Early Dynastic Incantation Catalogue [Sticky]

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Key and explanation:

TEXT # = Numbers according to G. Cunningham 1997, "Deliver Me From Evil: Mesopotamian Incantations 2500-1500 B.C."
[1] - PPub = Primary Publication reference, author/year, accompanied by explanation of the relevant abbreviations from the B48-Blue.pdf (AfO)
[2] - MUS # = Museum Number (tablet number) accompanied with Cdli reference number where available (http://cdli.ucla.edu/)
[3] - Recent edition/s = Recent treatments of the given Incantation text. In the period most often the editions are available in M. Krebernik's 1984 work, translations therefore are in German.
[4] - Enenuru = Where a given incantation may be found on this board, who posted it, and alternatively who might have the incantation at their disposal if it has not been posted/brief notes about incantation/tablet.

Explanation of Museum Number Abbreviations:

Vat as in VAT 12524 = Museum siglum of the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin
MRAH as in MRAH O.0084 = Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire (Bruxelles)
IM - as in IM - = Cdli has placed the tablet in the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, but do not have a museum number available.
? as in ? = No museum number is given in either Cunningham or at Cdli.

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Early Dynastic Incantations

46 Texts We currently have...

4

Translations in whole/part.

Note: Texts sharing the same tablet number attest to the presence of compendium tablets in this period - one tablet with numerous incantations inscribed on it.

- Sumerian Incantations -

Text 1
1 PpPub: SF 46, Deimel, Anton, 1923 [Schultexte aus Fara, 1923]
2 Mus# VAT 12524 no. Cdli entry P010631
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.11
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 2
1PpPub: SF 46, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2Mus# VAT 12524 no. Cdli entry P010631
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.12
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 3
1PpPub: SF 46, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2Mus# VAT 12524 no. Cdli entry P010631
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.13
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 4
1PpPub: SF 46, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2Mus# VAT 12524 no. Cdli entry P010631
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.14
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 5
1PpPub: SF 46, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2Mus# VAT 12524 no. Cdli entry P010631
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.15
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 6
1PpPub: SF 46, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2Mus# VAT 12524 no. Cdli entry P010631
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.16
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 7
1PpPub: SF 46, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2Mus# VAT 12524 no. Cdli entry P010631
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.17
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 8
1 PpPub: SF 54, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2 Mus# VAT 12597 no. Cdli entry P010644
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.1A
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 9
1 PpPub: SF 54, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2 Mus# VAT 12597 no. Cdli entry P010644
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.2A
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 10
1 PpPub: SF 54, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2 Mus# VAT 12597 no. Cdli entry P010644
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.3A
4Enenuru: Pending.

Text 11
1 PpPub: SF 54, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2 Mus# VAT 12597 no. Cdli entry P010644
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.4A
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 12
1 PpPub: SF 54, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2 Mus# VAT 12597 no. Cdli entry P010644
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.5A
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 13
1 PpPub: SF 54, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2 Mus# VAT 12597 no. Cdli entry P010644
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.6A
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 14
1 PpPub: SF 54, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2 Mus# VAT 12597 no. Cdli entry P010644
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.7
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 15
1 PpPub: SF 54, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2 Mus# VAT 12597 no. Cdli entry P010644
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.8
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 16
1 PpPub: SF 71, Deimel, Anton, 1923
2 Mus# VAT 12684 no. Cdli entry P010665
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.18
4 Enenuru: Pending.


Text 17:
CIRPL Urn 49
?

1 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 18
1 Ppub : BiMes 03, 31, Biggs, Robert D., 1976
[Bibliotheca Mesopotamica]
2 Mus# IM— Cdli entry P221801
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.27E
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 19
1 PPub: RIAA 051, Speleers, Louis, 1925
[ Recueil des inscriptions de l’Asie antérieure des Musées royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles 1925]
2Museum no. MRAH O.0084 Cdli entry P216414
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): pg.198
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 20
1 PPub: ARET 05, 19, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984 [Archivi reali di Ebla]
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P242007
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.28
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 21
1 PPub: ARET 05, 19, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P242007
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.10
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 22
1 PPub: ARET 05, 19, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P242007
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.25l
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 23
1 PPub: ARET 05, 19, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P242007
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.24l
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 24
1 PPub: ARET 05, 19, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P242007
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.31
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 25
1 PPub: ARET 05, 19, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P242007
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.34
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 26
1 PPub: ARET 05, 19, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P242007
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.35
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 27
1 PPub: ARET 05, 19, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P242007
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.36
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 28
1 PPub: ARET 05, 8, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P241191
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.23c
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 29
1 PPub: ARET 05, 11, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P241759
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.9
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 30
1 PPub: ARET 05, 12, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P241072
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.19
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 31
1 PPub: ARET 05, 13, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P241090
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.20b
4 Enenuru: Pending.

