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CMAwR Text 8.3 (Q004218)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.3 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004218 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | Incantation-Ritual |
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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) |
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| 8.3.1:1 | šumma amēlu kišpī epšūšu lū ṣalm[ūšu ina m]ê temrū | If witchcraft has been performed against anyone, may its offspring be released from the water |
| 8.3.1:2 | lū ṣalmūšu ana gulgulli amēlūti paqd[ū ...] | May his spirit be entrusted to the destruction of mankind |
| 8.3.1:3 | lū ṣalmūšu ina išāti nadû lū ṣalmūšu ina erṣeti qeb[rū] | May his voice be heard in the midst of the night, may his voice dwell in the middle of the netherworld |
| 8.3.1:4 | lū mê zikurudêšu ḫebû ana maḫar ka[kkabī naqû] | or the water of his ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, poured into the supreme kakkabi-vessel |
| 8.3.1:5 | lū ina akalī šūkul lū ina mê šaqi <lū> ina šamni pa[šiš] | Be it with food, be it with water from a well, (and) be it against me. |
| 8.3.1:6 | lū ina šūbulāti šūbul ana bulluṭīš[u] | or by means of a curse, that curse against his life |
| 8.3.1:7 | u šūzubīšu u kišpī ruḫê an[nûti] | and the šūzû-demon and these witchcraft |
| 8.3.1:8 | ana zumrīšu lā ṭeḫê u lū kaššāpi lū kaššāpti [ša īpušūšu] | To his body not to approach, and be it a warlock or a witch, whom he has performed |
| 8.3.1:9 | kišpīša ruḫêša saḫārim-ma ṣabātīša kaššāpi u [kaššāpti] | witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) rebellion, warlock and witch |
| 8.3.1:10 | arḫiš ubburim-ma ina aganutillê qāt m[āmīti ... | I am smitten, and in the aganutillê-vessel, the hand of the river . |
| 8.3.1:11 | EN₂ Šamaš annûtu ēpišūʾa Šamaš annûtu muštēpišūʾa | Incantation: “Šamaš, these are the sorcerers, these [are the ones who perfor]med me, |
| 8.3.1:12 | ṣalmī kaššāpīya u kaššāptīya ṣalmī ēpišīya u muštēpištīya | Release my warlock and my witch, release my witchcraft and my sorcery! |
| 8.3.1:12a | ((ṣalmī sāḫirīya u sāḫertīya)) | ((my feet, my knees, and my toes)) |
| 8.3.1:13 | ṣalmī rāḫīya u rāḫītīya ṣalmī bēl dabābīya u bēlet dabābī[ya] | The balaŋ composition raḫi-yāmi, and rag<nâmi ti’mcti š. the lord of daba, and the bēlet of [daba], |
| 8.3.1:14 | ṣalmī bēl ikkīya u bēlet ikkīya ṣalmī bēl dīnīya u bēl[et dīnīya] | The ṣalmu-demon of the one who is angry with me and the liar of my angry heart, the balaŋ drum of the lord of judgments and l[ord of judgements] |
| 8.3.1:15 | ṣalmī bēl ṣerrīya u bēlet ṣerrīya ṣalmī bēl tidūkīya u bē[let tidūkīya] | The ṣalmu-demon of my lord of the netherworld, and the bēlt of my nether world, the sorcerer of my enemies and the lady who sorceries me |
| 8.3.1:15a | ((ṣalmī bēl egerrîya u bēlet egerrîya)) | ((the balaŋ-drum, the lord of my glorification, and the šēpî-drum of [my g]oddess)) |
| 8.3.1:15b | ((ṣalmī bēl tidūkīya u bēlet tidūkīya ṣalmī bēl amātīya u bēlet amātīya)) | ((The ṣalmu-demon, the lord of tidūmcya, and the bēlet of th[i]s s[tress], the goddess of my mother, and [the be]̄lit of [my mother])) |
| 8.3.1:16 | ša ipša bārta amāt lemutti īpuša uš[ēpiša] | Whose sorcery has been carried off, who has performed evil against me |
| 8.3.1:17 | [i]sḫura ušasḫira ana ēpišti epšī-ma iqbû | (who) has smashed, has broken, has said to an evil deed |
| 8.3.1:18 | ana sāḫerti suḫrī-ma iqbû Šamaš annût[u] šunu | Šamaš, these are you! |
