S^urpu [‘Burnings’ {= <ibri^ /s`rap-/}], Tablets V-IX

[/j/ in transliterations are pronounced as in German]

pp. 31-35 Tablet V-VI

p.

ll.

category

item

31

60 & 70

articles which are burned in order to cure ailment

SUM.SAR ‘onion’

31-2

73 & 80

ZU’.LUM.MA ‘dates’

32

83 & 90

S^U.SAR ‘matting’

 

93 & 100

SI’G.AKA` ‘flock of wool’

32-3

103 & 110

SI’G.U`Z ‘hair of goat’

33

113 & 120

SI’G s.ir-pi ‘wool red’

 

130

S^E.NUMUN ZI’D.MAD.GA ‘grain flour’

34

144, 150

at instigation of Is^tar

goddess Uttu spun thread :

 

160

with this thread "she tied the head, the hands, the feet of this man" {cf. thread of Arakhne}

 

163

so that AMAR.UD, son of Eri4-du10, "could rip it off with his pure hands" {with AMAR.UD ‘Young Sun’ cf. S^ims^o^n ‘solar’ who "broke them off from his arms like thread" (S^apat.i^m 16:12)}.

35

181

grain

goddess Nisaba

 

182

knot-untier

god S^IM (= Siris^)

pp. 36-38 Tablet VII

p.

l.

effect

entity

entity’s nature

36

1

spread of disease

dimitu-disease

from the Apsu^

 

5

spread like a weed

by Ah^h^azu-daimon

38

69

cure of disease by deities

Nin.kilim

"lord of the animals"

 

71

Da.mu

"great conjuror"

 

73

Nin.din.ug5.ga (= Gula)

"Mother whose hands are cool"

 

76

Asal.lu’.hi

"merciful lord"

 

84

Utu (= S^amas^)

"leader of the gods"

pp. 39-44 Tablet VIII

p.

l.

category

Sumerian

Akkadian

39

6

asterims

   
 

7

UR.IDIM.MA ‘rabid hound’

ba-as^-mu ‘dragon’

     

ku-sa-rik-ku ‘waterbuffalo’

   

HA.LU’.Ux.LU ‘fish-man’

 
   

SUHUR.MA’S^.HA ‘goat-fish’

 
 

15

deities who absolve

throne-bearer DI.KUD

 
   

S^ID

Marduk

   

NUMUN.DU`-tu`

Ze^rbani^tu

   

AG

Nabu^

     

Tas^-me-tum

40

16

URAS^

 
   

US^

 
   

Za-ba4-ba4

 
   

BAD.BA`N.DA

Enlilbanda

   

Lugal-ba`n-da

 
 

17

Lugal-di`m-me-er-an-ki

 
 

18

 

A-num

     

An-tum

   

(BAD)

(Enlil)

   

Nin-li’l

 
   

E’-a

 
     

Sin

     

S^amas^

 

19

IS^KUR

Adad

   

S^ID

Marduk

   

I’D & KI.S^A

 
     

Nammu & Nans^e

 

20

Tis^pak

 
   

Nin-a-zu

 
   

NIN.A.HA.KUD.DU

Ningirim

   

?

 
   

TIR.AN.NA

 
     

Man-za-a`t

 

21

 

I-s^ar-ki-di-su

   

La-ga-ma-al

 
   

KA.DI

Sataran

   

MUS^

Nirah^

   

Ma-nun-gal

 
 

22

 

Qud-mu

     

Zi-za-nu

   

GAS^AN-ep-ri ‘Queen of the dust’

 
     

Be-lit-s.e-ri ‘Lady of the plains’

     

Be-lit qab-li ‘Lady of battle’

 

23

 

Na-bi-im

   

AG

Nabu^

   

NE-si4

Lisi

     

Li-bur-dan-nu

   

Pa-bil-sag

 
 

24

Hendur-sag-ga’

 
   

IS^KUR

Adad

   

Nin-urta

 
   

PA

S^ullat

   

LUGAL

H^anis^

     

U-s.ur-KA-su

     

Mi-s^ar-rum (Mes^aru)

 

25

 

Ku`-bux

   

NINDA’*GUD

 
   

