BiOr 11, pl. II (fig. 1)

SEAL no. 7085 · LB 1001 · Incantations · against dog? (anger?) · Larsa (mod. Tell es-Senkereh) (uncertain); Lagaba (between Babylon and Kutha) (uncertain) · 10 lines · 15 words · 46 signs · 1 Sumerograms

Transliteration

Obv.

1 li-ku-ul uz-za-šu

2 ki-ma ḫa-šu-tim

3 si-li-is-sú

4 li-im-qù-ut

5 pa-ni-šu

Lower Edge

6 li-iḫ-ri-im

Rev.

7 pí-šu li-tu-úr

8 a-na UD-mi-im

9 ša i-wa-al-du

10 tu.en.ni.nu.ri

Translation

Obv.

1–2 May he (the rabid dog?) eat his anger like a ḫašūtum-plant!

3–4 May his afterbirth drop off!

5–6 May he cover his face.

Rev.

7–9 May his mouth become as it was on the day he was born!

10 Incantation formula.

Commentary

General: Based on the phrase “let it/he return to the day that it was born” (ll. 8–9), Stol (2000, 128) suggested that this is an incantation for a rabid dog, destined to change him back to his earlier state of an innocent puppy. This suggestion is followed here, but one cannot rule out that the incantation is against anger.

3: silītu, "afterbirth" (contra CAD S 264c sub sili'tu, "illness").

4: For maqātum in a context of birth-giving, see e.g. VS 17, 34 (SEAL no. 7059):18.

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