&P545380 = AOAT 046, 008
#project: caspo
#atf: lang akk-x-stdbab
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##note:  The tablet BM 47509 + BM 48370 contains Sin 14, including a shuila rubric, with ritual instructions in addition to other ritual instructions (e.g., a list of stones).

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l'. [EN₂ ...] x# [...]
#tr.en: [Incantation: . . .] . . . [. . .]

2'. [...] x# nig₂ sig₅-ga hul-lu#?-[bi?]
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . goodness, [its] evil 
#note: The restorations here and in the next line are indebted to the transliteration on eBL (https://www.ebl.lmu.de/fragmentarium/BM.47509).

3'. [... nig₂] sig₅#?-ga hul-lu-bi za-a-kam*
#tr.en: [. . .] goodness, its evil is yours.

4'. [...] še# še kin? gu si-si ni hu ni
#tr.en: [. . .] . . .

5'. [{d}]amar#-utu am-e-ne he₂-ni-ib₂-e₃-de₃
#tr.en: May Marduk make the bulls(?) rage.
#note: My translation is uncertain.

6'. hul#? gaba#-ga zi-zi hul-lu-bi zi-zi tu₆ en₂
#tr.en: Make the evil(?) depart. Remove its evil! Incantation formula.
#note: Was the GA misplaced from behind zi-zi due to the graphic similarity (i.e., the ŠE-element) of the right side of both GABA and ZI?

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7'. DU₃.DU₃-BI U₄#.SAKAR ZABAR za-ka-a DU₃{+uš}
#tr.en: Its ritual: You make a crescent moon out of pure copper.

8'. U₂.SAKAR ṣe-eh-ri 2(diš){+u₂} ina lib₃-bi-šu₂ DU₃{+uš}
#tr.en: You make a second, small crescent moon inside it.

9'. EN₂ an-ni-tu₄ ina muh-hi-šu₂ SAR{+ar₂}
#tr.en: You write this incantation on it (i.e., the second crescent moon).

10'. u₃ NA₄-MEŠ mim-ma lem-nu ina lib₃-bi-šu₂ ta-ka-ṣar
#tr.en: And you tie the stones (against) any evil inside of it.

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11'. {na₄#}ZALAG₂ {na₄}AN.ZAH {na₄}AN.ZAH.BABBAR {na₄}AN.ZAH.GE₆ {na₄}mu-ṣa
#tr.en: Zalāqu-stone (a bright stone), anzaḫḫu-stone, ḫuluḫḫu-stone (a light-colored slag), kutpû-stone (black frit), mūṣu-stone (some mineral), 
#note: For discussions about these various stones, see the glossary of stones in Schuster-Brandis 2008: 391-458.

12'. {na₄#}DUR₂#.MI.NA.BAN₃.DA {na₄}KUR{+nu} DAB {na₄}AN.BAR
#tr.en: turminabandû-stone (breccia), šadānu ṣābitu-stone (magnetite), parzillu-stone (iron),

13'. {na₄}ZU₂# ZALAG {na₄}URUDU NITA₂ 1(diš){+en} DUR
#tr.en: ṣurru namru-stone ("radiant" flint/obsidian), erû zikaru-stone ("masculine" copper). First band (of stones).
#note: This is Kette 177 in Schuster-Brandis 2008: 152, who gives the following parallels: BAM 358 ii 11ˊ-14ˊ; BAM 365 i 7ˊ-11ˊ; STT 273+ ii 18ˊ-22ˊ; BAM 362 iiˊ 1ˊ-5ˊ (which she notes is uncertain). Her listing of K.3937+ among the parallels must be a mistake.

