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CMAwR Text 8.2 (Q004217)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.2 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004217 |
| Language | Akkadian; Sumerian |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.2:1 | šumma am[ēlu š]ārat muḫḫīšu iz[zâz ... | If a wild bull stands on top of it |
| 8.2:2 | šaptāšu uṣṣabbatā uz[nāšu išaggumā] | His ear is swollen, his ears are full of wailing |
| 8.2:3 | ruʾussu illaka ... ... | “I want to ride his ruʾussu-boat, ... , |
| 8.2:4 | kunuk kišādīšu umaḫḫassu piṭrūšu ik[kalūšu] | who seals his cultic rites, who makes his mouth tremble |
| 8.2:5 | dâdānūšu šaggū qātāšu u šē[pāšu] | His limbs, his hands and his feet |
| 8.2:6 | ušammamāšu uzaqqat[āšu] | He has slain him, he has seized him |
| 8.2:7 | libba[šu] ētenellâ lā iʾa[rru] | The heart of Tenellaf does not tremble |
| 8.2:8 | [zumuršu ši]mmatu u[kāl] | (a kind of insect) that eats food |
| 8.2:9 | [minâtūš]u ittanašpakā | diarrhoea continually afflicts me |
| 8.2:10 | [...] ... [...] | |
| 8.2:11 | ana tebê nazazzi dabābi mūq | To the tebê-demon, the nadītu-priestess, the muqqi-disease, |
| 8.2:12 | [amēlu šū ki]špī epšūšu-ma | That one, witchcraft is performed against him |
| 8.2:13 | [ina akal]i šūkul ina šikari šaqi | On the threshing floor, blood is poured on the sceptre |
| 8.2:14 | [...] ... | |
| 8.2:15 | kimilti ilīšu u ištarīšu elīšu ibašši | The guilt of his god and his goddess is over him. |
| 8.2:16 | [an]a kimilti ilīšu u ištarī[šu lā šub]šî | For the life of his god and his goddess, there is none |
| 8.2:17 | ilī((šu)) u ištarī((šu)) ittīšu sullu[mi] | May god and goddess be reconciled with me |
| 8.2:18 | [kišpī] epšūšu saḫārim-ma ana ēpišīšunu ṣabāti | witchcraft, sorcery (and) extispicy are scattered and turned into ruin heaps |
| 8.2:19 | ((ana amēli šuāti)) ana eṭērīšu u gamālīšu | ((for his own life, for his own well-being)) |
| 8.2:20 | [kišp]ī šunūti ina zumrīšu nasāḫi | The witchcraft of the people has been thrown into his body |
| 8.2:21 | [DU₃.DU₃].BI ina mūši qaqqara tašabbiṭ mê ellūti tasallaḫ egubbâ tukān | Its ritual: On the day of the moon's disappearance you sprinkle pure water, you make the egubbâ-plant grow. |
| 8.2:22 | ana libbi egubb[ê b]īna maštakal qan-šalāli | In the middle of the egubbû-demon, this is maštakal-soapwort, qanšalāli-plant |
| 8.2:23 | suḫušša e[r]ēna šurmēna | whose hair is thick, whose skin is thick |
| 8.2:24 | qanâ ṭāba ... ṭābta uḫūla qarnānâ burāša ana libbi tanaddi ina šēri | You pour a qanû-vessel (and) ... . You sprinkle a censer and a burāšu-beer into it. |
| 8.2:25 | kīma aṣê šamši paṭīra ana maḫar Šamaš tukān nignak burāši tašakkan šikara | As soon as the heavens have opened, you set up a censer of burāšu-juniper before Šamaši. |
| 8.2:26 | tanaqqi kīsa teleqqe ana libbi kīsi kaspa ḫurāṣa erâ annaka abāra | You give (them) a firm positive answer, you take (it) in the middle of a false positive answer: “O mighty king, exalted queen, |
| 8.2:27 | [s]āmta uqnâ ḫulāla muššara pappardilâ tanaddi | You sprinkle sāmta-plant, uqnû-plant (and) ḫullūla-plant. The muššaru-plant is a pappardilu's plant. |
| 8.2:28 | [šina ṣalmī] bīni šina ṣalmī erēni šina ṣalmī lipî šina ṣalmī iškūri šina ṣalmī | a šalmu-priestess of his own, a lamentation priest of her own, (and) a demon of a dead man, (as for) the one who removes my inscription, (an incantation) priest of the gods, |