MI’M.LA`L

 
   

NIN.EZEN*GUD

 
   

PA+KU

Nusku

   

Pap-sukkal

 
 

26

 

S^amas^

   

A-a

Aja

   

Bu-ne-ne

 
   

ES^4.DAR.MUL.MES^

Is^tar-kakkabe

   

LU’.HUS^.A

 
   

IGI.DU

Igis^tu

   

Lugal-gi`r-ra

 
 

27

GIS^.BAR

Girru

   

GI`R

S^akan

   

Tu-tu

 
   

IMIN.BI

 
   

Na-ru-da

 
 

28

I`r-ra-GAL

 
     

A-ri-tum

     

Belat-URU

   

Nin-urta

 
   

Nin-gi’r-su

 
   

Ba-u’

 
     

Gu-la

 

29

U+GUR

Nergal

   

I-s^um

 
   

S^u-bu-u’

S^ubula

   

LUGAL.GIS^.A.TU.GAB+LIS^

S^ars.arbati

     

Ma-mi-tum

 

30

LU’.LA`L

 
   

La-ta-rak

 
     

S^ar-ra-h^u

   

Mas-su-u’

 
   

GA.GA

 
   

EN.KUR.KUR (‘Lord of all lands’)

 

41

31

Lugal-marad-da

 
   

Im-zu-an-na

 
   

Nin-SIG7

Nin-imma

 

32

S^ul-pa-e`

 
   

Sa-da`r-nun-na

 
     

Belit.DINGIR.DINGIR

     

Su-kur-ru

 

33

S^IM*A

Siris^

   

Nin-gi-iz-zi-da

 
 

34

Pap-nigi`n-gar-ga

 
   

EN.KA’.GAL

 
   

EN.KI.IM.DU

 
   

NE.x

 
 

35

NIN.E’.GAL

 
     

Gu-la

     

La-ah^-mu

     

Ram-ma-nu

 

36

 

Ri-ih^-s.u

   

Nisaba

 
   

Eres^-ki-gal

 
   

Lugal-GU’.DU8.A.KI

 
 

37

Lugal-a-ab-ba

 
   

Lugal-i’d-da

 
   

La-gu-da

 
   

En-zag

 
   

Mes-ki-lak

 
 

38

He’-di`m-me-ku`

 
   

Lugal-du6-ku`-ga

 
   

I-s^im-mi-ti-ik-la-s^u’

 
   

Lugal-ZU+AB

 
   

S^A {= [>ug.] Kotar}

Usmu^

     

H^a-si-su

 

41

DINGIR.MAR.TU "who carries the curved mace and the drawing bucket"

 

44

85

purifying substance

KU`.BABBAR ‘silver’

 
   

KU`.GI ‘gold’

 
   

URUDU ‘bronze’

 
   

AN.NA ‘tin’

 
   

A.BA’R ‘lead’

 
   

NA4.GUG ‘carnelian’

 
   

NA4.ZA.GI`N ‘lapis-lazuli’

 
   

NA4.NI’R

h^ulalu-stone

   

NA4.UD

 
 

86

NA4.UD.AS^

 
   

NA4.UD.AS^.AS^

 
   

NA4.AD

abas^mu-stone

   

NA4.EN.GI.SA6

 
   

NA4.LAMA

lamassu-stone

 

87

NA4.PA

ajartu-stone

   

NA4.AS^.GI.E’

 

pp. 45-48 Tablet IX plants and substances to purify the mouth of humans, to cause the evil tongue to stand aside

p.

l.

Sumerian

meaning

45

1

s^inig

tamarisk

 

9

u’.in.nu.us^

‘plant of purification’

 

17

gi

reed

 

26

naga.si

soap-plant

46

35

mun.ku’.de`

table-salt

 

42

erin

cedar

 

49

s^im.li

juniper

 

58

a a.ab.ba

water of the sea

47

70

i’d

river

48

96

na.izi

incense

 

110

 

"horn (filled with oil)"

ARCHIV FU:R ORIENTFORSCHUNG, Beiheft 11 = Erica Reiner : S^urpu : a Collection of Sumerian and Akkadian Incantations. Graz, 1958.