ZA 71, 62b

SEAL no. 7051 · BM 122691 (1931-4-13, 4) · Incantations · baby · Tell Duweihes (vicinity of Nippur) (uncertain) · 12 lines · 43 words · 131 signs · 2 Sumerograms

CDLI No. P274698 (no photo). For the provenance of  Tel Duweihes, cf.  Farber 1981, 61 ("fantasy name"? but see Cunningham 1997, 99 n. 4 - Walker's personal communication).

Transliteration

Rev.

1 ṣe-eḫ-ru-um wa-ši-ib bi-it ek-[le-tim]

2 lu ta-ta-ṣa-am ta-ta-ma-ar n[u-ur ^dUTU]

3 a-mi-in ta-ba-ki a-mi-in tu-g[a?-ag?]

4 ul-li-ki-a a-mi-in la ta-ab-[ki-(i?)]

5 ì-lí bi-tim te-ed-ki ku-sa-ri-[k]u-u[m] i-gi-il-TIM

6 ma-nu-um id-ki-a-ni

7 ma-nu-um ú-ga-li-ta-ni

8 ṣe-eḫ-ru-um id-ki-ka ṣe-eh-ru-um ú-ga-li-it-ka

9 ki-ma ša-tu-ù ka-ra-ni-im

10 ki-ma ma-ar sà-bi-tim

11 li-im-qù-ta-šum ši-tum

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12 ši-ip-tum ša ṣe-eḫ-ri-im nu-ùḫ-ḫi-im

Translation

Rev.

1 Oh baby, (once) a dweller of the House of Darkness:

2 You have now come out, you have now seen the li[ght of Šamaš]!

3 Why are you crying, why are you screaming?

4 There, why did you not cry?

5 You have awakened the god(s) of the house, the Kusarikkum has aroused, (saying):

6–7 “who has awakened me? who has aroused me?”

8 - The baby has awakened you, the baby has aroused you!

9–10 Like (over) drinker(s) of beer, like (over) a son of an ale tender -

11 May sleep fall over him.

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12 Incantation to quiet a baby.

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