- Semitic Incantations -

Text 32
1 PPub: ARET 05, 01, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P241222
3 Newest Edition: Gordon 1992 no.1
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 33
1 PPub: ARET 05, 02, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P242379
3 Newest Edition: Gordon 1992 no.2
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 34
1 PPub: ARET 05, 03, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P241756
3 Newest Edition: Gordon 1992 no.3
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 35
1 PPub: ARET 05, 04, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P241758
3 Newest Edition: Gordon 1992 no.4
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 36
1 PPub: ARET 05, 05, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P240790
3 Newest Edition: Gordon 1992 no.5
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 37
1 PPub: ARET 05, 08, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P241781
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.21c
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 38
1 PPub: ARET 05, 8, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P241759
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.22b
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 39
1 PPub: ARET 05, 16, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P241604
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.26
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 40
1 PPub: ARET 05, 17, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P243691
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.38
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 41
1 PPub: ARET 05, 18, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P244874
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.39
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 42
1 PPub: ARET 05, 18, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P244874
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.29n
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 43
1 PPub: ARET 05, 19, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P242007
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.30
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 44
1 PPub: ARET 05, 19, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2Mus. no: ? CDLI no. click here
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.32
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 45
1 PPub: ARET 05, 19, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P242007
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.33
4 Enenuru: Pending.

Text 46
1 PPub: ARET 05, 19, Edzard, Dietz Otto, 1984
2 Mus. no: ? Cdli entry P242007
3 Newest Edition: Die Beschwörungen aus Fara und Ebla, M. Krebernkik (1984): no.37
4 Enenuru: Pending.

- Listings of Duplicates -

Text 8b: ARET 5 8
Text 8c: ARET 5 10
Text 9b: TS$ 170 i
Text 10b: TSŠ 170 ii
Text 11b: TSŠ 170 iii
Text 12b: TSŠ 170 vii
Text 13b: TSŠ iv
Text 18b: ARET 5 19
Text 23b: ARET 5 10
TEXT 28a: ARET 5 8
Text 42b: ARET 5 19
Text 22b: ARET 5 15

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Additional Early Dynastic Incantations

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In the above post, posted February 2008, I reproduced the list of Early Dynastic incantations that was given in Cunninghams 1996 survey of incantations. This list consisted of 39 ED incantations translated by M. Krebernik in his 1984 dissertation (Beschworungen von Fara und Ebla). Additionally, 5 incantation published by Edzard in ARET 5 (numbers 1-5) were listed as well as a text containing "incantation like" material from Lagash (CIRPL URN 49). The numbering in the above post follows Cunningham 1996.



Today however, I would like to expand this original list with some recently published incantations and a few that weren't listed by Cunningham because they were (and remain) unpublished. I wrote a paper recently on the topic of operation force in early incantation, during the research for this paper I became aware of these additional incantations. While I hope to share that work at enenuru shortly, this incantation catalog should be updated so that the thread remains a useful and relevant guide.











- - - Published texts

• Two New incantations from Ebla: M. Krebernik made these available in the 1996, transliteration and commentary. #1 is Sumerian, #4 in Semitic (Eblaite). (numbers 2 and 3 are duplicates of already published ED incantations).
  
  
  VO 10 #1
  1 PpPub: Neue Beschwörungen aus Ebla, VO 10, 7–28
  2 Mus# N/A. Excavation # TM.75.G.01315 Cdli entry P240887
  4 Enenuru: Pending.
  
  
  VO 10 #4
  1 PpPub: Neue Beschwörungen aus Ebla, VO 10, 7–28
  2 Mus# N/A. Excavation # TM.75.G.02303 Cdli entry P382661
  4 Enenuru: Pending.
  
  
  
  
• In 2006 Veldhuis published two new Sumerian incantation, from unknown provenience. While we already have these trainslations up, the texts should be cataloged.
  
  
  Veldhuis 2006 # 1
  1 PpPub: cdli.ucla.edu/pubs/cdlb/2006/cdlb2006_002.html
  2 Mus# MRAH O.1920 Cdli entry P272783
  4 Enenuru: See Early Dynastic Incantations thread, reply #3
  
  
  Veldhuis 2006 # 2
  1 PpPub: cdli.ucla.edu/pubs/cdlb/2006/cdlb2006_002.html
  2Mus# MRAH O.1920 Cdli entry P272783
  4 Enenuru: See Early Dynastic Incantations thread, reply #3
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• In 2009, Krebernik and Postgate published 1 Sumerian
  incantation from Abu Salabikh - very exciting to see an ED incantation emerge from this site.
  