| 8.3.1:19 | annûtu ṣalmūšunu kīma šunu lā izzazzū ṣalmūšunu | These are the sorcerers; when they are not present, they are sorceries. |
| 8.3.1:20 | ēpuš-ma ina maḫar ilūtīka rabītu n[ašâku] | I have performed against you in the presence of your great divinity, |
| 8.3.1:21 | Šamaš ša yâši kišpī ruḫê rusê up[šāšê] | Šamaš, who is like me, witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) sorceries |
| 8.3.1:22 | ((lā ṭābūti)) râma zīra dibalâ zikurudâ | ((no one should take away)) ‘It is enough’, dibalâ-magic, zikururudānu-magical, |
| 8.3.1:23 | kadabbedâ egerrâ šurḫungâ ṣūd pānī ID₂.GUR.RA | ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic, egerrâ-magic, šurḫbānu-disease, lightning flashing at the head of the river |
| 8.3.1:24 | E₂.GAL.KU₄.RA miqit ṭēmi šinīt ṭēmi šudingirrakka | The Ekalkura, the fall of the earth, the rain of the heavens, |
| 8.3.1:25 | šuʾininnakka šugidimmakka šunamerimmakka šunamlullukka | Your hands are šuʾininnakku, your feet are tallow, your lips are lupine |
| 8.3.1:26 | šēd lemutti sanḫulḫazâ mukīl rēš lemutti | The evil wind, the roaring storm, the one who removes the evil machinations |
| 8.3.1:27 | iškunūnim-ma pīya uṣabbitū kišādī utarrirū | They have opened my mouth, they have smashed my foundations, |
| 8.3.1:28 | pīya ubbilū dabābī ildudū irtī idʾipū | My mouth is full of rejoicing, my nose trembles, my nostrils are full of blood |
| 8.3.1:29 | libbī unnišū aḫīya iksû birkīya iksû šēpīya | (who) has bound my heart, bound my body, bound [my] limbs, |
| 8.3.1:30 | ālikāti ukassû eṣenṣērī | (who) has made your city tremble, |
| 8.3.1:31 | ikpupū pānīya uṣṣanaddū ((zumrī)) mangu luʾtu | (who) have smashed my face, have twisted my neck, |
| 8.3.1:32 | umallûʾinni šārtī imlusū sissiktī ibtuqū | (who) have filled me with wrath, have seized my hem, |
| 8.3.1:33 | ruʾtī ilqû eper šēpīya išbušū mindāt lānīya umandidū | (who) took the ruʾti-vessel, cut off my hair, seized my body, |
| 8.3.1:34 | ṣalmīya lū ša bīni lū ša erēni lū ša lipî lū ša iškūri | My limbs are either that of a man, or that of an eunuch, [or that of lipitu-disease], or that (of a pregnant woman) |
| 8.3.1:35 | lū ša kupsi lū ša ittê lū ša ṭīdi lū ša līši | “whether it is the one of the kupsu-bowl, or the one with a tethering rope, or (the one) of the cable, |
| 8.3.1:36 | lū ša līš šegušši lū līš labti ((lū)) īpušū-ma | ((Who)) has performed sorcery against me ((who)) |
| 8.3.1:37 | [kalba ((l]ū)) ušākilū šaḫâ ((lū)) ušākilū iṣṣūr šamê ((lū)) ušākilū nūn apsî ((lū)) ušākilū | kalba-plant, šaḫbâ-plant ((man)), ū-plant iṣṣūru-plant of the heavens, (man)-plant ninurta-sulphur, Apsu-plant |
| 8.3.1:38 | Šamaš annûtu šunu annûtu ṣalmūšunu kīma šunu lā izzazzū ṣalmīšunu | Šamaš, these are the teeming (people), these are their šalmû-demons, when they are not present, they are their sorcerers |
| 8.3.1:39 | ina maḫar ilūtīka rabīti ulzī[ssunūti] | In the presence of your great divinity, I have gathered them |
| 8.3.1:40 | [ṣalm]īya īpušū-ma ina sūn mīti iškunū | My demons have performed sorcery against me, they have set (them) up in a grave |
| 8.3.1:41 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina samīt dūri itmir[ū] ina bīʾi ša dūri ītepû | (who) has performed sorcery against me and has smeared (them) with sulphur, has made a nest in the house of the sorceress |
| 8.3.1:42 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina šaplān dimti ušnillū ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina kišād Sebetti ... [...] | (who) has performed extispicy against me and has buried (it) in the midst of the gods, has performed(?) my exorcist’s net and by the command of Sebetti ... |