| 8.2:29 | [k]upsi šina ṣalmī ittê šina ṣalmī ṭīdi šina ṣalmī līši ša zikari u sinništi teppuš-ma | You perform the kupsu-ritual against me, against me (and) against me. You perform (the ritual) against my brother, my sister, and my woman. |
| 8.2:30 | [id]īšunu ana arkīšunu takassi ina maḫar Šamaš ina muḫḫi igār | You turn your river into a flood, before Šamaš, on top |
| 8.2:31 | [...] ... ... tašakkan zibna tulabbassunūti nappaṭī ina maḫar Šamaš tatarraṣ | ... ... you place ... (and) you make them tremble (lit. ‘cutting-of-the-throat’) in the presence of Šamaš. |
| 8.2:32 | [uṣ]urāti ša qēm arsuppi ša qēm šegušši ša qēm inninni qēm ku[nāši] | “It is me, it is the hand of an arsuppi-demon—it is me! It is the hands of a šuguṣsû-mouse’s horned ox, It is [the hand of] a ninety-eighth-sheep; it is (it) that of kunāsu-tree. |
| 8.2:33 | [qēm k]ibti qēm ḫallūri qēm kakkî qēm kiššāni taltanammīšun[ūti] | “Seal of the temple, seal of abundance, selve[r of war], se[leve]r of the underworld, you are constantly enraged, |
| 8.2:34 | [gaṣṣa uḫūla qarnā]nâ ina idīšunu tašakkan nā[da] ṭīda tumallā-ma šina ṣalmī [...] | You set up a censer of cypress oil on the river bank, fill it up with water, and let my blood flow freely |
| 8.2:35 | [...] ... ... ana libbi tanaddi gaṣṣa uḫūl[a qarnān]â ina idīšunu [tašakkan] | ... ... you pour into it. You put gypsum, sulphur, and qarnānû-plant in your rivers. |
| 8.2:36 | ... ... šina ṣalmī ... ... ... ... | [ ... ] ... of the šamaš-priestess |
| 8.2:37 | [tanadd]i gaṣṣa uḫūla qarnānâ ina idīšun[u tašakkan ... | You sprinkle gypsum, sulphur, and qarnānu-plant over them. |
| 8.2:38 | [maḫar] Šamaš tušzāz-ma kīsa ina qātīšu in[ašši ... | You are the exalted one of Šamaš, you sit with him and he is like her in his hand. |
| 8.2:39 | [qāt]īšu inaššī-ma EN₂ en-na-ab diŋir-re-e-ne ana maḫar Šamaš šalāšīšu iqabbi | His hands are bound, and incantation: “Ennab the intertwined gods, before Šamaš, his well-being speaks, |
| 8.2:40 | [EN₂] en-na-ab diŋir-re-e-ne nam an-ki-a bi₅-tar-re | Incantation: “How long will the intercessors determine the fate of the universe? |
| 8.2:41 | [...] ... ilī ša šīmāt kiššat šamê erṣeti išimmu | ... of the gods, who decrees the fates of the four world quarters, |
| 8.2:42 | [ṣerre]t ki[š]šat šamê erṣeti tamḫu | the four corners of the earth, the four quarters of the sea |
| 8.2:43 | [ina bal]īka Šamaš ul ūtaššarū šutukkī | Without you, Šamaš, I would not raise your hand. |
| 8.2:44 | [ilū] ša napḫar kiššat šamê erṣeti ul iṣṣinū qutrinnu | The gods of the totality of heaven and earth did not make the qutrinnu offerings. |
| 8.2:45 | u Anunnaki ul imaḫḫarū kispu | and the Anunnaki would not rejoice over witchcraft, |
| 8.2:46 | mītu ul ippaqqid ana eṭem kimtīšu | He will not raise a claim against the ghost of his family |
| 8.2:47 | [an]a šiknāt napišti tušeṣṣe nūru | To the šiknu-priestess of the life you have engendered darkness |
| 8.2:48 | [tušt]eššer dīnšina eliš u šapliš | You have heard my verdict above and below |
| 8.2:49 | [anāku] PN mār Šamaš-šumu-ēreš aradka [ša i]lšu Nabû ištaršu Tašmētu | I, PN, your servant, Šamaš-šulmu-ecresh, who is god, Nabû, his goddess, Tashmetu |
| 8.2:50 | [ša kišpī r]uḫê rusê upšāšê lemnūti lā ṭābūti [īpušūni] | Who has performed evil witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) evil machinations against me |
| 8.2:51 | [ušēpišūni] anāku lā īdû attā-ma tī[dû] | Who has performed sorcery against me, who has not known it, you know it |
| 8.2:52 | ummu mung[u zu]ʾtu siliʾ[tu] | “My mother, mungu-disease, sulphur, silītu-illness |
