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CMAwR Text 8.13 (Q004229)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.13 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004229 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.13:1 | šumma amēlu bēl lemutti ir(aš)ši lišān(u) ... [...] ... irteneddûšu | If a man has been seized by an evil lord, he will die ... ... will keep him alive. |
| 8.13:2 | dibbīšu idabbubū amâtīšu uštanannû karṣīšu ikkalū | They speak his words, they keep repeating his utterances, they eat his food |
| 8.13:3 | dābibi ittīšu kītta lā idabbub kišpū ruḫû rusû upšāšû lemnūtu | May the gods not speak with him, may witchcraft, magic, sorcery, evil machinations |
| 8.13:4 | ina lā edê saḫrūšu ilu šarru kabtu rubû tīru nanzāzu u bāb ēkalli | In the absence of a steppe, the saḫrû-demon, god, king, mighty, prince, lord of life, his youth, and the gate of Enkallu, |
| 8.13:5 | ittīšu ušaškinū-ma zenû ittīšu ana pašārim-ma | (who) has become angry with him and has become frightened with him, |
| 8.13:6 | u kiṣir lumni ša ikṣurūšu paṭāri ilu šarru kabtu u rubû tīru | and the evil kiṣir-demon that has seized him, the gods, kings, nobles, and princes, |
| 8.13:7 | nanzāzu u bāb ēkalli ittīšu mugguri ubān damiqti arkīšu tarāṣim-ma | You recite this balaŋ composition ukīn ēkallu with muggur-stone (and) good ṣumû-stone. |
| 8.13:8 | [q]abû šemû magāru ana amēli šuāti šakānim-ma | “Speak, hear, I will be favourable to the land, my hand, and |
| 8.13:9 | [ā]miršu ana ḫadê eli āmirīšu uzuzzi | (who) has turned his face into a cloud over his face, |
| 8.13:10 | ilu šarru kabtu u rubû tīru nanzāzu ittīšu ana sullumi | May god, king, noble, and prince, the one who sees his light with him, be reconciled with me! |
| 8.13:11 | etelliš ana atalluki ernettašu ana kašādi nīš qātīšu ilšu ana maḫāri | (who) has risen up against you, has set up an ernašu-demon for you, his hand (and) his god before you |
| 8.13:12 | nindabêšu ana râmi ilīšu zenûtu ittīšu ana sullumi | His food is for the love of his god, the zenûtu-priestess is with him for the well-being |
| 8.13:13 | qibīt pîšu ana šemê eli šarri kabti rubê aqāri-ma šuṭubbi atmêšu | I uttered the command of his mouth to the heavens above the king, the powerful, the prince, and he gave me his name. |
| 8.13:14 | DU₃.DU₃.BI ana maḫar Ištar ašar šēpu parsat ūra tašabbiṭ mê ellūti tasallaḫ paṭīra tukān nignak burāši tašakkan | Its ritual: In the presence of Ištar, the lord, you sprinkle pure water. You set up a censer (and) a burāzu-vessel. |
| 8.13:15 | niqâ ebba tanaqqi imitta ḫimṣa šumê tuṭaḫḫa | You make a pure offering, you set up a šumê-vessel, |
| 8.13:16 | šikara u karāna tanaqqi erba libnāti šaḫâ tanaddi lutê ṣarbati teṣēn | You libate šikara and karānu-beer, you add sulphur, lutê-plant, ‘sunrise to moonset’: |
| 8.13:17 | gizillâ ina išāt kibrīti taqâd-ma abra tuštaḫḫaz | You strew a reed mat in the middle of the kibrītu-vessel, and the shepherd will dwell there. |
