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CUSAS 32, 7o // CUSAS 32, 8i

SEAL no. 7117 · MS 3097; MS 3085 · Incantations · magic plant, stomach ache · Unknown · 73 lines · 298 words · 849 signs · 31 Sumerograms

MS 3097 = CDLI P252106; MS 3085 = CDLI P252094  

Transliteration

Text A = CUSAS 32, 7o vi 9–41; Text B = CUSAS 32, B ii 40'–iii 37'

(A 4–8 lost)

B ii 40'    [ša-am-m]u-um ša li-i[b-bi-im]

B ii 41'    [šu-sú]-⌈umda-ma-aq-[šu]

B ii 42'    (traces)

B iii 1     ⌈dŠamaš(UTU)⌉ i-mu-ur-⌈šu {x}⌉ i[s-sú-uḫ-šu-ma]

 

A vi 9       a-na ša-m[e-e ú-še20-li-a-aš-šu]

B iii 2      [a]-na ša-me-e ú-še20-[li-a-aš-šu?]

 

A vi 10    li-ib-⌈bidSîn(EN.ZU)] ⌈iṣ⌉-ṣa-ba-a[t]

B iii 3      li-ib-bi dSîn(EN.ZU) iṣ-[ṣa-ba-at]

 

A vi 11     li-ib-bidŠamaš(UTU) na-si⌉-ḫi-⌈šuiṣ-ṣa-ba-a[t]

B iii 4      li-ib-bi dŠamaš(UTU) na-sí-ḫi-šu i[ṣ-ṣa-ba-at]

 

A vi 12    li-ib-bi er-ṣe-tim qé-bi-ir-ti-šuiṣ-ṣa-<ba>-at

B iii 5      li-ib-bi er-ṣe-tim qé-⌈bi⌉-i[r-ti-šu]

 

A vi 13    ⌈li⌉-ib-bi al-pi-im i-na sú-pu-ri-im

B iii 6      li-ib-bi al-pi-im i-na s[ú-pu-ri-im]

 

A vi 14    li-ib-bi im-me-ri-im i-na ta-ar-ba-/⌈ṣi⌉-im

B iii 7      li-ib-bi im-me-ri-im i-na [ta-ar-ba-ṣi-im]

 

A vi 15    li-ib-⌈bika-al-bi-im i-na ru-ub-ṣi-šu

B iii 8      li-ib-bi ka-al-bi-im i-na [ru-ub-ṣi-šu]

 

A vi 16    li-ib-bi ša-ḫi-im i-na ir-ri-ti-šu

B iii 9      li-ib-bi ša-ḫi-im i-na [ir-ri-ti-šu]

 

A vi 17    li-ib-bi eṭ-lim i-na šu-le-em

B iii 10    li-ib-bi eṭ-lim i-na [šu-le-em]

 

A vi 18    li-ib-bi wa-ar-da-tim i-name-lu-lim

B iii 11    li-ib-bi wa-ar-da-tim i-na [me-lu-lim]

 

A vi 19     li-ib-bi nu-nim i-na ap-sí-im

B iii 12     li-ib-bi nu-nim i-na a[p-sí-im]

 

A vi 20     li-ib-bi iṣ-ṣú-ri-im i-na ap-pa-ri-im

B iii 13     li-ib-bi iṣ-ṣú-ri-im i-na a[p-pa-ri-im]

 

A vi 21     l[i-i]b-bi ra-[a]q-qí-im i-na ru-šu-um-tim

B iii 14     li-ib-bi ra-aq-qí-im i-na r[u-šu-um-tim]

 

A vi 22     li-ib-bi ši-le-ep-pi-im i-na sà-aḫ-/-sà-aḫ-tim

B iii 15     li-ib-bi ši-e-le-ep-pi-im i-[na sà-aḫ-sà-aḫ-tim]

 

A vi 23     li-ib-bi an-na-an-na māri(DUMU) an-na-an-na

B iii 16     li-ib-bi an-na-an-na māri(DUMU) an-n[a-an-na]

 

A vi 24     ša il(DINGIR)-[š]u an-na-an-na

A vi 25     ⌈-ta-ar-šu an-na-ni-tum

B iii 17     ša il(DINGIR)-šu an-na-an!⌉-na iš-ta-[ar-šu an-na-ni-tum]

 

A vi 26     iṣ-ṣa-ba-at

B iii 18     iṣ-ṣa-[ba-at]

 

A vi 27     a-[n]u-um a-na d⌉[A]sal-lú-ḫe māri(DUMU) dEn-ki

A vi 28     qí-bi-a-ma

B iii 19     a-nu-um-ma a-na dAs[al-lú-ḫe māri(DUMU) dEn-ki qí-bi-a-ma]

 

A vi 29     li-ib-bi dSîn(EN.ZU) i-na ša-me-e

B iii 20    li-ib-bi dSîn(EN.ZU) [i-na ša-me-e]

 

