CUSAS 10, 11
CDLI P252006. Note the usage of /pí/ (ll. 1, 2 and perhaps also 14) which suggest a northern provenance (on this see George 2009, 69).
Transliteration
Obv.
1 [pí-ta-ar-r]a!-as-si pí-ta-ar-ra-as!-
2 [ma-r]a-at A-ni-im ni-pí-iḫ ša-me-e
3 [u4?-ma?]-am ú-ul-li-la-a-ma
4 [š]a-me-e ša Anim(AN.NA)
5 i-ba-aš-ši ra-mu-um e-li ni-ši i-┌ḫa┐-ap-pu-up
6 ra-mu-um li-iḫ-pu-pa-am i-na ┌ṣe┐-ri-┌ia┐
7 lu-ud-di lu-uq-bi lu-ta-wu-ú ┌lu-ra-ʾì(ḪI)┐-im
8 ḫu-us-sí-ni-i-ma ki-ma aš-nu-ga-┌a┐-li
9 li-iḫ-šu-┌šu┐ pa-nu-ki!(Text: KU) ki-ma ri-im-ti-i[m]
10 e tu-uš-bi a-na mi-li-ik a-bi-┌ki┐
11 e te-el-qé-e mi-li-ik um-mi-k[i]
12 šum-ma qá-aš-da-┌at┐ im-da-ša l[i-x-x]
13 šum-ma na-di-a-┌at┐ bi-bi-il-ša l[i-x-x]
14 šum-ma ┌ke┐-ez-re-et li-kà-ap-pí-ir / aš-ta-ma-ša e-li-ia li-im-qú-u[t]
15 ši-i[p-t]um ú-ul ia-tu
16 ši-┌pa-at┐ É-a ù dIštar(INANNA) iš-ku-nu
(Rev. uninscribed)
Translation
Obv.
1 [Keep] her apart! keep [her] apart!
2–4 [The] daughters of Anu, the lights of heaven, [in day-ti]me(?) purified the sky of Anu.
5–6 Love came about, twittering over the people; May Love twitter over me!
7 Let me cast (a spell), let me speak, let me utter words of love:
8 ‘Think of me as an ašnugallum-snake!
9 May your face rejoice as a wild cow!
10 Do not wait on your father’s counsel,
11 Do not heed your mother’s advice!’
12 If she is a hierodule may she [...] her support;
13 If she is a cloister-lady may she [...] her gift;
14 If she is a harlot may she clean(?) her tavern, may she throw herself at me!
15 The incantation is not mine:
16 (it is) the incantation (which) Ea and Ištar have created.
Commentary
For commentary, see Wasserman 2016, 237–238.
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. 7138; view on seal.huji.ac.il.