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Incantation-Ritual

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DesignationCMAwR Text 2.2
IDQ004185
LanguageAkkadian
GenreIncantation-Ritual

Transliteration (ATF)

From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)

Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
2.2.1:1′... ...]-šu₂... his
2.2.1:2′... x
2.2.1:3′... ši... that
2.2.1:4′... x
2.2.1:5′... ka... mouth
2.2.1:6′... ...]-⸢ma⸣...-ema’e
2.2.1:7′... an]a mê... to water
2.2.1:8′... tašaqqīšuyou libate
2.2.1:9′šumma [amēlu ... ...]šuIf a wild bull ... his
2.2.1:10′iraššâšu šapūlāšuhe is enraged, his rage
2.2.1:11′ittana[bl]akkatāšuhe has constantly sinned
2.2.1:12′ubānāt šēpīšu(a kind of sulphur)
2.2.1:13′ittenenṣilāšuittenšbila-disease
2.2.1:14′mê rimki kabiswater from the reedbeds of the potter’s oven
2.2.1:15′sikilla [ḫ]ašêsikilla-plant
2.2.1:16′[b]īna qa[n]â [ṭ]ābawhich is surrounded by a halo
2.2.1:17′gišimm[ara ...] ēra... tamarisk
2.2.1:18′ina mê tesekker[With] water you bind (them) together,
2.2.1:19′šēpīšu [tup]aššaḫHand of a Basket
2.2.1:20′tarmuš [imḫu]r-līmitarmuš-plant
2.2.1:21′imḫ[u]r-ašrā [...]Received by
2.2.1:22′... [...] ... ... ...
2.2.1:23′x ...
2.2.1:24′...
2.2.1:25′... x
2.2.1:26′...
2.2.1:27′... x
2.2.1:28′...
2.2.1:29′x ...
2.2.1:30′x ...
2.2.1:31′x ...
2.2.1:32′x ...
2.2.1:33′x ...
2.2.1:34′in[a ...in ...
2.2.1:35′... ... ... iballuṭ... will recover.
2.2.1:36′šumma [amēlu ...If a wild bull ...
2.2.1:37′x ...
2.2.1:38′′šumma amēlu zumrūšu šimmatu ukallū ītenemmim-[ma]If a man's body is full of sores, he sees a ghost
2.2.1:39′′[š]īrūšu utabbatū u ana sinništiHe has seized his hand, and to the woman
2.2.1:40′′alāka lā ileʾʾi ṣ[almūšu] ša ṭīdi šunullūAlas, not (even) a šallû-demon, his figurines are those of the mountain, the mountain
2.2.1:41′′ana kullati tallak-((ma))You pour ((them)) into a kullati-vessel.
2.2.1:42′′uṭṭet kaspa uṭṭet ḫurāṣa... kaspa-plant, ḫuraš-plant
2.2.1:43′′ana kullati tanaddī-mayou add to the kullati-vessel, and
2.2.1:44′′ṭīda tašâm-((ma))You are adjured
2.2.1:45′′ṣalam kaššāpito turn back the money
2.2.1:46′′u kaššāpti teppuš-maand you perform sorcery
2.2.1:47′′šumšunu ina(If) they are in
2.2.1:48′′aḫīšunu tašaṭṭaraḫīšunu-plant
2.2.1:49′′((idīšunu ana arkīšunu ina ašli takassu))((You turn the river into a flood on the other side))
2.2.1:50′′mušāṭi talammīšunūtiwho keeps watch over the people,
2.2.1:51′′kurra ana muḫḫīšunu turākThe mountain is encircled over them
2.2.1:52′′((ina)) ... lā ṣaripti((in)) ... of the ṣariptu
2.2.1:53′′tanaššīšunūti maḫar ŠamašYou are exalted, O Šamaš
2.2.1:54′′tadânšunūti ina mê egubbêYou give them to drink in the water of the egubbu-vessel,
2.2.1:55′′qātīka u šēpīkaHand and foot
2.2.1:56′′ana muḫḫīšunu tašaḫḫatYou pour it over them.