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14'. {na₄#}KUR{+nu} DAB {na₄}ZU₂ ZALAG {na₄}DUR₂.MI.NA.BAN₃.DA {na₄#}AN#.BAR#
#tr.en: Šadānu ṣābitu-stone (magnetite), ṣurru namru-stone ("radiant" flint/obsidian), turminabandû-stone (breccia), parzillu-stone (iron),

15'. {na₄#}ZALAG₂ {na₄}AN.ZAH {na₄}AN.ZAH BABBAR# 2(diš){+u₂#} [DUR]
#tr.en: Zalāqu-stone (a bright stone), anzaḫḫu-stone, ḫuluḫḫu-stone (a light-colored slag). Second band (of stones). 
#note: This is Kette in Schuster-Brandis 2008: 176 , who gives the following parallels: BAM 365 i 3ˊ-6ˊ; STT 273+ ii 22ˊ-28ˊ; BAM 386 ivˊ(!) lˊ-6ˊ.

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16'. {na₄}DUR₂.MI.NA.BAN₃.DA {na₄}aš#-pu₂#-u₂ {na₄}ZU₂# [ZALAG]
#tr.en: Turminabandû-stone (breccia), ašpû-stone (jasper), ṣurru namru-stone ("radiant" flint/obsidian),

17'. {na₄}PA {na₄}ni-bu# {na₄#}ŠU#.U NITA₂ u MUNUS 3(diš){+šu₂} DUR#
#tr.en: ayyartu-stone (cowry shell?), yānibu-stone, "masculine" ŠU-stone, "feminine" ŠU-stone. Third band (of stones). 
#note: This is Kette 180 in Schuster-Brandis 2008: 153, who gives the following parallels: BAM 386 iv(!) 10ˊ-13ˊ; SpTU 4, 129 v 21-24; BAM 364 i 1 (which she notes is uncertain).

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18'. PAP 2(u) 4(diš) NA₄#-MEŠ# ŠEŠ-MEŠ ina ŠA₃ U₄.SAKAR ina URUDU.NIG₂.GID₂.DA E₃{+ak}
#tr.en: Twenty-four stones total. You thread these (stones) on a copper wire in the crescent moon (symbol).
#note: For URUDU.NIG₂.GID₂.DA = urāku, "(copper) wire," see CAD U/W, 206.

19'. 1(u)# 4(diš)# NA₄#-MEŠ URUDU 1(u) 4(diš) SI DARA₃.MAŠ ina ba-ru-un-du E₃
#tr.en: You thread fourteen stones of copper and fourteen of stag horn on a multi-colored (thread of) wool.

20'. SA AB₂ RI.RI.GA 1(u) 5(diš) u 2(geš₂) 3(u) ša₂ U₄.SAKAR E₃{+ak}
#tr.en: You thread the sinew of a dead cow on the right and the left (side) of the crescent moon.

21'. PAP# ša₂ AN.TA.ŠUB.BA ṣab-tu-šu₂ ina GU₂-šu₂ GAR-ma DIN
#tr.en: All of (this ritual material) you place on the neck of the one whom AN.TA.ŠUB.BA seized, and he will recover.

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1. [EN₂ {d}3(u) IBILA] a#-ša₂-re-du at-ta {d}3(u) EN GAL{+u₂} at-ta
#tr.en: [Incantation: O Sin], you (are) [the heir], the foremost one. O Sin, you (are) the great lord!

2. [{d}3(u) MU MU] at#-ta# {d}3(u) ra-ʾ-im ŠE.NUMUN at-ta
#tr.en: [O Sin] you (are) [the one who names (lit. names names)]. O Sin, you (are) the one who loves offspring.
#note: Other witnesses end the line with ra-ʾ-im TI.LA at-ta, "you (are) the one who loves life." It seems likely to me that the copyist of the present line copied the ŠE.NUMUN in the following line by mistake. 

3. [{d}]3(u)# na-din# ŠE.NUMUN at-ta
#tr.en: O Sin, you (are) the one who gives offspring.

4. [{d}]3(u)# na-din# šu-lum at-ta
#tr.en: O Sin, you (are) the one who gives health.

5. [{d}]3(u)# he-pi# eš-šu at-ta
#tr.en: O Sin, you (are) . . . {new break}

6. {d#}3(u) na-din šu#-lu₄# u# ŠE.NUMUN a-na KUR DAGAL{+ti₃} at-ta#
#tr.en: O Sin, you (are) the one who gives health and offspring to the far-flung land.

