SEAL no. 7071
BM 17305 obv. (British Museum)
BM 17305 rev. (British Museum)
Figulla 1959, 32 pl. 41
Geller/Wiggermann 2008 , 151
CDLI No. P283754.
According to BM catalogue: acquisition date 1894.
1 lu-di-kum šiptam(TU6) ṭà-ri-da-at ka-la mu-úr-⌈ṣe-e⌉
2 ša dEn-líl-bàn-da iš-ku-nu mu-ši-im ši-ma-tim!
3 li-di-kum É-a šipat(TU6) ba-la-ṭi4-im
4 dNu-<dím>-mud ù dNammu e-le-et An-ni-im! (Text: IḪ)
5 li-di-kum šiptam(TU6) dNin-níg-erím-me-e be-le-et ši-pa!-tim! (Text: TUM)
6 i-di šiptam(TU6) dNin-níg-erím-me-e be-le-et ši-pa-tim
7 i-te-bi mar-ṣú-um i-na tu-i-ša ú-ul ú-ša-na-ah
8 li-ir-ku-ús-ka dNin-kar-ra-ak i-na ra-ba-tim qá-ti-ša
9 dDa-mu ma-na-ah-ta-ka li-še20-te-eq el-ka
10 mar-tam pa-ši-tam dLamaštam(DÌM.ME) ek-ke-em-tam ni-ši-ik kalbim(UR.GI7.RA) ši-in-ni a-wi-lu-tim
11 li-di-iš An-nu-ni-tum i-na tu-i-ša
12 dAdad dŠakkan dNisaba dUTU dÍd hur?-⌈sa-an⌉
13 ilū(DINGIR.RA) qá-aš-du-tum!: šu-nu li-il5-li-lu-ka
14 el-le-et dEn-líl-lá li-il5-li-lu-ka
15 Māšum(MAŠ) ù MAŠ-tum mārū(DUMU.MEŠ) dSîn dUTU ù Iš8-tár
16 dab-bi-
17 ù la li-bi i-la e-li-ka li-iš-bu-ús
18 šar(LUGAL) Apsîm(ZU.AB) maš-maš ilī(DINGIR.RA) el-lu {TU6-a}
19 šiptam(TU6) ša la ta-pa! (Text: AP)-ra-sú li-di-kum
20 li-še20-bi-ir ana sú-rím ma-na-ah-ta-ka-⌈ma a-na erṣetim(KI⌉-[t]im)
21 ad-di-kum šiptam(TU6) ṭà-ri-da-at ka-la ⌈mu-ur-ṣé⌉
1 Let me cast on you(m.) a spell driving out all diseases,
2 which Enlilbanda, the one deciding all fates, placed (for me).
3 Let Ea cast on you(m.) a life-bestowing spell,
5 Let Ningirimma, mistress of spells, cast on you(m.) a spell.
6 Ningirimma, the mistress of spells, has cast a spell:
7 the patient is getting up; with her incantation, he grieves no more.
8–9 Let Ninkarrak bind you with her hands so gentle, let Damu remove your suffering.
10–11 As for murdering bile, Lamaštu, the Snatcher, a dog bite, a human tooth – may Annunītu trample them with her incantation.
12 Adad, Sumukan, Nisaba, Šamaš, Nāru, and Huršānu,
13 the holy gods, may they purify you(m.)!
14 With the authority of Enlil, may they purify you –
15 the twin-brother and twin-sister, Sin’s children, Šamaš and Ištar.
16 The gossipy person, the enraged woman, the restless man, the sorceresses, and the sneering man,
17 or the person rejected by (his personal) god – should (one of these) be angry with you,
18–19 may the Lord of the Apsû, the pure exorcist of the gods cast on you a spell that you cannot unknot.
