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K.4320

Nineveh›Nineveh (Kuyunjik)

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P395480

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2R 35 1

Bab 7 pl. viii

RA 28 134

Editions:

Reiner, 1958E. Reiner, Šurpu. A Collection of Sumerian and Akkadian Incantations. Selbtverlag, 1958.: 50 [Šurpu section]

Commentary

Magic›Šurpu, Maqlû, Tummu bītu

Broken

Base text:

Šurpu, Medical text (?)

Commentary no:

Tablet information

Assyrian

Fragment

Columns:

Lines:

i 26, ii 26

Size:

7,93 × 7,62 × 1,9 cm

7th cent (Assurbanipal libraries and other Assyrian cities)

Bibliography

Borger, 1975R. Borger, Handbuch der Keilschriftliteratur. Band II. Supplement zu Band I. de Gruyter, 1975.
[I 1-21 Surpu-Kommentar, Reiner Surpu p50; cf Borger Asarh. p45. I 22-24 sfs. II 1-6 medizinischer Kommentar? II 7-26 ebenso?]: 177

Frahm, 2011E. Frahm, Babylonian and Assyrian Text Commentaries. Origins of Interpretation. Ugarit-Verlag, 2011.: 123, 276

Krebernik, 2006aM. Krebernik, “Philologische Aspekte elamisch-mesopotamischer Beziehungen im Überblick”, Babel und Bibel, vol. 3, pp. 59-99, 2006.: 81-82

Reiner, 1958E. Reiner, Šurpu. A Collection of Sumerian and Akkadian Incantations. Selbtverlag, 1958.
[On line i 1-21]: 50

Record

Frazer, 02/2018 (Transliteration)

Frazer, 02/2018 (Translation)

Frazer, 02/2018 (Introduction)

Frahm & Jiménez & Wagensonner, 02/2018 (Revision, suggestions)

By Mary Frazer |

How to cite

Frazer, M., 2018, “Commentary on Šurpu, Medical text (?) (CCP 2.1.B),” Cuneiform Commentaries Project (E. Frahm, E. Jiménez, M. Frazer, and K. Wagensonner), 2013–2024; accessed April 25, 2024, at https://ccp.yale.edu/P395480. DOI: 10079/v9s4n85

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Introduction

The upper portion of the obverse of a two-column commentary in tabular-format. While the entries in ll. 1-21 of column 1 are drawn from Šurpu II, III and IV, the precise identity of the source of the subsequent entries is unclear. R. Borger, in HKL 2, suggested a medical text, and entries such as ii 1-3, which consist of materia medica; ii 5, an instruction; and ii 15, the verb “he will live”, with a spelling often found in medical texts, are consistent with such an idea and point more specifically to a therapeutic medical text.

Single rulings mark a change of Chapter in the base text.1 Thus, i 1-10 = Šurpu II, i 11-17 = Šurpu III, i 18-21 = Šurpu IV. Note, however, that within these sections the entries do not always follow the order in which they appear in the base text.

Several of the lines dealt with in this commentary are also treated in commentaries on Šurpu from Assur, e.g., CCP 2.1.D, ll. 43′-61′.

