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CMAwR Text 7.8 (Q004209)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 7.8 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004209 |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 7.8.1:1′ | ... x | |
| 7.8.1:2′ | ... ⸢uš⸣ | ešû-plant |
| 7.8.1:3′ | ... x-nu | -nu |
| 7.8.1:4′ | ... ...]-ti | ... ...-ti |
| 7.8.1:5′ | ... ka]-⸢ia⸣-ni-ti | ... of Ka’eya-emitti |
| 7.8.1:6′ | ... x-ti₅ | ... ... |
| 7.8.1:7′ | ... x ⸢ka⸣-ia-ni-ti | “ ... of yours, |
| 7.8.1:8′ | [u anāku kīma Id ina šadîy]a lu ellēku TU₆ EN₂ | And may I be pure like River in my land!” Incantation formula. |
| 7.8.1:9′ | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 7.8.1:10′ | KID₃.KID₃.BI kibrīta ina ṭurri kitê tašakkak | Its ritual: You set up a kibrītu-vessel in a sealed container. |
| 7.8.1:11′ | sebet kiṣrī takaṣṣar šipta sebîšu | Seven ropes you tie, seven šiptu-bowls |
| 7.8.1:12′ | ana maḫar Šamaš tamannū-ma ina kišādīšu tašakkan | You recite the incantation before Šamaš and place (it) around his neck. |
| 7.8.1:13′ | EN₂ ittardāni ana māti | Incantation: “He has returned to the land, |
| 7.8.1:14′ | kaššāpātu elīyanātu | pure beer |
| 7.8.1:15′ | išassâ illuru isaḫḫarā zamāra | Išsâ, Illuru, Isaḫbara, zamacra-plant, |
| 7.8.1:16′ | našâ mê ayabba tâmti rapašti | Receiver of water from the ayabbu-vessel, wide sea, |
| 7.8.1:17′ | ittanamdâ ana sūqāti | (who) constantly seeks out the horizon, |
| 7.8.1:18′ | ikammâ eṭlūti išaggišā ardāti | (who) has smeared the young man, has afflicted the young woman, |
| 7.8.1:19′ | ištanakkanā qūlāti | Ištanakkana, the warrior |
| 7.8.1:20′ | anāku aššakkanakkināšim-ma | I send to you, so that |
| 7.8.1:21′ | tiskur musakkiru ša pîkina | tiskur-plant, musakkiru-plant of your mouth |
| 7.8.1:22′ | anḫullû lā māḫir kišpī | anḫullû-magic, the breaking of witchcraft |
| 7.8.1:23′ | iṣ pišri ša upaššaru kišpī | Release the sorcery of the lord of witchcraft |
| 7.8.1:24′ | imḫur-ašrā ša lā uqarrabu ruḫê ((ana zumru)) | ((It is an imḫur-ašrā ritual) that cannot be undone, ((it is an incantation for the body)) |
| 7.8.1:25′ | ittamir ša muppišātu ša sebe kaššāpāti upaššaru | The one who sees the omens, the one who hears the prayers of the king, |
| 7.8.1:26′ | kišpīkina u ruḫêkina utār ana šāri tê EN₂ | witchcraft and spittle I have brought to an end. Incantation formula. |
| 7.8.1:27′ | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.⸢DA⸣.[KAM] | Wording for undoing witchcraft. |
| 7.8.2:1′ | {⸢u₂⸣}[... ... | The ešû-priest |
| 7.8.2:2′ | a[nḫullû ... | anḫullû-plant |
| 7.8.2:3′ | tarmu[š ... | tarmû-plant |
| 7.8.2:4′ | nakkaptī ... | The nakkaptu-demon |
| 7.8.2:5′ | kal zumrīya ... | all my body |
| 7.8.2:6′ | kal šīrīya [...] ikkī u napištī ... | All of my body ..., sleep and life ... |
| 7.8.2:7′ | ša ēpišīya u [ēpištīya] kišpīšunu [libbalkitū-ma] | May the witchcraft of my work and my work dispel you, and |
| 7.8.2:8′ | ana muḫḫīšunu u lānī[šunu] l[illikū ... | May they go on top of them and below them |
| 7.8.2:9′ | ipšu bārtu amāt lemutti l[ā iṭeḫḫâ lā iqarruba yâši] | The sorcery, rebellion, and evil word(s), may they not approach me! |
| 7.8.2:10′ | ina qibīt Ea Šamaš ((u)) Marduk u [rubāti Bēlet-ilī TU₆ EN₂] | By the command of Ea, Šamaš ((and)) Marduk, and the people of Bēlet-ilī. Incantation formula. |
| 7.8.2:11′ | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.[DA.KAM] | Wording for undoing witchcraft. |
| 7.8.2:12′ | KID₃.KID₃.BI {na₄}AN.NA {giš}GAN.U₅ elikulla anḫullâ tar[muš] | Its ritual: anu-stone, thornbush, elikulla-plant, anḫullû-plant (and) tarmuš-plant |
| 7.8.2:13′ | ina ṭurri tabarri tašakkak sebet kiṣrī takaṣṣar šipta sebîšu ana maḫar Šamaš tamannū-ma k[išpū pašrū] | You string (them) on a string of tallow, you tie seven knots, you recite the incantation seven times before Šamaš, and the witchcraft will be undone. |
| 7.8.2:14′ | EN₂ annû šū annītu šī | Incantation: This is it, this is it |
| 7.8.2:15′ | ilassuma arkīya | Ilassuma, after me, |
| 7.8.2:16′ | uštamaṣṣâ ana ṣabātīya | he has caused to enter into my body, |
| 7.8.2:17′ | ina pîša našât amāt marušti | By her mouth, the utterance of a cursed woman, |
| 7.8.2:18′ | šabšat ina qātīša ruḫê zērūti | (who) has smeared the earth with fury in her hand, |
| 7.8.2:19′ | malâ kirimmāša rimkī luʾʾâti | Whose radiance is bright, who illuminates the darkness, |
| 7.8.2:20′ | īmurši-ma eṭlu ana (ištēn) bēri ilass[um]a | He saw me, and he went down to the river bank. |
| 7.8.2:21′ | u šī ardatu ana šinipât [bē]ri | and the spirit of the ardatu-priestess to the shepherd of the netherworld |
| 7.8.2:22′ | annītu mannu ša ilassuma arkīya | Who can overturn this and overthrow me? |
| 7.8.2:23′ | ultamaṣṣâ ana ṣabātīya | I have turned into my scepter, |
| 7.8.2:24′ | aṣbatki ina nēmeqi ša Ea | I have seized you with the wisdom of Ea |
