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CMAwR Text 7.7 (Q004208)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 7.7 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004208 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Incantation-Ritual |
Transliteration (ATF)
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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) |
|---|---|---|
| 7.7.1:1 | šumma amēlu ḫūṣ ḫīpi libbi irtanašši nullât[i] | If a man has become frightened by ḫbūšu-disease (and) phlegm, |
| 7.7.1:2 | libbašu ītammu pērti ḫarrāni eper uppatti | My heart trembles, my nose is swollen, my feet are bloated, |
| 7.7.1:3 | ina mê taballal šina ṣalmī teppuš aḫa u aḫa inneddir[ū] | You mix with water, you perform the balaŋ drum, (then) the other and the other will become confused |
| 7.7.1:4 | ina naglabi ša ištēn kīam tašaṭṭar | In the threshing floor that is on the other side, you draw a circle |
| 7.7.1:5 | e[ṭṭ]ēru munnarbu lā mukillu ill[at]īšu | The ēru-demon, the savage, the one who kills his enemies |
| 7.7.1:6 | ina naglabi ša šanê kīam tašaṭṭar | In the threshing floor of heaven, like a šaṭbar stone |
| 7.7.1:7 | ikkillu šassāʾu lā ... | they have gathered, the grass not |
| 7.7.1:8 | arkīšu šumšunu tanambīšunūti | (As for) the one who removes my inscription, |
| 7.7.1:9 | līša (([š]a)) qēm kibti ((u)) ((ša)) qēm GU₂.NIDA | May it be ((for him)) a hand of reed and a horn of oxen. |
| 7.7.1:10 | ina zumur amēli tukappar-ma ṣalam teppuš-[ma] | You put (them) in the flesh of a wild bull and you perform a ṣalam ritual. |
| 7.7.1:11 | ina idīšunu kilallān tušarkabšu-[ma] | You bind him on the riverbank, and |
| 7.7.1:12 | qaqqadāti kilallān imitta u šumēla tusaḫḫ[a]r-ma | You recite the incantation “Kilallānu, Ištar, and Šimēla,’ |
| 7.7.1:13 | (([ina qidd]at ūmi lāma Šamaš irtabi)) ina ṭēḫ dūri | ((On the day that Šamaš enters,)) on the day of the moon's disappearance |
| 7.7.1:14 | ašar šēpu parsat qaqqara tašabbiṭ mê ellūti tasallaḫ | You have poured pure water over the ground, you have strewn pure water. |
| 7.7.1:15 | paṭīra tukān ina muḫḫi paṭīri suluppī | If he has a neck, on top of that neck, a šuluppu-bowl |
| 7.7.1:16 | sasqâ tasarraq nignak burāši tašakkan | You sweep the ground. You set up a censer of burāšu-juniper. |
| 7.7.1:17 | šikara tanaqqi ṣalmī šunūti tanaššī-ma | You pour a libation bowl, you take away my handiwork |
| 7.7.1:18 | (([ana])) maḫar Šamaš kīam taqabbi | You speak as follows to the exalted one, Šamaš: |
| 7.7.1:19 | EN₂ Šamaš šar šamê u erṣeti dayyān ili amēli att[ā-ma] | Incantation: O Šamaš, king of heaven and earth, you are the judge of the gods of the land |
| 7.7.1:20 | ana nīš qātīya qūlam-ma a[l]aktī li[mad] | To the one who holds my hand, shout out, so that the alû-demon knows (it). |
| 7.7.1:21 | nullâti ḫūṣ ḫīpi libbi | Nullâtu-plant, ḫubu-plant of the heart, |
| 7.7.1:22 | ḫattu pirittu ša ina zumrīya šīrīya šerʾānī[ya] | The evil spittle that is in my body, my flesh, my limbs |
| 7.7.1:23 | ātanamdaru aptanallaḫu | |
| 7.7.1:24 | Šamaš ina maḫrīka annû innânni annû imaḫḫaranni | Šamaš, before you these are mine, these are my enemies, |
