CTN 4, 058 [Tašritu hemerology]

In the 1st year, the 7th month, ....

Excerpting 7 months from the year.

For Tašritu (Month VII) 7 days ....

Excerpting 7 days from Tašritu.

On the 1st day: he should not drive against a dust storm in the open country, (or) the centipede-demon will seek him in marriage.

He should not eat garlic, (or) a scorpion will strike him.

He should not eat šamaškillu-onions, (or) there will be burning of the heart (heart-burn?) for him.

He should not eat dormice of the roof -- Ninlil's taboo -- (or) he will experience trouble.

On the 2nd day: he should not eat garlic, (or) an important member of his family will die.

He should not eat leeks (or) cress, (or) there will be a legal battle for him.

He should not eat cooked meat, or he will catch leprosy.

He should not eat bull meat, goat meat (or) pig meat, (or) there will be sankidabbû-illness for him.

He should not lean into a well, (or his) eyes will not work satisfactorily for him.

He should not go up to the roof, (or) the ardat-lilî-demon will seek him in marriage.

On the 3rd day: he should not eat fish, (or) hostile talk will fall on him.

He should not stand in a field (where) a donkey keeps rolling, (or) he will fall sick with sagallu-illness.

He should not drink water from a field of sesame, (or) a kursissu-rat will seize him.

He should not approach a woman, (or) that woman will take away his dignity.

On the 4th day: he should not cross a river, (or) his sexual allure will fall.

He should not eat bird meat. He should release a captured bird.

He should not go to any villages, (or) an opponent will attack him.

He should not eat dates, (or) his teeth will become loose.

He should not eat garlic, (or) a scorpion will strike him.

He should not eat šamaškillu-onions, (or) there will be burning of the heart (heart-burn?) for him.

On the 5th day: he should not eat leek (or) cress, (or) šīqu-illness will afflict him.

He should not eat pig meat, (or) there will be lawsuit for him. He should not eat cooked meat, (or) the bailiff-demon will seize him.

He should not eat ox meat, (or) there will be the hand of an utukku-demon for him. He should not eat goat meat, (or) there will be sankidabbû-illness for him.

He should not stand behind a spice-mortar, (or) he will fall sick with ruṭibtu-illness.

He should not eat dates, (or) he will experience the kissing-demon.

He should not bend over [...] an orchard, (or) Šulak will strike him.

He should not drink water [...] sesame, (or) there will be a kursissu-rat for him.

[...] he should not approach a woman, (or) that woman will take away his dignity.

He should not go up [...], (or) the ardat-lilî-demon will seek him in marriage.

He should not enter a toilet, (or) Šulak will strike him.

He should not lean into a well, (or his) eyes will not work satisfactorily for him. He should not cross a common meadow, (or) there will be illness of the hips for him.

He should not stand in a field (where) a mortar has been abandoned, (or) there will be sagallu-illness for him.

He should not stand in a field (where) a donkey keeps rolling, (or) there will be collapse for him. He should not bend over in an orchard, (or) he will sicken.

On the 7th day: he should not eat dormouse meat, (or) he will get ill with jaundice.

He should not pass where a mortar has been abandoned, (or) he will get sick with ruṭibtu-illness.

He should not stand in a field (where) a donkey keeps rolling, (or) he will get sick with sagallu-illness. He should not cross water escaping from a dam, (or) there will be illness of the hips for him.

He should not jump a ditch, (or) a murderer will murder him.

He should not go on a journey, (or) bandits will rob him.

He should not enter any villages, (or) a plunderer will plunder him. He should not lean into a well, (or his) eyes will not work satisfactorily for him.

He should not enter a toilet, (or) Šulak will strike him.

He should not go up to the roof, (or) the ardat-lilî-demon will seek him in marriage.

He should not bend over in an orchard, (or) he will sicken. He should not cross a river, (or) his sexual allure will fall.

He should not go to a river meadow, (or) liʾbu-disease will afflict him.

He should not drink water from a field of sesame, (or) there will be a kursissu-rat for him.

He should not confront Nisaba in the open country, (or) heaven will detain him.

He should not eat anything. He should be silent in his house. He should be absolutely still.

Ninlil will convey his message to Ellil.

Ninurta and Ninegal's taboo. He should not pass judgement, (or) a god will seize him.

On the 8th [...]: Ea's day of rejoicing. King, noble, (and) prince should cleanse themselves. He should wash (his) hands. He should cleanse himself.

He should fill his house with orchard fruit. They should bring about rejoicing. He should not go to a strange woman.

He should go [...] the woman belonging to him. That day, that woman will conceive a male (child).

Ominous days of Tašritu (Month VII).

Hand of Ištaran-mudammiq, senior exorcist of Assurnaṣirpal, king of Assyria,

son of Tappuya, šatammu-administrator of Der,

son of Huzalu, šatammu-administrator.