| 8.13:18 | kīma abra alaktašu uqtattû erēna šurmēna qanâ ṭāba asa | Like a sage, I have smeared him with sulphur, cedar, cypress, ‘hand-of-the-mouth’, |
| 8.13:19 | ballukka u maṣḫata tasarraq šikara u karāna tanaqqi šiptu annītu šalāšīšu | You libate ballukku-beer and maṣḫatu-plant, you pour tamarisk and karānu-flour, this is his well-being |
| 8.13:20 | ina maḫar Ištar tamannū-ma uškên mala libbašu ṣabtu idabbub teslīssu šemât | You recite in the presence of Ištar, and then he speaks a word of his heart's desire. |
| 8.13:21 | amēlu šū ilu šarru kabtu rubû tīru nanzāza u bāb ēkalli ittīšu salmū | I am the hand of the god, the king, the powerful, the prince, the provider of your light and the one who provides for Ekalli with him, |
| 8.13:22 | [i]lūšu zenûtu ittīšu salmū ernettašu ikaššad etelliš ittanallak | His angry (personal) god is reconciled with him, his slanderer is bound, his adversary is bound. |
| 8.13:23 | u ṣummirāti ikaššad ittīšu kīnāti ītammû amēlu šū nignakka gizillâ | and the ṣummirātu-demon, the one who is angry with him, (who) sees the earth, I am the hand of the torch, the torch |
| 8.13:24 | [tušbā]ʾšu-ma ana bītī((šu)) iššer amēla lā ella sinništa lā elleta lā immar | You sit down and enter (the house) of a dead man, a pure woman, an unclean woman, and he will not see. |
| 8.13:25 | [EN₂ ...] ... ilī kanūt bēlēti | Incantation: “... ... of the gods, the gate of justice |
| 8.13:26 | [ṣīrtu tizqar]tu šaruḫtu ilāti | scepter of justice, savior of the gods |
| 8.13:27 | [...] ... binti Ellil mālik(u) šadû Igigi | ... ..., daughter-in-law of Ellil, guide of the Igigi, |
| 8.13:28 | [... aš]aretti šamê u erṣeti ša lā innennû qibīssa | ... of heaven and earth, whose command cannot be altered, |
| 8.13:29 | [...] ... šākinat nūri ana ilī gimrassun | ... ..., the one who provides light to all the gods |
| 8.13:30 | [... šam]ê u erṣeti munammirat kibrāti | ... of heaven and earth, the light of the underworld, |
| 8.13:31 | [... ...]at tuqunti šalumma[ta ša]rḫat lābišat šarūrū | ... ... of battle, you are exalted, surpassing, king |
| 8.13:32 | [...] ... mušalqâta līta an[a a]llalli Marduk qurādi | ... ..., you are the one who encircles the mountains, Marduk, the warrior, |
| 8.13:33 | [...] kussî u palê ana kalīšunu šarrāni | ..., kussî-disease and ‘seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic for all the lands |
| 8.13:34 | [... t]āḫāzi mušakṣirat anunti | ..., the one who keeps watch over the horizon, |
| 8.13:35 | [... mukin]nat saḫmašti mutt[ak]kipat šadê | ... who establishes saḫmaštu-disease, who blocks the way, |
| 8.13:36 | [... t]u abūb lā m[aḫ]ār alīlat tamḫāri | ... a solitary cow, a distant mountain range |
| 8.13:37 | [...] ... muparr[ir]at kiṣir multarḫi | ... ..., the one who disperses the kiṣir net |
| 8.13:38 | [... k]āšidat lā m[āg]iri muḫalliqat zāʾiru | ..., the one who removes the scepter of the enemy, who overthrows the enemy |