| 7.7.1:25 | ana ṣalam eṭṭēri paqid ana ereb šamši ṭarid ina zumrīya nasiḫ | I have been appointed to the yoke of the young man. You have been entrusted to the interior of heaven, you have been bound to my body. |
| 7.7.1:26 | annâ taqabbī-ma sebet akalī | You speak this, and the seven food offerings |
| 7.7.1:27 | ina pitilti tašakkak ina kišādīšu tallal | You place (them) in a reed basket, (then) you wrap (the mixture) around his neck. |
| 7.7.1:28 | pān ṣalam līši mūṣa ša libbi urullātīšu | May the mouth of the šalammu-priestess be open, may the heart of his life be at ease |
| 7.7.1:29 | tapaššaš ṣuprē <šēpīšu> pērētīšu | “He is the one who scatters the scepter of the womb, |
| 7.7.1:30 | kilattīn ina ṣubāti ṣalmi tarakkas ina kišād ṣalam līši tallal | You set up a ritual assemblage in the ṣubātu-vessel (and) a censer. In the netherworld, may the cypress grow tall. |
| 7.7.1:31 | ina bīʾe ša dūri tušerrebšunūti ana ereb šamši | You enter into the interior of heaven |
| 7.7.1:32 | pānīšunu tašakkan bīʾa tepeḫḫi | You set up a censer for them. |
| 7.7.1:33 | uḫūlī ((qarnānâti)) paʾṣāti | ((floods)) of the open country |
| 7.7.1:34 | kīma zidubdubbî ana bīʾe tattanaddi | Like a šudubdubbû-stone you add (it) to the house. |
| 7.7.1:35 | amēlu šū qātīšu ina mê nāri u gaṣṣi imessi riksa tapaṭṭar-ma | I have tied a knot on that man’s hand with water, sulphur, and gas. |
| 7.7.1:36 | ana bītīšu iššer ana arkīšu lā ippallas | He goes up to his house, he does not go down to the underworld. |
| 7.7.1:37 | mašmaššu adi Šamaš napāḫi ana bīt marṣi lā irr[ub] | The exorcist until Šamaš will not enter into the house of the marsh |
| 7.7.1:38 | [šumma amēlu ḫ]uṣṣu ḫīpi libbi irtanašši zēr ašli | If a man has become frightened, he is angry with his heart, |
| 7.7.1:39 | šumma KIMIN zēr azallî [im]ḫur-līm ina šikar[i i]na šamni ... | If ditto, he is surrounded by a mole of azallû-plant in the street, on the ground . |
| 7.7.1:40 | šumma KIMIN imḫur-līm zēr bīni ina šikari ... | If ditto, ‘heals-a-thousand’-plant is sweet, my body in the scepter . |
| 7.7.1:41 | šumma KIMIN kazalla imḫur-līm ḫašê ... | If ditto: kazallu-plant, imḫur-lî-plant (and) ... . |
| 7.7.1:42 | zēr ēri urnê {u₂}[... ... | angry, frightened, ... , |
| 7.7.1:43 | sebet šammī annûti balu patān ... | Seventy-seven of these are released ... |
| 7.7.1:44 | šumma KIMIN šumuttu i[na ... | If ditto, ghost in ... |
| 7.7.1:45 | šumma KIMIN uppatta timbutti eqli eper ašamšū[ti ... | If ditto, sulphur, tallow, ēru-stone (and) earth, the sap of my hands . |
| 7.7.1:46 | amēlāna eṣemti amēlūti {u₂}[... ... | “Lord of the four quarters (of the world) ... weeds |
| 7.7.1:47 | šumma amēlu ḫuṣṣa ḫīpi libbi irtanašši m[inâtūšu ittanašpakā] | If a man has been seized by a ḫušša-disease (and) a stroke of the heart, his limbs have become swollen |
| 7.7.1:48 | lišānšu ittenenbiṭ lišānšu una[ššak] | May he be reconciled with him, may he become pacified with him |
| 7.7.1:49 | uznāšu išaggumā qātāšu išammamāšu b[irkāšu kimṣāšu] | his limbs are swollen, his hands are weary, his body is cold |
| 7.7.1:50 | ikassasāšu rēš libbīšu ittan[azqar] | (who) has made his heart tremble, has caused his heart to be frightened |
| 7.7.1:51 | ana sinništi alāki muṭṭu ḫurbāšu imtanaqqussu i[kabbir ibaḫḫu] | (who) has poured out a libation bowl for a woman, has smeared her cheeks, has broken off, and has seized her |
