tu [INCANTATION] N (179x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Uncertain, unknown wr. tu₆; tu₂; tu₆-tu₆; KA.UD; tu; tu-u₂; UD-KA; NE; du; ta; te; tuₓ(KA×GAN₂^t); ^tu-^u₂tuₓ(KA×IM); KA.UD-dug₄-ga; KA×LI-ma; KA×X.KA×X; KA×X-bi; KA×ŠE; tu₅; tuₓ(KA×IM) "incantation, spell"

See tu en enuru[incantation]N.

[1]	𒅲	tu₆
[2]	𒌓	tu₂
[3]	𒅲𒅲	tu₆-tu₆
[4]	𒅗𒌓	KA.UD
[5]	𒌅	tu
[6]	𒌅𒌑	tu-u₂
[7]	𒌓𒅗	UD-KA
[8]	𒉈	NE
[9]	𒁺	du
[10]	𒋫	ta
[11]	𒋼	te
[12]	𒅤𒅤𒃸	tuₓ(KA×GAN₂^t)
[13]	𒌅𒌑𒅮𒅮	^tu-^u₂tuₓ(KA×IM)
[14]	𒅗𒌓𒅗𒂵	KA.UD-dug₄-ga
[15]	𒅲𒈠	KA×LI-ma
[16]	XX	KA×X.KA×X
[17]	𒁉	KA×X-bi
[18]	𒆁	KA×ŠE
[19]	𒋗𒉀	tu₅
[20]	𒅮𒅮	tuₓ(KA×IM)

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		4			1		6	73	22	3
[2]				19			1
[3]								17	1	2
[4]		9
[5]								4
[6]								4
[7]		2
[8]				1
[9]							1
[10]									1
[11]								1
[12]					1
[13]									1
[14]		1
[15]									1
[16]							1
[17]										1
[18]								1
[19]
[20]

34 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (16x/9%)

Ebla (20x/11%)

Old Akkadian (2x/1%)

Ur III (9x/5%)

Old Babylonian (100x/56%)

Middle Babylonian (3x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (18x/10%)

Neo-Babylonian (5x/3%)

Uncertain (2x/1%)

unknown (4x/2%)

Senses:

1. incantation, spell (179x/100%)

Akk. šiptu.

tu₆

= šiptum (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 27).

(OB Nippur Ea 326).

Lexical Associations

šiptu[incantation]N (// tu[incantation])

tu₆ = ⸢ši-ip-tum⸣ (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 27; MSL 03, 094 ST r ii 20).

šūlūtu[votive gift]N (// tu[incantation])

^tu-^u₂tuₓ(KA×IM) = šu-lu-tum (Oriento 23/2, 1-19 r iv 24).

References for all phrases

tu[incantation]

tu₆ (MSL 14, 023 Fq o iv 6'; MSL 14, 025 Gz r iii' 12'; OB Nippur Ea 326; PBS 12, 10 o 9'; PBS 05, 114 r iii' 2'; MSL 14, 018 Bb r ii 26).

tu₆ = ⸢ši-ip-tum⸣ (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 27; MSL 03, 094 ST r ii 20).

^tu-^u₂tuₓ(KA×IM) = šu-lu-tum (Oriento 23/2, 1-19 r iv 24).

tu[incantation] abzu[water]

⸢tu₆-tu₆⸣ abzu = ⸢ši^?⸣-[...] (CT 19, pl. 30-32, K 00005 o ii 4').

tu[incantation] enuru[incantation]

⸢tu₆⸣ e₂-en₂-nu-ru = [...] (CT 19, pl. 30-32, K 00005 o ii 7').

a[water] tu[incantation]

a tu₆-tu₆ (OB Nippur Kagal 429).

e[house] tu[incantation]

e₂ tu₆-tu₆ (OB Nippur Kagal 207).

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