TIM 9, 67a
This incantation is mostly obscure (with possibly non-Akkadian phrases inserted). In fact, the clearest part of it is the colophon [t]u-é[n]-é-nu-ru (l. 18). Its designation – against a snake or a scorpion – is only conjectural (following van Dijk, TIM 9, catalogue). Very likely A student training text (note the repeated - kunu possessive suffixes in ll. 5, 6, 7 and the phrases abum / ummum in ll. 8, 9, 10, 11).
Transliteration
Obv.
1 [x]-⌈x⌉-ia ar-qá-ti[m...]
2 [...]-nu ḫa-x [... ...]
3 [š]a? ka-an-na-te pa li-i-nu-[...]
4 [š/t]a gu? x [x] x ur-ṣí-ia ḫa-da-a
5 li-ma/ku ḪI ḪI x ap-pa-ti-ku-nu
6 ki-i ⌈x⌉-[x?]-bu-um la-bi-ku-nu
7 ḪAR-re-⌈e⌉-tum?! ra ra ṣí-a-ku-nu
8 al-ba-an um-ma-ka
9 ḫa-a[b?-b]a? al-ba-an um-ma-ka sà-ap-ḫu-ú
10 a-b[u?-a]? ḫa-di a-bu-ú-ni
11 um-ma-a-a ḫa-di um-ma-ni
12 ša-ḫu-um-ma KAR?-ku-nu ⌈ti]-x-nu
13 ḫu-ma-ta [(x)]-ku-nu
14 [š]i?-in KÙ iš-tu-um A-nim
15 [x]-en-ni ba-ba-a-ti iṭ-ḫu-ú-ni
16 [sà?]-pa-aḫ? ma-la KAR-GA-at-mu-ḫa da-a-ri
17 [sà?-pa?]-aḫ?ri sa? DU-ú ba-a[b]?!-ba-ni še-re-tum! (Text: ṢUM)
18 [t]u-é[n]-é-nu-ru
----
Edge
19 [muš/gír-tab da]b5-bé-da
Commentary
8, 9: al-ba-an cannot be derived from labānum A, or B, as the vocalizations of these verbs should be ilbin / ilabbin (so also lemēnum).
12: ša-ḫu-um-ma from šaḫûm, "pig" (or šaḫumma for šaqumma?)
15ff: The last lines do not seem to belong to the genre of incantations.
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. 7169; view on seal.huji.ac.il.