bal-tu₄ bu-nu KAR e-zeb ša₂-niš šu TEŠ₂.BI KAR-šu₂ | (If) he is ill, his ill health will be stable, he will become stable, the būnu-disease will seize him, his own body (or) his own mind will be ill. |
| 13 | ša₂ E{+u₂} ina ṭup-pi ul ša₂-lim ik-tap-pi-lu gu₂ i₃-ak-a kit-pu-lu ša₂ GU₂ it-ti-qu | (If) the inside of a house is not sealed with a tablet, (or) it has been damaged, (and) the neck is swollen: the neck will fall. |
| 14 | ša₂-niš 2 MUŠ-MEŠ aš-šum ṣa-al-tu₄ 3 ITI šu₂-nu-ti uš-ta-pa-šaq-ma ina ITI ša₂ ana da-li-x ṭa-a-bi | Secondly, two snakes, because of this curse for three months I have prayed to them and in that month you speak to ... |
| 15 | ša₂ i-bir-ru-u₂ u i-ṣa-am-mu-u₂ šu-u₂ šup-šu-qu u₂-še-di-ma u₂-ša₂-am-de-e-ma | (Sum) The one who trembles and moans (Akk) That one who moans and moan(s) is made to moan |
| 16 | u₂-še-eʾ-u₂-ma KIN.KIN ši-te-eʾ-u₂ bu-uʾ-u₂ ina qe₂-reb EN.TE.NA dan-na-tu₂ ku-ṣu | “The extispicy of the šītû-disease is in the middle of the severe winter. |
| 17 | ek-let nam-rat a-na muš-ke-ni qa-bi ša₂-lum-mat bal-tu₄ du-u₂-tu₄ bal-tu₄ | (Sum) The ecstatic speaks to the snake (Akk) To the snake, speak a supplication |
| 18 | du-u₂-tu₄ bu-nu nam-ha-ra DIR-ma ki-ma {dug}A.GUB₂.BA tu-ka-ni-ma | “Utu, būnu-plant, namḫara-plant (and) cypress, like a bowl, you set up. |
| 19 | NA MUŠ GAZ-ma TI-ma ana ŠA₃ HABRUD KU₄ ša₂ MUŠ i-du-ku-ma iš-šu-u₂ iq-bi-ri TI la-qu-u | (If) a man kills a snake and then he will recover and enter the middle of the earth. Then the snake kills it and says: “That man is dead (Šumma ālu 31 unknown) (and) the life is lost. |
| 20 | ša₂-niš ib-luṭ-ma ana ŠA₃ HABRUD KU₄ TI ba-la-ṭu NIG₂.ŠU-šu DU₃-šu₂ NIG₂.ŠU-šu DU₃-šu₂ DUMU-šu₂ GU₇ NIG₂.ŠU-šu₂ DU₃-šu₂ | Alternatively, he will recover and enter the field. He will enjoy life. His possessions will be made good, his property will be built, his son will eat his possessions. |
| 21 | iz-zib₂-šu₂ iz-zib-šu₂ DU₃ e-ze-bu DUMU-šu₂ GU₇ bu-šu-šu₂ ik-kal DUMU bu-šu-u₂ | He will die, he will die. He will make an insurrection against his son. The child will eat his son's food. |
| 22 | x ṣe-ri₃ lem-nu uš-ta-ah-ma u₂-ši-ih-ma UR₅{+ta} šu-a-tu₂ ina KI.KAL DU₈-šu₂ | The evil ... turned away and he sinned, and that dog was cut off from the ground. |
| 23 | aš-šum ša₂ ma-diš ina muh-hi-šu₂ i-ku-šu₂ im-ṣur im-šur il-lik i-tak-kal DU.DU it-ku-lu | If the heart of a man trembles on top of him, he is stricken, shakes, thunders, goes (and) eats, they eat. |
| 24 | DU.DU mit-hu-ṣu MUŠ ana bu-di NA ŠUB{+ut} mu-kil ku-tal₂-li NA UG₇ bu-di ku-tal-la | (If) a snake falls on top of a man's head: the man will become ill; the man’s head will become backward. |
| 25 | mu-kil ku-tal₂-li NA ku-tal MUŠ {d}MUŠ ni-ra-hu MUŠ ŠU-MIN NU GAR ma-gal ar₂-ki | Who holds back a man, who holds back the back of a snake, who frightens the snake, (but) does not place (them) in his hands. |
