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CMAwR Text 8.5 (Q004220)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.5 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004220 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.5.1:1′ | [... eddēšû nūr ilī kay]yān muštēš[er elâti] | ..., light of the gods, who guides the upper world |
| 8.5.1:2′ | [u šaplâti rēʾû k]ēnu ša tenēšēti [attā] | And you, the merciful shepherd, are the one of the people, |
| 8.5.1:3′ | [Šamaš dayyānu ṣīru ša qibīssu lā uttakk]aru annašu mamma l[ā innû] | O Šamaš, judge, whose command cannot be changed, no one can change it |
| 8.5.1:4′ | [Šamaš ina qibītīka ušteššerā apâtu edlu ippette petû i]nneddil Šamaš ina aṣê[k]a | O Šamaš, by your command, I have surrounded the inhabited world, the open country has become deserted, the sheepfold has become barren, O Shalmaneser, in your presence |
| 8.5.1:5′ | [mû kaṣûtu limḫurūka ilū š]a māti likr[ubūk]a | May a future ruler restore you, may the gods of the land bless you, |
| 8.5.1:6′ | [ilū rabûtu libbaka liṭibbū Šamaš tarmuš ina pî]ya | May the great gods pacify your heart, O Šamaš, sage, in my mouth |
| 8.5.1:7′ | [imḫur-ešrā ina šumēlīya Siris pāšir ili u amēli ina imnīya naš]âku | Siris, the guardian of the gods and goddesses, is with me at night |
| 8.5.1:8′ | [ina muḫḫi a]tbāri šadî e[l]li a[zzâ]z-ma | I stand on top of the mountain, above, and |
| 8.5.1:9′ | [Šamaš š]a ana yâši itti lemutti ī[puša ki]špī ruḫê rusê lā ṭāb[ūti īp]uša | O Šamaš, this is what he has done against me with evil intent: witchcraft, magic, sorcery, evil machinations have been performed against me. |
| 8.5.1:10′ | [ṣalmīya lū] ša ṭīdi lū ša līši lū ša lipî lū ša iškūri | My limbs are either that of a lion, or that of an eagle, [or that of] a snake, |
| 8.5.1:11′ | [lū ša kups]i lū ēpuš ((lū ušēpiš)) kalba lū ušākil | a man with a knife, a deceiver ((a person who has performed sorcery against me)), a kalba-demon, or an ēšākil-disease |
| 8.5.1:12′ | šaḫ[â lū ušākil ((iṣṣūra lū ušāk]il)) ana nāri lū iddi ina erṣeti lū iqbir | ((The šaḫâ-demon, the one who encircles me)) ((the irru-disease that enrages a man)) to the river, (the one who) gave (it) to me, in the netherworld, he destroyed. |
| 8.5.1:13′ | [ina libit]ti lū itēʾ ina askuppi lū itmir ina ig[ā]ri lū ipḫe | In the middle of it, either he screams at the door, or he sheds tears at the window, |
| 8.5.1:14′ | [ēpuš]a ušēpiša isḫura ušasḫira lū kaššāpu | I have performed sorcery against the Išbura, I have smashed the Ashurbanipal, may it be a beer |
| 8.5.1:15′ | [lū kaššāpt]u lū zikaru lū sinništu lū mītu lū balṭu epšētēšu | either a mugû-demon, a prostitute, or a woman, either dead or alive, his deeds |
| 8.5.1:16′ | [...] ... upšāšûšu ana muḫḫīšu u lānīšu lillikū | ... may his machinations go against him and his foes |
| 8.5.1:17′ | [ina qibīt ilūtīk]a rabīti ša lā uttakkaru u annīka k[īn]i | By the command of your great divinity, which cannot be changed, and this sealed document |
| 8.5.1:18′ | ša lā in[ne]nnû ((ina ūme annê maḫrīka ... aḫṭi)) yâši lū paṭrūni yâši lū [pašrūni] | ((At that time, in a very exalted day, ... I am)) |
| 8.5.1:19′ | (([...] ...)) ina kaspi ḫurāṣi lūbib | ((... ...)) Let me drink the ḫurašu-plant in beer |
| 8.5.1:20′ | lūmur nū[r]a luštaḫḫan ṣēt(uk)ka | May I see your light, may I be encircled with your light |
| 8.5.1:21′ | bulliṭanni-ma dalīlīka ludlu[l] | Bullit me, and I will praise your glory! |