  
  Krebernik/Postgate 2009
  1 PpPub: Iraq 71, 026 IAS 549
  2 AbS-T 2714 Cdli entry P010007
  4 Enenuru: Pending.
  
  
  
  
• A Sumerian text from Nippur was published by Bendt Alster who believed the text was Sargonic or later - however Michalowski classified the text as ED in 1992. I remain uncertain about it.
  
  
  Alster 1996
  1 PpPub: OSP 1 6
  2 N 1235 + N 6283 Cdli entry P216083
  3 B. Alster: Early Patterns in Mesopotamian Literature (AOAT 25), pgs 14-18.
  4 Enenuru: Pending.
  
  
  
  
  
• A Semitic texts from ED Mari was published by Bonechi and Druand in 1992. It's classification as an incantation is controversial (Cunningham calls it a "literary text") however it does begin with a variant of the enenuru rubric.
  
  
  Bonechi/Durand
  1 PpPub: QuadSem 18, pl. 1 and pl. 2
  2 Excavation number TH 80-111 Cdli entry P221705
  4 Enenuru: Pending.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  - - - Unpublished texts
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Cunningham’s 1996 study listed an unprovenienced incantation apparently dating to the later ED period and written in Sumerian, RIAA 51. While this incantation technically not "unpublished" per se, it did appear in RIAA 51 (Louis Speelers 1925), there is no recent or sufficiently updated treatment of the text.
  
  
  Speeler's 1925
  1 PpPub: RIAA 51
  2 MRAH O.0084 Cdli entry P216414
  3 No recent treatment available.
  4 Enenuru: Pending.
  
  
  
  
• Michalowski 1992 lists an unpublished ED incantation from Adab. This would be fascinating to read and consider however the text unfortunately is unpublished an inaccessible sitting in collection somewhere in Istanbul. Neither has it been scanned for CDLI (in so far as I can tell).
  
  
  Unpublished - Adab
  1 PpPub: N/A
  2 Ad 504
  3 N/A
  4 Enenuru: Pending.
  
  
  
  
• A set of three soon to be published tablets, each containing up to 9 incantations, is stored in the Schøyen collection in Norway. These tablets have been assigned the museum numbers MS 4549/1, MS 4549/2 and MS 4550. Each tablet may contain up to 9 incantations each! So this is a major collection of ED incantations, representing a significant addition to a relatively small corpus. The incantations are expected to soon be published, likely by Andrew George.
  
  
  George forthcoming a
  1 PpPub: N/A
  2 MRAH O.0084 Cdli entry P253640
  3 N/A
  4 Enenuru: Pending.
  
  
  
  George forthcoming a
  1 PpPub: N/A
  2 MRAH O.0084 Cdli entry P253641
  3 N/A
  4 Enenuru: Pending.
  
  
  George forthcoming a
  1 PpPub: N/A
  2 MRAH O.0084 Cdli entry P253642
  3 N/A
  4 Enenuru: Pending.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Finally, I made a note in my recent paper about 'incantation like' texts, or material with may be associated with the ED incantation corpus with further study:
  
  
  Note 46: "These texts include: ii) CBS 8797 (cited in Michalowski 1992 pg. 323) is an unpublished incantation which may turn out to be of Ur III date (see CDLI P263617; OBO 160/3 note 352 states that the text is to be treated in a forthcoming volume – OSP III). iii) RBC 2000 which was cited in Michalowski 1992 pg. 323 but has been reclassified as an Ur III prayer: see Velhuis 2003: cdli.ucla.edu/pubs/cdlb/2003/cdlb2003_006.pdf . Not included in this study are further two texts deemed to contain “incantation like” material. They are CIRPL URN 49 from Lagash (see Cunningham 1996 #17); and Bey 00-002 is a ED text from Tell Beydar that eludes classification: it lacks the en2-e2-nu-ru rubric, but has some features that echo the incantation text tradition. The text was treated Sallaberger in Subartu 12, 37-42 (2004). Beyond this, Krebernik has identified two ED texts which possibly contain ritual instructions: “Eine Kultmittelbeschworung mit Ritualanweisung ist vielleicht SF 30 ii 2 iii 3 - SF 50” (Krebernik OBO 160/1 pg 318)."