SAA 10 296. Prophylactic Rituals (ABL 0977+) [from exorcists][via saao/saa10]
| Obverse | ||
| o 1o 1 | (1) [To] the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-naṣir. May Nabû and Marduk very greatly bless the king, my lord! | |
| o 22 | ||
| o 33 | ||
| o 44 | ||
| o 55 | (5) Aššur-mukin-paleya is doing very, very well; Aššur-šarrani-[muballis]su is doing very, very well. The king, my lord, [can be glad]. | |
| o 66 | ||
| o 77 | ||
| o 88 | ||
| o 99 | ||
| o 1010 | (10) [Concerning] the rites about which the ki[ng, my lord], wrote to us, in Kislev (IX) we performed "To keep ma[laria], plague and pestilence away from a man's home"; [in Teb]et (X) we performed "To keep disease and malaria away from a man's home," and numerous counterspells; in Shebat (XI) we performed 'hand-lifting' prayers, an apotropaic ritual to counteract evil sorcery and a ritual against malaria and plague. On the 1st day we initiated the rites (to be performed) in Adar (XII). | |
| o 1111 | ||
| o 1212 | ||
| o 1313 | ||
| o 1414 | ||
| o 1515 | ||
| o 1616 | ||
| o 1717 | ||
| o 1818 | ||
| Reverse | ||
| r 1r 1 | ||
| r 22 | ||
| r 33 | (r 3) A figurine of the 'daughter of Anu,' a figurine of Namtar, a figurine of Latarak, a figurine of Death, a substitute figurine made of clay, a substitute figurine made of clay of garden ditch, a substitute figurine made of w[ax], 5 illat-gods of the 'daughter of Fat,' 7 [......], 15 drinking tubes of silver [... for] Gula and Belet ṣeri, 7 grains of silver, 7 grains of gold, 7 grains of copper, 7 grains of tin, 7 grains of [...] of the city for the 'daughter of the River (god),' [7 twigs] of tamarisk, 7 twigs of date palm, [7 b]ottles of wine, 7 bottles of beer, [7 b]ottles of milk, 7 [bo]ttles of honey: al[l this] we have done, [but we have not] yet [performed the rest of the r]ites. | |
| r 44 | ||
| r 55 | ||
| r 66 | ||
| r 77 | ||
| r 88 | ||
| r 99 | ša ⸢x⸣+[x x x x] dgu-la dbe-lit—EDIN | |
| r 1010 | ||
| r 1111 | ⸢07⸣ ŠE [x x]+⸢x⸣ de* e URU a-na DUMU*.MÍ—ÍD | |
| r 1212 | [07 PA GIŠ].bi-nu 07 PA GIŠ.GIŠIMMAR | |
| r 1313 | ||
| r 1414 | ||
| r 1515 | ||
| r 1616 | ||
| r 1717 | (r 17) When [it is time] to perform the ritual [..., let the k]ing, m[y lord ...] | |
| r 1818 | ||
| r 1919 | ||
| Right | ||
| r.e. 20r.e. 20 | [x x x x x x né]-pe-ši [x x x] | |
Adapted from Simo Parpola, Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars (State Archives of Assyria, 10), 1993. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P334655/.