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CMAwR Text 8.4 (Q004219)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.4 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004219 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.4.1:1 | [šumma amē]lu qaqqassu iṣṣanabbassu pānūšu iṣṣanundū | If a pig's head is covered with šūnu-stone, its mouth is covered (with a cloth) |
| 8.4.1:2 | [š]īrāšu ītanakkalāšu ruʾtašu išal[lu] | (who) constantly seeks out his name, seeks his spittle |
| 8.4.1:3 | amâtīšu imtanašši qerbūšu ittananpaḫū | His limbs have become swollen, his heart has become frightened |
| 8.4.1:4 | aḫāšu ušammam[āšu q]ātāšu etteneṣṣilā[šu] | his brother, his mother, his hand, his sister-in-law |
| 8.4.1:5 | šēpāšū uza[qqatā]šu kiṣallāšu uptanaṭṭar[ā] | His limbs are swollen, his feet are twisted, |
| 8.4.1:6 | amēlu šū bēl d[ab]ābīšu kišpī ilmīšu | That amēclu-demon, that lord of the sea, that witchcraft of his god |
| 8.4.1:7 | kipdī le[mnūti k]uppudūšu ana kišpī šunūti pašāri | The evil kipdû-demon, whose spittle is bound to the witchcraft of the underworld, |
| 8.4.1:8 | ana maḫar Šamaš nignak burāši tašakkan miḫḫa tanaqqi | Before Šamaš, you set up a censer of juniper. You pour a libation of miḫu-beer. |
| 8.4.1:9 | ṣalam kaššāpi u kaššāpti šina ṣalmī ṭīdi šina ṣalmī līši šina ṣalmī lipî šina ṣalmī ittê | The balam of beer and beer, the šūmu of the tidbî-priestess, the sorceress of the lamassu-festival, the herdsman of the alabaster, the shepherd of the wax, the woman of the intercalary river, |
| 8.4.1:10 | šina ṣalmī iškūri šina ṣalmī erēni šina ṣalmī bīni teppuš-((ma)) | You perform the balaŋ drum of Iškūri, the waltz of Erēnu, (and) the ritual of that temple. |
| 8.4.1:11 | ina qātīka tanaššī-ma šipta annīta šalāšīšu tamannu | You take it out of your hand, and you recite this incantation over his well-being. |
| 8.4.1:12 | EN₂ Šamaš rubû šurbû dayyān Igigi | Incantation: O Šamaš, exalted prince, judge of the Igigi, |
| 8.4.1:13 | muštēšer gimer kala tenēšēti | The one who guides all the people aright, |
| 8.4.1:14 | pāšer šamê u erṣeti mussiqu isqēti | Who makes the heavens and earth tremble, |
| 8.4.1:15 | rubû tizqāru mušīm šīmāti | The prince who makes the rites favorable, the one who knows the destinies |
| 8.4.1:16 | bēlu muttarrû baʾūlāti | Among the muttarrû-priests, the exalted, |
| 8.4.1:17 | bānû ili u ištari muddeššû māḫāzī | Who guides the gods and goddesses aright, |
| 8.4.1:18 | ina balīka purussê šamê u erṣeti ul ipparras | Without you, the verdict of heaven and earth would not be rendered. |
| 8.4.1:19 | attā-ma mukīn isqīšunu | You are the one who gives orders |
| 8.4.1:20 | Šamaš dayyānu rēmēnû mūdû mimma šumšu | Šamaš, merciful judge, who knows everything, |
| 8.4.1:21 | ina puḫur ilī rabûti šemât qibīssu | In the assembly of the great gods, his command is heard |
| 8.4.1:22 | Šamaš ina qibītīka-ma ūtalladā tenēšēti | Šamaš, by your command I have gathered the people |