| 8.3.1:43 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma in[a] kiškattê paḫāri [...] | They performed my balaŋ ritual and in the kiškate” ritual ... a rebellion against me |
| 8.3.1:44 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina kibir nāri kilallē uta[mmirū] | They performed my balaŋ ritual and (then) they made me stand at the threshold of the city gate. |
| 8.3.1:45 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina ḫurri ereb šamši ipḫû ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina bīt Kūbu ša ṣēri itmirū | (who) has performed sorcery against me and has opened up the midst of the netherworld with a ḫurru-demon (lit. “seizing-of-the-mouth') (and) sorceries against me, and in the house of Kubu, which is in heaven, |
| 8.3.1:46 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina utūn paḫāru išrupū ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina utūn sābî [išru]p[ū] | (who) has performed extispicy against me, and (whom) he has caused to be scattered in the east, has performed against me: |
| 8.3.1:47 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina kanni ṣāḫiti itmirū ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina labt[i iql]û | (who) has performed sorcery against me, and has smashed my skull with a spoon, (whom) have performed [sorceries against me] and have buried in a grave. |
| 8.3.1:48 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina tinūr siparri iqlû ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina ṣīt šamši iqlû | (who) has performed extispicy against me and has buried (it) in a hole in the wall (of the temple) (whom) has perform[ed] exorcism against me [and who] have buried it in the midst of the heavens |
| 8.3.1:49 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina ereb šamši iqlû ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina ereb abulli itmirū | (who) has performed extispicy against me and has buried (it) in the midst of the heavens, has performed(?) exorcism against me so that it has been buried in the middle of the city gate |
| 8.3.1:50 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina sūq-erbetti utammirū ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina šaplān Kūbu [itmi]rū | They have performed sorcery against me, and they have seen (it) in the streets. They have perform sorceries against me and they (the gods) have seen it in the heavens. |
| 8.3.1:51 | [ṣalmīya īpušū-ma kī]ma pisannu mušardî ina būri iškunū-m[a imḫu]ḫū | (who) has performed sorcery against me, and like a pisannu-demon, a mušardīf-demon in a storm, has risen up, |
| 8.3.1:52 | [ṣalmīya īpušū-ma kīma] kakkab šamāmī u[šēri]dū | They performed my balaŋ ritual, and I made the heavens tremble like a flood |
| 8.3.1:53 | [ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ...] ša saḫaršuppê ina bābi u[laʾʾib]ū | They performed saḫaršuppê-disease against me and ... |
| 8.3.1:54 | [ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ana Gi]lgāmeš iddinū-ma Ḫubur u[šēbi]rū | They performed my balaŋ ritual and gave (them) to Gilgameš and Ḫubur made them enter. |
| 8.3.1:55 | [ṣalmīya īpušū-ma] ... atūdi uš[...]û | They have performed sorcery against me and ... I have ...ed |
| 8.3.1:56 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma U₄ 26.[KAM š]a Abi ašar tēšertu Anunn[aki] īnû | They performed my deeds and on the 26th day that Abi, lord of the Anunnaki, was present |
