CUSAS 32, 29a

SEAL no. 7087

Images
  • MS 3082 (CDLI P252091)MS 3082 (CDLI P252091)
  • George 2016, 29George 2016, 29
Copy / Photo
29 (copy)
Tablet Siglum
MS 3082
Measurements
circumference
18.5 x 7.5 x 3.3
cm
Collection
Schøyen Collection, Oslo
Studies
Genre / Classification
Incantations, dog
Provenance
Notes

Preliminary edition kindly sent by A. R. George.

CDLI P252091

Text

Obv.

1          ⌈šammi?(Ú)⌉ dŠamaš {ras.} ra-bi-im da-an-nim <ištu ḪUR.>SAG-GÁ ⌈ù?⌉-[še-bi-ra-am]

2          [tu-š]a-li-ša-am-ma na-ši-ka-am ta-na-aš-ša-{ŠA}-ak

3          [am]-mi-nim te-el-te-qé-a-[a]m ši-ir e-ne-tim

4          [x g]a?-ar bi-ši-im ma-aš-ki pa-ri-im

5          [giš?T]i-il-mu-nu-ú li-bi-ra-am te-a-am-ta-am

6          [li-i]r-dam li-še20-bi-ra-am i-na na-ag-bi

7          [x ] e da la {NU} te-gá

8          [x i]n?-ne-ep ki di

9          [x ]x-zi-ir šu-bi-ir ka-la ti-la-ḫi ka-la pi-ra-ḫi

10        [x-ḫ]i li-te-er-ka tu6! én-é-n[u-r]u

10a      KA-inim ur-gi7-ra

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11        [x ]x qá-du-tam si-ḫa!(za sup. ras.)-am kupsam(DUḪ.ŠE.GÌŠ.Ì)

12        [šam]nam([Ì-GI]Š) ḫalṣam(BÁRA) bulluḫam(šimBULUḪ)

13        [ta-ḫ]a-aš-ša-<al> ta-na-ap-pi-i-ma

14        [x ]x i-na ru-qí ta-ra-ba-ak-ma

15        [iš-ti]-šu ù ši-ni-šu ta-ṣa-mi-is-sú-ú-ma

16        [x ni-iš]-ki-im da-mi-iq

16a      KA-inim ur-gi7-ra

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Translation

1      [The plan]t(?) of Šamaš the great, the powerful, <he (Šamaš) brought over across> the mountain.

2      For the third time [you (the dog) ha]ve bitten a bite!

3–4      Why have you taken the meat of sin, the bad ..., the skin of a mule?

5       May the date palm from Tilmun cross the sea hither!

6       May it go down to me, may it get across from (its) subterranean water!

7       ... do not be lazy! ...

8–9       ... ... ...

10      May it turn you back! Incantation formula.

10a    Spell (against) a dog.

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11–13       You crush and sift ... silt, wormwood, a residue (of linseed?), pressed oil, (and) the Bulluḫu aromatic plant.

14-15       You boil down (the ingredients) in a cauldron. You apply (a bandage with the mixture) to him (the patient) once and twice,

16       – the [wound] of the bite will be fine.

16a        Incantation (against) a dog.

 

Vocabulary
Word Translation Semantic Line
ammīnim why 3
baluḫḫum, buluḫḫum (ŠIM.BULUḪ) an aromatic plant 12
bīšum I bad, malodorous 4
damāqum (v.) G to improve (intrans.) D to improve (trans.) 16
dannum (KAL.GA) powerful, mighty, great, strong 1
ebērum (v.) G to cross over; Š make to cross, bring across [1], 5, 6
egûm (v.) III to be, become lazy 7
ennettum sin 3
ḫašālum (KUM; GAZ) G to crush; D to crush, pound up 13
ištiššu once 15
ištum from, out of, since, after 1
KA.INIM.MA incantation formula, incantation 10a, 16a
kalbum (UR.GI7) dog 10a, 16a
kupsum (DUḪ.ŠE.GIŠ.Ì) husks, bran 11
leqûm (v.) G to take, take over; Š caus. of G 3
maškum skin, hide, leather 4
nagabbum, nagbum I underground water; the whole, entirety 6
napûm (v.) (SIM) to sieve, sift 13
našākum (v.) G to bite, gnaw 2
niškum, neškum bite 16
parûm I mule 4
qadūtum silt, dregs, lees 11
rabākum (v.) G~D to boil down, decoct 14
rabûm (GAL) I big 1
ruqqum I (URUDU.ŠEN) cauldron 14
šadûm I (KUR; ḪUR.SAG) mountain, open country 1
šalāšum (v.) to do for a third time, three times 2
ṣamādum (v.) G to tie up, hitch up, bind up 15
Šamaš, šamšum (dUtu) DN, sun 1
šammum (Ú) grass, herb, plant [1]
šamnum (Ì; Ì.GIŠ) oil, fat, cream 12
sīḫum II wormwood 11
šinīšu twice 15
šīrum (UZU) flesh, body; entrails; kinsman, blood relative, meat; ominous sign 3
târum (v.) (GUR) G to turn, return, become again; D to bring, send, give, pay back 10
tiāmtum, tâmtum (A.AB.BA) sea, lake 5
tilmunnûm of Tilmun 5
warādum (v.) G to go down, descend; Gt to go down, descend; Š to send, take, bring down 6
Signs in text
206
Words in text
80
Sumerograms in text
7
% of Sum. in text
9
Lines in text
20
Average signs per line in text
10.30
SD of signs per line
5.18
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Cataloguing and corrections
26/09/17
Tulaikova, Yulia
Additions to Notes
29/10/17
Tulaikova, Yulia
Cataloguing
14/11/17
Streck, Michael P.
Images, catalogue
05/08/19