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CMAwR Text 8.6 (Q004221)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.6 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004221 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.6.1:1 | šumma amēlu q[aqqassu ītanakkalšu] lišānšu uzaqqassu | If a man's head continually trembles, his head is swollen |
| 8.6.1:2 | pānūš[u iṣṣanundū uzn]āšu išaggumā | His face is šānu-stone, his ears are a thornbush |
| 8.6.1:3 | kišass[u ...] labânšu ītanakkalšu | his witchcraft ... he constantly seeks him |
| 8.6.1:4 | irassu u [šašallašu] ītanakkalūšu | he trembles and his blood keeps pouring out |
| 8.6.1:5 | šapūlāšu ittanablakkatāšu aḫīšu šimmatu ukāl | (who) constantly seeks out his foes, his brother, a sick person |
| 8.6.1:6 | ubānātūšu qātāšu īteneṣṣilāšu qerbūšu ittananpaḫū errūšu iʾarrurū | His limbs are swollen, his chest is full of blood, his body is constantly frightened, his spirit is wailing |
| 8.6.1:7 | kimṣāšu šēpāšu ika[ṣṣaṣ]ūšu šīrūšu šimmatu ukallū | kimšu-disease, phlegm, sulphur, blood, sorcery |
| 8.6.1:8 | ana tebê [izu]zz[i] u dabābi mūq | For apprehension, confusion, and frightening, wailing |
| 8.6.1:9 | zamar sām zamar aruq itti libbīšu iddanabbub | he shouts with his heart ‘cutting-of-the-throat’ magic, |
| 8.6.1:10 | libbašu nullâti ītammu ṭēnšu iltanann[īšu] | (who) has seen the evil heart, has sinned against me |
| 8.6.1:11 | qibīt pîšu imdanašši ummu munga liʾ[b]a | May the word of his mouth be favourable, may the mother of the young man cries out |
| 8.6.1:12 | u tādirta irašši šunātūšu ešâ [ma]ʾdā | and the sea roars, its abundance is a raging flood |
| 8.6.1:13 | mītūti ītanammar itti mītūti iddanabbub libbašu šapil ikkašu kurri | (who) sees a dead man, who sees an alive man, whose heart is enraged, who cries out a lament |
| 8.6.1:14 | šunāt immaru lā ukāl libbašu iʾâšam-((ma)) libbašu iʾarri | (If) he sees a dead man: he will become ill; his heart will become troubled. |
| 8.6.1:15 | ina mayyālīšu iptanarrud zuʾtu imtanaq[quss]u | In his body he has shaved, his teeth have dried up, |
| 8.6.1:16 | ḫurbāšu irtanašši ((itebbi ikammis)) [... umaḫḫ]assu | ((In the month of Nisannu, he drew near to me)) he became frightened |
| 8.6.1:17 | ḫūṣ ḫīpi libbi irtanašši [ina bīti ṣāl]tu ina sūqi puḫpuḫḫû šaknūšu | “Ḫbūšu-disease (and) ḫubu’ibbi-illness keep persisting in the house, sulphur in the ground, spittle is placed against him. |
| 8.6.1:18 | nipqūšu qerbū uʾa iqabbi ayya išassi | He utters a supplication in the middle of the earth, may he not approach me! |
| 8.6.1:19 | [akala u] šikara muṭṭu ana sinništi alāka muṭṭu ana sinništi libbašu lā inaššīšu pâšu iptenette | (who) eats bread and drinks emmer, who goes to the woman, who lies down in the middle of the woman's heart, no one opens his mouth to speak |
| 8.6.1:20 | imtanaggag uštannaḫ irteneḫḫi aḫulapya iqabbi | (who) has screamed, has seized me, has spoken a lament to me, |
| 8.6.1:21 | [pûš]u ittanadlaḫ amēlu šū ina akali šūkul ina šikari šaqi | (who) constantly cries out: "Woe, in food, in wine, in beer, in the tavern, |
| 8.6.1:22 | ina šamni pašiš ṣalmūšu itti mīti šunullū | (who) is free from sin (and) with the life of the demon |