2.2.1:57′′ina līš(i) qēm kibti pelîBy the hand of the scepter of the netherworld,
2.2.1:58′′rēš libbīšu tukappar-maYou show mercy to his heart
2.2.1:59′′ana muḫḫīšunu tanaddiYou pour it over them.
2.2.1:60′′ana pān Šamaš kīam tušadbabšu ((umma attā-ma))To the face of Šamaš, when you speak to him, ((you are))
2.2.1:61′′Šamaš šar šamê u erṣeteŠamaš, king of heaven and earth
2.2.1:62′′dayyān ili u amēli attā-maYou are the judge of god and man
2.2.1:63′′Šamaš ((ša)) ana yâti kišpī ruḫêŠamaš, ((who)) has turned witchcraft against me,
2.2.1:64′′rusî upšāšê lā ṭābūtimagic, sorcery, evil machinations
2.2.1:65′′īpuša isḫura išīʾaHe performed a ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic against me
2.2.1:66′′ultu ūmi [ša]From that day
2.2.1:67′′ina maḫ[rīk]a aqabbûI speak before you
2.2.1:68′′lū paṭrāni lū raksā-mabe it a pig or a snake
2.2.1:69′′dalīlīka ludlulI will sing your praises.
2.2.1:70′′sebîšu i[qabb]ī-ma pašerHe speaks his second time and will die.
2.2.1:71′′ana kišpū ruḫû rusûFor witchcraft, magic, sorcery
2.2.1:72′′upšāšû ana amēli lā ṭeḫêsorcery cannot approach a land
2.2.1:73′′mišil šiqil urnê 1 šiqil nuḫurta šaluš šiqil ḫašêOne šiqil-vessel of urnû-plant, one reed bundle of nuḫurtu-plant (and) a basket of pomegranates
2.2.1:74′′1 šiqil dišpa ina ešeret šiqil karāni1 šiqil of Nabu in the courtyard of the quay
2.2.1:75′′ana pān Šamaš tašaqqīšu (([kīam] tušaqbāšu)) man[nu] ša yâšiTo the face of Šamaš you speak, ((you speak as follows)) Who is it that you are?
2.2.1:76′′isḫura išēʾaIšbura Isve
2.2.1:77′′[Šamaš ...] ... linakki[r li]s[aḫ]ḫir-ma yâši a[y itūra]O Šamaš, ..., may ... be broken, may it not come near me!
2.2.1:78′′sebîšu iqabbī-ma paše[r]He speaks his second word and is released
2.2.1:78a′′[... ... [...]
2.2.1:78b′′[...] imḫur-l[īmi]... the flood
2.2.1:78c′′[...] imḫur-aš[rā (...)]... the flood(?)
2.2.1:78d′′[... ... ta ...... ...
2.2.1:78e′′[... an ...... An ...
2.2.1:78f′′′taballal ...You fill .
2.2.1:78g′′′uṭṭatu ...(If) a pig .
2.2.1:78h′′′ta[... ...... ...
2.2.1:78i′′′mê ...water
2.2.1:78j′′′bi-... ...... .
2.2.1:78k′′′... ...
2.2.1:79′′′′[(...)] ... ...
2.2.1:80′′′′[m]urd[udâ ...Urdudâ ...
2.2.1:81′′′′ḫašḫūr a[pi ...ḫašḥbūr-plant, api-plant
2.2.1:82′′′′barīrā[ta ...From the outer ...
2.2.1:83′′′′mê bī[ni ...Water of our house ...
2.2.1:84′′′′gišimmara [...] ... [...]... ebony
2.2.1:85′′′′ina mê ... [...] tesekker[With] water [... you ...] a supplication.
2.2.1:86′′′′tartan[aḫḫassu-m]a iballuṭtartanaḫ-plant, he will recover.
2.2.1:87′′′′enūma ul[tu ...]Now, from ...
2.2.1:88′′′′ītelâ ...(If) he lies down .
2.2.1:89′′′′iltē[niš ...Illeniš
2.2.1:90′′′′tasâk ...[You pound ...]
2.2.1:91′′′′u ina šamni [tapaššassu-ma iballuṭ]and you rub him with it, then he will recover.