| 7.7.1:52 | ruʾta ina pîšu ittanadd[i ... | (who) has poured a libation bowl into his mouth |
| 7.7.1:53 | amēlu šū ina akali šūkul ina šikari šaqi ina šamni pa[šiš ... | (Sum) The one who eats bread, the one who drinks beer in the šāgu-vessel (Akk) I have eaten bread, I have drink[ed] beer in a tavern |
| 7.7.1:54 | ana bulluṭīšu tarmuš imḫur-līm [imḫur-ešrā] maš[takal] | To cure it: tarmuš-plant, ḫurlīm-plant (and) ešra-plant. |
| 7.7.1:55 | sikilla erkulla im[buʾ tâmti lapa]t arma[nni] | sikilla-plant, erkulla-plant: water from the lapa of my army. |
| 7.7.1:56 | [zēr] ḫuluppi u[rnê ḫaš]ê šibburr[ata] | sweet ḫuluppi-plant, urnû-plant (and) šibburratu-plant |
| 7.7.1:57 | nuḫurta {u₂}[...] ... ḫašḫūr ap[i] | nuḫurta-plant |
| 7.7.1:58 | [...] ... [...]šunu tubbal taḫaššal tan[appi] | ... ... you mix ... together, you pour out a libation bowl |
| 7.7.1:59 | ... ... ina šēri balu patā[n] | ... ... with balû-flour |
| 7.7.1:60 | [tašaqqīš]u tušakkalšu ina kappi iṣṣūri tušaprāšu-ma arkīš[u] | You burn him, you crush him with a mortar, you stir it, and then he will recover. |
| 7.7.1:61 | [...] ... qalûti ina [k]arāni ṣaḫti išattī-[ma] | ... ... my hands in the scepter of the netherworld, he is angry with me |
| 7.7.1:62 | ... tanaddi ina bubbuli turammakšu-ma iballuṭ | [You pound ...], you put it on as a bandage, then he will recover. |
| 7.7.1:63 | pizallurāti ritkubāti ša ṣēri teleqqē-ma tubbal-ma ina burāši | You take the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic of the šūmu-demon, you scatter it, and you put it in a bowl. |
| 7.7.1:64 | eṣemti amēlūti labirti ina uḫūli qarnānî tuqatt[ar] | You strew ešbemtu-plant (and) alum in a censer of wool. |
| 7.7.1:65 | kurkanâ atāʾiša ina uḫūli qarnānî tuqatt[ar] | You sprinkle kurkanû-plant and atāʾišu-plant on a piece of wool. |
| 7.7.1:66 | kibrīta ṣurāra iṣṣūr-ḫurri zikara ina uḫūli qarnānî tuqatt[ar] | You sprinkle šurû-plant (and) ‘cutting-of-the-throat’-plant on a piece of wool. |
| 7.7.1:67 | ḫabbūr titti kamūn bīni ina [...] | “Fear of my house is present in ..., |
| 7.7.1:68 | kibrīta atāʾiša ina [...] | You are the kibrittu of Atāšu in |
| 7.7.1:69 | [mur]ussu ul itâr-ma ul isanniqšu šaḫluqtu ul iṭeḫḫē[šu] | his illness will not come near him, it will not approach him, the curse will not reach him |
| 7.7.1:70 | EN₂ pa-ti pa-ti-ti pa-ta-kar pa-ta-kar | Incantation: “Path, path, [pa]th, p[ath], |
| 7.7.1:71 | ḫa-ti-ib ḫa-ti-ib TU₆ EN₂ | “Ha! Ḫatib! Ha! Incantation-formula. |
| 7.7.1:72 | ⸢KA⸣.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM | It is the wording of a spell for undoing witchcraft |
| 7.7.1:73 | [DU₃.DU₃.BI ...]{mušen} taṭabbaḫ [dāmš]u ina pursīti tamaḫḫar | [Its ritual: ...] you smear a sulphur (on him), you scatter it on a cloth, |
| 7.7.1:74 | šipta sebîšu ana libbi tamannū-ma [amē]lu šū ūmišamma iptaššaš | You recite the incantation seven times into it, then that wild bull will die, and then he will recover. |
| 7.7.1:75 | ša ītanamdaru lā ikaššassu | who constantly seeks out evil against him |
| 7.7.1:76 | [x x x x x x x x (x)] x ud x x ... | ... ... |
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