| 7.8.2:25′ | aklāki ina upšāšê ša apkal ilī Marduk | I bow down at the machinations of the sage of the gods, Marduk |
| 7.8.2:26′ | ašqīki imat martu | I call upon you, Amat-Marduk, |
| 7.8.2:27′ | qê uttūti kī uttūti pānīki ērim | “Hand of the dead, like a dead person, your face is a flood, |
| 7.8.2:28′ | uskī imat lemutti ša pîki | Remove the evil word of your mouth, |
| 7.8.2:29′ | idî ruḫê zērūti ša q[āt]īki | River, furious storm, angry one of your hands |
| 7.8.2:30′ | lippaṭrā kirimmāki | release your anger, |
| 7.8.2:31′ | ... [š]a kaššāpti ēpišti u muš[tēpišt]i | ... of witchcraft, sorcery and magic |
| 7.8.2:32′ | ša ēpištīya tallaktaša a[ṣbat] | Whose sorcery I have seized, |
| 7.8.2:33′ | ša muštēpištīya utēr k[išpīš]a | The one who has performed sorcery against me, my witchcraft |
| 7.8.2:34′ | aleqqēki-ma epeḫḫīki itti [...] | I took you, and I slew you with |
| 7.8.2:35′ | upaqqadki ana abulli peḫī[ti] | I have entrusted you to the open city gate |
| 7.8.2:36′ | ana ḫurri ša ereb šamši pānīki aš[kun] | I have set your face towards the ḫurru of heaven and earth |
| 7.8.2:37′ | ulāla lā nāṭila ušaṣbit ab[ulla] | The cult center of the nātbila-demon, the entrance of the gate |
| 7.8.2:38′ | aššu yâši ana lemutti terteneddînni | As for me, you have repeatedly turned me into an evil person, |
| 7.8.2:39′ | mārū ummâni mašmaššū mušlaḫḫū | The young woman, the exorcist, the mušlabḫu-demon |
| 7.8.2:40′ | lipašširūki-ma ayīlki upaššar ⸢EN₂⸣ | May the evildoers not come near me, the enchanter of the incantation, |
| 7.8.2:41′ | ⸢KA⸣.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.[KAM] | It is the wording of a spell for undoing witchcraft. |
| 7.8.2:42′ | DU₃.DU₃.BI lišāna ša lipî <teppuš>-ma marta tašaqqīš[i] | Its ritual: <You perform> witchcraft against him, and you make him drink martu-beer. |
| 7.8.2:43′ | qê uttūti pānīšu tarrim | Hand of the uttūtu-demon, open his mouth |
| 7.8.2:44′ | ina ḫurri ša ereb šamši tepeḫḫīši-ma | In the ḫurru-vessel of the middle of the night, you surround it, and |
| 7.8.2:45′ | ina kunuk šubî u šadâni bābša tabarram | With the seal of the šubû-priest and the sign of Bābu, you set out. |
| 7.8.3:1′ | [x x x x x] ⸢ša₃⸣ x ⸢an⸣ ... | ... eša’e-plant, ... an ea-plant |
| 7.8.3:2′ | [m]ullil šamê apsî biblu | Who makes heaven and earth tremble |
| 7.8.3:3′ | mupaššer kišpī ruḫê | who dispels witchcraft, magic |
| 7.8.3:4′ | našparāt mūši u kala ū[mi] | našpātu-offering of day and night |
| 7.8.3:5′ | ša taltanapparāni ana muḫḫīya | You who have continually prayed to me |
| 7.8.3:6′ | biblu ūmka ezzu likšussināti | May your anger and fury overthrow them, |
| 7.8.3:7′ | pû anāku-ma ul appattil | The mouth is open to you, it is not appea[rable]. |
| 7.8.3:8′ | abattu anāku-ma ul aqqall[ap] | I am a woman, but I do not dwell with her. |
| 7.8.3:9′ | mannu ša ana kibrīti īpušu [kišpī] | Who performs witchcraft against me? |
| 7.8.3:10′ | ū ana errê ēp[ušu] | and for the evil of his deed |
| 7.8.3:11′ | ipša bārtu amāt lemutti ⸢TU₆⸣ [EN₂] | Incantation formula: |
| 7.8.3:12′ | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.⸢RU⸣.[DA.KAM] | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 7.8.3:13′ | KID₃.KID₃.BI ina bibli {⸢na₄⸣}[...] | Its ritual: in the bibliography of ešānu-stone |
| 7.8.3:14′ | zēr ḫuluppi pâ ki[brīta errâ] | angry, furious, awe-inspiring, fearsome, |
| 7.8.3:15′ | ina ṣubāti ṣalmi tarakkas šipta sebîšu ana maḫar {d}[... tamannū-ma] | You string (them) on a cord of ebony. You recite the incantation seven times before ... and |
| 7.8.3:16′ | ina kišādīšu tašakkan u ana ... [...] | You place (it) around his neck, and to |
| 7.8.3:17′ | EN₂ attā imḫur-līm šammu ša ina maḫri aṣû | Incantation: “You are the imḫur-lîm-demon, the one who speaks in the supreme heavens, |
| 7.8.3:18′ | mupašširu kalāma | the all-powerful one |
| 7.8.3:19′ | elēnu qimmassu [šamê šann]at | whose horns are like the heavens |
| 7.8.3:20′ | šaplānu šuršūšu qaqq[ar]a malû | (As for) the one who removes them, the land will be plundered |
| 7.8.3:21′ | īmurka-ma kaššāptu īruqū pānūša | He looks at you, and the beer is poured out before you |
| 7.8.3:22′ | u ša[...]ša ... | and ... ... |
| 7.8.3:23′ | iṣlimā šaptāša | Išlima, her shepherd |
| 7.8.3:24′ | [ša kaššāpti ...] ... x-ša teḫeppe riksa lemna | Whose beer ... ... you break the evil bond |
| 7.8.3:25′ | [attā] imḫur-līm ša ana šākinīšu ipša [bārtu] | You are the imḫur-līm priestess, who has performed sorcery against his body |
| 7.8.3:26′ | [amāt lemut]ti zīra dibalâ ziku[rudâ] | evil mother, magic, dibalâ-magic, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, |
| 7.8.3:27′ | [kadabbedâ] dimmakurrâ lā uqa[rrabu] | The ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic, the evil-doer magic, cannot be undone. |
| 7.8.3:28′ | [ina qibīt Ea] Šamaš u Marduk u rubāt[i Bēlet-ilī] | By the command of Ea, Šamaš and Marduk, and the princess Bēlet-ilī |
