SpTU 1, 027 [Sakikku 01 commentary]

(o 1') [...] ... [...] Ea the potter moulded [...] a pot into a potsherd [...] and mankind died.

(o 3') The reaper of [...] knows a clay image of mankind. : She broke off (a piece) of clay [...] (and) threw (it) in the steppe. : She created Enkidu in the steppe [...].

(o 6') [...] place of a mehru offering. : There and then : a place of purification [...] TAM.TAM (and) : TAM.TAM.MA (respectively mean) : favourite brother : to entrust (or) purification.

(o 8') [...] first-class beer, the food offering of the great gods, is presented [...].

(o 9') [...] a namerimburrudû of any curse that is in the Sakkikû omen series.

(o 10') [...] uzabbalma (means) : he will linger : zubbulu (is for) : to linger, meaning he will become aggravating : GA₂.GA₂ (means) : to linger, (said) of an illness.

(o 11') (If) he stubs the thumb of his right (hand), [...] finger : U (means) : grave.

(o 12') (If) he sees a black pig: that patient will die, alternatively he will suffer but recover.

(o 13') [...] (means) : strong [...] ŠAH (is for) : young man : ŠAH (means) [...] pig : ŠUL (means) : liʾbu-disease [...] (If) a pig enters a bedroom, a concubine will enter [...] her lord's house.

(o 15') "[...] lies on a height", a concubine, as it is said (represents) the confinement of the patient. [...] a patient has experienced distress: he will recover. If he has not experienced distress: he will die. Alternatively, if [...] is in critical state: he will die within 3 days, if he is not in critical state: within 3 months.

(o 17') (If) he sees a multicoloured pig, as it is said. ŠAH.ZE₂.DA.SUR.RA (means) porcupine whose body is marked like yarn.

(o 19') Dropsy (is) no future available : dropsy : one whose his future is without life. Dropsy (is) the property of the gods without end. :

(o 20') A (means) : water [...] IL₂ (means) : to draw, of water. : NIG₂.A.GA (means) : property. Alternatively IL₂ (means) : to carry. [...] ... [...] ... water bearer, who to draw water.

(o 23') [...] .... : (If) he sees a white ox: that patient, the hand of Ninurta. : Ninurta ... in the ox's stall. Taboo of Ninurta.

(o 24') (If) he sees a multicoloured ox: that patient, Lamaštu seized him. [...] Lamaštu (is) : fever, daughter of Anu : ME (means) : fever.

(o 26') He will die [...] her curse. : NAM (means) [...] death : ERIM₂ (means) : wicked (gloss: break) he will die [...] wicked.

(o 27') GUN₃ (means) : to be multicoloured, as it is said [...] is spotted like a leopard.

(o 28') Lamaštu-demons, GIŠ.HUR : SAG.BA : SAG.DINGIR (respectively mean): [...], curse (and) river ordeal : (by) the life of the gods.

(o 30') [...] ... SI (means) : spittle [...] bull, plough

(r 2) [...] IGI.HUŠ (means) to frown at : IGI (means) : eye [...] IGI.IL₂ (means) : to frown at : one whose eye [...] ... bit : to frown at (means) : to look, of hate.

(r 5) [...] stubbed it: that patient is in a critical state, one must not approach him, that they say (is) the meaning of GU₄ (which means): ox (and) : GU₄ (which means) ghost.

(r 6) [...] he sees [...]: that patient will die. : SI (means) : horn : SI (means) : light : SI (means) : brilliance, meaning their brilliances faded.

(r 7) (If) he sees a donkey mounting a jenny: that patient [...] and him are intertwined. : LA.GA (means) : donkey : LA.GA (means) : not to be realised.

(r 9) [...] donkey's face, alternatively snake's face. Hand of a man's wife, meaning he (sexually) approached a man's wife.

(r 10) [...] RA-su : a donkey tramples it : RA (means) : to beat. :

(r 11) (If) he sees an ecstatic: hand of Ninurta. LU₂.GUB.BA (means) : ecstatic : Lugalbaguba (is) : Ninurta. : NAM.TAR (means) : illness, alternatively NAM.TAR (means) [...].

(r 12) TUG₂.NIG₂.DARA₂.ŠU.LAL₂ (means) : sanitary towel : NIG₂.DARA₂ (means) : rag : ŠU (means) : finger [...] to bind. Triumph, overbearing, to frown at.

(r 13) The roaming god (is) : Gazbaba [...] ... ecstatic ... : he speaks with Beletiya, Sin, Belet-Eana [...] Gazbaba. Alternatively (with) La-tarak. alternatively (with) Unaniši (who is) [...] the Divine Twins as that is said : the Divine Twins who stand opposite Orion. (Orion is) Lulal and La-tarak. :

(r 17) (If) he sees a dwarf: hand of Ninurta. [...] (is) pessû (and means) : dwarf. : BA.AN (means) : half [...] (means) man. : Šaddaru (is) : Ninurta : šadaru (means) : half.

(r 20) [...] he sees a deaf man : hand of Nergal. : (If a child) is born under the constellation of Cygnus: he will be dumb (or) deaf. :

(r 21) (If) he sees a baked brick: the patient will die. : normal (meaning), alternatively a man who turned back [...] the river ordeal. [...] : GUR (means) : to turn back, thirdly (means) a pregnant woman. : A (means) : son : KIR₃ (means) [...]. Alternatively A (means) : son : GUR (means) : to carry. :

(r 23) (If) he sees a chariot: that patient, the hand of Ištar [...] chariot : Chariot (means) : Venus. : Alternatively GIGIR (means) : chariot : ... [...] Ištar of the stars. Alternatively GIGIR (means) : chariot : UBUₓ (means) : Venus [...] ubû (is) : 1 sūtu 3 qû : ubû (is) : 15 (that is) : Ištar.

(r 26) Cart [...] cart : SI (means) : donkey : LA₂ (means) [...] to harness : cart [...] cart whose front part is a chariot and whose rear [...].

(r 29) [...] ... (gloss: break) to which a single animal is yoked [...] (gloss: new [...]) ... [...].