| 26 | 22 URU ina SUKUD GAR{+in} NU AL.TIL | The 22nd, the city was located on the quay; it was not completed. |
| 27 | MUŠ ana UGU NA ša₂ di-na ge-ru-u₂ ŠUB{+ut} di-in-šu GID₂.DA GAL₂ iṣ-bur-ma is-si-ma | (If) a snake falls on top of a man: he will become poor; there will be a lawsuit (or) litigation. He spits, and he is ill. |
| 28 | ZI.ZI ṣa-bar ša₂ iṣ-ṣur MUŠEN ZI.ZI ši-si-tu₂ ša₂ iṣ-ṣur U₄{+mi} ri-qi₂ U₄ 29.KAM₂ | ZI.ZI (means) šabār-plant. ZI (also means) eagle. |
| 29 | U₄{+mu} ša₂ {d}30 la u₂-šu-uz-zu MUŠ NA IGI-ma GAZ-šu₂ NA BI a-di-ra-tu-šu₂ NU TE-MEŠ-šu₂ | (If) on the day that the moon does not become visible: a snake will see a man and will kill him; that man will not approach his extispicy. |
| 30 | ina U₄{+mi} ša₂ a-na da-a-ku ṭa-a-bu IGI-ma i-duk aš-šum U₄ 20.KAM₂ ša₂ {iti}GU₄ | (If) on that day he sees a man to kill, and kills him, concerning the 20th day of Ayyaru |
| 31 | i-ta-dar ip-ta-lah₃ ša₂ x x x x x x ši-gu-u₂ DUG₄{+si}-ma NAM.BUR₂.BI DUG₄{+si} | He has turned back, he has sinned. The one who ... a šigû-demon is to speak, and the namburbi prayer is to say |
| 32 | x x x x x x x x gi-na-a DU₃.A.BI U₄{+mu} ma-la {d}UTU nap-hi | [......] regular offerings; all day as much as Šamaš eats |
| 33 | x x x x x x x u₂-hab-ba-ab ha-ba-bu ha-ṣa-nu ha-ba-bu na-ša₂-qa | [......] he smears, he scatters, the strewn-offerings are placed. |
| 34 | x x x mi na-aš₂-kun ri-gim MUŠ rit-ti GAR-ma GIM UR.MAH i-ram-mu-um | ... is placed. The 'hand' is like a snake and it is swollen as a lion. |
| 35 | ri-gim ša₂-kin-ma ri-iṭ-ṭu ri-gim ana ŠA₃ TUG₂ KU₄ a-na ŠA₃ me₂-eh-ṣi ša₂-niš | It is a rīgim-demon, and the rittu-disease enters into the hand of the garment. It is an atrophied hand. |
| 36 | a-šar ši-si-ti šak-na-ti EN UMUŠ BI SAG.TUK ba-la₂-ṭi TUK{+ši} mu-kil re-eš ba-la-ṭu TUK{+ši} ha-ṭi-ti₃ | (As for) the one who removes the šīsîtu-bowl, the lord of that woman, he has a head (and) a body, who provides for the first (born), who gives birth to the second (born child), |
| 37 | le-mut-tu₂ HUL UZU-MEŠ ha-ṭu-tu₄ par₂-du-tu₂ HUL-MEŠ NU DUG₃.GA-MEŠ GUB.GUB{+az} ša₂ u₂-šu-uz-zu-ma la zak-ku-u₂ | Evil, evil (and) unfavorable are present. |
| 38 | MUŠ ina E₂ LU₂ ŠUB-ma DU.DU{+ak} ša₂ a-na HABRUD-MEŠ u E₂-MEŠ la ir-ru-bu NUNUZ iš-tak-na | (If) a snake lies down in a man's house and goes about: he will not enter into houses and the sheepfold. |
| 39 | ša₂ ina E₂ LU₂ ul-la-du BUN₂.BUN₂{+ah} u₂-nap-pa-ah i-ziz-eš e-ze-zi-iš | Whom in a man’s house is constantly frightened, trembles, rages, moans |
| 40 | ša₂ ez-zi-iš i-ša₂-as-su-u₂ ša₂-niš ša₂ ša₂-qi₂-iš i-ša₂-as-su-u₂ ana kiš-ša₂-tu₄ ana sa-ar₂-tu₂ | (Sum) The one who rages, the one who shouts (Akk) He who is angry, he who is frightened, to the world to the netherworld |
