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CMAwR Text 8.1 (Q004216)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.1 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004216 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.1:1 | šumma amēlu pānūšu iṣṣanundūšu | If a person's mouth is full of phlegm |
| 8.1:2 | uznāšu išaggumā | herdsman of the Išaguma |
| 8.1:3 | šīrūšu šimmata | Hand of a Ghost |
| 8.1:4 | irtanaššû | he continually seeks |
| 8.1:5 | libbašu ittanadlaḫ | his heart continually trembles |
| 8.1:6 | šikin murṣīšu lā tuʾadda | You do not remove the bandage of his illness |
| 8.1:7 | amēlu šū kašip | Hand of a Gambler |
| 8.1:8 | ṣalmūšu epšū-ma ina kigullê | Its ritual was performed and in the kigullû-temple |
| 8.1:9 | ana Ereškigal paqdū | is entrusted to Ereškigal |
| 8.1:10 | ana ušburrudê | To Ušburrudê |
| 8.1:11 | ša ṣalmūšu epšū-ma | Its ritual is performed |
| 8.1:12 | ina kigullê ana Ereškigal | in the kigullû-vessel to Ereškigal |
| 8.1:13 | paqdū | to be entrusted |
| 8.1:14 | [x-x-x-x] x kam | ... ... |
| 8.1:15 | [x-x-x-x-x-x-x] x a | ...; |
| 8.1:16 | [x-x-x-x x-x-x-x] x | |
| 8.1:17′ | nignak burāši tasarraq | You scatter a censer of juniper |
| 8.1:18′ | niqâ ella teppuš | You perform pure supplication |
| 8.1:19′ | imitta ḫimṣa u šumê tašakkan | You set up a šūmû-bowl between the river and the river. |
| 8.1:20′ | šikara tanaqqi | You pour a libation bowl |
| 8.1:21′ | amēla šuāti ina muḫḫi bīni elli | The wild bull of my hand on top of his pure body |
| 8.1:22′ | tušazzassu-ma 14 ṣalmī ṭīdi | You stand him, and you draw 14 lines. |
| 8.1:23′ | līši lipî iškūri ša kaššāpi | May the blood of the mouth be released, the sting of the beer |
| 8.1:24′ | u kaššāpti teppuš tanaššī-ma | and you perform sorcery against me, and |
| 8.1:25′ | ana maḫar Šamaš kīam taqabbi | You say thus before Šamaš: |
| 8.1:26′ | Šamaš dayyān šamê u erṣeti | Šamaš, judge of heaven and earth, |
| 8.1:27′ | dayyān mīti u balṭi attā-ma | You are the judge of life and death |
| 8.1:28′ | ana nīš qāti qūlam-ma | To the hand of a lion |
| 8.1:29′ | alaktī limad | may the alātu-plant grow big, |
| 8.1:30′ | kaššāpī u kaššāptī | beer and beer |
| 8.1:31′ | [lū m]ītat lū balṭat | either a pregnant woman or a young woman |
| 8.1:32′ | [lū ...]-ya lū mārūy[a] ... | either my , or my land |
| 8.1:33′′ | x ... | |
| 8.1:34′′ | x ... | |
| 8.1:35′′ | libbašu šīrūšu ... ... | His heart, his mind |
| 8.1:36′′ | aḫīya išp[uka ... ... ... | My brother, when you speak ... ... |
| 8.1:37′′ | uḫammânni-ma ... ... | he seized me, and |
| 8.1:38′′ | ((annītu taq[abbi])) ((marṣu)) ṣalamšu inaššī-ma [ina maḫar Šamaš k]īam iqabb[i] | ((You have said this))) ((Its ecstatic is)) “He has been seized, and in the presence of Šamaš he speaks a lament. |
| 8.1:39′′ | ((EN₂)) Šamaš annû ṣalmī ša kaššāpu u [ka]ššāptu ēpušū anāku ((annanna mā[r annanna])) | ((Incantation:)) “O Šamaš, this is the releaser of the warlock and witch, I have performed against you. ((N.N., much, N.N])) |