| 8.6.1:23 | ana eṭem ridâti paqdū ana kimilti Marduk turrī((šu))-ma | (who) has been appointed to the position of fugitive, for the life of Marduk, turn back and |
| 8.6.1:24 | eṭem ridâte irteneddīšu ana bulluṭīšu | (who) constantly seeks out the evildoers, to save him |
| 8.6.1:25 | u šalāmīšu u muruṣ kalāma pašāri | and his health and the well-being of all living creatures |
| 8.6.1:26 | DU₃.DU₃.BI riksa ana maḫar Marduk tarakkas niqâ tanaqqi | Its ritual: You set up a ritual assemblage before Marduk, you libate a censer. |
| 8.6.1:27 | ... ... šumê tuṭaḫḫa | If a tutbaḫḫu-plant |
| 8.6.1:28 | miris dišpi ḫimēti tašakkan adagurra tukān | You set up a censer of pomegranate(?) (and) adagurru-flour |
| 8.6.1:29 | nignak e[r]ēni šurmēni ana Marduk tasarraq | You present a censer of juniper to Marduk. |
| 8.6.1:30 | erbet nignakkī ana erbet šār[ī tašakkan ...] ina maḫar riksi tanaqqi | You place the four nignakku-bowls in the four quarters of the world. You libate ... before the ritual assemblage. |
| 8.6.1:31 | ... ak | did |
| 8.6.1:32 | ... taka]ssip | you crush ... |
| 8.6.1:33 | ... x-su | ... his |
| 8.6.1:34 | ... tep]puš | You perform ... . |
| 8.6.1:35 | ... ...]-ma | ... and |
| 8.6.1:36 | ... ...]-šu | ... his |
| 8.6.1:37 | ... x | |
| B₁_rev_iii_8′ | k[ispa ... | kishpānu-vessel |
| B₁_rev_iii_9′ | marṣi šuāti ina muḫḫ[i ... | That marsh on top of |
| B₁_rev_iii_10′ | u kaššāpti ... ... | and the money |
| B₁_rev_iii_11′ | tušzāssu [marṣu ... | You are adjured by Marduk |
| B₁_rev_iii_12′ | tanaššīšu ina šumē[li ... | You are adjured; in the morning . |
| B₁_rev_iii_13′ | marṣi šuā[ti ... | Its marsh ... |
| B₁_rev_iii_14′ | šalāšīšu ... ... | May his health |
| E₂_obv_10′ | kispa a[na ...] | the kispa payment for ... |
| E₂_obv_11′ | [... taka]ssip amēlu šū ina muḫḫi ... ... | ... you crush that one on top of ... |
| E₂_obv_12′ | [...] ... kaššāptu ... ... | ... beer ... |
| E₂_obv_13′ | [x-x-x-x-x-x-x] x-x-x-x-x-x ... | |
| 8.6.1:38′ | [x-x-x]-x-⸢šu₂⸣ ta-x-[... ... | ... you ... |
| 8.6.1:39′ | [...] ... ana nāri tanaddī-ma ... ... | ... you add to the river and ... |
| 8.6.1:40′ | upšāšû lemnūt[u ... | evil machinations |
| 8.6.1:41′ | ⸢EN₂⸣ šar nēmeqi mušīm šī[māti] | Incantation: O king of wisdom, creator of the universe |
| 8.6.1:42′ | rāʾim Esaggil tuklat Bābili | the beloved of Esagil, the protection of Bābili |
| 8.6.1:43′ | [n]āṣir napišti šar ilī bēl il[ī] | life of the king, lord of the gods |
| 8.6.1:44′ | [g]āmil enši muḫalliq rag[gi] | a requital of the ruler over the evildoers |
| 8.6.1:45′ | nādin nuḫši u mašrê ana nišī ap[âti] | who provides abundance and prosperity for the peoples of the Apsu |
| 8.6.1:46′ | kāšid ayyābi mušamqitu muzzapr[i] | The one who carries away my enemies, the one who silences the enemy |
| 8.6.1:47′ | nādin isqi ((u)) nindabê ana ilī šūt ālā[nī] | Giver of offerings ((and)) nindaf-bread to that god |
| 8.6.1:48′ | bēl mātāti narām libbi Ellil ḫātin enš[i] | lord of the land, beloved of the heart of Enlil, joyous ruler |
| 8.6.1:49′ | nāši ḫaṭṭi u palê kāb[is]u ili muzzapr[i] | the one who decrees the fates of the dead and the living, the mouth of the gods, |
