Potency Ritual

DESCRIPTION
Language:	Akkadian
Medium:	clay tablet
Length:	17 lines of writing
Genre	ritual text
Approximate Date:	7th century BCE
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TRANSLITERATION		TRANSLATION
FRAGMENT A
. . .] TŠR . c[. . .	1.	. . .] [. . .
. . .]. 'BY . YS[Q . . .	2.	. . .] my father[. . .
WYŠKB . 'BY . YHK . 'L[. . . .	3.	[. . .
R'L . QDM . 'RQ . '?BY[. . . .	4.	[. . .
'NH . WYKH . HDD . QDMY [. . .	5.	[. . .
Y . MLKY . W'QTL . [ML . . .	6.	[. . .
KB . Q'LPY . PRŠ . [. . .	7.	[. . .
MLK . YŠR'L . WQ[. . .	8.	[. . .
K . BYTDWD . W'ŠM . [. . .	9.	[. . .
YT . 'RQ . HM . L[. . .	10.	[. . .
'HRN . WLH [. . .	11.	[. . .
LK . cL . YŠ[. . .	12.	[. . .
MSR . cL[. . . .	13.	[. . .
FRAGMENTS B1 + B2
. . .] WGZ[R . . .	1.	. . .] [. . .
. . .]LHMH . B'[. . .	2.	. . .] [. . .
. . .] . WYcL . MLKY. [. . .	3.	. . .] [. . .
. . .] HMLK . HDD [. . .	4.	. . .] the king Hadad [. . .
. . .]'PK . M[N] . ŠB[. . .	5.	. . .] [. . .
. . .] . 'SRY . '[. . .	6.	. . .] [. . .
. . .]RM . BR . [. . .	7.	. . .]ram son of [. . .
. . .]YHW . BR[. . . SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY Biggs, Robert D. À.ZIGA. Ancient Mesopotamian Potency Incantations. Texts from Cuneiform Sources. Locust Valley, N.Y.: Augustin, 1967. Return to K. C. Hanson's Collection of Mesopotamian Documents Return to K. C. Hanson's HomePage dkchanson@uswest.net Last Modified: 14 December 1999