The Child's Arms are Bound

(return to Old Babylonian Akkadian Literature)

1. i-na me-e na-a-ki-im

2. ib-ba-ni e-s,e2-em-tum

3. i-na szi-i-ir [szi]-ir-h,a-ni-im

4. ib-ba-ni li#-il-li-du-um

5. i-na me-e a-ab-ba sza-am-ru-tim

6. pa-al-h,u-u2-tim

7. i-na me-e ti-a-am-tim ru-qu2-u2-tim

8. a-szar s,e-eh,-ru-um ku-us-sa3-a i-da-a-szu

9. qi2-ir-bi-is-su2 la-a usz-na-wa-ru

10. i-in sza-am-szi-im

11. i-mu-ur-szu-u2-ma {d}ASAR.LU2.H,I ma-ri {d}EN.KI

12. ip-t,u3-ur ma-ak-si2-i-szu

13. ku-us,-s,u2-ru-u-tim

14. t,u3-u2-da-am isz-ku-un-szum

15. pa-a-da-na-am ip-te-e-szum

16. [pu-ut?]-tu-ku-um t,u3-u2-du

17. pa-a-da-nu us#-[x x]-ka?-ku-um

18. wa-was-ba-at-ku-um [x]-il#-a-ba-tum

19. ba-a-ni-a-at [x]-x-mi-i-im#

20. ba-ni-a-at ka-li-i-ni

21. a-na szi-ga-ri-im

22. ta-aq-ta-bi wu-usz-szu-ra#-at#

23. [pa]-at,#-ru si2-ik-ku-ru-[?]

24. [ru-um]-ma-a da-la-tu#-[x]

25. [li]-im-h,a-as, […]

26. ki-ma da-di-[im]

27. szu-s,i2 ra-ma-an-ka

inim-inim-ma-munus-u3-tu-da-kam

• Durand, MARI 7 (1993), 52. (Literature)

• Hussey-van Dijk, YOS 11 16, 1-28. (Text)

• Scurlock, Incognita 2 (1991), 141. (Translation)

• van Dijk, OrNS 42 (1972), 502-507. (Edition)

• Veldhuis in Abusch, ed., Magic, 39-41. (Literature)