| 8.2:53 | šiḫḫat šīrī [... p]ūti irti qaqqadi dimītu ar[tanaššû] | The one who ... the mind, the heart, the head of the gods, the one who keeps them alive |
| 8.2:54 | aḫāya kimṣāya [birk]āya šēpāya ṣubbu[tā] | My arms, my legs, my knees, my feet, my thighs, my lips |
| 8.2:55 | nīš libbīya bu[nn]ānîya kasû | my heart, my mind, my body, |
| 8.2:56 | minâtīya ittanašpakā ḫūṣ ḫīpi libbi gilit[tu] | My limbs have become swollen, my heart is frightened |
| 8.2:57 | [pi]rittu ḫurbāšu artanaššû ātanamdaru | (who) has slit his throat, has become frightened (and) terrified |
| 8.2:58 | [apt]anallaḫu itti libbīya addanabb[ubu] | I have risen up against my heart, I have become angry with my heart. |
| 8.2:59 | [šu]nāte pardāte anaṭṭalu itti mītūti | The hand of the šūnu-priestess is anaṭalu-disease with a dead person |
| 8.2:60 | [...] ... [...] ... libbī idātūʾa ittanakkirū | ... ... the heart of the river has become frightened |
| 8.2:61 | ... libbī ētanaššašu ittanadlaḫu | ... his heart has become frightened |
| 8.2:62 | pānū[ya iṣṣa]nundū uznāya ištanassâ išaggumā | My face is swollen, my ears are constantly ringing, I am constantly frightened |
| 8.2:63 | u ikabbitāninni kunuk kišādīy[a] umaḫḫaṣanni | and have seized me, I have bound my knots, |
| 8.2:64 | p[iṭrūya] ikkalāninni dâdānūya šaggū | (who) have fed me famine, have smeared my body |
| 8.2:65 | dikiš šīrī šimmatu rimûtu u [birr]at īni artanaššû | The dikiš-demon, the šimmatu-disease, rīmûtu-damage, and the birru₅-dissemina of the eye (are) their signs |
| 8.2:66 | ((šīrū[ya])) qablāya birkāya k[inṣāya] [šēpā]y[a] | ((my hands, my feet, my knees, my ears, my earring)) |
| 8.2:67 | kiṣallāya uptanaṭṭarā ana tebî uzuzzi | (who) has twisted my knots (and) turned my limbs into a splinter, |
| 8.2:68 | u d[a]bābi muqqāka ((... [...])) napištī iktenerr[u] | and the river, the source of your waste land, they have established life for you |
| 8.2:69 | irtī [...] naglabāya ikkalān[inni] ātanaššašu u unappaqu | (who) has fed me ..., who eats my food, who keeps watch over me and is terrified |
| 8.2:70 | šārat muḫḫīya uzzanaqqa<p>a[nni] ramānī ... [...] | (who) has made the heart of me tremble, my mind ... |
| 8.2:71 | [š]uṣlumāni ((u)) uptanallaḫ[anni ((...))] | He has slain me and has afflicted me, |
| 8.2:72 | ina ṣalālīya ina šunātīya ilī u [ištarī] eṭemmī mītūti balṭūti | In my limbs, in my body, the gods and goddesses, the one who sees my dead body, |
| 8.2:73 | mūdâya ((u)) lā mūdâya āt[anammaru] šutti ammar[u] | I have seen my face ((and)) not my face, I see everything, |
| 8.2:74 | lā ukāl u lā ṣabtāk[u] (([ina šu]tti mītūtu)) | Without you, and without you, ((in your hands, death)) |
| 8.2:75 | ((uštabrû)) libbī milkī [ṭ]ēmī ((šikin zumrīy[a it]tanakkirū u)) ištanannû ((ṭē[m r]amānīya u milkīya lā īdû)) | ((I have sinned,)) my heart has become angry with me. ((The arrows of my body keep turning back and forth)) I have become frightened ((They do not know my mother and my mother)) |
| 8.2:76 | arkatī lā parsāku atmâya lā kullāku ((dalḫāku dulluḫāku laʾšāku pardāku ḫamâku damâku)) | ((I am frightened, I am terrified), I am afflicted (and) I am constantly terrified. |
| 8.2:77 | ešâku ((marṣāku)) abkāku nadâku nass[ā]ku ((u šudlupāku)) ((attanaʾbatu u uzabbalu ē[tene]rrupu ēteneṭṭû attanaktamu)) ina kišpī ruḫê rusê upšāšê | I am the ešāfku-priest, ((I am the marsh,)) I am a boatman, I am an equerry, I ((and)) a scepter)) ((At night and day I rise, I rise up high, I stand up high.)) With witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) machinations |