| 8.4.1:23 | tašâm šīmātēšina tašarrakši[n]āti dumqa | You are adjured by the gods, you are exalted over them. |
| 8.4.1:24 | izizzam-ma i[na] pîka lizzakir kīttu | Stand by me and let me praise you in your mouth! |
| 8.4.1:25 | dīnī [d]īn purussâya purus šime qabâya | Judge my case, render a verdict for me, hear my prayer! |
| 8.4.1:26 | Šamaš [ṣal]mī annûti ša ina maḫar ilūtīka rabīti našâku | Šamaš, these are you who are in the presence of your great divinity, |
| 8.4.1:27 | Šamaš attā tīdû anāku ul īdû | Šamaš, you know (this), but you do not know (it). |
| 8.4.1:28 | ṣalam bēl ikkīya u bēlet ikkīya ((ṣalam bēl ṣerrīya u bēlet ṣerrīya)) | The balam of the lord who is angry with me and the bēlet of my angry heart ((The šamānû-demon of my enraged heart and my bewitch[ed] heart)) |
| 8.4.1:29 | ṣalam bēl rīdīya u bēlet rīdīya ša ipšu bārtu amāt lemutti īpušūni | Release the lord of my extispicy and the bēlet of my exaltedness, who has performed evil witchcraft against me |
| 8.4.1:30 | ša isqīya ina qabri ušnillū mindātīya ilqû | who have buried my offerings in a grave, have taken my limbs, |
| 8.4.1:31 | etiq eper šēpīya išbušū | (who) has smashed the brickwork of my house, |
| 8.4.1:32 | ša ruʾtī ilqû ša šārtī imlušū | The one who took the throne, the one who created the gods |
| 8.4.1:33 | ša sissiktī ibtuqū ana lemutti izzīzūni | Who has seized my hem, who has turned to evil against me, |
| 8.4.1:34 | ša šanâmma ušēpišūni ša šanâmma ušāḫizūni | Whoever you are, O lord, who has performed sorcery against me, |
| 8.4.1:35 | ina akali ušākilūni ina šikari išqûni ina mê urammikūni | (who) have fed me bread, have given me water to drink, have surrounded me with water, |
| 8.4.1:36 | ina šamni ipšušūni ((ša)) ina mimma lemni ušēbilūni | Who has performed sorcery against me ((and)) carried off evil against me, |
| 8.4.1:37 | [ukaš]šipūninni ulappitūn[i]nni | I have sinned against me, I have cut off from me, |
| 8.4.1:38 | ... šerʾānī mimma lemnu ušē[bil]ūni | ..., who has carried off any evil, |
| 8.4.1:39 | [ša ṣalm]īya umaššilū ša qātīy[a šē]pīy[a ikm]û | The one who has seized me, the one who is in my hands, has seen my face |
| 8.4.1:40 | [...-t]ī ina šīni iṣburū īnāya petât[i] ... [...] | ... in heaven, a stag in me, my enemies ... |
| 8.4.1:41 | [ša pīy]a qâ irkusū lišānī iksû | May my mouth be full of tears, may my heart be pacified to me |
| 8.4.1:42 | [...] ... isḫupu (...) ina appīy[a ṣ]erreta iplušu | ... ... in my body a stag is born |
| 8.4.1:42a | nišmâya [isk]irū | my limbs are shattered |
| 8.4.1:43 | [ana ere]b šamši īnīy[a] iššû | To the interior of heavens, this is me |
| 8.4.1:44 | itti mīti ṣalmīya ušnillū | with the blood of my feet I have swollen, |
| 8.4.1:45 | [ša ana m]īti ipqidūni[nni] | who appointed me to the position |
| 8.4.1:46 | [ina akali dīḫ]a ušākilūni ina mê ašâ išqûni | (who) have buried me in a grave, have bathed me in ašû-water |