| 7.8.3:29′ | [kišpīša ruḫê]ša amāt lemutti ē tuqarrib[a] | witchcraft, magic, evil word(s) of the house of tuqarriba |
| 7.8.3:30′ | ... kaššāptīya (([TU₆ EN₂])) | my beer. ((Incantation formula)) |
| 7.8.3:31′ | [KA.INIM.MA] UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM | It is the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 7.8.3:32′ | [DU₃].⸢DU₃⸣.BI ṭurri pušikki taṭammi sebet kiṣrī takaṣṣar | Its ritual: You tie knots, you tie seven knots. |
| 7.8.3:33′ | imḫur-līm ēma taktaṣru pušikka talammi šipta sebîšu ana muḫḫi tamannu | You recite the incantation three times over it. |
| 7.8.3:34′ | [ina kišādī]šu tašakkan-ma kišpū lā iṭeḫḫûšu | You place (it) around his neck, but the witchcraft will not approach him |
| 7.8.3:35′ | [EN₂ kaššāptu agug]ilat mušlaḫḫat naršindat | Incantation: “Witch, agugilat, mušḫat, naršindat |
| 7.8.3:36′ | [kaššāptu ša t]asarraqī surqīnī arḫu ūmu U₄ 7.KAM₂ U₄ 15.KAM₂ | You libate a libation of beer. You recite the incantation seven times and fifteen times. |
| 7.8.3:37′ | [U₄ x.KAM₂ U₄].⸢ḪUL⸣.GAL₂ U₄ 30.KAM₂ ašapparakkim-ma mārī inbīya u dādīya | On the [x]th day, the ešuḫul-ekkalla-festival, the 30th day: I have sent you, and my words and my utterances |
| 7.8.3:38′ | [anḫullâ] {⸢giš}GAN⸣.U₅ elikulla amēlānu ēdu {u₂}KA.BAD {u₂}AD.SAG | Anḫullû-plant, elikulla-plant (and) amēlānu-plant |
| 7.8.3:39′ | {[u₂}MA.GIL t]iskur [qa]ran ayyali u nikiptu šammī ša šadî u māti ša qāt apkal ilī Marduk | magil-plant, tiskur-aromatic, ayyali-plant and nikiptu-soapwort, the hand of the sage of the gods, Marduk, |
| 7.8.3:40′ | ikaššadūki ina ḫarrānim-ma imaḫḫaṣū lētki utarrū amātki ana pîk[i] | You are merciful to me in the midst of the netherworld, your strength is surpassing, your word is directed towards your mouth |
| 7.8.3:41′ | kaššāptī surqīnīki ša kala šatti tusarriqī ušabbalū TU₆ EN₂ | You are adjured by the ‘witchcraft,’ that covers all of the world, you have carried off the ušabbalû-plant. Incantation formula. |
| 7.8.3:42′ | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 7.8.3:43′ | KID₃.KID₃.BI anḫullâ {giš}GAN.U₅ elikulla amēlānu ēdu {u₂}KA.BAD | Its ritual: anḫullû-plant, kanaktu-tree, elikulla-plant (and) amēlānu-plant |
| 7.8.3:44′ | {u₂}AD.SAG {u₂}MA.GIL tiskur qaran ayyali u nikiptu šammī annûti maḫaršu ina qê tašakkak | Adsag-plant (and) magīl-plant, tiskur-aromatic, qaran ayyali and nikiptu-spurge, these exalted plants you place in the ground. |
| 7.8.3:45′ | šipta sebîšu ana maḫar Šamaš tamannu ina kišādīšu tašakkan-ma kišpū lā iṭeḫḫû[šu] | You recite the incantation seven times before Šamaš. You place (it) around his neck and the witchcraft will not approach him. |
| 7.8.3:46′ | EN₂ šaknāku-ma ruʾtīta mārat ilī rab[ûti] | Incantation: You are adjured, O great gods, |
| 7.8.3:47′ | ša ina bibli kišpī | who in the midst of witchcraft |
| 7.8.3:48′ | u ina nubatti sebî ūmi upaššaru mām[âti] | And at dawn, the day, the lord of the land |
| 7.8.3:49′ | māmītu māmītu ullalki māmītu | “Alas, alas!, ullalku-disease (and) aašātu-dissemina, |
| 7.8.3:50′ | ša laḫri ṣeḫerša ṣabtī ša enzi tuʾāmīša | Whose limbs are swollen, whosoever you are, |
| 7.8.3:51′ | ša kalbati mīrānīša | of the kalbatu-plant, heroism |
| 7.8.3:52′ | luqtī zēr kaššāpīya u kaššāptīya | May my beer and my beer be sweetened, |
| 7.8.3:53′ | māmītu lū ana qiddatim-ma anāku lū [ana māḫirti] | “May it be a flood for the quays, may it be for the netherworld |
| 7.8.3:54′ | ēpištī lū ana qabrim-ma | May my work be to the quay |
| 7.8.3:55′ | anāku lū ana nūr elâti ⸢TU₆⸣ [EN₂] | “To the right or to the left I have recited the incantation |
| 7.8.3:56′ | ⸢KA⸣.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.[DA.KAM] | It is the wording of a spell for undoing witchcraft |
| 7.8.3:57′ | [KID₃.KID₃].⸢BI⸣ ... tašakkak | You set up a ritual assemblage. |
| 7.8.3:58′ | sebet kiṣ[rī takaṣṣar šipta sebîšu ana maḫar] Šamaš tamannū-ma ina kišādi tašakkan | You tie seven knots. You recite the incantation seven times before Šamaš, and you put (it) around the neck. |
| 7.8.4:1′ | ⸢EN₂⸣ šurrūni {na₄}AN.NA u zalāqu ultu šamê urdūni | Incantation: “Herewith, tin, and lapis lazuli have come forth from heaven. |
| 7.8.4:2′ | [ina] rēšīšunu našû pišrēti [(...)] | By your exalted command, my mouth is open ... |
| 7.8.4:3′ | iptašrū bīnu maštakal u gišimmaru EDIN ... [...] | he opened a watering place, maštakal-soapwort and tamarisk in the open country |
| 7.8.4:4′ | yâši lipšurūʾinni ina šaplīki Išḫara [...] | May they release me, by your command, Ishbara, |
| 7.8.4:5′ | ina šamê napḫāti ... | In the heavens my entire body |
| 7.8.4:6′ | tuḫappê riksīšina [ša] kala ūmī | Remove my bindings that all day long |
| 7.8.4:7′ | tuḫallaqī amâtīšina ša kal šanāti | You have smeared my mother-in-law, who for all time |
| 7.8.4:8′ | ša ēpištīya-ma ḫipê rikissa | Whom my sorcery has been carried off, her contract broken, |