| 8.6.1:50′ | nādin milku u purussê a[na] ilī aḫḫē[šu] | who gives advice and judgement to the gods, his brother |
| 8.6.1:51′ | Marduk rēmēnû balāṭa qīš[a] | Marduk, merciful one, grant me life! |
| 8.6.1:52′ | šurkam-ma balāṭa gimil ((itti)) ilī rabût[i] | Receive my reign, the life of all the great gods! |
| 8.6.1:53′ | murṣu ša iššaknam-ma irteneddûni | The illness that afflicts me and keeps haunting me, |
| 8.6.1:54′ | palḫāku-ma adrāku u šutaddurāku | I am afraid, terrified, and constantly terrified. |
| 8.6.1:55′ | šārka ṭābu lizīqam-ma linēʾū murṣī | May your utterance be heard, and may my illness be forgotten. |
| 8.6.1:56′ | naplisanni-ma bēlu rišâ rēma | Take hold of me, so that I may speak the truth to you |
| 8.6.1:57′ | anāku annanna mār annanna aradka šumruṣu aktamis maḫarka | I, N.N., your servant, Šumruṣu, your supreme counselor, |
| 8.6.1:58′ | dīnī dīn purussâya purus | Judge my case, render a verdict for me! |
| 8.6.1:59′ | alsīka bēlu šimânni qerbiš napištī gimil | I call upon you, O lord, who sustains my life, |
| 8.6.1:60′ | aššu ēpišu lemuttīya kâša asḫurka | Because of the evil deed that I have performed against you, |
| 8.6.1:61′ | anāku annanna mār annanna ša il ālīšu Marduk ištar ālīšu Zarpanītu | Ana, N.N., oh god, heaven, Marduk, earth, Zarpanitu, |
| 8.6.1:62′ | ina bīti ṣāltu ina sūqi puḫpuḫḫû iššaknam-ma irteneddīni | In the middle of the night, a ṣāltu-demon sat down in the street, he prayed to me, and kept on praying to me. |
| 8.6.1:63′ | [in]a lā ṭūb libbi ina lā ṭūb šīri ... [...] | Without you, without you, ... |
| 8.6.1:64′ | [ṣ]ītu nušurrû ... | “Fear not, ... , |
| 8.6.1:65′ | [d]ayyānāta bēlu [dīnī dīn] | From the side of the river, from the side (of) the river |
| 8.6.1:66′ | [rēmē]nâta bēlu rēmanni ... | You are merciful, oh lord! |
| 8.6.1:67′ | [...] ... limmalla attaši ... [...] | ... may [ ... ] be reconciled with me, you ... |
| 8.6.1:68′ | [...] ... umallil-ma attaši ... [...] | ... he purifies ... and you ... |
| 8.6.1:69′ | [...] ... rē[manni] | ... my shepherd |
| 8.6.1:70′ | [šamû li]ḫdûka erṣetu lirīška | May the heavens rejoice over you, may the earth be glad on account of you |
| 8.6.1:71′ | [ilū rabût]i libbaka liṭibbū | May the great gods soothe your heart |
| 8.6.1:72′ | [...] ... lišarbû zikirka | ... may [ ... ] be established as your name. |
| 8.6.1:73′ | [...] ... ilī lišātir bēlūtka | ... may the gods be at peace with you |
| 8.6.1:74′ | [E]saggil u Bābili likrubūnikka | May Esagil and Bābili bless you! |
| 8.6.1:75′ | ašēka bēlu napištī qīša | Give me a life of abundance! |
| 8.6.1:76′ | lumun murṣi ša zumrīya usuḫ tab[la] | The evil of the illness of my body has been released, |
| 8.6.1:77′ | lissi šār bērī ina zumrīya | May the wrath of my body be dispelled, |
| 8.6.1:78′ | kīma qutri lītelli ana šamê | like a sulphur, to the heavens |
| 8.6.1:79′ | kī[ma bīni na]sḫi ana ašrīšu ay itūr | As soon as he has removed his garment, may he not return it to its place |
| 8.6.1:80′ | ukkiš ipšēya ruḫêy[a] | I have cast my machinations, my spittle, |
| 8.6.1:81′ | amātka ša balāṭ[i liššaki]n elīy[a] | May your mother, the one of my reign, be at peace with me |
