JCS 9, 10
CDLI No. P249272
Transliteration
Obv.
1 sí-ka-tum i-ša-a-tum
2 a-šu zi-iq-tum mi-iq-tum
3 ša-na-du ⌈sa-ma⌉-nu-um
4 [ge4]-er-gi4-šu sí-mu ma-at-qú
5 [e-ke]-tum ri-šu-tum
6 [ni]-ṭù-um ṣé-nu-um ṣí-i-tum
7 [ša]-ag-ba-nu ša-wi-nu-um
8 [šu]-ru-pu-um le-e-em-nu-um
9 [e-p]e-e-qé-nu ù [bu-š]a-nu-um
10 [iš]-tu ṣé-re-et [š]a-me-e
11 ur-du-ni uḫ-ta-mi-⌈ṭù⌉
12 i-mé-ri ka-lu-mi
13 uḫ-ta-mi-ṭù ṣé-ḫe-ru-tim ⌈i-na⌉ bu-ud ta-ri-tim
14 ù la li su ni mār(DUMU) AN-NA 7 ù 7
15 ša ka-nu-ši-na ša ḫurāṣim (KÙ.GI)
16 ka-ar-pa-tu-ši-na uq-nu el-lu {li-sà}
17 ⌈li⌉-sà-ba-ni me-e ti-ma!-ti
18 li-is-lu-ḫa li-ba-li-a
19 [sí-k]a-ta i-ša-ta
Rev.
20 ⌈a-ši⌉-a zi-iq-ta mi-i[q-ta]
21 ša-na-da sa-ma-na
22 ge4-er-gi4-ša sí-ma ma-at-qá
23 e-ke-e-ta ri-šu-ta-am
24 ni-ṭa-am ṣé-na-am ṣi-i-ta-am
25 ša-ag-ba-na ša-wi-na-am
26 šu-ru-pa-am le-em-na-⌈am⌉
27 e-pe-qé-na-am ù bu-ša-na-[am]
28 [ú-t]a-mi-ka dUTU qú-r[a]-da
29 [dUTU?] ú?-sà-la i-la da-⌈a⌉-a-na
30 [a-na] ṣi-ib-t[i]-ka
31 [li]-tu-ru-ú-ma
32 [ga-a]m-la-a-ti bu-⌈li⌉-sú
33 [a-n]a-ku ši-ip-ta lu-ú-di
Translation
Obv.
1 The sikkatum-disease (pox?), fever,
2 the ašû-disease, the ziqtum-disease (“the sting-mark”), collapse,
3 the šanadu-disease, the sāmānum-disease,
4 the [ge]rgiššu-disease (red skin), the sweet simmu-disease,
5 the [ekke]tum-disease (scabies?), the rišûtum-disease (redness),
6 evil [blo]ody feces, sun-heat,
7 the šagbānu-disease, the šawinum-disease,
8 bad shivering, the epeqēnu-disease (skin disease) and the bušānum-disease (bad smell)
10–11 descended from the udders/lead rope of heaven, burned up
12 the sheep, the lambs,
13 burned up the small ones on the shoulders of the nurse.
14 ... Daughters of An, seven and seven,
15 whose vessels are of gold, their jars pure lapis-lazuli?
17 Let them draw for me pure water of the seas,
18 let them sprinkle, let them extinguish
19 [the sikk]atu-disease, the fever,
Rev.
20 the ašû-disease, the ziqtu-disease, coll[apse],
21 the šanadu-disease, the samānu-disease,
22 the gergiššu-disease, the sweet simmu-disease,
23 the ekketu-disease, the rišûtum-disease,
24 the evil bloody feces, sun-heat,
25 the šagbānu-disease, the šawinum-disease,
26 bad shivering,
27 the epeqēnum-disease and the bušānum-disease.
28 Herewith [I] conjure you, Šamaš the hero;
29 I beseech(?) [Šamaš] the divine judge:
30 [To] your hold
31 [may] they (the diseases) return!
32 You are [mer]ciful, so make him recover!
34 [As for] me – let me cast the spell.
Commentary
6: For ṣē/ītum "sun-heat", see Stol 2007, 22–39.
8: For šuruppû "shivering, fever", see Stol 2007, 19.
10: For ṣerret šamê, either "udders" or "leadrope: of heaven, see Horowitz 1998, 262f. and 265 (MPS).
14: Corrupt text for the mannam lušpur formula (with Farber 1990b, 307, so already Goetze 1955, 14, n. 42).
17: ti-ma!-ti may be singular or plural.
29: ú?-sà-la: We derive this verb from sullûm.
32: Note gamlāti with i-ending, attested rarely in OB but normal in OA (GKT § 72a) (MPS).
33: Cf. Mayer 1976, 194, n. 102.
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. 7076; view on seal.huji.ac.il.