2.2.1:92′′′′šumma amēlu kaš[ip ...If a man is bewitched
2.2.1:93′′′′rēš libbīš[u ...The heart of the people
2.2.1:94′′′′u ...and .
2.2.1:95′′′′akala u mê ...food and water
2.2.1:96′′′′nīnâ ... [... iltēniš]The nīnu-demon
2.2.1:97′′′′tasâk [ina šamni tanamdi]You pound (it) and you daub (his eyes).
2.2.1:98′′′′ina šubur[rīšu tašappak]You smear it on his forehead
2.2.1:99′′′′ina ūmīšu-m[a ...At that time
2.2.1:100′′′′urnê ... ...Urnê [ ... ]
2.2.1:101′′′′nuḫurta ...Nuḫurta-plant
2.2.1:102′′′′qanâ ṭ[āba ...qanâ-plant, ṭābu-plant
2.2.1:103′′′′šammānī ...His body
2.2.1:104′′′′... ...
2.2.1:105′′′′taḫaššal ...taḫšu-vessel
2.2.1:106′′′′itti aḫāmi[š ...with his brother
2.2.1:107′′′′ana šalāšīšu ...For his life
2.2.1:108′′′′... [...] ... ...
2.2.1:109′′′′[ina š]ubu[rr]īšu t[ašappak]You smear it on his forehead
2.2.1:110′′′′[uš]eššeram-ma ina [ūmīš]u-maI have made it happen, and in the future
2.2.1:111′′′′[in]a karāni išappakhe has smashed in the quay
2.2.1:112′′′′ušeššeram-ma ina ūmīšu-mahe made enter, and at that time
2.2.1:113′′′′ina šizbi matqiWith this matqi-vessel
2.2.1:114′′′′išappak ušeššer[am-ma]he smote, and
2.2.1:115′′′′murussu ittat[lak]his illness has passed
2.2.1:116′′′′in[a ūmīš]u-ma šamna ḫ[alṣa]At that time, the flood
2.2.1:117′′′′[išapp]ak-ma ...he smote and
2.2.1:118′′′′[...] ... ...
2.2.1:119′′′′[...] ... ...
2.2.1:120′′′′′[i]na šēri ...from the rations
2.2.1:121′′′′′tušellâm-ma [...]You rise up, and
2.2.1:122′′′′′tartanaḫḫaṣ [...]tartanaḫḫasdb-plant
2.2.1:123′′′′′šumma amēlu kašip [(...)]If a man is bewitched
2.2.1:124′′′′′suluppī ḫašḫūrī t[īn]ātibaskets of figs, fig-beer
2.2.1:125′′′′′libāra munziqqīlibānu-plant
2.2.1:126′′′′′zēr ḫuluppi iltēnišbitterness, famine, rage
2.2.1:127′′′′′ina mê [tar]assanšunūtiwith water from the tarassunû-vessel
2.2.1:128′′′′′ina kakkabī [t]ušbātyou dwell in the netherworld
2.2.1:129′′′′′ina šēr[ti m]ê šunūtiBy the command of heaven and earth
2.2.1:130′′′′′[...] ... merruta... merruta-plant
2.2.1:131′′′′′[taḫaššal] ana libbia reed bundle into it
2.2.1:132′′′′′ta[ballal] tašaqqīšuyou will ignite, you will libate
2.2.1:133′′′′′u inbī kī annûti-maand the word like these
2.2.1:134′′′′′taḫaššal ina šikaria reed bundle in the scepter
2.2.1:135′′′′′tamaḫḫaṣ ina kakkabī tušbāttamaḫaṣ-plant in kakkabi-plant
2.2.1:136′′′′′ina šērt[i] šikara tusākYou have strewn (them) in a ritual assemblage
2.2.1:137′′′′′balu pa[t]ān tašaqqīšu-ma iballuṭYou pour out a libation bowl over it, and then it will recover.