1. E. Frahm, Babylonian and Assyrian Text Commentaries. Origins of Interpretation. Ugarit-Verlag, 2011. P. 123.

Edition

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Obverse
Column i
o i 1o i 1	[^dia-ab-ru]	⸢^da-nu NIM^ki⸣1	“[The god Iabru]” (Šurpu II 163) means “[A]nu of Elam”.
o i 22	⸢^d⸣[ḫum-ba-(an)]	[^den]-líl MIN<(NIM.KI)>	“The god [Humba(n)]” (Šurpu II 163) means “[En]lil of ditto”.
o i 33	⸢nap-ru⸣-[ša]	⸢^dé⸣-a MIN<(NIM.KI)>	“Napru[ša]” (Šurpu II 163) means “[the god] Ea of ditto”.
o i 44	^d⸢la⸣-[ḫu]-⸢ra⸣-til	^dMAŠ MIN<(NIM.KI)>	“The god La[hu]ratil” (Šurpu II 162) means “Ninurta of ditto”.
o i 55	⸢en⸣-né-tu₄	ḫi-ṭu	“Fault” (Šurpu II 32) means “sin”.
o i 66	⸢eʾ⸣-il-ti	MIN<(ḫi-ṭu)>	“Debt” means “ditto”.
o i 77	⸢ma⸣-šú	a-mat la i-du-u	“To forget” (Šurpu II 33) means “not to know words”.
o i 88	la na-ṭa-a-tu₄	la a-ma-ra-a-tú	“Improprieties” (Šurpu II 15 or 64?) means “unseemly things”.
o i 99	da-ṣa-a-tu₄	ṣal-ti	“Treachery” (Šurpu II 35) means “strife”.
o i 1010	ši-pa-ri	pu-uḫ-ru	“Gathering” (Šurpu II 81) means “assembly”.

o i 1111	dar-ka-tu₄	aḫ-ra-a-tú	“Posterity” (Šurpu III 9) means “future”.
o i 1212	⸢te⸣-ni-qa	li-pi-li-pi	“Suckling” (Šurpu III 9) means “descendant”.
o i 1313	za-ma-nu	lem-nu	“Enemy” (Šurpu III 59) means “evil”.
o i 1414	⸢suk⸣-ku	pa-rak-ku2	“Shrine” (Šurpu III 73) means “dais”.
o i 1515	⸢pa⸣-an-pa-an	MIN<(pa-rak-ku)>3	“Shrine” (Šurpu III 73) means “ditto”.
o i 1616	⸢di⸣-ʾu	MIN<(pa-rak-ku)>4	“Deity’s platform” (Šurpu III 74) means “ditto”.
o i 1717	šat-pi	tub-⸢qin^-ni^⸣ :^* ḫi^-⸢ri^?-tú^⸣	“Excavation” (Šurpu III 92) means “hole”, (which) means “ditch”.

o i 1818	^dMÚŠ	^dINNIN UNUG⸢^ki⸣5	“The god Tišpak” (Šurpu IV 64 and 95) means “Ištar of Uruk”.
o i 1919	DUMU.MUNUS DINGIR-šú	a-ḫas-su6	“His divine daughter” (Šurpu IV 7) means “his daughter”.
o i 2020	⸢ḫa-áš⸣-ti	šu-ut-ta-tú	“Pit” (Šurpu IV 43) means “trap”.
o i 2121	[MIN<(ḫa-áš-ti])>	qu-bu-ri7	[“ditto”] means “grave”.

o i 2222	[...]	⸢x⸣-ut-tin-ni8	[…] …
o i 2323	[...]	⸢Ú⸣-IGI-LIM	[…] means “‘It-confronts-1000’-plant”.
o i 2424	[...]	⸢Ú-IGI⸣-LIM	[…] means “‘It-confronts-1000’-plant”.
o i 2525	[...]	[Ú^?]-⸢IGI^?-LIM⸣	[…] means “‘It-confronts-1000’-plant”.
o i 2626	[...	x x] ⸢x⸣	[…] …
Column ii
o ii 1o ii 1	⸢Ú⸣ ^dUTU	šá-gi-⸢ru^?⸣9	“Plant of Šamaš” means šagirû-plant
o ii 22	⸢ak⸣-kul^*-lak-ki	ṣip-pa-[tú]10	“akkullakku-vegetable” means “ṣippa[tu]-vegetable”.
o ii 33	mu-šá-ru^-u^ : ki-ru^-u^	mu-ḫar-ri : ⸢x⸣ [(x)]11	mušarû means “garden”. “...” means “.[..]”.
o ii 44	^xŠEŠ	an-nu-⸢ti⸣	ŠEŠ, pronounced …, means “these”.
o ii 55	tuš-tab-bal	ta-bal-lal	“You stir” means “you mix”.
o ii 66	^ídir-ḫa-an	pu-rat-tú12	“River Irhan” means “Euphrates”.

