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CMAwR Text 1.7 (Q004191)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 1.7 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004191 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Incantation-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.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1.7.1:1 | [ana piš]erti kišpī u māmī[ti] | For the release of witchcraft and magic |
| 1.7.1:2 | [... ki]brītu atāʾi[šu] | ... of his body |
| 1.7.1:3 | [...] maštakal ḫamšat šamm[ū] | ... maštakal-soapwort, ḫamšat-plant |
| 1.7.1:4 | [...] EN₂ kišpī zēr[ūti] | Incantation: O evil witchcraft |
| 1.7.2:1 | EN₂ kišpū zērūtu | Incantation: Evil witchcraft |
| 1.7.3:1 | šumma amēlu šimmat maruṣ atāʾišu burāšu kibrītu | If a man, the illness of an atāʾišu-disease (and) his kidneys are sick |
| 1.7.3:2 | šupuḫru qanû ṭābu iškūru lipî kalīt immeri | “Opening of the mouth, opening of the nose, sweeping of the whole body, |
| 1.7.3:3 | sebet šammī qutāru ša šimmati | Seven sulphur-plants of the heavens |
| 1.7.3:4 | ina dām erēni taballal tuqattaršu u EN₂ kišpū zērūti MIN | You are encircled by the radiance of the cedar tree, you slander him, and you recite the incantation “The evil witchcraft ditto! |
| 1.7.4:1 | ⸢EN₂⸣ [ki]špū zērūtu itaṣṣiā ana kīdi | Incantation: “Witchcraft, hate-magic, ascended to the earth |
| 1.7.4:2 | [...] ... šimmatu ana libbi amēli | ... a curse against the heart of a man |
| 1.7.4:3 | [uštēl]i ardata ina sūn mutīša | I have slain a woman in a dead man's body |
| 1.7.4:4 | [uštēl]i eṭla ina sūn ardati | I have been seized by a ghost in the lap of a young man |
| 1.7.4:5 | u ardata ina [s]ūn eṭli | and a female kid in the street |
| 1.7.4:6 | lissu[ḫka ina zumr]i Marduk m[aš]maššu | May Marduk, the exorcist, remove you from the body! |
| 1.7.4:7 | lilūṭka [Ningi]rima bēl[et šipti] | May Ningirima, lord of the netherworld, be with you! |
| 1.7.4:8 | atlak taṣ[î šimm]a[tu (...)] | I go, fear of the omens (...) |
| 1.7.4:9 | tallikī ana x [...] | You to ... |
| 1.7.4:10 | ippalliski-ma eṭlu k[asû ītereb zumuršu] | he saw you, and the young man was enraged, his body was swollen |
| 1.7.4:11 | ša innepšu eṭl[a Ea lipšur] | May the one who trusts in you, Ea, release |
| 1.7.4:12 | u ardata ukassû [lipšur mašmaš ilī Asalluḫi] | and the ardu priestess, who binds (them), exorcist of the gods, Asalluḫi |
| 1.7.4:13 | Marduk ... [... lip]šur ... [...] | Marduk ... may he absolve ... ... |
| 1.7.4:14 | ša zumur eṭli u [ar]dati ... Ea pāši[r ...] | Whose limbs, arms and legs Ea, who guides ... |
| 1.7.4:15 | kišpīša liqqalû ša ēpišti ina qibīt ... [...] | May witchcraft fall upon me, the one of the work at the command of ... |
| 1.7.4:16 | šiptu elletu ša ... liballi qinna[t ...] | Pure incantation that ... may the knots of ... |
Sources & licences
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