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CUSAS 32, 26a

SEAL no. 7055 · MS 3387 · Incantations · childbirth · Unknown · 13 lines · 36 words · 117 signs · 1 Sumerograms

CDLI No. P252328

Transliteration

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1'         [ṣe-eḫ-ru-um ku-us-sa-a i]-⌈da⌉-[(a)]-⌈šu

2'         [ka-at-ma i-na-šu mu]-ṣa-a i-še20-i

3'         [i-mu-ur-šu-ma dAsa]r-lú-ḫi

4'         [pa-da-na]-am ip-te-šu

5'         [iš-ku-un-šu ṭù]-da-am

6'         [pe-ti pa-d]a-nu-um

7'         [ša-ki-in-ku ṭ]ù-ú-du-um

8'         [wa-aš-ba-at-ku] ⌈dNin-ḫur-sag-gá

9'         [a-sú-tum b]a-ni-a-at

10'       [a-wi-lu-t]i-im

11'       [mi-it-ḫa-aṣ? it-ti ši-r]i-im ù e-ṣé-/-[e]m-ti-im

12'       [ki-ma da-di-im šu-lu-u]p ra-ma-an-ka

13'       [KA.inim.ma munus ù-t]u-ud-da-kam

Translation

1'–2'     [The baby], his hands [were bound, his eyes were covered]. He was looking for the way [out].

3'         [(There) Asarl]uḫi [noticed him].

4'–5'     He opened for him the path, set for him the road, (saying:)

6'–7'     “The path is open for you! The road is set for you!

8'–10'   Ninḫursag [is sitting for you, the mother who] created [mankind]:

11'       [Struggle? with flesh] and bone!

12'       [Pull ou]t yourself [like a good boy!”]

13'        [Incantation (for) [a woman in la]bor.

Michael P. Streck and Nathan Wasserman, Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL), seal.huji.ac.il. No commercial use is allowed. Published under CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). Reproduced unmodified. Cite as SEAL no. 7055; view on seal.huji.ac.il.