| 8.1:40′′ | ((ša ilšu annanna ištaršu annannītu)) ina maḫrīk[a] ašk[unšu] ina an[n]īka rabê ina qibītīka ṣīrt[i] | ((Whom the gods of N.N., the goddesses of NN.)) I have placed before you, in this great place, by your exalted command |
| 8.1:41′′ | ina narbî ša Ea ina upšāšê ša [Asa]lluḫi ṣalam kaššāpīya kašš[āptīya] | By the greatness of Ea, by the magic of Asalluḫi, turn back my warlock and my witch! |
| 8.1:42′′ | ušēpiš-ma ina maḫrīka aškunšunūti pānīšun[u IM].⸢GE₆⸣ apšuš idīšunu ana arkīšunu ut[ēr-ma] | I have performed sorcery against them in the presence of the god Aškunu, their lord, (and) he has turned the wind, the Apsu, his river, into a cloud. |
| 8.1:43′′ | ina šerʾān litti miqitti aksu šēpīšunu ina šerʾān litti miqitti aksū-ma | I have buried (them) in a grave of a dead man, I have heaped up fig(s) among the graves of dead men, and |
| 8.1:44′′ | uštēger ina dīnīya izīz-ma lū lā aḫḫabbil dīnī līšer | I have turned back in my lawsuit, may it be a ‘fire’ (lit. not a flood) (and) may my lawsuit go well |
| 8.1:45′′ | dīnī purussâ šurši šullimanni-ma | Judge my case, render a verdict for me, and |
| 8.1:46′′ | ṣilli gišimmari ša muḫḫi ṣalmī[ya ušaḫḫaṭ ina muḫḫi ṣalmīšunu] utakkap | I shave my head with a cord of juniper on top of my head (and) I bind it on the top of his head. |
| 8.1:47′′ | lumunšunu ana muḫḫīšunu litūra kiš[pūšunu lū p]ašrū | May evil against them come to an end! May witchcraft be released! |
| 8.1:48′′ | kīsūya lippaṭrū-((ma)) kaššāpī kaššāptī lū saḫilū | May my knees be loosened, may my beer, my beer be poured out, |
| 8.1:49′′ | [aḫī] ša ṣalmīya apaṭṭar aḫī ša ṣalmīšunu arakkas | I have smashed the head of my arrow, I have struck the head(?) of their arrow |
| 8.1:50′′ | aḫāya lū paṭrā aḫāšunu lū kaṣrā šēpī ša ṣalmīya apaṭṭar šēpī ša [ṣalmīšunu] arakkas | My brother, whether he is a pig or a dove, I am a trapper of the šēpu of my brothers, I have set up an arakkasu-bowl for you. |
| 8.1:51′′ | šēpāya lū paṭrā šēpāšunu lū kaṣrā šaman nūni ana muḫḫīšunu u[tabbak] | May my blood be released, may your blood be poured over them. |
| 8.1:52′′ | ((ina)) maḫar ili ((u)) ištari rēmennû[ti] kaššāpu u kaššāptu lū kussû lū pu[ḫḫ]û šu<nu> | In the presence of the gods (and) goddesses, the merciful ones, the warlock and the witch, be it a man or a woman, |
| 8.1:53′′ | lū ṣullumū anāku annanna mār annanna ina dīnīka [ra]bî | May it be a bull for you, N.N., a great one in your great case |
| 8.1:54′′ | elīšunu luzzīz lū ellēku lū [ebbēk]u lū namrāku | Let me rise above them, let me rise up high! Let me be pure, let my utterance be exalted, may I be bright! |
| 8.1:55′′ | ana qātī damqāti ša ilīya u ištarīya ana šulmi u balāṭi | For the good hands of my god and my goddess for well-being and life |
| 8.1:56′′ | piqdanni annīta iqabbī-ma | “Take hold of me,’ he says to me |
| 8.1:57′′ | ša muḫḫi ṣalmīšu ušaḫḫaṭ ina muḫḫi ṣalmīšunu utakkap | (who) has seized the top of his horn, has smashed the bottom of your horns |
