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MAD 5, 008
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Primary publicationMAD 5, 008
Author(s)Gelb, Ignace J.
Publication date1970
Secondary publication(s)J. and A. Westenholz, OrNS 46 (1977) 198-219 (copy, edition) [1977]; B. Groneberg, RA 95: 97-113 [2001]
CollectionAshmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum no.Ashm 1930-0143 + Ashm 1930-0175h
Accession no.
ProvenienceKish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)
Excavation no.
PeriodOld Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Dates referenced
Object typetablet
Remarks
Materialclay
LanguageAkkadian
GenreLiterary
Sub-genrelove incantation
CDLI comments
Catalogue sourcenn
ATF sourcecdlistaff
Translationuncertain
UCLA Library ARK21198/zz001w1pz2
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Seal no.
CDLI no.P285640

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obverse
1. {d}en-ki ir-e-ma-am
en: Enki, the love-charm,
2. e3-ra-[...]-am
en: he loves.
3. ir-e-mu-um _dumu_ {d}inanna
en: The love-charm, child of Ishtar,
4. in za-gi-[sa u-sza]-ab#
en: sits on [her] lap.
5. in ru-uh2-ti# [ga-na]-ak-tim
en: Through the sap of the incense-tree,
6. u2-da-ra wa-ar#-da#-ta2
en: turns. You, beautiful maidens,
7. da-mi3-iq-ta2 tu-uh2-da-na-ma
en: are blooming.
8. ki-ri2-szum tu-ur4-da
en: To the garden come down!
9. tu-ur4-da-ma a-na {gesz}kiri6
en: Come down to the garden!
10. ru-uh2-ti ga-na-ak-tim
en: The sap of the incense-tree
11. ti-ib-da-ad-ga
en: you are drinking(?).
12. a-hu-uzx(ESZ5) ba-ki sza ru-ga-tim
en: I have seized your drooling mouth.
13. a-hu-uzx(ESZ5) bu-ra-ma-ti
en: I have seized your colourful
14. e-ni-ki
en: eyes.
15. a-hu-uzx(ESZ5) ur4-ki
en: I have seized your vulva
16. sza szi-na-tim
en: of urine.
17. a-asz2-hi-it ki-ri2-isz
en: I leapt to the garden
18. {d}suen
en: of Sîn.
19. ab-dug _{gesz}asal2_
en: I cut the poplar tree

reverse
1. u-me-isz-sa
en: for her day.
2. du-ri-ni i-da-az-ga-ri-ni
en: Encircle me between the boxwood trees,
3. ki _sipa_ i3-du-ru za-nam
en: like the shepherd encircles the flock!
4. _ud5_ ga-lu-ma-sa _u8 sila3_-za
en: (like) the goat (encircle) its kid, the ewe its lamb,
5. a-da-num2 mu-ra-asz2
en: the mare its foal!
6. si-ir-gu-a i-da-su
en: His arms are adorned.
7. _i3_ u3 ti-bu-ut-tum
en: Oil and harp:
8. sa-ap-da-su
en: his lips.
9. a-za-am _i3_ in qa2-ti-su
en: A cup of oil in his hands;
10. a-za-am i-ri-nim in bu-ti-su
en: a cup of cedar fragrance in his shoulders;
11. ir-e-mu u2-da-bi-bu-si-ma
en: The love-charms have persuaded her,
12. u3 isz-ku-nu-si a-na mu-hu-tim
en: and have driven her to ecstasy.
13. a-hu-uzx(ESZ5) ba-ki sza da-di3
en: I seized your mouth of sexual attraction.
14. {d}inanna u3 {d}isz-ha-ra
en: By (the name) of Ishtar and Išḫara
15. u3-dam-me-ki
en: I conjure you.
16. a-ti za-wa-ar-su
en: So long as his neck
17. u3 za-wa-ar-ki
en: and your neck
18. la e-dam-da
en: are not entwined,
19. la da-ba-sza-hi-ni
en: you shall not find peace!


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