CUSAS 32, 51
A close text is CUSAS 32, 50b. Cf. YOS 11, 5: 26 (George 2016, 116f.)
Transliteration
1 li-ri-a i-ti-la
2 as-ku-up-pu-um šu-te-re-bi mārē(DUMU)meš-ki
3 mārat(DUMU.MUNUS) É-a dAsal-lú-ḫe
4 a-na me-e ra-ma-ki-im i-ir-ru-ub
5 bīt(É) E-sikil-la as-ku-pa-as-sú bu-ra-šu
6 É-a lu-li-mu-um wa-ši-ib libbi(ŠÀ)bi-ša
7 ši-ir bītum(É) šu-ú-ur as-ku-pu
8 nam-ma-áš-ti šu!-ṣi-i ra-ma-⌈an⌉-ki
9 ar-ku-um e tu-ṣa-a-am-ma
10 ⌈ku⌉-ru-ú-um e ta-at-ta-la-a[k]
11 i-na pî(KA) ḫu-ur-ri-i-⌈ki⌉
12 ⌈na⌉-ap-l[i]-⌈sú⌉-um l[i-x x x]
13 ⌈tu⌉ [én-é-nu-ru?]
Translation
1 Magic formula.
2 O threshold! keep letting your sons enter!
3–4 The son(!) (Text: daughter) of Ea, Asarluḫi, is entering to the bathing water.
5–6 The temple of Esikila, its threshold is (made of) juniper. Ea, the stag, dwells in it.
7 The house is flesh, the threshold a bull.
8 O my herd of crawling creatures, get yourself out!
9–10 O long one—you should not go out! O short one—you should not depart!
11–12 In the opening of your(f.) hole, let the blinker(?)... .
13 Tu-enurru incantation.
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. 7108; view on seal.huji.ac.il.