BRM 4, 20 [Ašipus’ Almanac Commentary][via cams/gkab]
Obverse | |||||
o 1o 1 | |||||
o 22 | |||||
o 33 | |||||
o 44 | |||||
o 55 | |||||
o 66 | |||||
o 77 | |||||
o 88 | |||||
o 99 | (o 9) Cutting-of-life: the sign of Pabilsag; alternatively, the sign of the Twins. | ||||
o 1010 | |||||
o 1111 | (o 11) To purify (by) the divine River or a well: the sign of the Goatfish. | ||||
o 1212 | |||||
o 1313 | |||||
o 1414 | KI 5 UŠ ina IGI mul[LUGAL?] | (o 14) (For) the king in his palace to remember his (a man's) name in kindness: the sign of 5 UŠ in front of the King. | |||
o 1515 | (o 15) (For) the prince in his palace to call his (a man's) name in kindness: the sign of the Tails. | ||||
o 1616 | (o 16) (For) whoever sees you to become joyful or rejoice in front of you: the sign of the Lion. | ||||
o 1717 | MUNUS šu-ud-bu-bu ( o ) | (o 17) (For) making a woman speak: the sign of the Hireling. | |||
o 1818 | (o 18) (For) whoever sees you to point his finger in kindness above you: the sign of the Furrow. | ||||
o 1919 | (o 19) Deposit of silver: the sign of the naming of the Bull of Heaven. | ||||
o 2020 | (o 20) To return a fugitive: the sign of the King; alternatively, the sign of the Scales. | ||||
o 2121 | (o 21) (For) a man's wife not to raise her eyes or eye to another man: the sign of the Great Twins. | ||||
o 2222 | ḪUL.GIG ( o ) | KI ( o ) mul⸢GIR₂⸣.[TAB] | |||
o 2323 | (o 23) Ritual to dispel sorcery: the sign of Gula; alternatively, the sign of the Tails. | ||||
o 2424 | (o 24) To block the foot of evil from a man's house: the sign of the Bristle; alternatively, the sign of Gula. | ||||
o 2525 | (o 25) To provide profit for a brewer: the sign of the Crab; alternatively, the sign of Gula. | ||||
o 2626 | UŠ₁₁.ZU ana BUR₂ra ana LU₂ GIG la₃ TE SAG.DU TI.LA ra-i-ib-šu₂ | (o 26) To undo sorcery; (for) illness not to approach a man; to heal the head; to drive out his shivering; to heal a wound; to block a woman's (menstrual) blood; (for) evil not to approach a man's house: the sign of the Goatfish. | |||
o 2727 | |||||
o 2828 | |||||
o 2929 | LIL₂.LA₂.EN.NA ( o ) | (o 29) The lilû-demon: the sign of the Bristle; alternatively, the sign of the Scales. | |||
o 3030 | (o 30) The ardat-lilî demon: the sign of the Bristle; alternatively, the sign of the Twins; thirdly, the sign of Pabilsag. | ||||
o 3131 | (o 31) The lilû-demon (and) the ardat-lilî demon: the sign of Pabilsag. | ||||
o 3232 | (o 32) Falling sickness, Bel-uri, the hand of a god, the hand of a ghost: the sign of the Lion. | ||||
o 3333 | GIDIM DABbat KI LU₂ KEŠ₂ NU LU₂ ana UŠ₂ pa-qa₂-du ana ⸢GIDIM⸣ [...] | (o 33) To seize a ghost (and) attach (it) to a man; to consign a man's effigy to death; to give [...] to a ghost to drink; to drive out wrongdoing: the sign of the Crab. | |||
o 3434 | |||||
o 3535 | (o 35) To perform (the ritual) "having sex with a woman" so as not to acquire sin: the sign of Gula. | ||||
o 3636 | DINGIR ana qe₂-re-e ⸢iš₈-tar₂⸣ ana qe₂-re-e sa-gal-la ana TI.LA ⸢E₂⸣ ana ⸢ḫu⸣-[up-pi₂ ...] | (o 36) To invite a god; to invite a goddess; to cure sagallu-illness; to purify a temple; [...]; to heal a stone (in the body); to hold back diarrhoea; to remove fever: [...]. | |||
o 3737 | NA₄!(TE) ana TI.LA ŠA₃.SI.SI ana ka-le-e KUM₂ ana ⸢ZI⸣ḫi [...] | ||||
Reverse | |||||
r 1r 1 | (r 1) (For) a nobleman or prince not to give (or) receive slander: [...]. | ||||
r 22 | (r 2) To acquire lack of iniquity; [...] a man in front of (another) man; [...]; either to hold back a dead man, or [...] a sorceror [...], or to remove a dead man from the palace, or [...] to seize [...], (or) to block the king's beloved, [...]: [...]. | ||||
r 33 | lu UŠ₂ ⸢GUL⸣ lu lu₂⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.ZU [...] | ||||
r 44 | |||||
r 55 | [...] | ||||
r 66 | ⸢KI⸣ [...] | ||||
r 77 | KI [...] | ||||
r 88 | KI [...] | ||||
r 99 | KI ⸢mul⸣[...] | (r 9) (For) the king being favourable to a man: the sign of [...]. | |||
r 1010 | (r 10) For a man's slave not to disappear: the sign of the Scorpion. | ||||
r 1111 | (r 11) To see a god; to undo divine wrath: the sign of the Bristle. | ||||
r 1212 | (r 12) To terrify a rival wife and to remove a man from his position: the sign of the Goatfish. | ||||
r 1313 | (r 13) To remove a man from his position of trust and to appoint a man in front of (another) man: the sign of the Hireling. | ||||
r 1414 | |||||
r 1515 | |||||
r 1616 | |||||
r 1717 | |||||
r 1818 | |||||
r 1919 | |||||
r 2020 | (r 20) To have sex with a woman (means) to have sex with a woman. | ||||
r 2121 | su-uḫ-ḫu-<ur> ( o ) pa-ni | ||||
r 2222 | (r 22) To purify (by) the divine River (means) to cleanse a man in the river ordeal. | ||||
r 2323 | (r 23) To make a woman speak (means) to interrogate a woman; you have a woman enter an administrative building and she tells you everything, whatever you ask her about. | ||||
r 2424 | |||||
r 2525 | |||||
r 2626 | |||||
r 2727 | (r 27) Deposit of silver; alternatively, loss of silver (means) to reveal the silver of old jewellery of the house. | ||||
r 2828 | |||||
r 2929 | |||||
r 3030 | |||||
r 3131 | |||||
r 3232 | |||||
r 3333 | |||||
r 3434 | (r 34) To consign a man's effigy to UŠ₂ (means) to consign a man's effigy to death. | ||||
r 3535 | |||||
r 3636 | |||||
r 3737 | LU₂ ša₂ šar-ri i-ra-mu-šu₂ a-⸢na⸣ [...] | (r 37) To block the king's beloved (means) to [...] the man whom the king loves. | |||
r 3838 | |||||
r 3939 | (r 39) To undo divine wrath (means) to release the restless heart of the gods. | ||||
r 4040 | |||||
(colophon) | |||||
r 4141 | (r 41) Commentary and oral tradition of "The 10th day of Nisannu (Month I) is the fixed date for (rituals against) confusion". | ||||
r 4242 | IM mBAša₂-a bu₁₂-kur₂ mdINANA—MU—KAM ŠA₃.BAL.BAL mE₂.KUR—za-kir lu₂MAŠ.MAŠ | (r 42) Tablet of Iqiša, son of Ištar-šum-ereš, descendant of Ekur-zakir, incantation priest. |
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