| 7.8.4:9′ | ša muštēpištīy[a amāssa] | of the one who has performed sorcery against me |
| 7.8.4:10′ | nīnu-ma enqēnu nīnu-ma nindânu | We are enqēnu, we are ninda |
| 7.8.4:11′ | nīnu-ma ... [...] an[a ...] | We ... to ... |
| 7.8.4:12′ | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.[DA.KAM] | Wording for undoing witchcraft. |
| 7.8.4:13′ | KID₃.KID₃.BI ina maḫar Zuqaqīpi nignak burāši tašakkan šikara tan[aqqi] | Its ritual: In the presence of Zuqaqi, you set up a censer of burāšu-juniper. You pour a libation bowl. |
| 7.8.4:14′ | mê pāširi ina šamni [...] kalli tumalla {na₄}AN.NA zalāqa | You fill a bowl with water from a well, you scatter tin (and) lapis lazuli |
| 7.8.4:15′ | bīna maštaka[l u suḫušša] ana libbi tanaddi | You add maštakal-soapwort and sulphur into it |
| 7.8.4:16′ | ṣalam kaššāpi u kaššāpti ša līši teppuš | You perform sorcery against warlock and witch of the heart |
| 7.8.4:17′ | abnāti [annâti išt]u kalli tušellē-ma | You have purified these waters from the kiln |
| 7.8.4:18′ | {na₄}AN.NA zalāqa ina ṭurri tašakkak ina kišādīšu tašakkan | You place tin (and) lapis lazuli in a bowl, you put it around his neck. |
| 7.8.4:19′ | bīna [maštaka]l u suḫušša ana pîšu išakkan-ma u ina qātīšu inaššī-ma | He placed maštakal-soapwort and sulphur into his mouth, and then in his hand he will recover. |
| 7.8.4:20′ | šiptu annītu ana maḫar Zuqaqīpi tamannū-ma | You recite this incantation three times before Zuqaqi. |
| 7.8.4:21′ | ša pîšu inaʾʾis-ma | Whose mouth trembles |
| 7.8.4:22′ | u ša qātīšu ramānšu ušbāʾ-ma | and that which is in his hand, he will become a slave |
| 7.8.4:23′ | ana muḫḫi ṣalam kaššāpi u kaššāpti ir[ammuk-ma] | On account of this, he will drink beer and beer and |
| 7.8.4:24′ | ina libbi mê ša kalli imaḫḫaḫšunūti-ma ana nāri ina[ddī-ma kiš]pū p[ašrū] | From the water of the kallu-vessel he washes his hands and he goes down to the river and the witchcraft is performed. |
| 7.8.4:25′ | EN₂ šaknāku šadânu ṣābitu [...] ... ... | Incantation: O šaknu-priestess, exalted one, ... ... |
| 7.8.4:26′ | ša lā uqarrabu ruḫê lemnūti ša šamê qūlān[inni] ša erṣeti šimâninni | Whoever does not raise a hand against me, who destroys the evil machinations of heaven (and) earth, |
| 7.8.4:27′ | šāru nāziqu turruk lā [tallak] mitgārū šārū ša bāb ... | You are adjured, you are not to be negligent, you have adjure[d] the one who ... |
| 7.8.4:28′ | tabkā-ma aklā nīš ili ... [...] ... ... | You are adjured, O gods, ... ... |
| 7.8.4:29′ | ša taḫê liṣbat liṣb[at ... | May the one who is ill be ill, may he be well |
| 7.8.4:30′ | manna lušpur ana {d}... ... ... | Who can I send to ? |
| 7.8.4:31′ | lišēbila Šamaš kunukkašu ša [šadâni ... | May Šamaš carry off his seal, that which is engraved |
| 7.8.4:32′ | luknuk pī kalīšunu ... | let me seal the mouth of all the people |
| 7.8.4:33′ | KA.INIM.MA [UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM] | Wording of a spell for undoing witchcraft. |
| 7.8.4:34′ | DU₃.DU₃.BI ina šēri ina maḫar Šamaš nignak b[urāši tašakkan (...)] | Its ritual: You set up a censer and a torch in the morning before Šamaš. |
| 7.8.4:35′ | sebet kiṣrī takaṣṣar šipta sebîšu ana maḫar [Šamaš tamannū-ma ṣalam kaššāpi u kaššāpti] | You tie seven knots. You recite the incantation seven times before Šamaš, and then release the warlock and the witch. |
| 7.8.4:36′ | [š]a ṭīdi teppuš šiptu annītu sebî[šu tamannū-ma (...) pâšunu] | You perform a ritual against me. You recite this incantation seven times and (...) your mouth |
| 7.8.4:37′ | [ina] kunuk šadâni ṣābiti takann[ak ... | You set up a šadânu-vessel in the kunukku-bowl. |
| 7.8.4:38′ | ⸢EN₂⸣ šina kaššāpātu ... | Incantation: “The lord of the Kassites, |
| 7.8.4:39′ | [išt]u ašertīšina tebâni[m-ma ... | From the beginning of time you created me and ... |
| 7.8.4:40′ | [ana] Marduk bēl balāṭi apqi[ssināti ... | To Marduk, lord of life, I have entrusted to you |
| 7.8.4:41′ | [x] x a-na {giš}⸢IG⸣ ša₂ ... ... | ... for the door of |
| 7.8.4:42′ | [a-a] ⸢iq⸣-ru-bu-ni ... | May they not appoint me |
| 7.8.4:43′ | [x (x)] ⸢gi⸣ il is x ... | ... the bride ... |
| 7.8.4:44′ | [x (x)] x u₂ la x ... | ... not ... |
| 7.8.4:45′ | [a]-⸢a⸣ ip-šur lu ⸢kiš⸣-[pu ... | “The water has been poured, may it be an epu-vessel |
| 7.8.4:46′ | ⸢KA⸣.INIM.MA [UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM] | Incantation formula: to undo witchcraft |
| 7.8.4:47′ | DU₃.DU₃.BI ... ... | Its ritual: ... . |
| 7.8.4:48′ | EN₂ ēpištī ... | Incantation: “The work of ... |
| 7.8.4:49′ | īnāya {na₄}... ... | On me ... stone |
| 7.8.4:50′ | ša šāri āli[ki ... | The heart of your city |
| 7.8.4:51′ | ēpištī ... ... | Incantation: |
| 7.8.4:52′ | KA.INIM.MA [UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM] | Wording of a spell for undoing witchcraft. |
| 7.8.4:53′ | KID₃.KID₃.BI {na₄}... ... | Its ritual: ...-stone |
| 7.8.4:54′ | EN₂ anḫullû ... ... | Incantation: “Anḫullû-disease ... ... |
