BAM 4, 335

SEAL no. 7242

Tablet Siglum
VAT 10306
Measurements
circumference
69 x 45 x 17
cm
Collection
Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
Edition
Studies
12, 17, 41, 95, 118, 147, 148, 200 fn. 761, 203, 209, 350
Genre / Classification
Incantations, Various diseases
Notes

May indirectly be connected with VAT 10094+ (KAL 2, 22), according to Schwemer 2007a, 115.

Forerunner to Muššuʾu IV/f // Sag.gig VII/f: ÉN murṣu miqtu liʾbu diʾu  

N.B. Pace Schwemer 2007a, 115, K 6335 and Rm 595 parallel a similar but different incantation, i.e. Muššu’u-series IV/a

Text

i

 

1’ [...] x x [x]

2’ [liʾbu diʾu a-sa-ak]-ka

3’ [aḫḫāzu šuruppû a-šu]-uš-tu

4’ [ḫurbāšu li-lu]-u be-en-na

5’ [ṣibtu ṣīdānu ḫa-a]-a-[]a

6’ [mukīl rēš Ḫ]UL-tim

7’ [ummu siliʾtu al-l]u-ḫap-pu

8’ [liʾbu uqqu šīqu š]a-ša-ṭu

9’ [šēdu mišittu ra-pa-d]u u GIDIM

10’ [lamaštu la-ba-ṣ]u aḫ-ḫa-zu

11’[bibbu ek-ke-m]u ek-kem-tu

12’ [utukku ra-bi-ṣ]u šag-gi-šú

13’ [šibbu šibṭu] ḫa-am-ṭu

14’ [mimma lemnu muṣabbit a]-mi-lu-te

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Translation

1’ […]

2’ [the liʾbu-disease, the diʾu-disease, asak]ku-demon

3’ [the aḫḫāzu-demon, the šuruppû-disease, gri]ef,

4’ [tremors, the lilû]-demon, epilepsy,

5’ [seizure, the ṣīdānu-demon, the ḫa]yyāttu-demon,

6’ [the mukīl rēš lem]utti-demon,

7’ [fever, the siliʾtu-disease, the al]luhappu-demon,

8’ [the liʾbu-disease, the uqqu-disease, the šīqu-disease], the šaššaṭu-disease,

9’ [the (evil) šēdu-spirit, stroke, the rapādu-disease, and the eṭemmu-spirit,

10’ [the lamaštu-demon, the labāṣ]u-demon, the aḫḫāzu-demon,

11’ [comet, the ekkēm]u-demon, the ekkēmtu-demon,

12’ [the utukku-demon, the rābiṣ]u-demon, the šaggišu-demon

13’ [the šibbu-disease, the plague], the ḫimṭu-affliction,

14’ [(or) whatever evil that seizes m]ankind!

Signs in text
85
Words in text
48
Sumerograms in text
1
% of Sum. in text
2
Lines in text
15
Average signs per line in text
5.67
SD of signs per line
1.76
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
26/01/11
Hess, Christian W.
Cataloguing
01/01/12
Streck, Michael P.
Formatting
03/04/12
Zomer, Elyze
Additions
15/02/13
Zomer, Elyze
Corrections, Data, Text, Translation, Notes
27/06/17
Zomer, Elyze
Cataloguing
28/06/17
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
28/06/17
Zomer, Elyze
Additions
06/09/19