| 8.4.1:47 | [...] ... ina ḫurri ipḫû ša zikurudâ īpuša ... | ... he opened up in the marsh, he performed zikurrudâ-magic |
| 8.4.1:48 | [ša id]ūkūninni zikurudâ ēpušū[(nin)ni] | who gave me zikurrudâ-magic, performed against me |
| 8.4.1:49 | [ila šarra kab]ta rubâ ittīya uzannû nīš libbīya iṣbat[ū] | The gods of heaven, the mighty, the princes, have become angry with me, have seized my heart, |
| 8.4.1:50 | [libbī ittīy]a uzennû ṣālta puḫpuḫḫâ nissa[ta] | My heart is angry with me, I am frightened, terrified, (and) terrified |
| 8.4.1:51 | [adirt]a ḫīpi libbi išī[ta] dimī[ta] | adirtu-disease of the heart, from afar, adversity |
| 8.4.1:52 | [ḫattu p]irittu arr[atu] dil[i]ptu | “Ḫattu, prittu, arrû, dilīptu-disease, |
| 8.4.1:53 | qūl[a kūr]a lā ṭūb libbi l[ā ṭū]b šīri [išku]nūni | a pure libido not to speak, a holy šīmccri prayer to you |
| 8.4.1:54 | Šamaš annût[u] šunu annûtu ṣalmūšunu kīma šunu lā izzazzū | Šamaš, these are the twelfths of these. These are the sorcerers, they are not present like them. |
| 8.4.1:55 | ṣalmīšunu našâku [ina q]ibītīka ṣīrt[i] ša lā uttakkaru | Your radiance is yours, by your exalted command that cannot be changed |
| 8.4.1:56 | ina maḫrīka aqallūšunūti kipdīšunu utāršunūti | In your supreme presence, I raise up my arms, I lift up my knees, |
| 8.4.1:57 | Nuska šurbû ina qibītīka lītall[i]l idāya | May Nuska, the exalted one, live at your command, with me! |
| 8.4.1:58 | kīma annâ šalāšīšu tamtanû ṣalmī šunūti ina ḫupê tašakkan | As soon as you have smeared the heavens with radiance, you place my handiwork on the ground. |
| 8.4.1:59 | šaman nūni tasallaḫšunūti ina išāti taqallūšunūti | You scatter the šaman nūnu-plant, you burn them with fire, |
| 8.4.1:60 | EN₂ Anašši dipāra ṣalmīkunu aqall[u] šalāšīšu tamannū-((ma)) | Incantation: “Anšu, I am a scepter, you recite (the incantation) over him. |
| 8.4.1:61 | ṣalam ṭīdi ṣalam līši ina mê ina šēpīšu isêršunūti ina ḫarbāte tetemmer | “Return my anger, turn back my anger with water, with a reed bundle, in Arbela, |
| 8.4.1:62 | nēpeša annâ šumma ina ṣīt šamši šumma ina ereb šamši teppuš-ma kišpū pašrū | This ritual: If in the morning, if in the evening, you perform it, and the witchcraft will be undone. |
| 8.4.1:63 | EN₂ anašši dipāra ṣalmīkunu aqallu utukku šēdu rābiṣu eṭemmu | Incantation: “As for me, I am a teeming diva, irresistible, frightened, awe-inspiring, |
| 8.4.1:64 | ((u)) mimma lemnu muṣabbit amēlūti ēpiš kišpī ruḫê rusê ((upšāšê)) lemnūti | ((and)) any evil, who slanders humanity, witchcraft, magic, sorcery, ((evil)) machinations, |
| 8.4.1:65 | ina amāt Ea u Asalluḫi Girra qāmû liqmūkunūši | In the womb of Ea and Asalluḫi, may Girra speak a word to them, |
| 8.4.1:66 | ḫūlā zūbā u itattukā quturkunu lītelli ina šamê | May your rejoicing and wailing be extinguished in the heavens |
| 8.4.1:67 | laʾmīkunu liballi šamšu liprus ḫayyattakunu mār Ea mašmaššu | May your figurines be full, may the heavens be at peace with you, O Ea, exorcist |