| 7.8.4:55′ | ša kaššāpti ... | Whose beer |
| 7.8.4:56′ | KA.INIM.MA [UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM] | Wording of a spell for undoing witchcraft. |
| 7.8.4:57′ | DU₃.DU₃.BI šiptu ann[ītu ... | Its ritual: This incantation . |
| 7.8.4:58′ | EN₂ anḫullû ... ... | Incantation: “Anḫullû-disease ... ... |
| 7.8.4:59′ | ša kaššāpti ... ... | Whose beer ... |
| 7.8.4:60′ | šī ṭāmât [anāku pāširāku] | The ši ṭāmât-plant, ana, pappara, |
| 7.8.4:61′ | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.⸢BUR₂⸣.[RU.DA.KAM] | Wording for undoing witchcraft. |
| 7.8.4:62′ | KID₃.KID₃.BI ana mu[ḫḫi ... | Its ritual: On top of . |
| 7.8.4:63′ | EN₂ ittapḫa Šamaš [...] ša ina pîšu n[ašû ... | Incantation: “Šamaš, ..., who by his mouth ... |
| 7.8.4:64′ | ina šaptīšu našû [...] ina napāḫīka [Šamaš ... | In his womb, ... in the morning, Šamaš |
| 7.8.4:65′ | pušur ša kaššāpt[i ... | Release the machinations of the warlock |
| 7.8.4:66′ | epšātūša ay ... | May your deeds not |
| 7.8.4:67′ | KA.INIM.MA [UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM] | Wording of a spell for undoing witchcraft. |
| 7.8.4:68′ | KID₃.KID₃.BI ana muḫḫi {giš}GAN.U₅ ... | Its ritual: On top of a date palm |
| 7.8.4:69′ | EN₂ anāku iṣ pišri ellu šam[mu ša ina Ul]aya aṣû | Incantation: “At the right time, pure mouth, that is spoken in Ulaya, |
| 7.8.4:70′ | Ulaya ibnânn[i er]ṣetu ulidanni | Ulaya created me, he made the four of me dwell, |
| 7.8.4:71′ | [Ellil u Ninlil ušēridūni] ana māti | Enlil and Ninlil have sent me to the land |
| 7.8.4:72′ | [m]ala qaqqadīya šamû qašdū | The heavens of my head are clouded, |
| 7.8.4:73′ | [mala šēpīya erṣetu] qašdat | the four quarters of my head |
| 7.8.4:74′ | [kaš]šāptī ēkīam tēpušinni | You have performed witchcraft against me |
| 7.8.4:75′ | [rāḫītī ēkīam tureḫḫî]nni | I am smitten by the storm, I am constantly terrified |
| 7.8.4:76′ | [ē]pišūʾa ēpišū[t]ūʾa | Incantation, incantation |
| 7.8.4:77′ | [kišp]īšunu libbalkit[ū š]adî | May witchcraft turn against me, |
| 7.8.4:78′ | ... ...]-ni | ... his ... |
| 7.8.5:1 | EN₂ annû biblu annû [bibbulu] | Incantation: “This (is) what I want, this (is what) I want. |
| 7.8.5:2 | iḫayyalu ēpištu [...] | They have sinned against me, my work |
| 7.8.5:3 | ša ina nāri imluʾu [ṭīdāya] | who in the night has sinned against me |
| 7.8.5:4 | ša ina dalti išlupu [...] | Who has risen from the quay |
| 7.8.5:5 | ša ina ḫurri išdudu [mušāṭīya] | who in the ḫurru-temple has smeared my body |
| 7.8.5:6 | ša ina sūqi išbuš(u) [eper šēpīya] | who in the street has smashed my brickwork |
| 7.8.5:7 | ša ina qaqqar(i) ikpuru r[uʾtī] | who in the ground has laid waste, |
| 7.8.5:8 | ša ina igāri iḫluš(u) [bītī] | who has sinned against me in battle |
| 7.8.5:9 | ša ina bīt ašlāki iššû ṣubāt[ī (ša ibtuqu sissiktī)] | who in the house of Ašlakku, the ṣubātu-priests (who have seized my hem) |
| 7.8.5:10 | ša ina dabābi ilqû dababti pîya u [šārat qaqqadīya] | who took the words of my mouth and the ‘hand’ of my head in a wailing, |
| 7.8.5:11 | ina napāḫi ša Šamaš ša ēpišī u ēpištī | In the day of Šamaš, in the night and in the day |
| 7.8.5:12 | upaššaru ruḫêšunu lemnūti | the evil machinations of the king |
| 7.8.5:13 | ina maḫar Šamaš dayyān ni[šī] | In the presence of Šamaš, our judge |
| 7.8.5:14 | ša ina nāri imluʾu lū ṭīdūša | Who in the night is full of wailing, may it be swollen |
| 7.8.5:15 | ša ina dalti išlupu lū [...] | Who has risen from the quay, be it ... , |
| 7.8.5:16 | ša ina ḫurri išdudu lū mušāṭīša | who in the marshes has gathered, be it a malevolent one |
| 7.8.5:17 | ša ina sūqi išbušu lū eper šēpīša | Whom in the street has been seized, may it be a ghost of yours |
| 7.8.5:18 | ša ina qaqqari ikpuru lū russa | Who has gathered her in the ground, may it be her curse! |
| 7.8.5:19 | ša ina igāri iḫlušu lū bī[ssa] | who has sinned in the street, may her house |
| 7.8.5:20 | ša ina bīt ašlāki iššû lū ṣubāssa | Whom in the house of Ašlakku, may it be her ṣuba prayer |
| 7.8.5:21 | ša ibtuqu lū sissi[ktaša] | who has seized her garment |
| 7.8.5:22 | ša ina dabābi ilqû lū dababti pîša | Who has taken (it) in a lawsuit, be it a slanderer of his mouth |
| 7.8.5:23 | u ((lū)) šārat ((ša)) qaqqadīša | and ((the man)) of her head |
| 7.8.5:23a | ((ina napāḫ Šamaš apaššaršunūti)) | ((at the rising of Šamaš, the exalted one)) |
| 7.8.5:24 | imḫur-līm limḫaṣ lēssa | May a flood sweep over her. |
| 7.8.5:25 | {giš}GAN.U₅ lipaššira kišpīša | GAN.U₅-wood, witchcraft against me |
| 7.8.5:26 | elikulla litēr amāssa ana pîša | May Elikulla turn her mother into her mouth |
| 7.8.5:27 | u gamlu lipaṭṭira kiṣir kipid libbī[ša] | and the gamlu-demon release the knot of her heart’s desire |
| 7.8.5:28 | KA.INIM.[MA] ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.BUR₂.DA.⸢KAM⸣ | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| 7.8.5:29 | [DU₃.DU₃.BI] ⸢ina⸣ <...> ša bibli egubbâ [tukān] | Its ritual: “Ina’e-ina-e-23-plant ... you have a libation bowl of egubbâ-plant |
