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182. niœ 2. ak.a “What my evil magic of humanity brings will
nam.lu 2.ulu 3.œu 10 i.de 6
ma.ra.an.≠tum 3±
183. niœ 2 gi.dur ku 5.da.œu 10
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now be brought to you,
What my cutting of the umbilical cord brings
i.de 6 ma.ra.an.≠tum 3± will now be brought to you,”
My line numbering follows the reconstruction of Cavigneaux and Al-Rawi’s new edition,
which includes the Meturan texts (Cavigneaux and Al-Rawi 2000a, 16, N 1 v 4-6; 31, 179-
183); the passage corresponds to ETCSL, segment F, lines 141-144. Except for line 181
(= ETCSL line 142), my translation conforms quite closely to that of Veldhuis (2001,
144). Lines 182 and 183 are quite difficult to understand and very little has been written
about these two lines (Veldhuis 2001, 137), even in Cavigneaux and Al-Rawi’s edition
(2000a, 16, 20). But a comparison of the versions from Nippur and Meturan seems to
shed some light on the matter. The most difficult part of line 182, for example, is the
word i.de 6 (with the variant i.da), but it seems that the line has been misunderstood by the
scribes of Meturan (the sigla follow Cavigneaux and Al-Rawi 2000a, N = Nippur, M =
Meturan).
N 1 v 17 niœ 2 ≠gig± ak nam.lu 2.ulu 3.ke 4 ne.en de 6.a ma.ra.du 11
lu
N2 v 17 niœ2 ≠gig± ak nam.lu2.ulu3 .ka ne.en de6.a ma.ra.du11 M 2 iv ≠niœ 2± ak.a nam.lu 2.ulu 3.œu 10 i.da ma.ra.an.[tum 3]
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M6 iii niœ2 ≠ak±.[a] x x x x ≠de6 ± ma.ra […]
M 1 iv niœ 2 ak.a nam.≠lu 2±.ulu 3.œu 10 i.de 6 ma.ra […]