CT 4, 8
Ea-Marduk type. CDLI No. 355757 (no photo).
Transliteration
Obv.
1 šà gig-ga {⌈IN⌉} gi-pisan!-gin7 kéš-da
li-ib-bu ma-ar-ṣú ša ki-ma pí-ša-an-ni ka-at-m[u]
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2 a íd-da-gin7 al-du-un nu-zu
ki-ma me-e na-ri-im e-ma i-il-la-ku ú-⌈ul⌉ [i-di]
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3 a pú-gin7 a-ĝe6-a {⌈GIN7⌉} nu-tuku
ki-ma me-e bu-ur-ti a-gi-a ú-ul i-šu
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4 gakkùl-gin7! ⌈ka-bi⌉ ba-dul
ki-ma ka-ak-ku-li [pí?-šu?] ka-ti-im
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5 a nu-mu-un-da-ku4-ku4 ninda nu-mu-un-da-ku4-ku4
a-ka-lu ù mu-ú ú-ul i-ir-ru-bu-šum
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6 dAsar-lú-ḫi igi-ni im-ma-an-sì
dMarduk(AMAR.UTU) ip-pa-li-ís-su-ma
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7 a-a-ni dEn-ki-ke4 gù mu-un-na-dé-e
a-na a-bi-šu dÉ-a i-⌈ša⌉-ás-si
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8 a-a-ni šà gig-ga {IN} gi-pisan-gin7 kéš-da
a-bi li-ib-bu ma-ar-ṣú ša ki-ma pí-ša-an-ni ka-at-mu
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9 a íd-da-gin7 al-du-un nu-zu
ki-ma me-e na-ri-im e-ma i-il-la-ku ú-ul i-di! (Text:ŠU)
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10 a pú-gin7 a-ĝe6-a {GIN7} nu-tuku
ki-ma me-e bu-ur-ti a-gi-a ú-ul i-šu
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Rev.
11 ⌈gakkùl⌉-[gin7 ka-b]? ba-⌈dul?⌉
ki-ma ka-⌈ak-ku⌉-l[i] p[í?-šu] ka-ti-im
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12 a nu-mu-un-da-ku4-ku4 ninda nu-mu-un-da-ku4-ku4
akalu(NINDA) ù mu-ú ú-ul i-ir-ru-bu-šum
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13 dEn-{LÍL}-ki-ke4 dAsar-lú-ḫi mu-un-na-ni-íb-gi-gi
dÉ-a dMarduk(AMAR.UTU) i-ip-pa-al
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14 dumu-ĝu10 a-na-àm nu!(Text:NE)-zu a-na-àm ma-ra-ab-daḫ-e
ma-ri mi-i-na la ti-di-ma mi-i-na-am lu-ṣi-ib-šu
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15 níĝ ĝe26-e zu-ĝu10 ù za-e ĝá-zu
ša a-na-ku i-du-ú {Ú} at-ta ti-di
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16 ù za-e ĝá-zu níĝ ĝe26-e zu-ĝu10
ša at-ta ti-du-ú a-na-ku i-di
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17 lú ḫé-a ⌈gu4 ḫé-a⌉ udu ḫé-a
lu-ú a-wi-lu-tum lu-ú al-pu lu-ú im-me-ru
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18 lag mun ù ḫa!-še-na ù-un-daḫ ù-bí-⌈in⌉-[šub]
ki-ir-ba-an ṭa-ab-ti ù ḫa-ši-i us-ḫa-a[m x x x]
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19 še10-<gin7> ki-šè ḫé-si-il-le ki-ma ši-it-[ti-im liddi?]
20 bu-lu-úḫ-gin7 ḫé?-si-il-le ki-ma g[i-šu-ú-tim li-ig-šu]
21 im-gin7 gu!(Text:ŠE)-du-šè è-íb-ta ki-ma š[a-ri-im li-še-ṣi]
ši-pa-at KA [x x x x x]
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22 ša-ri-ìš 4 libbi(ŠÀ-bi) libbi(ŠÀ) šamê(AN) erṣetim (KI) t[u?-x x x x]
23 i-nu-ma a-na awīlim(LÚ) qáb-la-{DU}-t[um] lu-⌈x⌉-[x x x]
24 [i]-na-ad-di-šu-ú LÀL?? i-le-em-m[a x x x x x x]
25 li-ib-bu i-na-aḫ l[i-x x x x x]
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26 2 EME ša li-ib-bi
Translation
(Trans. of Akk. only)
Obv.
1–3 Aching belly which is covered like a box, like the water of a river it does not know where to go, like the water of a well it has no flow.
4–5 Its [opening?] is covered like a brewing jar: food and water cannot enter into it.
6–7 Marduk observed it and called to his father, Ea (saying):
8–12 “Oh my father! (There is an) aching belly which is covered like a box, like the water of a river it does not know where to go, like the water of a well it has no flow. (Rev.) Its opening is covered like a brewing jar: food and water cannot enter into it".
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13 Ea answers Marduk:
14–16 “My son, what do you not know? What can I add to it? What I know, you know; What you know, I know!
17–18 (As for the patient) – be he a human being, or a bull, or a sheep – ex[tract] (out of him) a lump of salt and thyme!”
19–21 “[May he drop (it)] in the form of excre[ment]! [May he eject it] in the form of a b[elch]! [May he make it go out] in the form of w[ind!"]
Incantation of the opening of [… …]
22 To the wind (you say) 4 (times): "O my belly! O my belly! Heaven (and) earth ... […]"
23 When into the (sick) person, the middle of the body ... [...]
24 He will drop it. He will consume honey(?).
25 The belly will come to rest; The b[elly will recover].
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26 Two incantations for a belly.
Commentary
22–25: We don't follow Steinert/Vacín 2018, 721 and 730, but suggest that this section contains an truncated instructions: to recite four times the incantation whose incipit is "O my heart! The heart of heaven (and) earth!", perhaps in front of the four cardinal points. The continuation contains a brief medical prescription, concluding with the common promise that the aching belly will come to rest.
22: Reading ša-ri èz-za libbi(ŠÀ-bi) is difficult on both the orthographical and syntactic level.
23: Steinert/Vacín 2018, 721 read ana awīlim(LÚ) qáb-la-tím! (Text:-túm erasure), but it is unlikely that the scribe would use TÚM (= DU) in this period. In fact, after the DU, the beginning of TUM, or perhaps TIM, can be seen.
24: Reading LÀL after [i]-na-ad-di-šu-ú is only tentative, as some edible is expected. Steinert/Vacín 2018, 721 and 731 suggest [i]-na-ad-di šu-šamam "licorice", but such spelling is highly unlikely.
26: Pace Steinert/Vacín 2018, 699, we take the colophon to read 2 INIM ša li-ib-bi. The designation INIM, read awātum "incantation", is found also in YOS 11, 12c: 37 (awāt bulṭim), in YOS 11, 15 (// YOS 11, 29b): 4//24 (awāt(INIM-a-at) uṣṣiam ušannû aplušu), and in OECT 11, 3: 11 (INIM ⌈li⌉-⌈ib⌉-[bu?]-um).
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