CUSAS 32, 49
Transliteration
1 ⌈wa⌉-ru-uq ša ṣe-⌈e⌉-[ri-(im)]
2 ṣa-li-im ša bi-t[im]
3 mu-ut-ta-ap-ri-iš ša-m[a-i]
4 a-ru-uḫ ša ba-aš-tim
5 ša i-na e-pe-er ša-di-š[u]
6 ba-al-lu
7 bu-da-šu li-bi-it-tum
8 li-ib-ba-šu na-du-u[m]
9 li-iḫ-<ḫe>-pi li-bi-it-tum
10 li-iš-ša-ri-iṭ na-du-um
11 li-ib-li di-pa-ar
12 zi-ib-ba-ti-šu ù qá-an-ni-[šu]
13 dSîn(EN.ZU) bi-it-sú i-⌈pu⌉-uš
14 [i-na] e-pe-eš bi-ti-šu
15 [i-na š]u-ba-al-ku-ut a-ma-[ri-im]
16 [ú-b]a-an dSîn(EN.ZU) ṣe-ḫe-[er-tam]
Rev.
17 [li-bi]-tu iz-qú-ut
18 [x (x) ⌈x⌉ ti [x]
19 [x x]-it nāru(ÍD) ⌈x x⌉ [x x]
20 ru-ku-us li-[bi-it-tam]
21 i-na qá-an-[n]i-[ša/šu]
22 a-a ik-ki-⌈ip a⌉-[na p]a-⌈a⌉-[ni-šu]
23 a-a ir-ḫi-iṣ a-na wa-a[r-ki-šu]
24 im-ta-am is-x um [x x]
25 li-iš-ti x x ak [x x]
26 li-⌈it⌉-ta-pa-aṣ pa-⌈ši⌉-[ru-um?]
27 pa-ši-ir-tum [l]i-⌈te!⌉-l[i-lu]
28 pa-ši-ir ⌈x x x⌉-tim
29 i-na zi-[ba?]-t[i]-šu
30 lu-uṣ-ba-as-súm ka-⌈ak⌉-k[a-am]
31 ša ma-a-[x (x)]
32 wa-ši-ib/p x x x [x x x]
33 a-x x x [x x x]
34 ka-ši-ip [x x x x]
35 KA-inim-[ma gír-tab]
Translation
1 It is the yellow of the steppe,
2 it is the black of the house.
3 it is the soaring one of the sky,
4 It is the rushing one of the shrubs.
5–6 The one spread with the dust of its mountain of origin,
7–8 Its shoulders – a brick, its middle part – a water-skin.
9–10 May the brick be broken! May the water-skin be torn!
11–12 May the torch of its tail and its two horns be extinguished!
13 Sȋn built his house.
14–15 [While] building his house, while turning over the brick pile,
16–17 [a bri]ck stung Sȋn’s little finger.
18–19 […]...[...]
20–21 Bind the [brick] by [its] two horns!
22–23 May it not charge forward! May move quickly backward!
24–25 May it drink (its own) … poison…!
26–27 May it be crushed! May the sorcerer and the sorceress purify!
28–29 The sorcerer of … in its t[ai]l.
30 I will take up a weapon against it.
31–32 … … is conjured.
33–34 … … is bewitched.
35 Incantation [against scorpions].
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. 7166; view on seal.huji.ac.il.