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CMAwR Text 7.2 (Q004198)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 7.2 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004198 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | x ... x ud ⸢lu⸣ x-x-x ... | ... elu-e- |
| 4 | ... ... ... qablāšu ... ... | ... his head ... |
| 5 | [...] ... muṭṭu ana dabābi libbašu l[ā inaššīšu] | ... to speak, may his heart be at peace |
| 6 | ḫ[ū]ṣ ḫīpi libbi irtanašši minâtīšu it[tanašpakā] | “Ḫubu-ḫi-pi-disease keeps afflicting the heart, his mind constantly trembles |
| 7 | ittenenbiṭ šaptīšu unaššak uznāšu iš[tanassâ] | (who) has weakened his heart, has made his limbs tremble |
| 8 | qātāšu išammamāšu birkāšu kimṣāšu ikass[asāšu] | Handwashing, smearing, intertwining, swelling, stinging |
| 9 | rēš libbīšu ittanazqar ana sinništi alāka mu[ṭṭu] | The heart of the man has become frightened towards the woman |
| 10 | ana sinništi libbašu lā inaššīšu ḫurbāšu imtanaqqus[su] | For the woman, her heart is not happy, her liver is frightened |
| 11 | ikabbir ibaḫḫu ruʾta ina pîšu ittana[ddi] | (who) has broken through the cracks, has buried a reed net in his mouth |
| 12 | ikkašu iktanarru mayyāla lā inašši | He has sinned, he has kept watch over me, no one can take it away |
| 13 | pīqa lā pīqa ūtaṣṣal amēlu šū ka[šip] | I have seized the mouth of the one who has not opened the mouth, the hand of the witch |
| 14 | ṣalmūšu epšū-ma ina sūn mīti šunu[llū] | (who) has performed sorcery against me and in the body of a dead person |
| 15 | ana kišpī pašāri napištīšu eṭēri itti ili kamli sullum[i] | For witchcraft, the release of life, the rising of the sun with the gods, protection (and) peace |
| 16 | ana bulluṭīšu tarmuš imḫur-līm imḫur-[ešrā] | In order to save him, the tarmuš-plants were gathered together, they were brought together |
| 17 | sikillu elkulla baluḫḫu ak[tam] | sikillu-plant, elkulla-plant (and) baluḫu-plant |
| 18 | atāʾišu ḫašḫūr api lapat armanni aban gab[ê] | Atāšu, king of the four quarters (of the world), creator of all of the lands, |
| 19 | imbuʾ tâmti nuḫurtu tīyatu ḫaš[û] | “The flood of the sea, the effaced flood, the flood of abundance, |
| 20 | urnû samīdu šibburratu azu[pīru] | urnû-plant, samidu-plant (and) šibburratu-plant |
| 21 | nīnû šumuttu ḫabbūr balti ḫabbūr ašā[gi] | The nīnû-plant, the šumuttu-plant (plant), the balaŋ drum, the ašagi-plant |
| 22 | ḫabbūr qan-šalāli bīnu zēr bīnu mašt[akal] | “It is a flood, It is sweet, it is maštakal-plant |
| 23 | zēr maštakal burāšu zēr burāši ṭābat k[u]pad | sweet maštakal-soapwort, sweet juniper, you pound together |
| 24 | ṭābat amanni suluppū zēr ḫuluppi su[ādu] | “It is me, it is the suluppu-vessel, the sweet pomegranate, the long-lasting one, |
| 25 | [kurkanû kasû] 37 šammū ušbur[rudê] | kurkanû-plant, mustard, 37 herbs for undoing witchcraft |
| 26 | [ša ina qā]tī šūṣû | who by the hand of that man |
| 27 | [lū ina šikari lū ina karāni lū ina mê lū ina] šamni lū ina ḫīqāti iš[tanatti] | either in a ritual assemblage, or at a threshing floor, or in water, or on the ground or in the open country, |
| 28 | ... ...] x ⸢kiš⸣ [x-(x)] | ... eše3-plant |
| 29′ | ⸢EN₂⸣ ... | Incantation: |
| 30′ | {lu₂}⸢UŠ₁₁.ZU⸣ ... | The ērib-priest |
| 31′ | i-pu-ša₂ {munus}UŠ₁₁.⸢ZU⸣ ... | he built (and) a woman |
| 32′ | šiptu ul yāʾuttun šipat Ea u [Asalluḫi] | My blood is not mine, it is the blood of Ea and Asalluhi |
| 33′ | šipat Marduk šarri šipat Šazu Za[rpanītu] | The offspring of Marduk, the king, the offspring [of Za]rpanītu, |
| 34′ | u Ningirima iqbûnim-ma anāku [ušanni (TU₆ EN₂)] | and Ningirima spoke to me, and to me: Incantation formula. |
| 35′ | KA.INIM.MA kišpī ruḫû rusû La[maštu] | Wording for undoing witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) Lamaštu. |
| 36′ | ṣibit māmīti tūrti [u]tukku lemnu ana [amēli] lā ṭe[ḫê] | Who gives life to the people, who gives evil utukku-demons to the land, |
| 37′ | DU₃.DU₃.BI tarmuš imḫur-līm imḫur-ešrā sikillu [e]lkulla | Its ritual: tarmuš-plant, imḫur-lîm-plant (and) sikillu-plant of Elkulla |
| 38′ | iṣ pišri šammi Lamašti kukuru burāšu er[ēnu qanû ṭābu bīnu] | Release the sorcery of Lamaštu, cut off the grain heaps, open the cedar groves! |
| 39′ | maštakal uḫūlu qarnānû ṭābtu kibrī[tu 16 šammū ušburrudê] | maštakal-soapwort, qarnānû-plant, ṭabtu-sulphur, kibritu, 16 šammu-plants |
| 40′ | šiptu annītu šalāšīšu ana muḫḫi tamannū-m[a ... | You recite this incantation over it and . |
| 41′ | ina šamni tapaššassu-ma kišpīšu saḫrū ... ... | You bind him with the earth, and the witchcraft will be undone |
| 42′ | ul iṭeḫḫûšu amēlu šū ēl libbašu zaki ... ... | (Sum) The one who does not heed (the command of) the lord, the one who is angry with him (Akk) He does not listen to the command of the gods, he does not obey them |
| 43′ | šumma amēlu ina ēkalli lā maḫrāšu | If a wild bull is not great in the Ekallu |
| 44′ | tuppu 63.KAM.ME ušburrudê kīma labiri [šaṭir bari] | Tablet 63 of Ušburrudê. Written according to the original, collated. |
| 45′ | ēkal Aššur-bāni-apli šarri rabû šarri dannu ... | Ekkal Aššibaniapli Great king, mighty king |
| 46′ | ša Nabû u Tašmētu rēma iršû-m[a ... | Of Nabû and Tašmētu, merciful one, who loves , |
| 47′ | ṣurru šadlu ḫasissu palkû ... ... | The šadlu-demon, the ḫasišu-disease, the palkû-death |
| 48′ | ana širikti išruk ana taḫsisti tāmartīšu išṭur ibri | He turned to you, he turned to the side of you, his eye turned towards you, |
| 49′ | qereb ēkallīšu ukīn tāki[lka ul ibâš Nabû] | In the middle of his cella there is no rejoicing, Nabû does not rejoice |
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