YOS 11, 86
CDLI P305836. This incantation for a woman in labor is followed by a Sumerian incantation against Lamaštu. First photo Klaus Wagensonner.
Transliteration
1 i-na me-e na-a-ki-im
2 ib-ba-ni e-ṣé-em-tum
3 i-na ši-i-ir [še20]-er-ḫa-nìm
4 ib-ba-ni [l]i-il-li-du-um
5 i-na me-e ayabba(A.AB.BA) ša-am-ru-tim
6 pa-al-ḫu-ú-tim
7 i-na me-e ti-a-am-tim ru-qú-ú-tim
8 a-šar ṣe-eḫ-ru-um ku-us-sà-a i-da-a-šu
9 qí-ir-bi-is-sú la-a uš-na-wa-ru
10 i-in ša-am-ši-im
11 i-mu-ur-šu-ú-ma dAsar-lú-ḫi ma-ri dEn-ki
12 ip-ṭù-ur ma-ak-sí-i-šu
13 ku-uṣ-ṣú-ru-ú-tim
14 ṭù-ú-da-am iš-ku-un-šum
15 pa-a-da-na-am ip-te-e-šum
16 [pu?-ut?]-tu-ku-um ṭù-ú-du
17 pa-a-da-nu(-)mu[š?-te-ši-r]a-ku-um
18 wa-aš-ba-at-ku-⌈um Bēlet-ilī(dMAḪ⌉) a-sú-tum
19 ba-a-ni-a-at [mi?-n]a?-mi-i-i[m]
20 ba-ni-a-at ka-li-i-ni
21 a-na ši-ga-ri-im
22 ta-aq-ta-bi wu-uš-šu-r[a-a]t
23 [pa-a]ṭ-ru sí-ik-ku-ru-[(x)?]
24 [ru-um]-ma-a da-la-t[u-(x)]
25 [li]-im-ḫa-aṣ [si-ip-pí]
26 ki-ma da-di-[im]
27 šu-ṣí ra-ma-an-ka
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28 KA.inim.ma munus ù-tu-da-kam
Translation
1–2 In the fluid of intercourse the substance was created.
3–4 In the fleshy tissue the homunculus was created.
5–6 In the water of the ocean, so fierce, so frightening,
7 in the water of the sea, so remote,
8 a place where the little-one, his hands are bound,
9–10 a place which is not lit by the eye of the sun –
11 (there) Asarluḫi, the son of Enki, noticed him.
12–13 He loosened his shackles so tight,
14–15 set for him the road, opened for him the path, (saying:)
16–17 “The road (and) the path are open for you: I have set (them) in order for you!
18–19 Bēlet-ilī, the medicine-woman, is sitting for you, the creatrix of everything,
21–24 the creatrix of all of us said to the bolt: “You are released! [un]bolt are the bars, loosened are the door[s]!”
25 - “[May] he break the [door jambs]!”
26–27 - “Come out by yourself like a good boy!”
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28 Incantation for a woman in labor.
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. 7061; view on seal.huji.ac.il.