2.2.1:138′′′′′šumma amēlu kašip suādī ḫašêIf a man is bewitched, he will become poor
2.2.1:139′′′′′nuḫurta ṭābta ina mêsulphur from the water
2.2.1:140′′′′′tarassan ina kakkabī tušbātYou set up a table in the kakkabi-vessel
2.2.1:141′′′′′ina šērti tusākYou have strewn (them) in the morning
2.2.1:142′′′′′balu patān tašaqqī((šu))-ma iballuṭYou strew a censer of balû-plant, and then he will recover.
2.2.1:143′′′′′šumma amēlu kašip qan[n]i ṣabītiIf a man is bewitched, my head is swollen
2.2.1:144′′′′′turrar t[a]sâkYou recite the incantation,
2.2.1:145′′′′′ina mê kīma uḫūli turammakšuWith water, like a reed thicket, I am smothering him
2.2.1:146′′′′′u arkīšu uḫ[ḫ]ultaand after that, famine
2.2.1:147′′′′′irammuk-ma šamnahe smote, and his body
2.2.1:148′′′′′ippaššiš-ma iballuṭHe will perform (the ritual) and will recover.
2.2.1:149′′′′′šumma amēlu kašip ((kaššibu mimma ...)) burriṣānaIf a man is bewitched ((bewitched, anything ...)): burris
2.2.1:150′′′′′tubbal taḫaššalto cross, cross over
2.2.1:151′′′′′ultu mê u uḫulteFrom water and uḫultu-vessels
2.2.1:152′′′′′[irt]amku ((u)) šâšuIrtamku (is) his name
2.2.1:153′′′′′kīma šamni tapaššassulike his own body
2.2.1:154′′′′′[u k]īma šamni ippaššišand the word of my name will be heard
2.2.1:155′′′′′[adi ba]lṭu kišpūuntil the end of witchcraft
2.2.1:156′′′′′lā i[ṭe]ḫḫûšuhe has not sworn
2.2.1:157′′′′′šumma amēlu kašip maḫirti mītiIf a man has been beaten with a mighty weapon
2.2.1:158′′′′′[ša šumēla] ina šārātWhoever in the future
2.2.1:159′′′′′[...] talappap... you crush
2.2.1:160′′′′′šamna taṣappu ((ina išāti))You have poured ((into it))
2.2.1:161′′′′′tuqattar-ma ib[alluṭ]you slaughter, and then he will recover.
2.2.2:1′... x-x {u₂}x ...... plant
2.2.2:2′⸢NAG⸣ {u₂}AN.DAḪ.[ŠUM ...ēnaĝ-plant, andaḫ-plant
2.2.2:3′[... ina] ⸢U₄⸣ 14.KAM U₄ 21.KAM ⸢U₄⸣.[NA₂.A ...... on the 14th day, 21st day of the ešû-temple
2.2.2:4′[šumma amēlu a]ḫāšu birkāšu kabtāšu u ... amēlu ...If a man’s chest is thick, his left hand and ... amēclu
2.2.2:5′[ana pi]šerti kišpī bīn[i] mašta[ka]l GI ...In order to release the witchcraft of my house, maštakal-soapwort
2.2.2:6′[...] gišimmara mê pāširi ša nāri ina šikari ... ... ina t[inū]ri... the reed-bed, the water of the open country, in the river ... in the marsh
2.2.2:7′tesekker ana libbi tattanaddīšu supāla zēr tīyati zēr sikilliYou recite (the incantation) over it, you add it to it, sweet supālu-bowl, sweet sikillu-vessel,
2.2.2:8′zēr bīni ḫašê atāʾiša ((tasâk)) ina šikari ina kakkabi tušbāt((You pound)), you sit in the šikari-vessel in kakkabi-beer,
2.2.2:9′ina šērti tašaqqīšu-ma ina arḫi sebîšu teppuš-ma pašerYou raise him up in the morning, and you perform (the ritual) in the evening, and it will be undone.
2.2.2:10′[šumma amēlu bēl] dabābīšu ušaggar[šu ...If a man, the lord of the daba prayer, his prostitute
2.2.2:11′[šunāt]ūšu mādā amâtu ...(Sum) Its seed is a flood that afflicts the land (Akk) The seed of the land, the land
2.2.2:12′[...] ... ...
2.2.3:1′... ... [...]
