MAD 5, 008 (P285640)
Incantation tablet excavated in Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UKMetadata / catalogue
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UKMuseum Number
Ashm 1930-0143 + Ashm 1930-0175hProvenience
Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir)Artifact Type
TabletMaterial(s)
ClayLanguage(s)
AkkadianMeasurements
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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!
Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
- Artifact type: Tablet
- Material: Clay
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- Genre(s): Ritual and liturgical > Incantation (love incantation)
- Language(s): Akkadian
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primary: MAD 5, 8
[Gelb1970MAD5] Gelb, Ignace J. 1970. Sargonic Texts in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Materials for the Assyrian Dictionary, No. 5. Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press.
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history: RA 95, 97-113
[Groneberg2001RA95] Groneberg, Brigitte R. M. 2001. “Die Liebesbeschwörung Mad V 8 Und Ihr Literarischer Kontext.” Revue d’Assyriologie et d’Archéologie Orientale 95 (2): 97–113.
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history: J. and A. Westenholz, OrNS 46 (1977) 198-219 (copy, edition) [1977]
[sec55673] N.d.
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citation: Sargonic Akkadian, p. 14-15
[Hasselbach2005] Hasselbach, R. 2005. “Sargonic Akkadian.”
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citation: J. Krecher and W. von Soden, ZA 62, p. 272-273
[sec55675] N.d.
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citation: JNES 31, 381-382
[Westenholz1972JNES31] Westenholz, Aage. 1972. “Reviewed Work(s): Materials for the Assyrian Dictionary, No. 4: Sargonic Texts in the Louvre Museum and Materials for the Assyrian Dictionary, No. 5: Sargonic Texts in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford by I. J. Gelb.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 31 (4): 380–82. https://doi.org/10.1086/372208.
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- Museum No.: Ashm 1930-0143 + Ashm 1930-0175h
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Kish (mod. Tell Uhaimir) Provenience Comments:
Tell Ingharra
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- Period: Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
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- Accounting Period: 0
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2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Rattenborg, Rune | Geomapping Landscapes of Writing | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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2023-05-31 at 20:37:46 | Rattenborg, Rune | Artifact | Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune | Rattenborg, Rune | approved |
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2015-02-10 at 14:53:56 | Englund, Robert K. | Atf | Englund, Robert K. | CDLI | approved |
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2013-02-08 at 06:29:17 | Wagensonner, Klaus | Atf | Wagensonner, Klaus | CDLI | approved |
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2012-11-16 at 12:05:31 | Brumfield, Sara | Atf | Brumfield, Sara | CDLI | approved |
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2006-10-12 at 12:38:47 | CDLI | Atf | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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2005-12-20 at 00:00:00 | CDLI | Artifact | CDLI | CDLI | approved |
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