| 7.8.5:30 | [...] nignak burāši tašakkan šikar[a tanaqqi] | You set up a censer of burāšu-juniper. You pour a libation bowl. |
| 7.8.5:31 | [x-x-x-x] x [x-x] x-x {u₂}⸢tul-lal⸣ ... | ... etullal plant |
| 7.8.5:32 | ... x ... | |
| 7.8.6:1′ | [x-x-x-x x-x]-⸢ši⸣ ana ⸢id⸣ x ... | ... to the Tigris |
| 7.8.6:2′ | [...-m]a ay it[ūr]ū[ni] | ... and may it not come to an end! |
| 7.8.6:3′ | [... liss]apḫū-ma ay isḫu[r]ū[ni] | May ... be released, so that they may not come near me. |
| 7.8.6:4′ | [ina qib]īt iqbû telītu Ištar ((TU₆ ⸢EN₂)) | By the command which he has spoken, may Ishtar ((incantation formula)) be reconciled with me |
| 7.8.6:5′ | [KA].INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.DA.⸢KAM⸣ | [Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft]. |
| 7.8.6:6′ | [KID₃].KID₃.BI {giš}GAN.U₅ ina ṭurri tarakkas | Its ritual: You set up a date palm in a bowl. |
| 7.8.6:7′ | [šipta] šalāšīšu ana muḫḫi tamannu ina kišādīšu tašakkan | You recite this incantation over it. You put it around his neck. |
| 7.8.6:8′ | [EN₂ ēpišt]ī kīski ana maḫrīya nadi šiqilki ana burkīya | Incantation: “I have performed sorcery against you before me, I have poured out your blood against my body. |
| 7.8.6:9′ | [ina qibī]t Ištar Nanaya [Gazb]aba u Ka[nisurra] | By the command of Ishtar, Nanaya, Gazaba and Kanisurra |
| 7.8.6:10′ | [... kišp]ī ruḫû rus[û] | ... witchcraft, magic, |
| 7.8.6:11′ | ... TU₆ ⸢EN₂⸣ | Incantation formula. |
| 7.8.6:12′ | [KA].⸢INIM⸣.MA [UŠ₁₁.BUR₂].⸢DA.KAM⸣ | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| 7.8.6:13′ | ⸢KID₃⸣.KID₃.BI ana muḫḫi {giš}GAN.U₅ tamannū-[ma ina kiš]ādīšu tašakkan | Its ritual: You recite this over a bowl of pomegranate, and you put it around his neck. |
| 7.8.6:14′ | [EN₂ an]āku ašqulālu šammu ša ina qereb tâmti aṣû | Incantation: “I am Asalluḫi, the one who dwells in the midst of the sea, |
| 7.8.6:15′ | elēnu qimmatī [Anu] inaṣṣar | “Anu, the wild cow, |
| 7.8.6:16′ | [šap]lānu šuršīya inaṣṣara Nudimmud | (who) has stripped off my limbs in the presence of Nudimmud |
| 7.8.6:17′ | ina muḫḫīya Ningišzida iškun maṣṣarta | On me, Ningišzida set up a maṣṣartu-vessel |
| 7.8.6:18′ | [li]mtaḫḫar agê ezzūti ša tâmāti rapšāti | May the rage of the wide sea be released |
| 7.8.6:19′ | [limt]aḫḫar kuṣṣa ḫalpâ šurīpa | may it be wiped clean with the skin of a pig |
| 7.8.6:20′ | kīma attūʾa šipta elīšu iqbû ina zumrīš[u ...] | Like you, the šiptu-demon spoke above him, in his body |
| 7.8.6:21′ | [u ziq]īqū ša šāri lā ... pān zumr[īšu] | and ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic that is not ... face of his body |
| 7.8.6:22′ | [ana annanna mār ann]anna šākinīya murṣu dīḫu šuruppû kišpū ruḫû [rusû] | To N.N., m. N.[N.], my body, illness, diarrhoea, šuruppu-disease, witchcraft, magic, sorcery |
| 7.8.6:23′ | [upšāš]û lemnūtu ša amēlūti ay iṭḫûšu ay iq[ribūšū] | May the evil machinations of mankind not come near him, not approach him |
| 7.8.6:24′ | [ay isniq]ūšu ina qibīt Ea Šamaš u Marduk [TU₆ EN₂] | By the command of Ea, Šamaš and Marduk, may they not be negligent. Incantation formula. |
| 7.8.6:25′ | [KA.INIM.MA] UŠ₁₁.⸢BUR₂⸣.[RU.DA.KAM₂] | It is the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 7.8.6:26′ | [KID₃.KID₃.BI] ašqulāla ina ṭurri tašakkak sebet kiṣrī takaṣṣar ēma takaṣṣaru šipta sebîšu tamann[ū-ma ina kišādīšu tašakkan] | Its ritual: You string ašqula-plant on a cord. You twist seven knots, whenever you twist it, you recite the incantation seven times, and you put it around his neck. |
| 7.8.6:27′ | ⸢EN₂⸣ [šipāt] Tukraš askuppatkunu yānibu [...-kunu] | Incantation: O Tukraš, I seek you out, your ... |
| 7.8.6:28′ | {u₂}AD.SAG bēl dīnīkunu anḫullû bēl dab[ābīkunu] | The adsag plant, the lord of judgment, the anḫullû-plant, (and) the liar, the one who seizes you |
| 7.8.6:29′ | tiskur šammu mupašširu ša amâ[tīkunu] | tiskur-aromatic, the exorcist of your motherland |
| 7.8.6:30′ | anḫullû [t]ēr amāssa ana pîša suppiḫ urpātu piti ūma | Anḫullû-plant, her mother, turn her mouth towards her mouth, release the piti-disease! |
| 7.8.6:31′ | ša kaššāpti ḫipe rikissa ša elī(ya)nīti tēr amāssa ana pîša | Whose beer is broken, whose bond is high, whose mother has turned her into her mouth |
| 7.8.6:32′ | kišp[ū]ša ruḫûša lā iqarrubūni yâši | witchcraft, magic, sorcery will not approach me, |
| 7.8.6:33′ | šī ṭāmât anāku pāširāku (([TU₆ EN₂])) | ((Incantation formula)) |
| 7.8.6:34′ | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM₂ | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft. |
| 7.8.6:35′ | ⸢KID₃⸣.KID₃.BI šipāt Tukraš taṭammi anḫullâ tiskur yāniba | Its ritual: You bind the hands of Tukraš, anḫullû-plant, tiskur-plant on me, |
