GAAL 2, 29, 79 (VAT 10338+) (X000010)
Prayer/Incantation, Neo-Assyrian, Assur · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | GAAL 2, 29, 79 (VAT 10338+) |
|---|---|
| ID | X000010 |
| Museum no. | VAT 10338 + VAT 11066 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Prayer/Incantation |
| Find spot | Assur |
| Coordinates | 35.4557, 43.2611 |
English translation
By ORACC project ribo/sources · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [If he flashes like lightning] in darkness, |
| Reverse [2:3] r 2'r 2'–r 2'r 2' | [they will bind him] with the darkness from the midst of a grave. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 3'r 3'–r 3'r 3' | If he [ascends] from a well, |
| Reverse [6:7] r 4'r 4'–r 4'r 4' | [they shall cast him] into a pitfall. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 5'r 5'–r 5'r 5' | If he [slips] through the bathroom drain, |
| Reverse [10:11] r 6'r 6'–r 6'r 6' | [they shall cast him into] a well with no exit. |
| Reverse [12:13] r 7'r 7'–r 7'r 7' | If he [drifts back and forth] through the reed screen, |
| Reverse [14:15] r 8'r 8'–r 8'r 8' | [they shall extinguish him] wherever [he goes]. |
| Reverse [16:17] r 9'r 9'–r 9'r 9' | If he [slips through] the knots of the reed screen, |
| Reverse [18:19] r 10'r 10'–r 10'r 10' | [they] shall remove him [from the house] |
| Reverse [20:21] r 11'r 11'–r 11'r 11' | and [turn him into] nothingness. |
| Reverse [22:23] r 12'r 12'–r 12'r 12' | If he slips in through a hole, |
| Reverse [24:25] r 13'r 13'–r 13'r 13' | they shall eradicate his name. |
| Reverse [26:27] r 14'r 14'–r 14'r 14' | If he squeezes through the cracks of the house, |
| Reverse [28:29] r 15'r 15'–r 15'r 15' | they shall make him nonexistent. |
| Reverse [30:31] r 16'r 16'–r 16'r 16' | Incantation, word [of] Enki, |
| Reverse [32:33] r 17'r 17'–r 17'r 17' | incantation of [Asari of the Abzu], |
| Reverse [34:35] r 18'r 18'–r 18'r 18' | incantation of the Abzu [of] Eridu, [not to be undone]. |
| Reverse [36:37] r 19'19'–r 19'19' | Incantation [for a magic flour circle of a ritual design]. |
| Reverse [37:38] r 20'20'–r 20'20' | Incantation: Oath, [oath, go away, go away, remove yourself, remove yourself]! |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| [...] ⸢x⸣ [...] | ||
| [ša₂] ina ek-le-[ti ... bir-qi₂ it-ta-nab-ri-qu] | ||
| [ku₁₀]-⸢ku₁₀-ga⸣ šag₄ ⸢irigal-la⸣-[ta he₂-ni-ib₂-sir₃-re-e-ne] | ||
| ina ek-le-ti ina ⸢qe₂-reb⸣ [... li-ik-lu-šu] | ||
| ⸢pu₂⸣-ta [...] | ||
| ša₂ ul-tu bur-ti [...] | ||
| [ub₄] ⸢niŋ₂⸣-huš-a-ta [he₂-ni-ib₂-šub-bu-ne] | ||
| a-na šu-ut-ta-ti [lid-du-šu₂] | ||
| pu₂-ta du₁₀-us₂-sa-⸢ta⸣ [...] | ||
| ša₂ ina bur-⸢ti⸣ [...] | ||
| pu₂ ⸢nu⸣-ed₃-⸢da⸣-[ta he₂-ni-ib₂-šub-bu-ne] | ||
| [ana] bur-⸢ti⸣ [la a-le-e lid-du-šu₂] | ||
| ⸢gi-sal⸣-la-[ta ...] | ||
| ša₂ ⸢ina⸣ [gi-sal-le-e ...] | ||
| ki ⸢DU⸣-[...] | ||
| ⸢e⸣-[ma il-la]-⸢ku⸣ [li-bal-lu-šu₂] | ||
| ⸢zu₂⸣ [keš₂ gi]-⸢sal⸣-ta mu-⸢un-da⸣-[an-gir₅-gir₅-re-e-ne] | ||
| ⸢ša₂⸣ [ina ki]-⸢ṣir gi⸣-sal-le-e ⸢i⸣-[hal-lu-pu] | ||
| [e₂-a] he₂-ni-ib-⸢zi⸣-[zi-e-ne] | ||
| [ina bi-i]-ti [li-is-su-hu-šu₂] | ||
| [...] ⸢he₂-ni-ib₂⸣-[gi₄-gi₄-e-ne] | ||
| [a-na] ⸢za-qi₂-qi₂ li⸣-[ter-ru-šu₂] | ||
| [habrud]-⸢da⸣-ta mu-un-za-la-⸢ah⸣-[e-ne] | ||
| ⸢ša₂⸣ ina hur-ri ⸢i⸣-[...] | ||
| [mu]-bi he₂-ni-ib₂-ha-⸢lam⸣-[...] | ||
| šum-šu₂ li-[hal-li-qu] | ||
| [ki]-⸢in-dar⸣ <e₂>-a-ta mu-un-sur-[...] | ||
| ša₂ ina ⸢ni⸣-gi-iṣ-⸢ṣi⸣ E₂ ⸢i⸣-[ṣar-ru-ru] | ||
| nu-ŋal₂-la-⸢aš he₂-ni-ib₂-gi₄⸣-[gi₄-e-ne] | ||
| ana la ba-še-⸢e li-ter⸣-[ru-šu₂] | ||
| ⸢tu₆-dug₄-ga inim {d}en-ki⸣-[ga-ke₄] | ||
| ina ⸢tu⸣-du-[qe₂-e a-mat {d}e₂-a] | ||
| ⸢tu₆⸣ x x x [...] | ||
| ši-pat {d}[AMAR.UTU ša₂ ap-si-i] | ||
| ⸢mu₇-mu₇⸣ abzu ⸢eridu{ki⸣}[ga nam-mu-un-da-an-bur₂-ra] | ||
| ši-pat [ap]-⸢si⸣-[i eri-du₁₀ a-a ip-pa-šir] | ||
| r | ||
| 19' | ⸢ka-inim⸣-[ma ...] | |
| 20' | en₂ ⸢saŋ-ba⸣ [saŋ-ba sil₇-la₂ sil₇-la₂ bad-da bad-da] | |
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