| 8.5.1:22′ | [KA.INIM.MA] ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣.BUR₂.RU.DA.KAM | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer. |
| 8.5.1:23′ | [riksa ana maḫar] Šamaš tarakkas niqâ tanaqqi šina ṣalmī līš[i] | You set up a ritual arrangement before Šamaš. You present offerings. May my heart be glad. |
| 8.5.1:24′ | [šina ṣalmī lipî šina] ṣalmī kupsi šina ṣalmī ittê šina ṣalmī ṭīdi šina ṣal[mī iškūri] | “My son, the ṣalmu-plant, my lipû-plant (and) my kupsu-vessel, my thigh, my neck, my arm, my leg, my ankle, my knees, |
| 8.5.1:25′ | [tasaddir]a mê ina muḫḫi irammuk-ma kišpī pašrū | You pour water over it, and the witchcraft will be undone. |
| 8.5.1:45′′ | [...] ... ... | |
| 8.5.1:46′′ | [...] ... šanê [ṭēmi ... | ... the mountain(s) |
| 8.5.1:47′′ | [īpu]ša [isḫ]ura išēʾ[a ... | He poured out a libation bowl, ... |
| 8.5.1:48′′ | Ea šar aps[î ... | Ea, king of the Apsu, ... |
| 8.5.1:49′′ | napšašātēšunu [našparātēšunu (...)] | Your supplications, your utterances |
| 8.5.1:50′′ | rimkīšunu ... ... | The rimkunu-plant |
| 8.5.1:51′′ | kadabbedû zi[kurudû ... | [Ka]dabbedû-magic, ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, . . |
| 8.5.1:52′′ | ana muḫḫīšu<nu> lill[ikū ... | May they go to him |
| 8.5.1:53′′ | lumunšunu epšētē[šunu kīma giš]parri libbalki[t] | May the evils (and) the deeds be dispelled like a trap. |
| 8.5.1:54′′ | libāršunūti ... [...] ... idāya ... [(...)] | My heart ... ... my side ... |
| 8.5.1:55′′ | ina dīnīka [(m)īšar]ūtu lull[ik] | In your case, may Ishvaru lie down. |
| 8.5.1:56′′ | šina ṣalmī iškūri tepp[uš-(ma) ...] ... laḫann[ī] ... | You perform a ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic against me and ... ... my anger ... |
| 8.5.1:57′′ | ... ... ... ... [...] ... [(...)] | |
| 8.5.1:65′′ | [...] ... ... | |
| 8.5.1:66′′ | ušēpiša ... ... | he has performed |
| 8.5.1:67′′ | enenna ana maḫrīk[a] ul[tazīz ... | Now I stand before you |
| 8.5.1:68′′ | dīnī dīn purussâya [purus ... | Judge my case, render my verdict! |
| 8.5.1:69′′ | libbalkit-ma ... ... | [may it] cross over [and ... ]. |
| 8.5.1:70′′ | arkassunu ... ... | [I am] afraid ... [ ... ], |
| 8.5.1:71′′ | gišparru ... ... | The parru-tree |
| 8.5.1:72′′ | ay isniq ... ... | May it not fall ... . |
| 8.5.1:73′′ | ana yâši ana illat[īy]a ... | To me, to my illness, . . [.] |
| 8.5.1:74′′ | ša ilīya u ištarīya ... ... | of my god and my goddess |
| 8.5.1:75′′ | šina ṣalmī iškūri teppuš ... ... ... [...] | You perform šunû-disease (and) sorcery against me, ... ... |
| 8.5.1:76′′ | tanaddi ina ṭīdi bābšunu tepeḫḫi ... | You scatter (them) on a bed of baked bricks, you open . |
| 8.5.1:77′′ | EN₂ alsīka Šamaš ina qereb šamê ellūti | Incantation: O Asikku, Šamaš, in the midst of the pure heavens, |
| 8.5.1:78′′ | ina ṣilli erēni tišab-ma | You dwell on the cedar stela |
| 8.5.1:79′′ | lū šaknā šēpāka ina ((muḫḫi)) tupat burāši | May the šaknu-plant (and) pomegranates be present in ((the heap)) of the basket of juniper |
| 8.5.1:80′′ | rīšūnikka mātātu ḫitbuṣūnikka ḫabībū | Your love-making, the land, your rejoicing, your joy |
| 8.5.1:81′′ | nūrka namru kala nišī ibarri | May your light shine brightly on the whole earth, |
| 8.5.1:82′′ | saḫip šuškallaka puḫur mātāti | The saḫip of the kallû-demon, the dispersal of the land |
| 8.5.1:83′′ | Šamaš attā-ma mūdê riksīšunu | Šamaš, you are the one who establishes their bonds |
