CUSAS 32, 29a
Preliminary edition kindly sent by A. R. George. CDLI P252091
Transliteration
Obv.
1 ⌈šammi?(Ú)⌉ dŠamaš {ras.} ra-bi-im da-an-nim <ištu ḪUR.>SAG-GÁ ⌈ù?⌉-[še-bi-ra-am]
2 [tu-š]a-li-ša-am-ma na-ši-ka-am ta-na-aš-ša-{ŠA}-ak
3 [am]-mi-nim te-el-te-qé-a-[a]m ši-ir e-ne-tim
4 [x g]a?-ar bi-ši-im ma-aš-ki pa-ri-im
5 [giš?T]i-il-mu-nu-ú li-bi-ra-am te-a-am-ta-am
6 [li-i]r-dam li-še20-bi-ra-am i-na na-ag-bi
7 [x ] e da la {NU} te-gá AŠ
8 [x i]n?-ne-ep ki di
9 [x ]x-zi-ir šu-bi-ir ka-la ti-la-ḫi ka-la pi-ra-ḫi
10 [x-ḫ]i li-te-er-ka tu6! én-é-n[u-r]u
10a KA-inim ur-gi7-ra
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11 [x ]x qá-du-tam si-ḫa!(za sup. ras.)-am kupsam(DUḪ.ŠE.GÌŠ.Ì)
12 [šam]nam([Ì-GI]Š) ḫalṣam(BÁRA) bulluḫam(šimBULUḪ)
13 [ta-ḫ]a-aš-ša-<al> ta-na-ap-pi-i-ma
14 [x ]x i-na ru-qí ta-ra-ba-ak-ma
15 [iš-ti]-šu ù ši-ni-šu ta-ṣa-mi-is-sú-ú-ma
16 [x ni-iš]-ki-im da-mi-iq
16a KA-inim ur-gi7-ra
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Translation
1 [The plan]t(?) of Šamaš the great, the powerful, <he (Šamaš) brought over across> the mountain.
2 For the third time [you (the dog) ha]ve bitten a bite!
3–4 Why have you taken the meat of sin, the bad ..., the skin of a mule?
5 May the date palm from Tilmun cross the sea hither!
6 May it go down to me, may it get across from (its) subterranean water!
7 ... do not be lazy! ...
8–9 ... ... ...
10 May it turn you back! Incantation formula.
10a Spell (against) a dog.
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11–13 You crush and sift ... silt, wormwood, a residue (of linseed?), pressed oil, (and) the Bulluḫu aromatic plant.
14-15 You boil down (the ingredients) in a cauldron. You apply (a bandage with the mixture) to him (the patient) once and twice,
16 – the [wound] of the bite will be fine.
16a Incantation (against) a dog.
Commentary
1: George (private communication) read this line: [UR.G]I7? dŠamaš {ras.} ra-bi-im da-an-nim SAG-GÁ a[r?-x]. The first line, however, seems to contain a corrupt version of the motif of the magic plant of of Šamaš (see YOS 11, 11: 1–2 (SEAL no. 7124): dŠamaš(dUTU) šammam ištu š[adîm] (Ḫ[UR.SAG]) ù-še20-bi-ra-am), hence, with caution, the following reading: ⌈šammi?(Ú)⌉ dŠamaš {ras.} ra-bi-im da-an-nim <ištu ḪUR.>SAG-GÁ ⌈ù?⌉-[še-bi-ra-am].
2: A rare parīs infinitive form (GAG §§ 51 i 10 and 87k) is found in this line, resulting in a nice figura etymologica: našīkam tanaššak.
4: maški pa-ri-im: as the incantation deals with a rabid dog, it is expected that the threatening animal would bite living creatures, thus pa-ri-im stands for for parûm "mule" (CAD P 206f.) or parrum "young lamb" (CAD P 192, attested also in OB; cf. another case of non-plene spelling in l. 14 ru-qu for ruqqum "cauldron"). – The signs at the beginning of the line are clear, but I cannot make much of [x g]a?-ar bi-ši-im.
5–6: As in the dog incantation AMD 14, 197b: 9–12 (SEAL no. 7081), the healing agent called upon here is a tree: a date palm originating from Tilmun.
7: If the verb egûm is found here, cf. the name of the dog which participates in the ritual against Lamaštu: Ana-maṣṣartika-lā-teggi “Don’t-be-negligent-in-your-watchfulness” (Farber 2014, 170f.: 78).
10: A case of târum-D with the meaning of compelling the evil to leave, see ZA 75, 180: 7' (SEAL no. 7047), against anger. (Ref. courtesy George, private communication).
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. 7087; view on seal.huji.ac.il.