| 8.2:78 | lemnūti lā ṭābūti luʾʾubāku lupputāku | May the evil (and) the evil, the frightening, afflict you, |
| 8.2:79 | (([...-āku ...-ā]ku ilu mamma ul īdû)) ilūtk[a] (([rabīt]u)) īdû | ((I am ..., no god knows me)), (but) your great divinity knows (me)) |
| 8.2:80 | Šamaš attā-ma tīdû anāku PN | You are Šamaš, you know (how) to approach PN |
| 8.2:81 | aradka ana puššur kišpīya ruḫêya [rusêya] | Your servant, in order to undo my witchcraft, my spittle, my sorcery |
| 8.2:82 | našâku ((ina k[ī]si)) kaspa ḫurāṣa erâ annaka abāra sāmta uqnâ ḫulāla | I am the one who provides ((in the knead of)) kaspa-beer, ḫurāšu-plant, annakku-tree, alum, sâmta-reed, uqnûara-plant |
| 8.2:83 | muššara pappardilâ ((... Šamaš annû pūḫūʾa | The scepter of the pappardilâ-demon ((...), Šamaš, this is a hole |
| 8.2:84 | Šamaš annû dinānūʾa kaššāpa u kaššāpta | Šamaš, this is the verdict of Inanu, the warlock and the witch |
| 8.2:85 | [ša ipšu b]ārtu amāt lemutti iškunūni ana lemutti | Whose sorcery, rebellion, evil word has set against me, to evil |
| 8.2:86 | [izzīzūni] ... annīya ina maḫrīka arnīya puṭur | (who) has seized me, ... of me, in the presence of my city, |
| 8.2:87 | [arnī šertī] annī ḫiṭītī gillatī lippasis | May my sin, my curse, my sin be undone |
| 8.2:87a | ... ... ... | |
| 8.2:87b | ((ilu u išt[aru ... | May god and goddess |
| 8.2:88 | [...] ... kī kišpī ṣabtūni-ma ša kaššāpi | ... the witchcraft has seized me and that of the warlock |
| 8.2:89 | [... a]ššu anāku lā ēpušū[šu]nūti šunu kišpī lā ṭābūti īpušūni | ... the hand of An, who has not performed sorcery against them, the hands of witchcraft that have not been performed against me |
| 8.2:90 | Šamaš anāku ((annanna)) l[ū] īdēšunūti-ma išarūta lullik | Šamaš, may ((N.N.)) know (this), and may I go with the king! |
| 8.2:90a | ... [...])) | |
| 8.2:90b | ((lubluṭ lu[šlim-ma ... | Let me be a li[fe], let me be well |
| 8.2:90c | ((u anāku m[ašmaššu ... | (and) ana maṣmašu-disease |
| 8.2:91 | KA.INIM.MA kišpī saḫārim-ma ana ēpišīšunu ṣabāta | Wording (of an incantation) to undo witchcraft and to release the evil spirits |
| 8.2:92 | šalāšīšu minûtu annītu tamannū-ma ēma tamannû ... ... | You recite this incantation three times, and then [you ...] ... |
| 8.2:93 | [... aqa]llīšunūt[i ... | ... I am filling them with ... |
| 8.2:94 | [ša kišpī lemnū]ti īpušūni ana [lemutti izzīzūni] | Who has performed evil witchcraft against me, who stands up against evil |
| 8.2:95 | [...-šunut]i kīma m[ê] ... | ... their ... like water ... |
| 8.2:96 | [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... | |
| 8.2:97 | Šamaš annû lū ša ... ... | Šamaš, this is a man of ... |
| 8.2:98 | ša kišpī lemnūti īpušūni ana lemutti [izzīzūni] | Who has performed evil witchcraft against me, has turned to evil against me |
| 8.2:99 | Šamaš ūmka [... likšussunūti] | Šamaš, your word ... may they pacify me |
| 8.2:100 | kīma mê nād[i] | like water of the river |
| 8.2:101 | napištašunu [li]bli | May your life be long |
| 8.2:102 | šalāšīšu taqabbī-ma nāda tur[āq] | You speak of his well-being, and then he will recover. |
| 8.2:103 | qātīšu ina gaṣṣi ((uḫūli qarnānî)) ina muḫ[ḫi ṣalmīš]unu imessi | His hand was smashed with a gasket ((and) a censer)) on top of them. |
| 8.2:104 | ina muḫḫi ṣalam līši <ṣalam> iškūri | On top of the balam drum, may the <drum> resound |