2.2.3:2′[...]-ma-šu₂ ⸢šu⸣ [...]... his
2.2.3:3′... ... miḫir [...][ ... ] ... fragmentary ...
2.2.3:4′... siki]lla bīna ... [...]... wool of that man ...
2.2.3:5′... i]ṣṣī ṣēri arti iṣṣī ...Išpuini, the king, my lord
2.2.3:6′... ... a-šar-mu{sar} ṭābta... Ašarmūta
2.2.3:7′... ... itti uḫūli irammuk[ ... ] he smote with a pig,
2.2.3:8′... ... tīyati ina šizbi tašaqqīšu[ ... ] ... you raise my hands in the steppe
2.2.3:9′... iballuṭwill recover.
2.2.3:15′′šumma ⸢KIMIN⸣ ...If ditto a plant
2.2.3:16′′x ...
2.2.3:17′′Šam[aš ...Šamaš
2.2.3:18′′amēlu ... ...
2.2.3:19′′yâš[i ...My hands ...
2.2.3:20′′ti x ...... ,
2.2.3:21′′šumma KIMIN 15 šiq[il ...If ditto, 15 shekels of .
2.2.3:22′′15 šiqil ... ...15 šiqil-vessels
2.2.3:23′′2 šiqil {⸢šim⸣}[... ...2 baskets of ēšim-plant
2.2.3:24′′taballal ana ...You pour it into .
2.2.3:25′′šamê u erṣ[eti ...The heavens and earth
2.2.3:26′′mê šunūti ...Water of the horizon
2.2.3:27′′tēteneqqī-ma ...You perform (the ritual) and
2.2.3:28′′šumma KIMIN lip[â ...If ditto, lipâ-aromatic
2.2.3:29′′lip[â ...lipâ-plant
2.2.3:30′′li[pâ ...may he tear out ,
2.2.3:31′′l[ipâ ...tear out ,
2.2.3:32′′x ...
2.2.3:33′′⸢du⸣ ...
2.2.3:34′′′... lišān-kalbimay it be counted.
2.2.3:35′′′... in]a šikari tašaqqīšu-ma iballuṭ... you scatter him in a scepter, then he will recover.
2.2.3:36′′′... ...]-šu₂ ibaššû... his ... there is
2.2.3:37′′′... ... taḫaššal... he will receive.
2.2.3:38′′′... mu]ḫḫišu... of his head
2.2.3:39′′′... inêšhe has sinned
2.2.3:40′′′... kamkada... the kamkada priest
2.2.3:41′′′... in]a šikari <tašaqqīšu-ma> inêš... you hold him in the scepter and he will recover.
2.2.3:42′′′... ḫa]llūri ša ...... the evil that
2.2.3:43′′′... ... iballuṭwill recover.
2.2.3:44′′′... epe]r asurrî..., who makes the asurrû-plant grow
2.2.3:45′′′... iballuṭwill recover.
2.2.3:46′′′... ... [(...)]
2.2.3:47′′′... ... tazar[raq]... you will scatter.
2.2.4:1′... p]âšu ik[appar]... his mouth he pierced
2.2.4:2′[u ina šikari tašaqqīšu-ma] iballuṭand you have him drink it in a libation bowl, then he will recover.
2.2.4:3′[šumma KIMIN nuṣābu] imḫur-līm ina šikari tašaqqīšu-ma iballuṭIf ditto, you libate alum in a bowl, then he will recover.
2.2.4:4′[šumma KIMIN nuṣābu šur]uš lišān-kalbi ina šikari tašaqqīšū-ma iballuṭIf ditto, may the šangû-demon hold back the harvest, you bury him in a grave, and then he will recover.
2.2.4:5′[3 mašq]ātu gabari Eridu3 male goats, flanked by Eridu
2.2.4:6′[la]tkātulatkātu
2.2.4:7′′x ...
2.2.4:8′′x ...
2.2.4:9′′x ...
2.2.4:10′′ana ⸢IGI⸣ ...To the “house-of-the-goddess’ (temple) .
2.2.4:11′′EN₂ x ...Incantation: ... .
2.2.4:12′′LUGAL ...The king
2.2.4:13′′a ...Woe ...

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