SpTU 1, 047 [If a person's skull suffers from fever commentary]

Obverse
o 1o 1

* NA EME-šu₂ eb-ṭe-et-ma : e-be₂-ṭu : na-pa-ḫu

(o 1) "If a person's tongue is swollen and" : ebēṭu (means) : to become swollen, ebēṭu (also means) : to grow. : The demon of the lavatory (is) : Šulak.

o 22

e-be₂-ṭu : ra-bu-u₂ : MAŠKIM mu-sa-a-ti : dŠU.LAK

o 33

a-na E₂ mu-sa-a-tu₂ la₃ KU₄ub : dŠU.LAK SIG₃-su

(o 3) He should not enter the lavatory (because) : Šulak will beat him. Šulak of whom it is said (to be) : ŠU (means) : hand : (means) : not : KU₃ (means) : pure. He enters the lavatory, his hand is impure, on account (of whom) it is said.

o 44

dŠU.LAK ša₂ Eu₂ : ŠU : qa-tu₄ : la : la-a : KU₃ : el-lu

o 55

ana E₂ mu-sa-a-tu₂ KU₄ub ŠU₂-šu₂ la₃ KU₃ ana UGU qa-bi

o 66

lu-ur-pa-ni ki-i na₄ZA.GIN₃-ma ZALAG₂ ta-kip ša₂-niš lu-ur-pa-ni : IM.GA₂.LU

(o 6) lurpânu-stone (is) like lapis lazuli but spoted with light. Alternatively lurpânu-stone (is like) : orpiment.

o 77

mi-šit-tu₂ : ma-ša₂-du : ma-ḫa-ṣu : mi-šit-tu₂ : ša₂ in-šu-u₂

(o 7) mišittu (means) : to strike : (also means) to inflict : stroke (means) : that they forgot. What has struck his ... is stroke. :

o 88

ša₂ TAR-šu₂ im-ta-šid mi-šit-tu₂ : IGI-šu₂ i-ṣa-par : BAR : ṣa-pa-ru

(o 8) "(If a person's) eye winks" : BAR (means) : to wink, BAR (also means) : to twist. : "He stares (and) does not sleep", he stares (means) : .... : To rub (means) : to rub.

o 99

BAR : za-a-ru : ur-ta!(GA-)at-tu₂ la it-ta-na-a-a-al

o 1010

ur-<<QA>>-ta!(GA-)at-tu₂ : bu--qi₂-it-tu₂ : muš-šu-da : muš-šu-ʾu

o 1111

aš₂-šu₂ maš-maš-u₂-tu ki-i qa-bu-u₂ : I₃.UDU šimGIG ša₂ I₃.GIŠ u₂-kal-lu

(o 11) Concerning exorcism, as it is said : pith of kanaktu-tree, the one that contains oil; you pound kanaktu-tree until the oil goes out. : pith of erištu-plant (is) : pith of kurītu-plant.

o 1212

šimGIG SUD₂ EN I₃.GIŠ E₃a : I₃.UDU e-riš-ti : I₃.UDU ku-ri-tu₄

o 1313

ina KUŠ UD₅ šip-ki : šip-ki : ṭu-ub-bu : MAŠKIM KA LU₂ uṣ-ṣab-bit

(o 13) "In a goat's skin of šipku-leather" : šipku (means) : physical well-being. : "(If) the demon (of the lavatory) has bound a man's mouth", the demon (of the lavatory) : has the appearance of a goat. :

o 1414

MAŠKIM : pa-ni UD₅ ša₂-kin : A PU₂ ša₂ Eu₂ : ina ŠA₃-ša₂ MAŠKIM mu-sa-a-[ti]

(o 14) "The water of the well" that it is said : the demon of the lavatory (is) inside it. Šulak : or Šulak of the lavatory.

o 1515

dŠU.LAK : lu-u₂ dŠU.LAK ša₂ mu-sa-a-[ti]

o 1616

ina KUŠ ŠIpi₂ : ina KUŠ ta-šap-pi : ŠI : [...]

(o 16) "You ŠI-pi in a skin " (means) : you wrap in a skin : ŠI (means) : [...].

o 1717

AL.US₂.SA : ši-iq : ṭa-ba-a-tu₂ [...]

(o 17) AL.US₂.SA (means) : šīqu-condiment (that is) : vinegar [...]. Flower of nīnû-plant (means) : seed of nīnû-plant. : SAG.DU [...].

o 1818

GURUN u₂KUR.RA : NUMUN u₂KUR.RA : SAG.DU [...]

o 1919

ša₂ mulSIM.MAḪ : ddele-bat₂ : SIM : si-[nu-un-tu]

(o 19) of the Swallow star (means) : Venus : SIM (means) : swallow [...] lip (means) : ... [...] ... [...]

o 2020

[...] NUNDUN : dNIN-x [x] x [...]

o 2121

[...] x x x x (x) [...]

Reverse
r 1'r 1'

x [...]

(r 1') ... [...] ... [...] ... [... Anu]-ikṣur, the incantation-priest, son of [...] Šangi-Ninurta. May the one who fears Gula value (this tablet).

r 2'2'

[...]

r 3'3'

x [...] x

(colophon)
r 4'4'

x [... md60—ik]-ṣu-ur

r 5'5'

MAŠ.MAŠ A-[šu₂ ... lu₂KID].BARdNIN.URTA

r 6'6'

pa-liḫ dME.ME li₆-šaₓ(DI)-qirₓ(KA)


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