20 May it convey your agony to the Netherworld immediately.
21 I have cast on you(m.) a spell driving away all diseases.
| Word | Translation | Semantic | Line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adad (dIŠKUR) | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 12 |
| anāḫum (v.) | G to become tired; Š trouble, exert, strain; Št be depressed | 7 | |
| Annunītum | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 11 |
| Anum | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 4 |
| Apsûm (ZU.AB) | underground water (cosmic) | Deities/Divine sphere,Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 18 |
| awīlūtum | humanity, mankind | Abstract concepts | 10 |
| balāṭum (TI) | life, vigour, good health | Abstract concepts | 3 |
| bēlet šipātim | lady of spells | Deities/Divine sphere | 5, 6 |
| dābibum | gossiping man | Human activities/actions | 16 |
| dalpum | sleepless man | Human activities/actions | 16 |
| Damu | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 9 |
| diāšum (v.) | G to tread down, thresh, to trample | 11 | |
| Ea | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 3 |
| ebērum (v.) | G to cross over; Š make to cross, bring across | 20 | |
| ekkimum | rapacious, thieving | Diseases/Demons | 10 |
| elēlum II (v.) | G to become pure, free; D purify | 13, 14 | |
| ellēt | with the authority (of DN) | 4, 14 | |
| ellum (KÙ.GA) | pure, clear, sacred | Qualities/Attributes | 18 |
| Enlil | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 14 |
| Enlilbanda | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 2 |
| ēpištum, ēpšātum | sorceress | Diseases/Demons | 16 |
| erṣetum (KI) | earth, land, netherworld | Nature/Cosmological phenomena | 20 |
| etēqum I (v.) | G to go past, cross over; Gtn iter.; Š caus. of G | 9 | |
| gunnuṣum | nose-wrinkling, sneering person | Social status/Groups/Professions | 16 |
| Ḫursānum | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 12 |
| ilum (DINGIR) | god, deity | Deities/Divine sphere | 17 |
| ilum (DINGIR) | god, deity | Deities/Divine sphere | 13, 18 |
| Ištar | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 15 |
| kalbum (UR.GI7) | dog | Fauna (domestic),Fauna (wild) | 10 |
| kalûm II (DÙ.A.BI) | all, totality, everything | Abstract concepts | 1 |
| Lamaštum (dDÌM.ME) | DN | Deities/Divine sphere,Diseases/Demons | 10 |
| mānaḫtum | weariness, fatigue, toil, work | Abstract concepts | 9, 20 |
| marṣum | sick, troublesome | Human activities/actions | 7 |
| martum | bile | Kinship terms | 10 |
| martum pāšittum | exterminating bile, obliterator, (said of Lamaštum) | Diseases/Demons | 10 |
| mārum (DUMU) | boy, son, descendant | Kinship terms | 15 |
| mašmašum | incantation priest | Social status/Groups/Professions | 18 |
| Māštum | DN, twin goddess, twin-sister | Kinship terms | 15 |
| māšum | twin (brother/sister) | Kinship terms | 15 |
| murṣum (TU.RA) | illness, sorrow, distress | Diseases/Demons,Human activities/actions | 1, 21 |
| mušīm šīmātim | one who decides destinies | Deities/Divine sphere | 2 |
| nadûm III (v.) | G to throw down, lay down; N to be rejected; Š caus. of G | 1, 3, 5, 6, 19, 21 | |
| Nammu | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 4 |
| Nārum (dÍD) | DN, GN, Divine River | Deities/Divine sphere | 12 |
| Ninkarrak | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 8 |
| Ninnigerimmê | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 5, 6 |
| Nisaba | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 12 |
| niškum, neškum | bite | Diseases/Demons | 10 |
| Nudimmud | literary epithet of Ea, DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 4 |
| parāsum (v.) | G to cut (off), decide, divide; Gtn continually block | 19 | |
| pāšittum | obliterator | Rituals/Religious practices | 10 |
| qašdum | holy | 13 | |
| qātum (ŠU) | hand | Body/Body parts | 8 |
| rabbum | soft, gentle | Qualities/Attributes | 8 |
| rakāsum (v.) | G to bind | 8 | |
| šabāsum, sabāsum (v.) | G to be angry | 17 | |
| šabbasûm | very angry | Human activities/actions | 16 |
| šakānum (v.) (GAR) | to put, place, lay down | 2 | |
| Šakkan (dŠakkan, dŠákkan) | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 12 |
| Šamaš, šamšum (dUtu) | DN, sun | Deities/Divine sphere | 12, 15 |
| šarrum (LUGAL; EN) | king, lord | Social status/Groups/Professions | 18 |
| šīmtum (NAM) | fate, what is fixed, destiny | Abstract concepts,Rituals/Religious practices | 2 |
| Sîn | DN | Deities/Divine sphere | 15 |
| šinnum | tooth | Body/Body parts | 10 |
| šiptum (ḖN; KAxUD) | incantation, spell | Rituals/Religious practices,Verbal expressions,Written texts/Literary terms | 1, 3, 5, 6, 19, 21 |
| ṭarādum (v.) | G to send off, despatch, send away | 1, 21 | |
| tebûm (v.) | G to get up, arise, set out; Š set in motion, remove | 7 | |
| tûm, tuʾum | incantation(-formula) | Rituals/Religious practices | 7, 11 |