| 8.13:39 | [Anu Ellil u] Ea ilū abbū[ki] ušarbû bēlūtki | Anu, Ellil and Ea, the gods, your fathers, lords of your body, |
| 8.13:40 | ... ... ušarri[ḫū šumki u]šātirū man[zazki] | ... he made your hand tremble, he destroyed your manzazku-demon |
| 8.13:41 | ... x ... | |
| 8.13:42′ | ... ... ... | |
| 8.13:43′ | ... ⸢ši⸣ ti ur ⸢ra⸣ [x-x] x ... | (Sum) ... ... (Akk) The ... of the mountain, the mountain(?) ... |
| 8.13:44′ | ... g]ērûʾa nekelm[ûʾinn]i tīru nan[zāz]u | ... the reed screen is dark, the tīru-glass is bright. |
| 8.13:45′ | ... ēkalli iprusū lū [i]qabbû lemuttī | ..., the ēkallu-priestess, the one who speaks evil, |
| 8.13:46′ | ... ina ēk]alli šuškunāku imaṭṭi atmûʾa | [ ... ] in the Ekallu temple, the šunakunakku-priestess, the atmû-priest |
| 8.13:47′ | ... ...-ma iš[ša]kna zīru | ... and in your presence zimcru-disease |
| 8.13:48′ | ... ... iššaknam-m[a ir]teneddânni | ... he prayed to you and kept me awake |
| 8.13:49′ | ... nullâti a[t]mû lā kīnu | [ ... ] I am pure, I am not false |
| 8.13:50′ | ... igāru elīya imqut-ma isḫupanni | ... fell upon me and smote me, |
| 8.13:51′ | ... ru]ḫû magal ... elīya | ... great ruḫû-demon over me |
| 8.13:52′ | ... l]ibbāti ša ili u am[ēli ... ...-a]nni ... ūma ul aṣallal mušīti | ... the heart of god and man ... my ... ... I do not fear the night |
| 8.13:53′ | ... arkīya [...] lā ippaṭṭarū | ... behind me ... not reach |
| 8.13:54′ | ... g]inâ ... [...] ... ušarbabā surriš | ... like a ... ... weeps |
| 8.13:55′ | ... kâši attakk[il bašâ uzn]āya šapalki akmis | ... I have smashed your mouth, I have covered my body with your skin, |
| 8.13:56′ | ... ... lamûʾinni ... [...] ... tebû arkīya | [ ... ] ... I am afraid ... you have come before me, |
| 8.13:57′ | ... ... eklēti [...] ... [...] ... s[a]pāriš | ... evil ... |
| 8.13:58′ | ... x-ti a-⸢di-ru-ti⸣ [x-x-(x)]-x man ⸢it⸣ ḫu kiš x | ... the adirutu-priestess ... king of the ešû-priesthood |
| 8.13:59′ | ... ⸢qar⸣ nigin uk ti [x-x-x-x] x-x-x-x | ... a qarû plant |
| 8.13:60′ | ... x ⸢u₂-gam⸣-mar ud [x-x-x-x] x-x ... | ... the egam-emar |
| 8.13:61′ | ... x-x-x-x ... | |
| 8.13:62′′ | ... ... dannat qaritti māḫira [lā tīšî] | [ ... ] ... the fierce one, the enraged one, who has no rival |
| 8.13:63′′ | ... šamû apsû liknušū šapalki | [ ... ], may the heavens and the subterranean ocean be at your disposal, |
| 8.13:64′′ | [I]gigi [(...) l]iššiqū šēpīki | May the Igigi, ..., bind you |
| 8.13:65′′ | [ilū rab]ûtu āšibūt šamê u erṣeti liktarrabū šarrūtki | May the great gods, the people of heaven and earth, bless your kingship |
| 8.13:66′′ | [ina ṣī]t pîki ša lā nakār ana annanna mār annanna ardīki liqqabi aḫulap | By your mouth, which cannot be altered, may N.N. speak a word of your ardīku-disease, |
| 8.13:67′′ | [KA].⸢INIM⸣.MA ŠU.IL₂.LA₂ ER₂.ŠA₃.ḪUN.GA₂ {d}INANNA.KE₄ | It is the wording of a lifted-hand prayer to Ishtar. |
| 8.13:68′′ | kīma labirīšu šaṭir bari | Like a labiru-demon, a šaṭir-disease (is a sign) |
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