| 7.8.6:36′ | {u₂}AD.SAG takaṣṣar šipta šalāšīšu ana muḫḫi tamannu ina kišādīšu tašakkan | You crush adsag-plant, you recite the incantation over it, you put it around his neck. |
| 7.8.6:37′ | EN₂ [...]nāku gamla mullila ša ilī rabûti | Incantation: “..., the totality, who purifies the heart of the great gods, |
| 7.8.6:38′ | [...] gamli mašmašši mullili ša ilī rabûti | ... fuller, exorcist, purifier of the great gods, |
| 7.8.6:39′ | [...] ... Ningirima [b]ēlet egubbê elli | ... ... Ningirima, purifier of the pure egubbû-plant |
| 7.8.6:40′ | [...] ... Marduk [ina] qibīt Zarpanītu | ... Marduk by the command of Zarpanītu |
| 7.8.6:41′ | [x-x-x-x-(x)] an [x-(x)] x-x ... | ... ... |
| 7.8.6:42′ | ... x-x ... | |
| 7.8.6:43′ | ... x ... | |
| 7.8.7:1′ | [x-x] x ... | |
| 7.8.7:2′ | ina qi₂-bi-ti-ku-⸢nu⸣ ... | By your command . |
| 7.8.7:3′ | kiš-pu kaš-ša₂-ap-⸢ti⸣ ... | Witchcraft, sorcery |
| 7.8.7:4′ | lem-ne₂-et kaš-ša₂-ap-⸢ti⸣ ... | The evildoer, the slanderer |
| 7.8.7:5′ | ki-ma ṣi-bit-su ti ... | Like his fingernail ... |
| 7.8.7:6′ | iṣ-ṣa-⸢ab⸣-tu₂ ŠA₃ šap-⸢tu⸣ ... | Išba-eabtu, hand of Šap-Ea |
| 7.8.7:7′ | ⸢ki⸣-ša(da-)⸢da⸣ ši-in-⸢na⸣ ... | Eki-ešada, Šin-emana |
| 7.8.7:8′ | uš-tam-⸢ra⸣-ḫa az x ... | I have set up for you ... |
| 7.8.7:9′ | i-tab-bak pu-uḫ-[pu-uḫ-ḫa ... | (If) he slips through the thresholds, . |
| 7.8.7:10′ | ruḫêša ina ṣilli ... [...] ... kišpīša | Its ruḫu-plant in a bowl ... its witchcraft |
| 7.8.7:11′ | ina bīni [...] ... zikari | In the house of ... , the sage, |
| 7.8.7:12′ | ina šalši ... ... irammū qāt Ištar | In the midst of ... ..., the hand of Ištar, |
| 7.8.7:13′ | [...] ... [... šadî ellūti | ... pure mountain |
| 7.8.7:14′ | [gi]šimma[ra ...] ... lā našât | a reed bundle ... ... not shaved |
| 7.8.7:15′ | kišpī tēp[u]š[ī ruḫ]ê taddî | You perform witchcraft against me, you add ruḫu-sulphur |
| 7.8.7:16′ | kaššāptu ... [...] TU₆ EN₂.(E₂.NU.RU) | beer ... . Incantation formula. |
| 7.8.7:17′ | KA.INIM.MA ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.BUR₂.RU.DA.⸢KAM₂⸣ | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| 7.8.7:18′ | KID₃.KID₃.BI tarmuš ina pîšu imḫur-ašrā ina šumēlīšu | Its ritual: The tarmuš-plant is dissolved in his mouth, in his body |
| 7.8.7:19′ | Siris ina imnīšu ((tušaššāšu)) ina muḫḫi atbāri šadî elli tušzāssu | Siris, on his right ((you)) dwell, on top of a pure mountain you dwell, |
| 7.8.7:20′ | ana maḫar Šamaš kīam tušaqbāšu | Before Šamaš you speak as follows: |
| 7.8.7:21′ | Šamaš tarmuš ina pîya imḫur-ašrā ina šumēlīya | Šamaš, I am a fox in my mouth, he is angry with me |
| 7.8.7:22′ | Siris pāširu ina imnīya našâku | Siri’s mouth is open in my presence, |
| 7.8.7:23′ | ina šadî elli atbāri azzâzku | I stand in the pure heavens, |
| 7.8.7:24′ | ša yâši idat lemutti izzīza | Who is angry with me, who has sinned against me, |
| 7.8.7:25′ | kišpī ruḫê ruʾta lemutta ī[puša] | witchcraft, sorcery, evil spittle is performed |
| 7.8.7:26′ | lū zikaru lū sinništu lū balṭu lū mītu šū lim[ūt-ma] | Whether a man or a woman, whether alive or dead, that man |
| 7.8.7:27′ | anāku lubluṭ Šamaš Ellil ilī | Let me live, O Šamaš, Enlil of the gods, |
| 7.8.7:28′ | bēl tenēšēti attā dayyānu muštēš[er] il[ī] | You are the lord of the people, the one who guides the gods |
| 7.8.7:29′ | ina awātīka rabīti ina qibītīk[a ṣīrti] | By your great command, by your exalted command |
| 7.8.7:30′ | ša lā uttakkaru ina ūme annî y[âši] | Whoever does not release, at this time, no one |
| 7.8.7:31′ | lū paṭranni ana yâši lū pašra[nni] | May it be released from me, may it be removed from me! |
| 7.8.7:32′ | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.[KAM] | Wording of a spell for undoing witchcraft. |
| 7.8.7:33′ | x-x-x-x x-x-x-x-x ... | |
| 7.8.8:1′ | ... x | |
| 7.8.8:2′ | ... gi | reed |
| 7.8.8:3′ | ... MIN | DITTO |
| 7.8.8:4′ | ... MIN | DITTO |
| 7.8.8:5′ | ... x te-en-te-na | (Sum) ... the ... of the tēntu priestess(?) (Akk) [... the] tentena priestesses |
| 7.8.8:6′ | ... ⸢zi⸣-zi-e-de₃ | In order to ... the ziggurat |
| 7.8.8:7′ | [KA.INIM.MA] ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| 7.8.8:8′ | [KID₃.KID₃.BI (...) g]umānum ṭābat kupad | [Its ritual: (...) g]umānum-plant, kupad-plant |
| 7.8.8:9′ | ... [...] balu patān tašaqqi | ... ... you strew a libation bowl. |
| 7.8.8:10′ | ⸢nun⸣-gal-pirig-nun-gal-dim₂ ⸢gal-pirig⸣-nun pirig-gal-abzu nun{ki}na-ke₄ | The Great Ovalpirignungaldim (temple) of Piriggal-abzu, ruler of Nun |
| 7.8.8:11′ | KA.INIM.MA ⸢UŠ₁₁.BUR₂⸣.RU.DA.KAM | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| 7.8.8:12′ | KID₃.KID₃.BI ḫašû nuḫurtu šurm[ēnu] | Its ritual: pure ḫašû-plant, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’-plant |
| 7.8.8:13′ | [š]a napišti ša bīt Marduk šipta ana libbi tanaddi išattī-[ma] | Whom the life of the house of Marduk is, you add sulphur into it, and then |
| 7.8.8:14′ | ana libbi AK.AK.E.DE₃ šammī ina sissikti tarakkas-ma inaʾʾ[eš] | In order to perform (the ritual) AK.AK.E.DE, you wrap the patient in a cloth and he will get better. |