| 8.3.1:57 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma itti mê zikurudê m[aḫar kakk]ab šamā[mī ...]rū | They performed my balaŋ ritual and together with the water of the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, the powerful one, the one who ... the heart of the people |
| 8.3.1:58 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina kišād nāri itmirū ṣal[mīya īpušū-ma ina uḫ]ulgalî mê ... irmukū | (who) has performed extispicy against me and (whom) he has performed against me in a place of fear (lit. “the place of the awe-inspiring wrath,' who has performed sorcery against [me and who] has poured water on a reed mat |
| 8.3.1:59 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina nikis immeri ušalpitū ṣalmī[ya īpušū-ma] ana gulgul amēlūti ipqidū | They have performed sorcery against me and have buried (them) in a hole in the wall. They have perform sorceries against me, and they have entrusted them to a human being. |
| 8.3.1:60 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina šaplān Kūši [itmirū ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina šaplān Kūši ša] ṣēri itmirū | (who) has performed extispicy against me, and (whom) he has performed in the presence of Kušu, has performed (against me) and (has) performed (another) exorcism against me at the place where the sun rises |
| 8.3.1:61 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina šaplān Ēqi [itmirū ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina šaplān Ēqi] ša ṣēri itmirū | (who) has performed extispicy against me, and (whom) he has performed against me in the midst of the Ēqu (temple): |
| 8.3.1:62 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina šīnāt ramānīšu imḫuḫū-ma ana ereb šamši iqqû | (who) has performed extispicy against me and has seized him in his own body and smashed him into the earth, |
| 8.3.1:63 | ṣalmīya īpušū-ma ina āli nadî u namêšu itmirū [Šamaš] dayyān [šamê] erṣeti attā | (who) has performed extispicy against me, and in the city, the nadî-priestess, and his name have become distant, O Šamaš, you are the judge of heaven and earth, |
| 8.3.1:64 | bēl kīttu u mīšaru muštēšer elâti u šaplâti (([a]ttā-ma)) | The lord of heaven and earth, the one who guides the upper and the lower world ((I)) |
| 8.3.1:65 | dayyān Anunnaki [muš]tālu | Judge of the Anunnaki, who knows everything |
| 8.3.1:66 | Šamaš ša kaššāpīya u kaššāptīya | Šamaš, who my beer and my beer |
| 8.3.1:67 | ēpišīya u muštēpištīya ((rāḫī[ya u r]āḫītīya)) | My sorcery and my sorceries ((my anger and my anger)) |
| 8.3.1:68 | kišpīšunu ruḫêšunu rusêšunu lemnūti lā ṭābūti | witchcraft, magic, evil sorcery |
| 8.3.1:69 | libbalkitūšunūti-((ma)) ana muḫḫīšunu u lānīšunu lil[l]ikū | May they revolt against me, and may they go against me and against me. |
| 8.3.1:70 | Šamaš Girra tappûka lītallil idāya | Šamaš, may Girra, your companion, live with me, |
| 8.3.1:71 | Šamaš Girra qāmû liqmīšunūti | Šamaš, may Girra, the horned one, burn them with fire, |
| 8.3.1:72 | Girra likkelmēšunūti Girra lišrupšunūti | May Girra ensorcell them, may GIRra dispel them, |
| 8.3.1:73 | Girra lišḫarmissunūti Girra liṣarripšu[nūt]i | May Girra release you, may Girru release you! |
| 8.3.1:74 | Girra likabbibšunūti Girra aggiš elīšu[nu lils]i | May Girra pacify your heart, may Girra, the aggiš priestess, resound above them |
| 8.3.1:75 | Girra napištašunu kīma mê lit[bu]k | Girra, may your life be as pure as water |