| 8.1:58′′ | šaman nūni ina muḫḫīšunu itabbak | He has poured šamnu-plant on them |
| 8.1:59′′ | egubbâ ana muḫḫīšunu | the egubba-demon against them |
| 8.1:60′′ | irammuk u kīam iqabbi | “He screams, and he speaks as follows: |
| 8.1:61′′ | kīma mû ša zumrī((ya)) iššaḫḫaṭū-ma | Like the water of the marsh, it is swollen |
| 8.1:62′′ | kišpū ruḫû rusû | witchcraft, magic, sorcery |
| 8.1:63′′ | siḫlu upšāšû lemnūtu | evil spittle |
| 8.1:64′′ | ša ina zumrīya ibaššû | who is in my body, |
| 8.1:65′′ | lippašranni-ma ana muḫḫīšunu | May it be released from me and against them |
| 8.1:66′′ | u ramānīšunu litūr | and may their splendor be exalted |
| 8.1:67′′ | annītu iqabbī-ma | this he speaks, and |
| 8.1:68′′ | ina erṣeti teqebberšunūti | In the midst of the netherworld you have gathered them |
| 8.1:69′′ | ṣalamšu ina šikari imaḫḫaḫ-ma | Its balamšu-plant is abundant in the tavern |
| 8.1:70′′ | inaššī-ma ana maḫar Šamaš kīam iqabbi | At that time, before Šamaš he spoke as follows: |
| 8.1:71′′ | Šamaš ṣalmī annâ | Šamaš, this is my sign |
| 8.1:72′′ | ša kaššāpu u kaššāptu | of beer and beer |
| 8.1:73′′ | ina maḫrīka lemniš u šurqiš īpušū | In the presence of the evildoer and the wicked they performed (them) |
| 8.1:74′′ | Asalluḫi lipšuršu | Asalluḫi lips |
| 8.1:75′′ | Ea šar apsî lubbibšu | May Ea, king of the subterranean ocean, cleanse his body |
| 8.1:76′′ | ((šipta)) annīta iqabbī-ma ana nāri tanaddīšu | This ((seal)) he speaks, and you add it to the river |
| 8.1:77′′ | Šamaš dayyān kiššāti | Šamaš, judge of the universe |
| 8.1:78′′ | mūdû kalāma | who knows everything |
| 8.1:79′′ | Šamaš ina balukka ēpiš mādi | Šamaš, without you, the work of the land |
| 8.1:80′′ | mādu ul inneppuš u pašār annâti | No one can alter it, and no one can change it. |
| 8.1:81′′ | ul ippaššar ina balukka | Without you |
| 8.1:82′′ | Šamaš annû ṣalam kaššāpīy[a] | Šamaš, this is the turning back of my money |
| 8.1:83′′ | u kaššāptīya ša kišpī ruḫê | and my witchcraft, magic, sorcery |
| 8.1:84′′ | rušê upšāšê lā ṭābūti | magic, sorcery, evil machinations |
| 8.1:85′′ | napšašāti našparāti | life, supplication |
| 8.1:86′′ | zīra zikurudê kadabbedê | zikurû-magic, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, |
| 8.1:87′′ | dibalê dimmakurrê | dibalê-magic (and) dimmakurre’s magic, |
| 8.1:88′′ | u šinīt ṭēmi ēpuša | and the šinīt ṭemi work performed |
| 8.1:89′′ | isḫura išēʾa | Išbura Isve |
| 8.1:90′′′ | ... x | |
| 8.1:91′′′ | ... ...]-⸢ta⸣ | ...-eta’e |
| 8.1:92′′′ | ... ...]-⸢ta⸣ | ...-eta’e |
| 8.1:93′′′ | ... x | |
| 8.1:94′′′ | ... x | |
| 8.1:95′′′ | ... ...]-il | ...-il |
| 8.1:96′′′ | ... x-ta | from ... |
| 8.1:97′′′ | ... ...]-⸢ši⸣ | ...-ešī-e23 |
| 8.1:98′′′′ | ... nēpešē | rituals |
| 8.1:99′′′′ | ša qāt kišpī | Hand of witchcraft |
| 8.1:100′′′′ | qāt Marduk-išmânni mašmašši | Hand of Marduk-išmanni, exorcist |
| 8.1:101′′′′ | mār Ubar mašmašši | Ubar, exorcist |
| 8.1:102′′′′ | KI ME-ME.ME mašmašši-ma | “In the place of the stars, exorcists |
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