o ii 77	DU₁₀.GAM	ka-ma-a-šú	“DU₁₀.GAM” means “to kneel”.
o ii 88	MUNUS uš-NÁ	⸢šu-ú-lu⸣13	“MUNUS uš-NÁ” means “…”.
o ii 99	ḪULUḪ	pa-la-ḫu	“ḪULUḪ” means “to fear”.
o ii 1010	⸢ḪULUḪ⸣	ga-la-du	“ḪULUḪ” means “to tremble”.
o ii 1111	⸢DUG₄.DUG₄⸣	da-⸢ba-ba⸣	“DUG₄.DUG₄” means “to speak”.
o ii 1212	UMUN	be-[lu]	“UMUN” means “lo[rd].”
o ii 1313	ŠUB	na-[du-ú]	“ŠUB” means “to th[row].”
o ii 1414	DUB	šá-⸢pa^?⸣-[ku^?]	“DUB” means “to he[ap up”]
o ii 1515	ina-⸢eš⸣	i-⸢bal⸣-[lu-uṭ]	“He will live” means “he will rec[over].”
o ii 1616	EŠ	pa-šá-[šu]	“EŠ” means “to anoi[nt.”]
o ii 1717	⸢GAZ^?⸣	ḫa-šá-[lu^?]	“GAZ” means “to crush”.
o ii 1818	⸢SÚD⸣	sa-a-[ku]	“SÚD” means “to pulv[erize]”.
o ii 1919	ḪUN.⸢GÁ⸣	na-⸢a⸣-[ḫu]	“HUN.GÁ” means “to ca[lm].”
o ii 2020	⸢UŠ⸣	⸢x⸣ [...]	UŠ means […]
o ii 2121	⸢UŠ⸣	[...]	UŠ means […]
o ii 2222	ŠU GU₄	[...]	“ŠU.GU₄” means [“Hand of the ghost”].
o ii 2323	KU.⸢LI⸣	[ib-ru]	“KU.LI” [means “friend”].
o ii 2424	NI BU ⸢BU⸣	[...]	… […]
o ii 2525	⸢x⸣ ME ⸢x⸣	[...]	… […]
o ii 2626	⸢x x⸣ [(x)	...]	… […]
o ii 2727	⸢x⸣ [(x x)	...]	… […]

1For the Elamite god see RlA 5 229 s.v. “Jabnu”.

2This line is also the subject of CCP 2.1.C l. 53′.

3This line is also the subject of CCP 2.1.C l. 53′.

4This line is also the subject of CCP 2.1.C l. 57′.

5CCP 2.1.C (l. 49') instead explains Tišpak as the Babylonian god Nabû, an equation discussed by Frahm in his edition of that commentary.

6See RlA 5 150a.

7Reiner restores the word being explained as ka-ra-šu-u, but her reason for this is unclear. Note the entry [é]-ùr-ri É.KI.SÌ.GA = qú-bu-rum, šu-ut-ta-tum in Diri V 301f.

8Perhaps [m]u-ut-tin-ni, “wine”?

9CAD U/W 51a reads here ú-ìl-tú = NÍG.GI.⸢NA⸣. But note the equation [Ú šá]-mi ^dšá-maš = Ú šakirû in Uruanna I 27 (CAD Š/1 314b). I thank E.Frahm and E. Jiménez for this new reading of the line.

10The equation is attested in Ḫargud and Uruanna: See CAD A/1 275b.

11Reading follows CAD M/2 234a.

12“Ir-ha-an” appears in a manuscript of Erimhuš from Assur as a pronunciation gloss for the archaic writing for the Euphrates, ÍD.AN.MUŠ.DIN.TIR.BALAG (Erimhuš VI 48).

13CAD Š/3 304a reads the second column as šu-un-ni. This line was inserted between two previously written ones.

DOI: 10079/v9s4n85

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