| 8.3.1:76 | Girra ana Kurnugî lišēriss[unūt]i | May Girra curse the Land of No Return! |
| 8.3.1:77 | Girra munammer ukli eklēti pānīšu [...] | Girra, the light of the dark, his face ... |
| 8.3.1:78 | Girra ana Namtar sukkal erṣeti lipqi[ssunūti] | May Girra hand them over to Namtar, the vizier of the netherworld. |
| 8.3.1:79 | Šamaš ša kišpī ruḫê rusê upšāšê le[mnūti īpušūni] | Šamaš, who has performed witchcraft, magic, evil machinations against me |
| 8.3.1:80 | ilu šarru kabtu ((u)) rubû nekelmûʾ[inn]i | May god, king, magnate ((and)) nobleman keep me safe! |
| 8.3.1:81 | itti ili u ištari uzennûʾinni ((usaḫḫirū b[ūnīšunu])) ((ulamminūʾinni)) | With god and goddess they have gathered me, ((they have smashed my skulls, they have made me tremble)) |
| 8.3.1:82 | ina bīti ṣāltu ina sūqi puḫpuḫḫu iškunūnim-ma | In the house, the ṣāltu-festival in the street is held back, and |
| 8.3.1:83 | ilūtka rabītu īdû ilu ayyumma lā īdû attā-ma tīdû anāku lā īdû | Your great divinity knows (it). No god knows (anything), you know (nothing)! |
| 8.3.1:84 | ((Šamaš)) ša kaššāpīya ((u)) kaššāptīya ((ša)) ēpišīya ((u)) ēpištīya | ((Šamaš)) Whose warlock (and) witch ((and)) my witchcraft |
| 8.3.1:85 | ((ša)) rāḫīya ((u)) rāḫītīya kišpīšunu ina šaplīka kīma gišparri libbalkitū[šunūti] | May the witchcraft against me (and) against me turn against you like a plow. |
| 8.3.1:86 | ((ana)) šâšunu libārūšunūti | ((to)) the heart of the people |
| 8.3.1:87 | Šamaš ūmka ezzu likšu[ssunūti] | Šamaš, may your furious utterance be released |
| 8.3.1:88 | kīma diqāri ḫubussunūti kīma tinūri quturšunu līrim [šamê] | Like a flood of blood, like a tinû-demon, may your quturšunu-disease be released, |
| 8.3.1:89 | liḫūlū lizūbū u littattu[kū] | May it be dissolved, dissolve, and drip away! |
| 8.3.1:90 | [n]apištašunu kīma mê nādi liq[t]i | May your apištu-disease pass like water of the river. |
| 8.3.1:91 | [š]unu limūtū-ma anāku lubluṭ | May your hand become strong and let me live! |
| 8.3.1:92 | šunu līnišū-ma anāku l[udnin] | May your hand be firm and I will speak to you |
| 8.3.1:93 | šunu liktassû-ma anāku lūšir | May your hand hold him back and let him go to the netherworld |
| 8.3.1:94 | šunu liṣṣabtū-ma anāku luš[ēt] | May your hands be swollen and I will go to the netherworld |
| 8.3.1:95 | ina qibītīka ṣīrtu ša lā uttakkaru | By your exalted command that cannot be changed |
| 8.3.1:96 | u annīka kīni ša lā innennû | and this is indeed what has not been done before |
| 8.3.1:97 | anāku ((Šamaš-šumu-ukīn mār ilīšu)) aradka lubluṭ lušlim-ma | I, ((Šamaš-umu-ukīn, son of the gods), your servant, may I live and prosper! |
| 8.3.1:98 | narbîka lušāpi dalīlīka ana nišī ṣalmāt qaqqadi ludlu[l] | May I proclaim your greatness (and) praise your glory! |
| 8.3.1:99 | Šamaš šurbi āšipūtu ša apkal ilī īpušu Marduk | Šamaš, I have performed the extispicy that the sage of the gods performed against Marduk |
| 8.3.1:100 | KA.INIM.MA kaššāpta ša kišpī maʾdūtu īpušu | Wording of a spell for undoing witchcraft. |
| 8.3.1:101 | saḫārim-ma ṣabāti ša kaššāpti ša ruḫê īpuša ušēpiša | I am smitten, and the ṣabātu-disease of the beer, the ruḫf-demon has performed against me |
| 8.3.1:102 | arḫiš ubburi | (a kind of sulphur) |
| 8.3.1:103 | DU₃.DU₃.BI lū ina ūri lū ina ṣēri qaqqara tašabbiṭ mê ellūti tattanaddi | Its ritual: You sprinkle pure water on either a man or a woman. |
| 8.3.1:104 | paššūra maḫar Šamaš tašakkan šalāš kurummāti 12.TA.AM₃ akalī kunāši tašakkan | You set up a supreme altar. You set out a šalā’s kurumma-offering (and) 12 each kalû-breads. |