| 8.4.1:68 | EN₂ Šamaš ṣalmī annûti ša kaššāpīya u kaššāptīya ša yâši īteneppušūninni | Incantation: O Šamaš, these are my arrows, my warlocks and my witches, they keep on performing against me. |
| 8.4.1:69 | attā ((dayyānu)) tīdēšunūti-ma anāku ul īdēšunūti ša šīrīya uzaqqitū((ninni)) | You ((my)) ((dayyānu)) know me, but I do not know you, the one who has slain me in my body, |
| 8.4.1:70 | pūtātīya uṣabbitū šerʾānīya iksû piṭrīya utabbikū | (who) have made my mouth tremble, have bound my cheeks, have smashed my nose, |
| 8.4.1:71 | aḫīya uṣṣilū nīš libbīya iṣbatū ruʾtī(ya) ubbilū | (who) has carried off my limbs, has seized my heart, has stripped off my charms, |
| 8.4.1:72 | mangu luʾtu eli šīrīya itbukū akal kaššāpūti ušākilūninni | (who) has poured out a libation bowl over my body, who has fed me beer, |
| 8.4.1:73 | mê kaššāpūti išqûninni | The water of the witch has seized me, |
| 8.4.1:73a | [rimk]ī l[u]ʾʾ[ût]e urammikūninni | (who) have smeared me with my sulphur, |
| 8.4.1:74 | napšalti šammī lemnūti ipšušūn[i]nni | Who has performed sorcery against me against the evildoer |
| 8.4.1:75 | qibīt pîya iṣbatū egerrâya ulamminū eṣenṣērī ((kīma unqi)) ikpupū | (who) has seized my mouth, has smeared my feet, has made the ešenṣbēcri-priestess tremble ((like a seal)), |
| 8.4.1:76 | irtī idʾipū šidaḫ pānīya itbalū | The city, the river, the šidaḫ of my face has turned away, |
| 8.4.1:77 | ((bunnannêya unakkirū)) liptīya udaʾʾimū | ((My limbs are swollen, my lips are full of blood), |
| 8.4.1:78 | ḫasīsīya iṣbatū diglīya ušamṭû melammêya išdudū | (who) has seized my limbs, has caused my paralysis to take hold, has made me tremble, |
| 8.4.1:79 | Šamaš ina maḫrīka aqallūšunūti upaṭṭar napḫar lemnētīšunu | Šamaš, in your supreme presence I am raising up the people, I am scattering the evildoers, |
| 8.4.1:80 | upaṭṭar kiṣir kipid libbīšunu | (As for) the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic that destroys your heart, |
| 8.4.1:81 | Šamaš ((ina pîka)) Girra tappûka lītallil idāya | Šamaš, ((in your mouth)), may Girra, your companion, keep alive my arms! |
| 8.4.1:82 | KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM ša ṣalmī qalî | It is the wording (of the incantation) to undo witchcraft (and) to remove witchcraft from a man’s body. |
| 8.4.1:83 | ((nignak burāši ana maḫar Ša[maš] tašakkan šikara tanaqqi šina ṣalmī bīnu šina ṣalmī erēni)) | ((You set up a censer of juniper before Šamaš, you pour a libation of beer, (and) you daub (his eyes).)) |
| 8.4.1:84 | ((šina ṣalmī lipî šina ṣalmī iškūri šina ṣalmī kupsi šina ṣalmī ittê šina ṣalmī ṭīdi)) | ((The šūmû-demon, the liar, the witch, the sorceress, the herdsman of the kupsu-tree, the she-goat, the woman of the incantation, the lady of the ritual assemblage)) |
| 8.4.1:85 | ((šina ṣalmī līši ina maḫar Šamaš tašakkan kâm taqabbi)) | ((May my spirit be at peace in the presence of Šamaš, you speak thus)) |
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