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Wind, Dust and the Body · An Incantation of Ningirim

O.1920 / P272783 · first incantation, obverse · 26 lines

obv i 1Enuru — an opening formula; its translation is not established here.

obv i 2In heaven, a wind arose.

obv i 3On earth, dust arose.

obv i 4The south wind arose.

obv i 5The north wind arose.

obv i 6The gale (?) —

obv ii 1and the dust storm —

obv ii 2arose.

obv ii 3The body of a person arose.

obv ii 4May Utu come (?) to the person.

obv ii 5May Nanna come (?) to the person.

obv ii 6The eloquent one, with shining speech,

obv ii 7Enki,

obv iii 1king, god of the Abzu,

obv iii 2may he come (?) to the person.

obv iii 3The south wind,

obv iii 4the north wind,

obv iii 5the gale (?),

obv iii 6the dust storm,

obv iii 7the body of the person —

obv iii 8he (they?) saw.

obv iii 9My god MA,

obv iii 10the physician,

obv iv 1came out.

obv iv 2Incantation

obv iv 3of Ningirim.

Sumerian transliteration · CDLI

obv i 1 enuru{+e2-nu-ru} obv i 2 an-na IM mu-zi obv i 3 ki sahar mu-zi obv i 4 im u5 mu-zi obv i 5 im mir mu-zi obv i 6 I-IGI-MASZ obv ii 1 dal-ha-mun obv ii 2 mu-zi obv ii 3 su-bar lu2 mu-zi obv ii 4 utu lu2 he2-DU obv ii 5 {d}nanna lu2 he2-DU obv ii 6 eme-gal2 inim mulx(|AN.AN|) obv ii 7 {d}en-ki obv iii 1 lugal dingir abzu obv iii 2 lu2 he2-DU obv iii 3 im u5 obv iii 4 im mir obv iii 5 I-IGI-MASZ obv iii 6 dal-ha-mun obv iii 7 su-bar lu2 obv iii 8 igi-na mu-bar obv iii 9 {d}MA-gu10 obv iii 10 a-zu5 obv iv 1 e-tax(TA@g)-e3 obv iv 2 UD-KA du11-ga obv iv 3 {d}nin-girimx(|BU.KU6.DU|)

Reading notes

The incantation places wind in heaven, dust on earth and the human body alongside one another. Appeals involving Utu, Nanna and Enki follow, ending with a formula naming Ningirim. The words about the body retain the chosen reading; they do not by themselves identify a disease or physical condition.

“Gale (?)” is a provisional rendering of I-IGI-MASZ: neither its precise reading nor the kind of wind is established. For DU, Veldhuis allows “come” or, with another reading of the sign, “assist”. Who sees in obv iii 8 is uncertain. MA is left without substituting a known divine name. For the following “came out”, the editor also allows a transitive sense: “extracted it”.

Rudik offers a different analysis, changing the direction of the appeal between the person and the gods and disputing the segmentation of “god MA” near the end. This is therefore one scholarly edition with unresolved difficulties, not a settled translation.

Obv means obverse; Roman numerals identify columns and Arabic numerals identify lines. A phrase may extend across several lines. The expandable text is a scholarly transliteration; follow the CDLI object link to inspect the cuneiform itself.

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