| 8.3.1:105 | nignak burāši tašakkan šikara tanaqqi | You set up a censer of burāšu-juniper, you libate beer. |
| 8.3.1:106 | ḫuluppaqqa ana maḫar Šamaš tašakkan | You set up a censer in front of Šamaš. |
| 8.3.1:107 | lutê ṣarbatu teṣên erbet ṣalmī ṭīdi erbet ṣalmī ṭīd kibir nāri | The lutê-drum, the ṣarbatu-drum (and) the tēšīru-drum are intertwined. |
| 8.3.1:108 | kilallē erbet ṣalmī lipî erbet ṣalmī lipi magarri erbet ṣalmī kupsi | kilallu-vessel, four ṣalmu-bowls, four [songs] of a magarri-fog, four songs of kupsu-wood, |
| 8.3.1:109 | erbet ṣalmī līši erbet ṣalmī līš šegušši erbet ṣalmī līš labti | Four strings of juniper, four strings of grapes, five strings of carob, |
| 8.3.1:110 | erbet ṣalmī bīni erbet ṣalmī erēni erbet ṣalmī ittê erbet ṣalmī iškūri | Four strings of cedar, four strings of alabaster, five strings of cypress, four string of juniper, |
| 8.3.1:111 | ṣalmī annûti takassīšunūti-ma gizillâ | These are the ṣalmu-songs that you sing, and the gizilla-drum |
| 8.3.1:112 | ina išāt kibrīti taqâd-ma ana libbi ((ḫuluppaqqi)) tanaddi | You strew (them) in a kibrītu-vessel, then you pour (the mixture) into a bowl. |
| 8.3.1:113 | šiptu annīt[u] šalāšīšu tamannu kīma ibtašlū ina ((libbi)) mê tunāḫšunūti | You recite this incantation for his well-being. As soon as he has calmed down, in (his) womb water |
| 8.3.1:114 | EN₂ Attunu mû šalāšīšu tamannu ... ina ḫarbāti tanassuk | Incantation: “Attunu, you recite the incantation of his life. ... you pound in ḫarbarātu-wood. |
| 8.3.1:115 | ēma naḫlapta išaḫḫaṭu EN₂ Ašḫuṭ ašḫuṭ šalāšīšu imannu | When he is seized by a stag, he recites the incantation Ašuḫbutu, Aṣbuttu, his health. |
| 8.3.1:116 | kišpī pašrū namerim māmītu ul iṭeḫḫû | witchcraft, magic, sorcery will not approach the land |
| 8.3.1:117 | EN₂ ašḫuṭ ašḫuṭ aštaḫaṭ aštaḫaṭ | Incantation: “Ašḫbuṭ, Asyria, Assyrian, |
| 8.3.1:118 | imṭīya t[ānē]ḫīya u tādirātīya | I am swollen, I am tired and I am exhausted. |
| 8.3.1:119 | uʾa ayya mimma lemnu ša ina zumrī[ya] šerʾānīya bašû | May any evil that is in my body, my limbs are firm, |
| 8.3.1:120 | ina muḫḫīk[unu aš]ḫuṭ | on top of it I smear |
| 8.3.1:121 | [a]šḫuṭ š[a zumrīya ina mu]ḫḫīkunu | I have placed a hand of mine on your body |
| 8.3.1:122 | ašḫuṭ š[a šīrīya ina m]uḫḫīkunu | As for the one who removes my inscription from your mouth |
| 8.3.1:123 | ašḫuṭ ša šerʾānīya [i]na muḫḫīkunu | I have laid the foundations of my throne upon them. |
| 8.3.1:124 | [a]šḫuṭ ša mešrēt[īya] ina muḫḫīkunu | As for the one who removes me from your presence, |
| 8.3.2:1 | [šumma amēlu] iddanabbubūšu ina kišpī bēl amātīšu | If a man has been seized by witchcraft against his mother |
| 8.3.2:2 | [itt]anaʾdaršu ina ēkal ittanallaku | he has become frightened, he keeps coming back to me in the house |
| 8.3.2:3 | [lā m]aḫrāšu ša amēli šuāti ṣalmūšu ana [G]irra | Without him, the land of Amēli will revolt against me. |
| 8.3.2:4 | [paqd]ū ana šutēšurīšu-ma bulluṭīšu | to be entrusted to his enemy, to save him |
| 8.3.2:5 | [...] ... maḫar Šamaš paṭīra tukān | ... supreme ..., who trusts in Šamaš |
| 8.3.2:6 | [nignak burāši tašakka]n suluppī sasqâ | You set up a censer of burāšu-juniper, a sasqû-bowl |
| 8.3.2:7 | [tasarraq m]iris dišpi ḫimēti tašakkan | You scatter Ištar, Pi, (and) ḫimētu-disease. |
| 8.3.2:8 | [...] šikara tanaqqi | ... you pour out a libation bowl |
| 8.3.2:9 | [ṣalmī ša] kaššāpi u kaššāpti | The balaŋ-drum of beer and beer |
| 8.3.2:10 | [teppuš izqāt qātī]šunu izqāt šēpīšunu | You perform extispicy against me, against my hands, against the šēpu-demon |