| 41 | up-ta-nar-rad ša₂ {lu₂}ERIN₂-MEŠ ina bi-ri a-ha-meš u₂-par-ra-du aš-šum ga-la-tu₄ ša₂ {lu₂}ERIN₂-MEŠ | I have slain the people between each other. Because of the death of the people |
| 42 | ša₂-niš up-ta-nar-rad up-ta-na-al-lah₃ MUŠ ina E₂ NA {giš}IG {giš}SAG.KUL NIGIN-ma | (If) a snake in a man's house is surrounded by a door and a thornbush: |
| 43 | a-na BAD{+e} NU SUM{+in} E₂ BI DAGAL{+iš} E₂ BI ŠUB{+di} ana kab-tu dum-qi₂ ana MAŠ.EN.GAG lum-nu | He should not give it to a wall. That house will expand. This house will be abandoned. For good fortune for the evil engraver |
| 44 | aš-šum šu-tuk-ku dan-nu-tu₄ ša₂ {d}NIN.GIR₂.ZI.DA šu-tuk-ku sik-kat₂ MUŠ-MEŠ GIL-MEŠ it-gu-ru-tu₂ | Because of the strong hand of Ningirzida, the strong one, the snakes, the serpents, (and) the serpentine |
| 45 | PEŠ₂ hu-si-ri MUŠ ina E₂ LU₂ bu-ʾu-ra DU₃{+uš} ša₂ mim-ma ša₂ kap-pi sag-x x x-ru | (If) a snake ... in a man’s house: he will make a famine. The one who ... anything of the kappi-demon |
| 46 | i-dam-mu-um ša₂ ši-si-ti ma-a-du dul-la bi-ki-tu₄ dul-la ta-ne₂-hi | (Sum) The one of the šisītu-demon, the one who has a lot of work to do (Akk) She is the one of many tasks to do, the work to be done |
| 47 | gi-nam-ma ka-a-a-ni-iš MUŠ ina E₂ LU₂ IGI ša₂ GIR₃-MEŠ-šu₂ u₂-še-eṣ-ṣa-a | (If) a snake is constantly seen in a man's house: his feet will be bound. |
| 48 | sa-da-ru ka-a-a-nu an-ta tap-pu-u₂ MUŠ MUNUS ina a-sur-re-e ina la e-de-e | (Sum) It is a constant sadāru-demon; (Akk) You are constantly a companion; (you) are a woman in a crevice, in an inaccessible place. |
| 49 | DIB{+su}-ma BAR-šu₂ MUNUS BI DINGIR TUK{+ši} ša₂ E{+u₂} aš-šum MUŠ u MUNUS ud-dim-šu₂-nu | (If) a man passes by and his body is affected by that woman: that god will have mercy on the house. If a snake and a woman are born to him. |
| 50 | MUŠ ana E₂ LU₂ KU₄ ša₂ ina UKKIN UN-MEŠ ana E₂ LU₂ i-ru-bu MUD-su u₂-gal-lit-su | (If) a snake enters a man's house: those in the assembly will enter the man’s house; his blood will be released. |
| 51 | MUŠ ina UGU {giš}NA₂ LU₂ NU₂{+iṣ} ša₂ ir-bi-ṣu-ma la it-bu-u₂ EŠ₂-su-nu aš₂-lat-su-nu | (If) a snake lies on top of a man's bed and does not come out: their case will be their case. |
| 52 | ṣa-a-tu₂ šu-ut pi-i u maš-a-a-al-tu₂ ša₂ KA um-man-nu ša₂ ŠA₃ ina {iti}BARA₂ U₄ 1.KAM₂ la-am | Written according to the wording of a sealed document and oral explanation from the mouth of an expert in the month Nisannu, 1st day, eponymy of Nabû-ahhe-iddin. |
| 53 | LU₂ GIR₃-šu₂ ana KI GAR{+nu} u₃ MUŠ ana UGU NA ša₂ di-na ge-ru-u₂ ŠUB{+ut} | (If) a man’s foot is placed on the ground and a snake on top of a person: he will be victorious. |
| 54 | 23 mal₂-su-ut URU ina SUKUD GAR{+in} NU AL.TIL MUŠ ina UGU {giš}NA₂ NA NU₂{+iṣ} | 23 (tablets of) "If a city is located on a height"; not completed; a snake lies on top of a man's bed. |
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