7. [{d}]3(u) ina qi₂-bi-ti#-ka# ṣir#-ti# ša₂ la KUR₂#{+ru#}
#tr.en: O Sin, according to your august command which cannot be abolished,

8. u₃#? an-ni-ka ki-nim [ša₂] la# [BAL{+u}]
#tr.en: [and] your firm consent [that] cannot [be changed],

9. ana#-ku# NENNI A NENNI {lu₂#}MAŠ.[MAŠ IR₃-ka]
#tr.en: I, so-and-so, son of so-and-so, the exor[cist, your servant],

10. a#-na# NENNI A NENNI ša₂ DINGIR-šu₂ NENNI {d}1(u) 5(diš)-šu₂# [NENNI{+tu₂}]
#tr.en: for so-and-so, son of so-and-so, whose (personal) god (is) so-and-so, (and personal) goddess (is) [so-and-so],

11. ši#-ip#-ru an-na-a e-pu-šu₂ {d}3(u) be-en-nu# ša₂# DAB#?-šu₂#?
#tr.en: do this ritual. O Sin, the epilepsy that has seized [him]

12. a#-a# i-tur-šu₂ a-a TE-šu₂ a-a DIM₄-šu₂ TU₆ EN₂
#tr.en: may it not return to him; may it not draw near to him; may it not approach him. Incantation formula.

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13. KA#-INIM-MA ŠU-IL₂#-LA₂ {d}+SUEN-NA-KE₄
#tr.en: The wording of a hand-lifting prayer to Sin.

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14. DU₃.DU₃-BI ki-ma {d}3(u) tuš-tak-li-lu UR₃ SAR A KU₃# 7(diš)# SUD#
#tr.en: Its ritual: As soon as you have completed making (the ritual artifacts of) Sin, you sweep the roof (and) sprinkle pure water seven times.

15. GI.DU₈ KEŠDA{+as} {udu}SISKUR.UDU GAL#? BAL#{+qi₂} DU₃.A.BI ŠEG₆#{+šal}
#tr.en: You set up a portable altar. You make an offering, a large sheep. You cook all of it.

16. ina IGI U₄.SAKAR GAR{+an} EN₂ an#-ni-tu₂ 3(diš){+šu₂} ŠID{+nu}
#tr.en: You set (it) out in the presence of the crescent moon. You recite this incantation three times.

17. u₂-taq-qi₂-ma GUR₂{+ši} <ana?> KA ne₂-peš lat-ku GABA.RI KA₂.DINGIR.RA{ki}
#tr.en: You wait and (then) kneel down. According to(?) a tested ritual procedure. Original of Babylon.

18. EN₂# {d}3(u) EN ša₂#-qu-u₂ at-ta
#tr.en: Incantation: O Sin, you (are) the exalted lord!

19. [{d}]3(u) mu-nam-mir# uk-li at-ta
#tr.en: O Sin, you (are) the one who illuminates the darkness!

20. [{d}]3(u)# na-si-ih GIG# ša₂ UN-MEŠ DU₃.A.BI at-ta
#tr.en: O Sin, you (are) the one who removes sickness from all the people!

21. [...] x# x# u₂-suh GIG# ša₂ SU-MU
#tr.en: [. . .] . . . remove the sickness from my body.

22. [... da₃-li₂-li₂-ka] lud-lul TU₆ EN₂
#tr.en: [. . .] (that) I may sing [your praises]. Incantation formula.

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23. [DU₃.DU₃-BI ...] x# ina MURUB₄ AN{+e} il-ta#?-x#-a
#tr.en: [Its ritual: . . .] . . . in the midst of the heavens . . . 

24. [... ina] {dug#}BUR.ZI.GAL ana IGI {d#}[3(u) GAR]{+an#}
#tr.en: [. . . You place (it?)] in a large pursitu-vessel in the presence of [Sin].

25. [...]-ma# U₄.SAKAR x# [...]
#tr.en: [. . .], and the crescent moon . . . [. . .]

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