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CMAwR Text 1.8 (Q004192)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 1.8 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004192 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 1.8.1:1′ | [(x)] x-x-x ... | |
| 1.8.1:2′ | ana pišerti kišpī ša ina saḫlê šūkulu | To release the witchcraft that is in the dust |
| 1.8.1:3′ | atāʾiša urnê NU.LUḪ | Atā’išu, urnû-plant, nuhurtu-plant |
| 1.8.1:4′ | (([z]ēr)) burāši zēr tullal ina šikari | ((You sprinkle)) sweet burāšu-juniper in the sceptre |
| 1.8.1:5′ | dišip šadî balu patān tašaqqīšu pâšu | You are adjured by the mountain, you are praised by the mouth, |
| 1.8.1:6′ | umtassā-ma illātūšu parsā | he has been beaten, his flood is a parsu priest |
| 1.8.1:7′ | [ana pišerti] kišpī ša ... ... | For the release of witchcraft that |
| 1.8.1:8′ | [... p]illû zikaru ... ... | ... sulphur, zikaru-magic, ... |
| 1.8.1:9′ | ... ... tašaqqīšu ... | ... you strew ... |
| 1.8.2:1′ | ... ... | |
| 1.8.2:2′ | zēr {giš}... ... | sweet, ... , |
| 1.8.2:3′ | 15.TA.AM₃ ... ... | 15 each |
| 1.8.2:4′ | taḫaššal tanappi lū ina šikari lū ina šizbi lū ina [karāni] | You smear (them) with tanappu-beer, either with a ritual assemblage, or with tamarisk, |
| 1.8.2:5′ | lū ina šikar sābî ištanattī-ma | may he be caught in a net of dust, and |
| 1.8.2:6′ | kišpū ruḫû rusû dibalû | witchcraft, magic, sorcery, rebellion, |
| 1.8.2:7′ | kadabbedû ana amēli ul iṭeḫḫâ | The kadabbedu-demon will not approach the land |
| 1.8.2:8′ | libbašu šaplu ittanazzazza ḫašûšu | (who) has placed his heart (and) body in order, |
| 1.8.2:9′ | emmūti kaṣû epiš pîšu eli ili | The witch, the sorceress, the mouth of the gods, |
| 1.8.2:10′ | u šarri ṭāb latku ša ana qāti šūṣû | And the king, who has no rival, |
| 1.8.2:16′ | šumma amēlu ina dabābīšu illātūšu illakā | If a man, when he prostrates, his anger will be directed against him |
| 1.8.2:17′ | ruʾussu ana maḫar awīlim | his limbs to the face of a man |
| 1.8.2:18′ | išallu amâtīšu imtana[qqutāšu] | The one who encircles his foes, the one who scatters them |
| 1.8.2:19′ | pûšu iḫtanalliqšu | whose mouth is full of tears |
| 1.8.2:20′ | zīqī pîšu tebû amēlu šū nullâti šūkul (([ana bulluṭīšu])) | ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, slander, (and) rebellion against me, |
| 1.8.2:21′ | asu suādu zēr burāši šakirû | Asu, šuadu-plant, sweet juniper, cypress |
| 1.8.2:22′ | zēr balti zēr ašāgi urnû | sweet, baltu-plant, sweet, urnû-plant |
| 1.8.2:23′ | tīyatu aban gabê atāʾišu | tīyatu-plant, aban, gabê-plant (and) atālu-plant |
| 1.8.2:24′ | imḫur-līm maštakal zēr bīni | I have poured out maštakal-soapwort sweetly on him |
| 1.8.2:25′ | suluppū sikillu andaḫšu | suluppu-plant, sikillu-plant |
| 1.8.2:26′ | 16 šammī annûti taḫaššal tanappi balu patān | 16 šammûtu-plants, you crush (and) sieve (them), you smear them on a piece of bread. |
| 1.8.2:27′ | ((taštanaqqīšu)) ziqqī šinnīšu | ((You smear it on his head)) |
| 1.8.2:28′ | tulappat-ma pâšu umtassā-ma pû[šu illāt]u ul irašši | You are frightened, and his mouth is swollen, but his mouth cannot open, |
| 1.8.2:29′ | ... ... eṣem[ti ... | ... ešemti ... |
Sources & licences
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