A vi 30     li-ib-bi dŠamaš(UTU) na-sí-ḫi-šu

B iii 21     li-ib-bi dŠamaš(UTU)⌉ [na-sí-ḫi-šu]

 

A vi 31     li-ib-bi er-ṣe-tim qé-bi-ir-/-ti-šu

B iii 22     ⌈li-ib-bi er-ṣe⌉-[tim qé-bi-ir-ti-šu]

 

A vi 32     [li-ib-bi al-pi-im i-n]a sú-pu-ri⌉-/-im

B iii 23     ⌈li-ib-bi al-pi-im [i-na sú-pu-ri-im]

 

A vi 33     li-ib-bi im-me-ri-im i-na ta-ar-ba-/-ṣi-im

B iii 24     li-ib-bi im-me-ri-im i-n[a ta-ar-ba-ṣi-im]

 

A vi 34     li-ib-bi ka-al-bi-im i-na ru-ub-ṣí-šu

B iii 25     li-ib-bi [ka]-al-bi-im i-nar[u-ub-ṣi-šu]

 

A vi 35      li-ib-bi ša-ḫi-im [i-n]a ir-ri-ti-šu

B iii 26     li-ib-bi [ša]-ḫi-im i-na er-ṣe-ti[u]

 

A vi 36     li-ib-bi eṭ-lim i-na šu-le-em

B iii 27     li-ib-b[i e]ṭ-lim i-na šu-[le-em]

 

A vi 37     [l]i-ib-bi wa-ar⌉-da-tim i-na me-lu-lim

B iii 28     ⌈li-ib-bi wa-ar-da-tim i-[na me]-l[u-lim]

 

A vi 38     [li]-⌈ib⌉-[bi n]u-nim i-na ap-sí-im

B iii 29     ⌈li-ib-[bi] nu-nim i-naap-s[í-im]

 

A vi 39     [li-ib-bi i]ṣ-ṣú-r[i-im i-na a]p-pa-ri-im

B iii 30     ⌈li-ib-bi iṣ-ṣú-ri-i]m i-na ap-pa-r[i-im]

 

A vi 40     [li-ib-bi ra-aq-qí-im i-na] ru-šu-um-tim

B iii 31     ⌈li-ib-bi ra-aq-qí-im i-na ru-šu-[um-tim]

 

A vi 41     [li-ib-bi ši-le-ep-pi-im i-na sà-aḫ-sà-aḫ]-tim

B iii 32     [li]-ib-bi ši-e-le-ep-pi-im i-na i-na s[à-aḫ-sà-aḫ-t]im

B iii 33     [l]i-ib-bi an-na-an-na māri(DUMU) an-na-[an-na]

B iii 34     [š]a il(DINGIR)-šu an-na-an-n[a [iš-ta-a]r-[šu an-na-ni-t]um

B iii 35     l[i-wa-aš-š]i-[ir]

B iii 36     [TU6 é]n-⌈è⌉-[nu-ru]

B iii 37     [KA-inim-m]a ⌈šà⌉-[gig-ga]

Translation

(lines by Text B)

B ii 40' –iii 2    [The] heart-plant, [its] beauty [was entic]ing [...]. Sun noticed it: he [plucked it and took it] up to heaven.

iii 3–5  It seized the heart of Moon, it seized the heart of Sun, its plucker, (it seized) the heart of Earth, its burier,

iii 6–9  (It seized) the heart of the ox in the stall, the heart of the sheep in the fold, the heart of the dog in its lair, the heart of the pig in its pigpen,

iii 10–11          (It seized) the heart of the lad in the street, the heart of the maiden in the dance,

iii12–15           (It seized) the heart of the fish in the deep water, the heart of the bird in the wetland, the heart of the dry-land turtle in the mud, the heart of the freshwater turtle at the water’s edge,

iii16–18           It seized the heart of so-and-so, son of so-and-so, whose god is so-and-so, and whose goddess is so-and-so.

iii 19–22          Tell(pl.) now Asalluḫi, the son of Enki, that he r[eleas]es the heart of Moon, the heart of Sun, its (the heart-plant) plucker, the heart of Earth, its (the heart-plant) burier,

iii 23–26          the heart of the ox in the stall, the heart of the sheep in the fold, the heart of the dog in its lair, the heart of the pig in its pigpen (so A, B: in his land),

iii 27–28          the heart of the lad in the street, the heart of the maiden in the dance,

iii 28–32          the heart of the fish in the deep water, the heart of the bird in the wetland, the heart of the dry-land turtle in the mud, the heart of the freshwater turtle at the water’s edge,

iii 33–35          the heart of so-and-so, son of so-and-so, whose god is so-and-so, and whose goddess is so-and-so.

iii 36                [Tu-E]nenuru-spell.

iii37                 Incantation against stomach[-ache.]

Commentary

CUSAS 32 No. 7o vi 9–44, incipit and rubric lost: Akkadian incantation, long variant of CUSAS 32 No. 8i.

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. 7117; view on seal.huji.ac.il.