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CMAwR Text 8.14 (Q004230)
Incantation-Ritual
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| Designation | CMAwR Text 8.14 |
|---|---|
| ID | Q004230 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 8.14:1′ | x [x-x-x-(x)] x-x-x ... | |
| 8.14:2′ | up-ša₂-⸢še-e⸣ [x]-⸢šim⸣-ma ⸢DAM-ša₂⸣ DIM₄-⸢šim⸣-[ma ... | Incantation: “It is the scribal art, it is its lord’s art. It is the step of . |
| 8.14:3′ | šu-a-ti ⸢a⸣-na mi-ḫi-x up-ša₂-⸢še⸣-[e ... | This is what I have learned in Sumerian. |
| 8.14:4′ | u₂-še-pi-šu-ni-šim-ma ⸢a⸣-[na ... | he made him enter, and the ea-e-na |
| 8.14:5′ | DU₃.DU₃.BI u₂ ⸢ḫab tu bal⸣ [(x)] ⸢ina⸣ ki ḫi x ... | Its ritual: you sprinkle ēšuḫbab-plant (and) ... ina-e23-plant where ... . |
| 8.14:6′ | DU₃-uš is ⸢si⸣ x ... | You make ... esî-plant |
| 8.14:7′ | idīša an[a ar]kīša tutār [...] ... ... | (Sum) Its river, like a river, is surrounded by a cloud(?) (Akk) It is the river that surrounds it, it surrounds you(?) ... |
| 8.14:8′ | [qā]ta ša [imitti š]apal kimṣa ša šumēli tarakkas šārat amē[lūti] | You are adjured by the hand of Ištar, the shepherd of the people, the one of the land, |
| 8.14:9′ | [ina qa]qqadīša tašakkan šārat nēši šārat kalb[i] | You place it on her head, the light of the night, the kalbi spirit |
| 8.14:10′ | ina ūrīša tašakkan šaman nūni tapaššassi ulāp luppu[tti] | You place (them) in a reed-bed, ‘heals-a-thousand’-plant (and) šaman nūnu-plant on the lips, |
| 8.14:11′ | tulabbassi mê bašlūti u ... puḫādi ina muḫḫīša tanaddi | You pour pure water and . You sprinkle a libation bowl over it. |
| 8.14:12′ | bīnu maštakal suḫušša ina qātīka tanaššī-ma | You put maštakal-soapwort in your hand, and |
| 8.14:13′ | ina bīti parsi ana ribīti lā tuṣṣī-ma sinništa šuātu | In the house of a parsu-priestess, you do not sit in the middle of the night, and that woman |
| 8.14:14′ | ina kussî tušeššebši-ma ṣubāt gišimmari tusallat | You sit on a censer, and you sprinkle ṣuba-plant (and) cypress oil. |
| 8.14:15′ | tupesse ana šediš pitlāti tapattil šitta pitlāti | You set up a tupsu-bowl for a third of a shekel, (and) two thirds (of the shekel). |
| 8.14:16′ | <ina> kišādīša u qaqqadī[ša] tašakkan erba pitlāti ina qātīša | You place a pitfall in her body and her head. |
| 8.14:17′ | u šēpīša tarakkas egubbâ sinništa šuāti | and your blood is bound, O Egubba, that woman |
| 8.14:18′ | ina muḫḫi ṣalam muppišti turammakši uštaḫḫat | On top of the ṣalam-plant, the pomegranate tree, I have seized her. |
| 8.14:19′ | [...] ... u ṣalam lipî šuāti ina šēpīša ukabba[s] | ... ... and ṣalam-plant of that lipitu-plant in its sap |
| 8.14:20′ | [...] ... ša ina muḫḫīša ... | ... which on top of |
| 8.14:21′ | [...] ... bīna maštakal su[ḫušša] | ... maštakal-soapwort |
| 8.14:22′ | [ina i]šāti taqallu ina mu[ḫḫ]i ṣalam muppišti [tanaddi] | You bury (them) in a grave, you sprinkle sulphur over it, |
| 8.14:23′ | [ann]â teppuš-ma sinništu šī ina muḫḫi ēpi[štīša izzâz] | You perform this, and that woman stands on top of her work. |
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