Ugaritica 5, 17a

SEAL no. 7241

Copy / Photo
Tablet Siglum
RS 17.155
Measurements
circumference
232 x 166 x 32
cm
Collection
Damascus, National Museum
Studies
65 fn. 219, 76, 96, 121, 200, 210, 216, 242, 403
Genre / Classification
Incantations, evil
Notes

Forerunner to Udug.ḫul II/a: ÉN puṭur lemnu ina igi abgal dingir.meš damar.utu

Incantation is found outside the series: MC 16, pl. 7: 1’–8’ // BAM 8, pl. 5, 136: r. 1–4

Text

1. [DU8 Ḫ]UL ina IGI abABGAL DINGIR- dAMAR.UTU [d]ú-up-pir6 ḪU[L]

2 ina IGI šá dASAL.LÚ.ḪI ina IGI abABGAL DINGIR-dAMAR.UTU mi-ri"i[r-ta-ka]

3 mim-ma ḪUL tu-ú-ka TI.LA dAMAR.UTU TU6-ka SILIM-m[a dASAL.LÚ.ḪI]

4 EN tu-ú-ka TI.LA dAMAR.UTU ⌈ú-šu-gal AN-e KI-t[i (...)]

5 ‹ina? DINGIR-lì EŠ.ŠA-ti u KI.TA ⌈TU6?-ka? šá-i-na NU TUKU ḪUL.G[ÁL]

6 SI!.IL.LÁI.KAT.TA GIM ME.EN ⌈GIM⌉ ME.EN ⌈LÚ!?⌉.UR5.SAG dA[SAL.LÚ.ḪI]

7 DÁ.MU.ZI.IG I.RI.DU.KA.AK.KE NÍG NU.ḪUL NÍG NU.SI.G[A]

8 NÍG NU.TI.IL.LA!.AG.GA ŠU NU.TU.GA ‹TU›.GA AN.KÌM.KI.IK.KI

9 A.[RA] KA.RAB.GUB ⌈ap-tu li-iš-pur bar-du-ú li-še-ṣi

10 [mim-m]a ḪUL mim-ma NU.DU10šá ina UZU-ka u SA.A-ka GÁL

11 [e]n-qí [mas-s]ù-ú MAŠ.MAŠ DINGIR- abABGAL dASAL.LÚ.ḪI ina SU-ka li-is⌉-sù-[uḫ]

Translation

1 [Go away e]vil in front of the apkallu-priest of the gods, Marduk! Go away evil

2 in front of the one belonging to Asalluḫi! In front of the apkallu-priest of the gods, Marduk,

3 2 turn (text: against) [your breast] 3whatever evil! Your incantation is life, (O) Marduk! Your incantation is health, [(O) Asalluḫi!]

4 (O) lord your incantation is life, (O) Marduk!  (O) lion-dragon of heaven (and) earth [(…)]

5 among the gods, above and below, your incantation has no rival! Ev[il one]

6 depart before me! I am, (yes) I am the man of the hero Asalluḫi,

7 the foremost son of Eridu! Whatever evil, whatever unpleasant,

8 whatever causing (me) not to live, what is not good for my body, ‹on› the command of Enki

9 I will make you standup! May the window send (you) out! May the door-lintel let (you) go out!

10 Whatever evil, whatever unpleasant there is in your body and muscles,

11 may, the wise leader, the exorcist of the gods, the apkallu-priest Asalluḫi rip it out from your body!

Signs in text
193
Words in text
96
Sumerograms in text
54
% of Sum. in text
56
Lines in text
11
Average signs per line in text
17.55
SD of signs per line
1.63
Revision History
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
26/01/11
Hess, Christian W.
Cataloguing
01/01/12
Streck, Michael P.
Correction
18/04/12
Zomer, Elyze
Corrections, Transliteration, Translation, Notes
26/06/17
Zomer, Elyze
Cataloguing
28/06/17
Wasserman, Nathan
Web-formatting
28/06/17
Zomer, Elyze
Additions
06/09/19