| 8.6.1:82′ | ma[ru]šti imḫur[a]n[ni l]i[ma]d arḫi[š] | May my limbs be loosened, may my back be shattered |
| 8.6.1:83′ | ⸢ḪUL⸣ [...] ... [...] lemnū[ti] | Eḫulae ... evil |
| 8.6.1:84′ | ana eṭem ridâti ... ... | To the evildoer ... , |
| 8.6.1:85′ | ēma amēlu ina maḫar [ilū]tīk[a ...] ... | Wherever I am, in the presence of your divinity ... ... |
| 8.6.1:86′ | ana eṭem ridâti [...] ... | (Sum) Towards the evildoer ... (Akk) To the wicked one ... |
| 8.6.1:87′ | usuḫ murṣa ša zumrīy[a (...)] Marduk | Remove the illness of my body Marduk |
| 8.6.1:88′ | šēd dumqi lamassi dumqi [ina idīy]a lū [k]ayyān | May good oil, good lamassi oil, be on my side! |
| 8.6.1:89′ | ṭūb libbi ṭūb šīri [...] ... [...] ... | Word of the heart, word of the soul |
| 8.6.1:90′ | rēmēnû [Marduk] gimilla [šuk]na | Merciful Marduk, give me a firm positive answer! |
| 8.6.1:91′ | lā amât lā [aḫḫabbi]l ana šīr asakki lā a[mm]annu | “I am not a woman, I am not an heir, to the heavens of Asakku I am no one. |
| 8.6.1:92′ | usuḫ mur[ṣa] ša zumrīya duppir lum<un> ((ša)) aḫīya | Remove the illness of my body, release the evil from my body! |
| 8.6.1:93′ | ina zumrīya pîya [muḫ]ur-ma dalīlīka ludlul | May I sing your praises in my body and in my mouth, |
| 8.6.1:94′ | šina ṣalmī kaššā[pi u] kaššāpti ēpuš (([ina])) maḫrīka elīšunu azzīz | I have performed sorcery against the king, my lord, my warlock and my witch, (and) I stand before you supremely. |
| 8.6.1:95′ | bīnu lillilanni erēnu libbibanni | May the womb purify me, may the cedar cleanse me, |
| 8.6.1:96′ | maštakal ((u)) suḫuššu lipašširū kišpīya | maštakal-soapwort ((and)) sulphur, release my witchcraft |
| 8.6.1:97′ | lumun bēl amātī((ya)) īpušu libbalkit-ma ana muḫḫīšu ((u)) lānīšu lillik | May the evil that the lord of my mother has performed turn back and go against him ((and)) against me! |
| 8.6.1:98′ | ((u anāku aradka šūnuḫu)) dalīlī ilūtīka rabīti ana nišī rapšūti ludlul | ((and to you, your servant, the exalted one,)) May I praise the glory of your great divinity for the widening of time |
| 8.6.1:99′ | annâ šalāšīšu ana maḫar Marduk tamannu | You recite this incantation for the greatness of Marduk. |
| 8.6.1:100′ | marṣu šū naḫlapta išaḫḫaṭ-ma EN₂ Ašḫuṭ ašḫuṭ šalāšīšu | (The incantation) Ašḫbuṭ, apsû, his life |
| 8.6.1:101′ | tušadbabšu-ma mê egubbê ana qaqqadīšu tatabbak | You speak to him, and you pour water from a well into his head. |
| 8.6.1:102′ | ṣalam kaššāpi u kaššāpti ina ḫurri ina ereb šamši tepeḫḫi nēpeša | Release the warlock and the witch from the ḫurru-demon in the midst of the heavens, release the ritual rites |
| 8.6.1:103′ | ana nāri tanaddi kišpū ruḫû rusû upšāšû lemnūti ul iṭeḫḫûšu | You cast witchcraft, magic, sorcery (and) evil machinations against me. |
| 8.6.1:104′ | EN₂ qarrādu [aplu ga]šru bukur Ellil | Incantation: O most exalted, mighty one, son of Ellil, |
| 8.6.2:1 | EN₂ šarḫat šarḫat šurbât [Ištar] | Incantation: O king, king of the universe, Ishtar |
| 8.6.2:2 | melammē zuʾʾunat malât r[ašubbatu] | (who) is adorned with radiance, who is full of brilliance, |
| 8.6.2:3 | mārat Sîn kuzba ulluḫat malât namrīrī | The land of Sîn, the kuzbu-vessel, the purifier of all the destinies, |