| 8.2:105 | (([ṣalam bī]ni)) ṣalam erēni kīam iqabbi | ((ṣalam of his house)), the shag of his cedar, he says: |
| 8.2:106 | Šamaš annûti [šu]nu annûti ṣalmūšunu | These are Šamaš, these are their signs |
| 8.2:107 | [anāku ul īd]e āl ašbū ul īde bīt ašbū ul īde | He does not know where to go, he knows no house, no place to go |
| 8.2:108 | ša kišpī ((lem[nūti])) īpušūni ((ana lemut[ti izzīzūni])) | Whom witchcraft ((evil)) has performed, ((who stands ready for evil))) |
| 8.2:109 | ina qibītīka lidappirūʾinni | By your command may they release me, |
| 8.2:110 | Šamaš ina dīnīka rabê dīnanni-ma elīšunu luzzīz | Šamaš, in your great case, before me, may I rise above them |
| 8.2:111 | šunu limūtū-ma anāku lubluṭ šunu lidappirū-ma anāku lūšer | May your hands be pacified to me so that I may live! May your lips be pierced to me and I may go to you! |
| 8.2:112 | ((šunu liqtû-ma anāku lumʾid)) Girra qāmû liqmīšunūt[i] | ((May the hand of Girra pierce them, and may it go down to the netherworld.)) |
| 8.2:113 | ana Kurnugî lišērissunūti ana eṭem arallê | May they turn to the Land of No Return, |
| 8.2:114 | līrūšunūti ummu mungu zūtu siliʾtu šiḫḫat šīrī | May my limbs be pacified, my body be soothed, my mind be calm, |
| 8.2:115 | pagaršunu lilqe ((anāku aradka lubluṭ lušlim-ma narbîka)) | May he take your limbs! ((May I, your servant, live and proclaim your greatness)) |
| 8.2:116 | ((lušāpi [d]alīlīka ludlu[l])) kišpīšunu zumuršunu likillū | ((May I be able to carry off the sorcery of your city, may my witchcraft and my spittle be carried off)) |
| 8.2:117 | lumunšunu arkīšunu littallak | May the evils of the underworld keep going ever after me, |
| 8.2:118 | šalāšīšu minûtu annītu tamannū-ma ittâ emma tasallaḫšunūti ina gizillî taqallūšunūte | You recite this incantation three times and he will get better. If you scatter them, you burn them with fire. |
| 8.2:119 | Girra qumūšunūti Girra qulūšunūti šalāšīšu annâ taqabbī-ma | Girra, exalted one, ‘Girra! Exalted One’, you say this, and |
| 8.2:120 | egubbâ gaṣṣa uḫūla qarnānâ irammuk-ma ṣ[alam ...] ana nāri tanaddi | The egubbâ-demon, the gastric constriction (and) the qarnānu-disease afflict him and you throw a figurine of ... into the river. |
| 8.2:121 | ṣalam ṭīdi ina bīti teqebber ṣalmī tan[ašši ina ṣēri ana ereb] šamši būrta tepettē-ma | You recite the incantation “It is raining, in the house you take away the rain. You make a šalmu-prayer in the morning to the interior of the heavens, and |
| 8.2:122 | teqebber kīsa ētiqu inašši [...] ... | You recite the incantation “The earth is a flood, the heavens are a cloud, the earth [is a storm, it is raining] on the ground |
| 8.2:123 | ina šikari tašaqqi [...] ina pēnti tuqattaršu | You place (them) in a threshing-floor, ... you raise it in the open, |
| 8.2:124 | [UŠ₁₁].BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM | it is a ritual assemblage |
| 8.2:125 | [šumm]a amēlu kišpī epšūšu | If witchcraft is performed against someone |
| 8.2:126 | kīma [la]birīšu šaṭir bari | Like a labirû-demon, a šaṭbiru-disease (and) a bari |
| 8.2:127 | [tuppi] Kiṣir-[Aššur mašmaš] bīt Aššur | Tablet of Kiṣir-Ašur, exorcist of the temple of Ašār |
| 8.2:128 | [mār] Nabû-bēssunu mašmaš bīt Aššur | Nabû-bēssunu, exorcist of Assyria |
| 8.2:129 | m[ār] Bābu-šumu-ibni | Witness: Babšumu-ibni |
| 8.2:130 | zabardabbê Ešarra | zabardabbû-magic of Ešarra |
| 8.2:131 | ana ṣabāt epēši ḫanṭiš [n]as[ḫa] | To make a šabātu-offering, to make ḫbanti-cakes |
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