YOS 11, 35

SEAL no. 7175 · YBC 9899 · Incantations · scorpion · Larsa area (uncertain) · 8 lines · 36 words · 77 signs · 6 Sumerograms · bilingual

CDLI No. P310430. First l. probably syllabic Sumerian With a ritual.  

Transliteration

1 inim-an-na inim-na-na inim-na-na ^dNin-⌈kilim-ma-ke₄⌉

2 ⌈qá?-ti?⌉ i-li-im zuqiqīpum(GÍR.TAB) iz-qú-ut ⌈i+na⌉ na-al-[ba-ni(m)]

3 A-nu-um É? a-na sà-la-aḫ? pa-la-aš? qí-bi? a-[(?)]

4 ⌈ša!?-pa-al⌉ bur-tim

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5 ⌈KA.⌉inim.ma GÍR.TAB dab₅-bé-da-k[am]

6 [ú?]-pu-úḫ di-pa-ra-am le-qé ⌈x⌉ [...]

7 [a?-ḫu?]-uz di-⌈pa!⌉-ra-am⌉ l[e-qé …]

8 […]⌈x x⌉ [.....]

(rest broken)

Translation

1 The word of the sky, the word of the sky, the word of the sky, O Ninklim!

2 The scorpion stung the hand of the god in the br[ick mould].

3 Anum, in order to purify the house(?), to make a breach ... ...

4 under the pit.

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5 Incantation to catch a scorpion.

6 (The ritual:) light a torch, take... ...]

7 [Ho]ld(?) a torch, t[ake... ...]

8 ...

Commentary

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. 7175; view on seal.huji.ac.il.