| 8.3.2:11 | [ša ... tapa]ttiq šumšunu | Whom ... you have entrusted to him |
| 8.3.2:12 | [ina aḫīšunu tašaṭṭar kib]rīta talappassunūti | You have smashed them with a stick, you have broken them off in the netherworld. |
| 8.3.2:13 | [...] ... tagaššir | ... a scepter |
| 8.3.2:14 | [taqabbī-ma] taqallīšunūti | You speak, then you extinguish them |
| 8.3.2:15 | ⸢EN₂⸣ [Šamaš annût]u ēpišūʾa | Incantation: O Šamaš, these are the works |
| 8.3.2:16 | [Šamaš annûtu] muštēpišūʾa | These are the instructions of Šamaš |
| 8.3.2:17 | ša a[māt lemutt]i īpušūninni | who has performed evil word against me |
| 8.3.2:18 | ana l[emutt]i irteneddûninni | (who) constantly seeks me out for evil, |
| 8.3.2:19 | ana mīti iḫīrūʾinni | to a dead person has seized me |
| 8.3.2:20 | ana gulgullāti upaqqidūʾinni | (who) has entrusted me to a fugitive, |
| 8.3.2:21 | ṣalmīya ana Girra ipqidū | My limbs were entrusted to Girra |
| 8.3.2:22 | ina ḫurri ša ereb šamši ipḫû | In the ḫurru-temple, in the midst of the heavens, he sprang forth |
| 8.3.2:23 | kalba ušākilū mê napištīya ina qabri ušnillū | The kalba-demon brought water for my life in the marsh, |
| 8.3.2:24 | ana kakkabī šamāmī mêʾa iqqû | He poured water into the waters of the heavens, |
| 8.3.2:25 | zikurudâ zīra kadabbedâ | Zikurrudâ-magic, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, |
| 8.3.2:26 | eg[err]â īpušūni u karṣīya īkulū | They performed extispicy against me, and they smashed my carp |
| 8.3.2:27 | [Šamaš ūmk]a ezzu likšussunūti | May Šamaš, your light, rage over them |
| 8.3.2:28 | k[īma diqār]i ḫubussunūti | True, the slander of the people |
| 8.3.2:29 | [kīma tinūri] quturšunu līrim šamê | Like a tinû-demon, may your quturšunu-disease be released, |
| 8.3.2:30 | [liḫūlū liz]ūbū u littattukū | May they be pacified, calm, and calm. |
| 8.3.2:31 | [Šamaš Girra tapp]ûka <l>ītall[al idāya] | O Šamaš, may Girra, your messenger, keep running at my side |
| 8.3.2:32 | [Šamaš Girra qām]û liqmīš[unūti] | O Šamaš, may Girra, the horned one, burn them with fire! |
| 8.3.2:33 | ... ... | |
| 8.3.2:34 | [narbîka lu]šāpi dalīlīk[a] | Let me proclaim your greatness, that I may proclaim your glory! |
| 8.3.2:35 | [(ana nišī rapšāti) lu]dlul | I may sing (the praises) to the wide people. |
| 8.3.2:36 | [kišpū ša] kaššāptu īpuša iturrū-ma iṣabbatū | The witchcraft that the sorcerer performed will return and seize |
| 8.3.3:1 | ... ⸢ša⸣ e ba x ... | ... the eša’e ... |
| 8.3.3:2 | ... ⸢ku⸣ x ... | ... the ekû-vessel ... |
| 8.3.3:3 | ... ⸢aš₂⸣ x ... | ... ašû-plant |
| 8.3.4:1′ | ... liqm]īšunū[ti] | ... may they appoint |
| 8.3.4:2′ | ... in]a mê egub[bê] | ... stand in water |
| 8.3.4:3′ | ... lu]dlul TU₆ ⸢EN₂⸣ | I will sing. Incantation formula. |
| 8.3.4:4′ | [(...) šipta annīta x]-⸢šu₂⸣ tamannū-ma kišpī ša kaššāpti | You recite this incantation over ... and the witchcraft of the warlock |
| 8.3.4:5′ | [īpuša it]urrū-ma kaššāpti iṣabbatūši | They performed it, turned back, and seized my beer |
| 8.3.4:6′ | qati | Hand of |
| 8.3.4:7′ | gabari Bābili kīma labirīša | copy of Bābili, as its original |
| 8.3.4:8′ | šaṭir-ma bar tuppi Mušēzib-Bēl | Written and checked according to the wording of the tablet Mušib-Bēl |
| 8.3.4:9′ | mār Ileʾʾi-bulluṭa-Marduk | Ilēl-bullut-Marduk |
| 8.3.4:10′ | šamallî āšipi agašgû | šamallû-plant, acacia, agaşpi-plant |
| 8.3.4:11′ | ana tāmartīša išṭur-ma ibri | He opened his eyes to see |
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