| 8.5.1:84′′ | muḫalliq raggi mupaššir namburbê | Who removes the wicked, who dispels the namburbê-demon |
| 8.5.1:85′′ | idāti ittāti lemnūti šunāti pardāti lā ṭābūti | The river, the evil one, the šunûtu-disease, the curse, the insubmissive, |
| 8.5.1:86′′ | musallit qê lumni muḫalliq nišī u māt[i] | who removes evil from the people and the land |
| 8.5.1:87′′ | ēpiš kišpī ruḫê rusê ((lemnūti)) ēteṣir maḫark[a] | Witchcraft, sorcery (and) evil machinations against Etesbir, the supreme temple |
| 8.5.1:88′′ | ina Nissaba elleti ṣalmīšunu abn[i] | With pure Nissaba, I extinguish their aura |
| 8.5.1:89′′ | ša kišpū īpušū((ni)) ikpudū((ni)) nullât[i] | Who has performed witchcraft against me, has wrought evil against me |
| 8.5.1:90′′ | itgur libbašunu-ma malû tuššāt[i] | (who) has turned against you, and who dwells with you |
| 8.5.1:91′′ | izizzam-ma Šamaš nūr ilī rabût[i] | Stand, O Šamaš, light of the great gods |
| 8.5.1:92′′ | ina muḫḫi bēl ruḫêya lūtalal anāku | On account of the lord of my distress, may I go to the netherworld |
| 8.5.1:93′′ | ilī bānīya idāya lizzīz | May the gods who created me stand at my side, |
| 8.5.1:94′′ | mussu pīya šutēšurā qātāya | the mouth of my mouth, the hand of my hand |
| 8.5.1:95′′ | šutēširam-ma bēlu nūr kiššati Šamaš dayyānu | Šamaš, judge of the universe, |
| 8.5.1:96′′ | ūmu arḫu šattu U₄ 7.KAM] U₄.15.[KAM U₄ 21.KAM] U₄ 30.KAM lipaṭṭirū kipdīya | “May the day of the seven, the fifteenth, the 21st, (and) the 30th release my chains. |
| 8.5.1:97′′ | Ea As[a]lluḫi li[p]ašširū kišpīya | May Ea and Asalluḫi release my witchcraft |
| 8.5.1:98′′ | puššer kiš[p]īya puṭur iʾiltī | Release my witchcraft, release my sin! |
| 8.5.1:99′′ | bulliṭanni-ma dalīlīka ludlul | Bullit me and I will praise your glory! |
| 8.5.1:100′′ | ina muḫḫi ṣalam qēmi ... [...] ... [...] | On top of the ṣalam-vessel, the ‘hand’ |
| 8.5.1:101′′ | šalāšīšu tamannū-ma qātī[šu taṣabb]at-m[a k]īam [taqab]bī-[ma] | You recite the incantation, and then you speak his hand, then you say the kīcam prayer |
| 8.5.1:102′′ | EN₂ alsīka Šamaš ina qereb šamê ell[ūti] | Incantation: I am Asikku, O Šamaš, in the midst of the pure heavens |
| 8.5.1:103′′ | [anāk]u [a]nn[anna mār annan]n[a] ša ilšu annanna ištarš[u] a[nnannītu] | I, N.N., the one who is like me, whose god is N.[N.], whose goddess is [N.]N. |
| 8.5.1:104′′ | ša mangu [luʾtu] kišpī ruḫê rusê umal[lânni] | Whose ‘hand-of-a-goat’ (is) witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) machinations have seized me |
| 8.5.1:105′′ | qātu le[muttu] ša amēlūti ušam[ḫiranni] | The evil hand of the humankind has afflicted me, |
| 8.5.1:106′′ | ugarrânni uleʾʾân[ni] | they have seized me, they have bound me, |
| 8.5.1:107′′ | ulappitanni pīya u lišānī iṣbat[u] | He has seized my mouth and tongue, |
| 8.5.1:108′′ | atmâya umaṭṭû zikurudâ | my words, the ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, |
| 8.5.1:109′′ | kadabbedâ īpuša itti ili u ištari u am[ēlūti] | who performs witchcraft against god and goddess and mankind |
| 8.5.1:110′′ | uzennûʾinni [...]ya itb[uku] | They have seized me, they have slain me |
| 8.5.1:111′′ | ašu[št]u ḫattu p[iritti ... iškunu (...)] | The ašûtu-demon, the evil-doer, the slanderer, ... have set against you (...) |
| 8.5.1:112′′ | ... ... | |
| 8.5.1:113′′ | akmiska ina dēn kītti ša ina [maḫrīka ibaššû] | I call upon you in the requital of justice that is in your presence. |
