AMD 1, 247 (fig. 11)

SEAL no. 7161 · FM 22878 · Incantations · scorpion · Kiš (mod. Tell el-Uhaymir) · 4 lines · 7 words · 19 signs

A ritual?

Transliteration

Rev.

1' [(x-)]ru-uḫ ŠID? [ ]

2' [b]i-iṣ-ṣú-úr ṣer-r[i ]

3' pa-še-e[r ]

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4' ši-pa-at zu-qí-[qí-pí-im]

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Translation

Rev.

1' ... reciting(?) [...],

2' [v]ulva of a sna[ke],

3' is resolved(?)/an undoer(?)

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4' Incantation (against) a scorpion

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Commentary

1': If (with (Finkel 1999, 235) these lines are the end of a ritual than ŠID? could stand for manûm, "to recite (an incantation)".

3': pa-še-e[r ]: either an adjective in status absolutus "it is resolved", or a noun pāširum, "undoer, exorcist" (CAD P, 253) in status constructus, "the undoer of...".

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. 7161; view on seal.huji.ac.il.