| 7.8.8:15′ | [k]aššāptam Id ruḫut Šakkan bēlet rēmînni iršâmšum | The kwašptam-instrument of the River, the ruḫbut-drum of Šakkan, the bēlet of mercies, is its name. |
| 7.8.8:16′ | īmurši-ma Sîn ireddīši | saw him, and Sîn guided him |
| 7.8.8:17′ | [i]llammê illaka arkīša | Illammê will come after you, |
| 7.8.8:18′ | [a]nnašši-mi kaššāptum ša udabbabu eṭlam | I have poured out a libation of beer that I had smeared |
| 7.8.8:19′ | ulabbânni ina šipte maḫṣā lēssa usḫā lišānša | I have sworn by the supreme command of the god Enlil that he will be reconciled with me |
| 7.8.8:20′ | [suḫp]ā buppānīša ḫulliqā ... ... | ‘distortion-of-justice’ magic, slander, ... , |
| 7.8.9:1′ | [KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA].⸢KAM⸣ | [Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft]. |
| 7.8.9:2′ | [KID₃.KID₃.BI ... {u₂}IN.NU].⸢UŠ⸣ | Its ritual: ... maštakal-plant |
| 7.8.9:3′ | ... {šim]}GUR₂.GUR₂ | kukru-aromatic |
| 7.8.9:4′ | ... an]-nu-ti | these ... |
| 7.8.9:5′ | ... ana maḫar] {d}UTU | before Šamaš |
| 7.8.9:6′ | ... ana] ⸢ŠA₃⸣ ŠUB | you pour it into the ešû-vessel |
| 7.8.9:7′ | ... ⸢SILIM⸣-im | ešalim-plant |
| 7.8.9:8′ | [EN₂ ... x-te | Incantation: ... |
| 7.8.9:9′ | ... x-ma | ... and |
| 7.8.9:10′ | ... x | |
| 7.8.9:11′ | ... x | |
| 7.8.9:12′ | ... ...]-⸢tum⸣ | ...-etum |
| 7.8.9:13′ | ... x | |
| 7.8.9:14′ | ... x | |
| 7.8.9:15′′ | [x] x-x-x-x ... | |
| 7.8.9:16′′ | urra u mūša ... ... | In day and night ... |
| 7.8.9:17′′ | Addu mê ... ... | Addu, water ... , |
| 7.8.9:18′′ | Sîn u Ištar qa[rrādū ... | Sîn and Ištar, warriors , |
| 7.8.9:19′′ | alka ūmu luttal[lak ... | Come, let me go ... |
| 7.8.9:20′′ | imna alka šumēla ... | When you come, the hand of ... |
| 7.8.9:21′′ | kubsa ... ... | The sandals ... |
| 7.8.9:22′′ | ša Enbilulu ... ... | From Enbilulu . |
| 7.8.9:23′′ | ušākilū AN GAL ... | ... great ... |
| 7.8.9:24′′ | Enki Ninki ilū mā[ti ... | Enki and Ninki, the gods of the land, |
| 7.8.9:25′′ | mašê mašiāt[i ... | mašvê-plant, mashtakal-plant |
| 7.8.9:26′′ | zāriqāti zāriqū ēk[alla ... | Praise, praise, Ek[alla ...] |
| 7.8.9:27′′ | ša izarraqūni bīt Ani u {d}[... ... | of Izarraqu, the house of Anu and ... |
| 7.8.9:28′′ | īmuršu-ma Asall[uḫi ... | When Asalluḫi |
| 7.8.9:29′′ | ilqe šamma ina qātīšu elle[ti ... | If in his pure hand ... |
| 7.8.9:30′′ | maštakal mir[āna ... | maštakal-soapwort, mirānu-plant |
| 7.8.9:31′′ | zēr bīni ḫašḫūr api ina mê būri ... | “My house is sweet, my city is full of water, ... with water |
| 7.8.9:32′′ | awīlam išqi uṣi ... ... | (If) a man spits ... . |
| 7.8.9:33′′ | kīma šāri ša libbīšu TU₆ ⸢EN₂⸣.[E₂.NU.RU] | Like the heart of his heart, Incantation formula. |
| 7.8.9:34′′ | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.[BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM] | Wording for undoing witchcraft. |
| 7.8.9:35′′ | x-x-x-(x) ... | |
| 7.8.10:1′ | ... ⸢GIG⸣ | ēru-plant |
| 7.8.10:2′ | ... x ak | ... did |
| 7.8.10:3′ | ... {u₂]}⸢tar⸣-muš | etar-emuš plant |
| 7.8.10:4′ | ... x ud | ... day |
| 7.8.10:5′ | ... ⸢URUDU⸣ | copper |
| 7.8.10:6′ | ... x | |
| 7.8.10:7′′ | x-x-x ... | |
| 7.8.10:8′′ | ina KAŠ.⸢SAG⸣ ... | in prime-quality beer |
| 7.8.10:9′′ | UŠ₁₁ x ... | UŠ-[x ...] |
| 7.8.10:10′′ | EN₂ x ... | Incantation: ... . |
| 7.8.10:11′′ | aš ta ⸢te⸣ ... | Aš ta ete |
| 7.8.10:12′′ | KA.⸢INIM⸣.[MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM] | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| 7.8.10:13′′ | x ... | |
| 7.8.11:1 | ⸢EN₂⸣ ritti Anzî zuqaqīpat | Incantation: “It is the hand of Anzû that binds the dead, |
| 7.8.11:2 | u šī kaššāptu inakkama kišpīša | and the land of Kashtu I have poured out witchcraft against it |
| 7.8.11:3 | luppuḫaššim-ma kīma Manzīt šamê | I gather up against him, and like Manzit of heaven |
| 7.8.11:4 | luzīqaššim-ma kīma šadî u amurri | May it be taken care of for me, just as the mountains and the marshes |
| 7.8.11:5 | luḫalliq urpataša luḫalliq ūmša | Let me wash your liver, let me wash my body |
| 7.8.11:6 | lusap[piḫ] kišpīša ša īteneppuša yâši | Let me release the witchcraft that has been performed against me, |
| 7.8.11:7 | u naš[pa]rāti ša ištan[app]ara ana yâši | and the messages that he has sent to me |
| 7.8.11:8 | ṣalil nēberu ṣali[l kāru] | “Babylood of the nēru-disease, sulphur of the mouth |
| 7.8.11:9 | [mār]ū malāḫi kalīšunu ṣallū | the mighty, all of the people, exalted |
| 7.8.11:10 | [eli] dal[ti u sikkūri nadû ḫargullū] | above the daltu-vessels and the šukkunu-vats, the gatekeeper, the ḫargullu-votary |
| 7.8.12:1 | [...] ... ... | |
| 7.8.12:2 | lil-li-[... ... | May he ... |
| 7.8.12:3 | KA.⸢INIM⸣.[MA ... | Incantation formula: |
| 7.8.12:4 | KID₃.⸢KID₃⸣.[BI ... | Its ritual: . |
| 7.8.12:5 | EN₂ ... ... | Incantation: ... . |
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