| 8.5.1:114′′ | [ina] nar[b]î ša Ea šar apsî upšāš[ê ša Asalluḫi] | By the greatness of Ea, king of the Apsu, the sorcery of Asalluḫi |
| 8.5.1:115′′ | [apk]al i[l]ī Marduk murṣī liṭṭar[id ... | The apkallu-priest of the god Marduk, may his illness be undone |
| 8.5.1:116′′ | kī gašrūt[i] lūšir kaššā[ptu ša ... | Like a pig, may I be the messenger of the king, my lord |
| 8.5.1:117′′ | [m]ešrê[t]īya ukassû [inanna ṣalmīšunu] | I have made my limbs tremble, O Ishtar, turn back your anger! |
| 8.5.1:118′′ | ēpuš-ma ušzīz ina qi[bītīka rabīti ša lā uttakkaru] | He has performed sorcery against me, by your great command that cannot be changed |
| 8.5.1:119′′ | [ina] qibīt bēl bēlī ša [lā innennû] | By the command of the lord of the city, which cannot be altered |
| 8.5.1:120′′ | [ina qibīt Marduk bēl šipti m]uballiṭ [mīti] | At the command of Marduk, lord of the harvest, Uballiṭ, my lady |
| 8.5.1:123′′ | lub[luṭ ... | lublut-plant |
| 8.5.1:124′′ | šina ṣalmī ṭīdi ina maḫar Šamaš tašakkan-ma ... [...] | You recite the incantation, you place it before Šamaš and ... |
| 8.5.1:125′′ | [a]ṭbuḫšunūti aṭṭa[baḫšunūti] | Atuḫšunûti, Attabāti |
| 8.5.1:126′′ | epšētīšunu ušā[bi]l šāru ... [...] | The deeds that I have done, the incantation(s) of the heavens |
| 8.5.1:127′′ | (...) kišāssun[u tanakkas-m]a ina šēpīka t[esêršunūti] | [(...)] you bind their knots, and with a cloth you tie them (them) up. |
| 8.5.1:128′′ | mê qātīka ina muḫḫīš[unu tatabbak] | You pour pure water over them. |
| 8.5.1:129′′ | ⸢EN₂⸣ Šamaš kaššāp[u] u kaš[š]āptu ul īd[ēšunūti] | Incantation: O Šamaš, the warlock and the witch do not know |
| 8.5.1:130′′ | āriḫī ul īde ... [...] ... u[l īde (...)] | He does not know ..., he does not [know ...] |
| 8.5.1:131′′ | kāṣirī ul īde kāṣirtī [ul īde] | He does not know the quay, he does not [know] the river |
| 8.5.1:132′′ | Šamaš ((kaššāpī)) kaššāptī u[l īde (...)] | Šamaš, ((beer)) (and) beer, I do not know |
| 8.5.1:133′′ | lū subarât lū ... | Whether subarât-soapwort or , |
| 8.5.1:134′′ | lū gutât lū ... ... | a man, a woman |
| 8.5.1:135′′ | [l]ū elamât lū [nar]šinnat ... | either Elamite or singer of ... |
| 8.5.1:136′′ | lū mārtu ša māt Elamti lū lullu[bât ...] | either a man of the land of Elam or a lullabâtu-demon |
| 8.5.1:137′′ | lū saḫḫiru lū sāḫirtu l[ū ... | either a saḫbiru-demon, or a cress, or |
| 8.5.1:138′′ | Šamaš ša attā tīd[û] an[āku-ma lā īdû] | Šamaš, you are the one who knows, but he does not know |
| 8.5.1:139′′ | [š]a kišpī ruḫê rusê upš[āšê lemnūti] | Hand of witchcraft, magic, sorcery, evil machinations |
| 8.5.1:140′′ | ... [...] ... ... | |
| 8.5.1:141′′ | [Šamaš annû]te šunu annûte [ṣ]almū[šunu] | O Šamaš, these are the teeming (people), these are their figurines |
| 8.5.1:142′′ | [kīma] šunu <lā> izzazzū ṣ[almī]šunu n[ašâku (...)] | Just as the hands of a lion stand there, the figurines of them are yours |
| 8.5.1:145′′ | [KA.INIM.MA UŠ₁₁].⸢BUR₂.RU⸣.[DA.KAM] | Wording for undoing witchcraft. |
| 8.5.1:150′′ | ... ⸢UGU-šu₂⸣ ... | ... on him |
| 8.5.Add:1′ | [DU₃.DU₃.BI ina kišād nā]ri qaqqara tašabb[iṭ mê ellūti tasallaḫ] | Its ritual: In the ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ of the ground you sweep the ground, you sprinkle pure water. |
| 8.5.Add:2′ | [paṭīra tukān ina muḫḫi] paṭīri s[uluppī sasqâ tasarraq] | You tie a knot on top of the knot, you recite the incantation sasqâ over it. |
| 8.5.Add:3′ | [...] tašakkan ... [...] | ... you place |
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