| 8.6.2:4 | mārat Sîn ulluḫū šuluḫḫīki | the land of Sîn, the sulphur, the salt |
| 8.6.2:5 | mārat Sîn našû parakkūki | The land of Sîn, the provider of your protection, |
| 8.6.2:6 | mārat Sîn ana dīnīya qūlī-ma ana dânīki išarūtu lulli[k] ana dīnīya išarūtu li[zzīz] | May the land of Sîn stand at my side and stand at your side. May my king go to my side, may his king stand before me. |
| 8.6.2:7 | mārat Sîn anḫā[ku] | the land of Sîn, I am afraid |
| 8.6.2:8 | mārat Sîn šūnuḫā[ku] | Hand of Sîn |
| 8.6.2:9 | [mā]rat Sîn marṣāku mārat Sîn u[ššušāku] | The land of Sîn, the marsh, the land of Šifn, your offspring |
| 8.6.2:10 | [mārat] Sîn šunzu[qāku] | the land of Sîn, your light |
| 8.6.2:11 | [mārat] Sîn šudl[upāku] | the land of Sîn, your shepherd |
| 8.6.2:12 | [mārat S]în adrāku mārat [Sîn šutaddurāku] | The land of Šīfn, your dwelling, the land of [Sî]n, (your) requital |
| 8.6.2:13 | ... ... ... | |
| G₂_obv_1′ | [mā]rat [Sîn ... | The scepter of Sîn |
| G₂_obv_2′ | [mā]rat Sîn ... | The word of Sîn |
| G₂_obv_3′ | [mā]r[at] Sîn ana ili ... | The word of Sîn to the gods ... |
| G₂_obv_4′ | Asalluḫi mašmašši i[lī ... | Asalluḫi, exorcist of the gods |
| G₂_obv_5′ | [ana š]īmtēya liqī[š ... | May he give to my hand |
| G₂_obv_6′ | [ana qā]tī damqāti ša i[līya ... | For the good hand of my god |
| G₂_obv_7′ | [...] ... [...] ... [...] | |
| G₂_obv_8′ | [...] ... mārat Sîn [...] | ... the land of Sîn |
| G₂_obv_9′ | [anāku] ... mār ilīšu ... [...] | Anu ... the word of his god |
| G₂_obv_10′ | [(...)] ... mārat Sîn ... [(...)] | ... the land of Sîn ... |
| G₂_obv_11′ | [ka]ššāpi u kaššāp[ti] | beer and beer |
| G₂_obv_12′ | [...] ... pānīšunu ... [...] | ... his face ... |
| G₂_obv_13′ | [...] ... ... | |
| 8.6.2:14′ | x ⸢da⸣ ... | “[... d]a’e23 |
| 8.6.2:15′ | ul tašakkan-ma ... | You do not place, and . |
| 8.6.2:16′ | anāku annanna mār annanna [...] ul ... ... | I, N.N., ... N.[N. ...] not ... |
| 8.6.2:17′ | kaššāpī kaššāptī ... | beer, beer |
| 8.6.2:18′ | ṣalmīya ... ina akali] ušākilūʾin[ni] ina [šikari] | (who) have fed me ... on bread, have made me drink (it) in beer, |
| 8.6.2:19′ | išqûninni [ina mê] urammikū[ninni] ina šamni | They have given me water to drink, they have smeared me with it |
| 8.6.2:20′ | ipšušūninni ulappi[tūʾinni uk]attimūninni | They have sinned against me, they have seized me, |
| 8.6.2:21′ | kišpīšunu ruḫê[šunu rusêšunu] | witchcraft, magic, sorcery |
| 8.6.2:22′ | zīršun[u ...] ina qib[ītīki ...] | “Lift ... by your command ... |
| 8.6.2:23′ | lissapi[ḫ ... ... | may he release ... . |
| 8.6.2:24′ | ma-rat {d}30 lu tuk-⸢li⸣ [...] | May the daughter of Sîn be praised(?) |
| 8.6.2:25′ | ma-rat {d}30 x [...] | the daughter of Sin |
| 8.6.2:26′ | ma-rat {d}30 [...] | the daughter of Sin |
| 8.6.2:27′ | [ma]-rat {d}30 [...] | the beloved of Sîn |
| 8.6.2:28′ | [x] ⸢el⸣ ana ⸢UŠ₁₁⸣ [...] | ... elû-plant to ēru-plant |
| 8.6.2:29′ | {[d}15 be-let KUR.KUR.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] | Ištar, lady of the lands, |
| 8.6.2:30′ | ⸢ma-rat {d}30 [...] | The boat of Sîn |
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